About Me

I grew up in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia — a small coastal town on Canada's east coast. After studying mechanical engineering at McGill University, I spent almost 15 years in Montreal building things, starting companies, and figuring out what kind of work actually matters to me.

The Journey So Far

My career has been a winding path through the startup world. Right after graduating, I went through Founder Institute in Montreal. Later, I worked for Techstars in Boston, then went through Techstars NYC with my own logistics startup. I started companies, failed, learned a lot, and eventually joined a friend at Unito — where I started in growth doing data analysis and experiments, then moved into product management.

What I'm Doing Now

In August 2025, I left my product management role to focus on two things:

1. Building two cottages on some land I bought in Nova Scotia — learning construction from the ground up
2. Building my own software products — taking everything I learned in product and applying it to my own ideas

What I Write About

This site is where I share what I'm learning. Most of my writing falls into a few categories:

• Book notes — detailed summaries of the non-fiction I read
• Blog posts — lessons from building products, running experiments, and trying to live well
• Personal analytics and quantified health — I spend a lot of time tracking and optimizing

Outside of Work

When I'm not building things, you'll find me cycling, surfing (when I'm back in Nova Scotia), sailing, playing golf, or reading. I'm particularly interested in health optimization — strength training, nutrition, and all the quantified-self stuff that helps me understand what actually works.