about
I started a company at my local Google Startup Weekend when I was 12 (local coverage), didn't know what I was doing - still don't, I just think I do - but I was hooked. Got into crypto a few years later and somehow ended up on stage at NFT.NYC and CES before I could legally drink - some of those talks are here. Moved to LA at 19, co-founded a few companies, raised $500k+ combined, and contributed to startups backed by $7.5M+. Eventually found my way into biotech and digital health.
Most of what I've built has failed - and every failure taught me something no classroom could. How to manage people. How to ship under pressure. How to check your ego at the door when the mission matters more than your title.
Now I'm a chief of staff and technical product manager leading cross-functional teams across biotech and digital health - engineers, designers, legal, marketing, clinicians - shipping software and running operations for companies building things that actually matter. I'm not the smartest person in the room. I'm the one who makes sure the room is pointed in the same direction - and that it's the right one.
I am an American Jew. Kanye is still my favorite artist, sorry Max. follow my X.
yes that was me on a trike. this is the exact moment my parents knew they fucked up.
active roles
Late-stage Phase 3 biotechnology company developing treatments for peripheral neuropathy.
Chief of Staff
May 2024 – Present
Right hand to our CEO and Co-founder, Stanley Kim. I run operations, manage relationships with out-licensees and clinical trial vendors, coordinate with clinical sites, plan manufacturing and distribution logistics, and oversee our patient newsletter and website.
Our lead candidate, WST-057, recently completed Phase 2a trials with a p-value of 0.006 for nerve regeneration (IENFD) - results published in The Lancet's eBioMedicine series. We are regenerating peripheral nerves.
Built Nerve Trace to support nerve diagnostics for compassionate use and Phase 3 clinical work - an AI application layer that automates ENFD/INFD analysis from scanned skin-biopsy slides, detecting, tracing, and quantifying nerve fibers with pathologist-level performance. Each case produces transparent overlays, QC metrics, and a structured report ready for e-signature and export. I architected the full stack: frontend, backend, database schema, and AI deployment pipeline.
Operations Manager
Aug 2023 – Apr 2024
I met Stanley when I was 19 - my first day in LA. I'd co-founded a few startups between 18 and 20, dropped out of my CS degree, and was figuring things out. He kindly agreed to advise my startup despite knowing the equity would likely be worth nothing. When he saw me sleeping in the office, he threw me a lifeline to help run WinSanTor. The rest is history.
Handled marketing and team relations, vendor management, out-licensee relationship management, and supported investor relations alongside the CEO.
previously
Venture studio supporting early-stage portfolio companies from MVP to market.
Technical Product Manager
Aug 2025 – Nov 2025
Supported the executive team and CPO in shipping fast, effective product outcomes across Zoë Foundry's portfolio companies. Owned the full product lifecycle - crafting and prioritizing epics, writing user stories, designing user flows, managing technical documentation, and coordinating directly with engineering to implement features, squash bugs, and rapidly build MVPs for customer validation.
Worked on Navwise's core product and built Saidi Health using AI-assisted development to spin up MVPs, manage databases, and streamline product workflows. Managed and aligned engineering resources to ensure on-time, high-impact execution.
Junior Technical Product Manager
Apr 2025 – Jul 2025
Worked closely with the CPO to support portfolio companies - drafting epics, mapping user flows, organizing technical documentation, and triaging feature requests and bug reports. Collaborated with engineering on task tracking, prioritization, and early MVP builds.
Supported QA and A/B testing cycles for Saidi Health and SlainTech while picking up AI-assisted development, lightweight database work, and internal tooling. Hands-on exposure to lean product development, technical execution, and cross-functional coordination from day one.
Real estate technology platform enabling listing agents to optimize advertising spend by directly rewarding buyer agents who show homes to qualified buyers.
Co-founder & COO / CPO
May 2024 – Dec 2024
Raised $500K+ as the Co-founding COO / CPO. Designed, architected, and technical product managed the build of our desktop app and mobile app - managing a team of 4 engineers: 1 staff and 2 juniors on desktop, and 1 senior on mobile. Scaled Lockhop to 50+ users before stepping away. Still has an active user base.
Creator-focused platform automating multi-channel distribution, compliance, and monetization so creators can focus on content.
Technical Product Manager
Aug 2022 – Dec 2022
Product managed the Famecast mobile app, then supported the company pivot from a software platform to a venture studio for creators to launch their own companies and branded hardware products.
ÂTTN.LIVE is a Web3 AI innovation company that empowers content creators and their communities to flourish.
Head of Web3
Jul 2022 – Sep 2022
Led product strategy for our Web3 initiatives and served as the company's public voice across major industry conferences: NFT.NYC, CES, NFT London, NFT LA, ETH Denver. Evangelizing how younger generations would reshape digital ownership and creator economies. I was simultaneously so wrong and so right: the specific assets were largely worthless, but the behavioral shift I was describing turned out to be very real. Short tenure, but a concentrated period of high-visibility product and thought leadership work.
Product & NFTs
Sep 2021 – Jul 2022
Stepped into a product leadership role managing our engineering team alongside the CTO, owning the buildout and evolution of the ATTN.LIVE tech stack and platform. This was where I grew real confidence as a product operator: scoping features, coordinating sprints, and translating business goals into shipped code across a live product with an active creator community.
Entrepreneur In Residence
Nov 2017 – Sep 2021
I got this title because nobody could figure out what to call the 15-year-old who showed up and said yes to literally everything. EIR sounds prestigious. In practice, it meant I was the technical Swiss army knife with zero ego who'd bounce between big-ticket product work, low-level admin, and helping set up chairs for events. The CEO was a co-producer of NFT.NYC, and I spoke at the inaugural conference in 2019 when the entire NFT space couldn't fill a room with 50 people. I distinctly remember Alex Atallah, one of the OpenSea co-founders, looking like he was about ready to close up shop. Then the 2020 bull market hit and suddenly everyone was a JPEG connoisseur. I also spent a good chunk of time troubleshooting .Kred, the company's core NFT platform that was technically an OpenSea competitor, emphasis on "technically," because the UI/UX was fighting for its life. Wild times, zero regrets.
Enterprise software provider for the life, accident, and health insurance industry.
Technical Intern
Jan 2018 – Jun 2018
Organized company JSON schemas, handled data entry, helped manage bug tickets, and did QA. This was well before the AI boom - not gonna lie, I was 14-15 doing this so the work wasn't exactly mission-critical.
Bow tie company.
CEO
Nov 2015 – Nov 2017
Started Justicebows at the local Redding Google Startup Weekend because I needed money for a video game :-)