About Me

Startup Guy, Advisor, Fractional Executive
Portland, OR

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Portland-based fractional executive and advisor to founders building in SaaS, AI, and infrastructure. Best known for founding Cloudability in 2011, which helped establish the FinOps industry and was acquired by Apptio in 2019. Today I run Sixty AI, invest through Sunny Ventures, and take on a small number of fractional CEO, fractional CxO and advisory engagements with Pacific Northwest companies. I'm a longtime supporter of the Portland startup ecosystem and of non-profits focused on education. I spend most of my time thinking about the real-world impact of new technologies, with a particular focus on cloud, AI, and the intersection of the two.

Topics I talk about

Scaling StartupsFounder JourneysWorkplace CultureFinOpsCloud EconomicsReal World AIIoTVRProduct Management

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Advisory

Helping Startups to Scale. Advisory & Fractional CxO

Podcasts

Founder Story, AI Reality, Cloud & FinOps

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