Experience

UrVenue

Full-time · 18 yrs 7 mos

Chief Technology Officer

2025 - July 2026 · 1 yr 7 mos · Las Vegas, NV · Hybrid

Focused on scaling technology and preparing the company for the next phase of maturity.

Closed the last mile between startup and enterprise while simultaneously driving AI integration across product and engineering, ensuring the company's operational maturity and its technical future arrived at the same time.

Chief Executive Officer

2023 - 2025 · 2 yrs · Las Vegas, NV · On-site

Stepped in as CEO during leadership transition and executed organizational restructuring.

Focused on organizational design, operational efficiency, and cost structure optimization at scale.

Chief Technology Officer

2020 - 2023 · 3 yrs · Las Vegas, NV · On-site

Led transformation from startup engineering practices to a structured, scalable organization.

Led the transformation from startup engineering to a structured, scalable organization with mature processes and cross border operations.

Chief Executive Officer

2015 - 2020 · 5 yrs · Las Vegas · Hybrid

Grew UrVenue from a niche nightlife platform into the market-dominant guest-experience system across Las Vegas, bootstrapped and under full operational control.

Stepped fully into executive leadership, converting a strong product into a dominant, revenue-multiplied market position.

Chief Technology Officer CTO & Founder - UrVenue

2008 - 2015 · 7 yrs · Las Vegas · Hybrid

Co-founded UrVenue, a reservation and venue management platform focused on nightlife.

Shifted from operator to founder, building a product from the ground up and aligning technology with real world venue operations inside the most demanding venue operations in the country.

RomeRock

Part-time · Side Venture

Founder

2016 - Present · 10 yrs 7 mos · Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico · Remote

Mobile app publishing and experimentation lab focused on testing strategies across development, monetization, and distribution.

Maintains a parallel experimental environment to test new technologies and business models outside core operations.

Travelnice and Nightclubs.com

Full-time

Chief Technology Officer

2005 - 2008 · 3 yrs · Las Vegas · On-site

Led technology for a combined OTA and nightlife distribution platform.

Transitioned into scaling revenue driven platforms, managing larger teams, and operating at meaningful commercial scale.

Transmed Networks

Full-time

CTO

2000 - 2005 · 5 yrs · Burbank, CA · Hybrid

Architected and led development of a web based Electronic Medical Record platform operating in highly regulated hospital environments.

Transitioned from early web and media projects to building mission critical, highly regulated systems with strict security, compliance, and operational requirements.

Celebrity Village

Full-time

Chief Technology Officer

1998 - 2000 · 2 yrs · Los Angeles · Remote

Built and led development of an early fan web engagement platform providing behind-the-scenes access to film productions.

Moved into consumer web platforms, building early interactive experiences and user engagement systems. Ended when the internet bubble burst, along with my consultant career.

Various Companies

Freelance

Technology Consultant

1991 - 1998 · 7 yrs · United States · Remote

Relocated to the United States and built an independent consulting practice leveraging early relationships in media and technology. Initially focused on desktop publishing and prepress, later expanding into early internet and software development.

Expanded from publishing technologies into early internet platforms and software development, gaining broad, hands on experience across emerging digital business models.

EasyDoc

Full-time

Technology Scout

1990 - 1991 · 1 yr · Paris, France · On-site

EasyDoc equipped the French media industry with emerging desktop publishing technologies during the transition to direct-to-film and plate printing.

While in university in Binghamton, I published a student newspaper using QuarkXPress with direct-to-film output, aligning closely with the technologies EasyDoc was introducing to the French press.

This led to a role scouting innovations in the United States for a French company, initially as a summer position that transitioned into a full time role. I was responsible for identifying, evaluating, and bringing back new publishing technologies to France.

Built a foundation at the intersection of media, technology, and international business during the early digital publishing shift.