About
I dropped out of high school, got into Carnegie Mellon anyway, spent three years writing engine code for PlayStation games at Naughty Dog, moved to New York, founded a restaurant payments startup, raised $7M, got acquired, and moved to a ski town. I just released an EP.
Now
I split my time among music, snowboarding, and building with AI. My debut EP, A Depression, released April 10, 2026. I’ve been wanting to make a record for about twenty-five years.
I live in Breckenridge, Colorado. I teach snowboarding part-time — I have my AASI Level 3 and I’m an in-house trainer at Breckenridge Ski & Snowboard School.
How I got here
I started in video games. Three years at Naughty Dog on the ICE team — high-performance engine work that shipped in titles like God of War III and Assassin’s Creed, across PlayStation Studios and 3rd parties. I’m credited on a handful of games; the full list is on MobyGames.
After gaming I switched my focus to startups, initially in San Francisco, then I moved to New York and joined IA Ventures and then AngelList before I founded Cover — a mobile payments app for restaurants. We raised $7M, grew to a few hundred locations, and were acquired by Velocity in 2015.
After Cover I spent a few years between snowboard seasons in Canada, the Recurse Center in Brooklyn, and a summer in Philadelphia as EIR for Techstars. On January 1, 2020 I moved to Breckenridge — a few months before the world shut down. Shortly after, I started working with Ridge Ventures, where I built the firm’s internal technology systems through the end of 2022.
I’m an angel investor in this+that, jawnt, Dewey Labs, and Perspect, and an LP in Sidecut Ventures and Ridge. The formal version — timeline, portfolio — lives on a separate page.
How I can help
- Founders: early-stage and want a sounding board — product, engineering, fundraising, the weird parts nobody warns you about — reach out. I can sometimes write a small check, and I’m happy to just be useful if capital isn’t what you need.
- Snowboard lessons: I teach at Breckenridge. Details here. All ages, all levels.
- Musicians: always up for producing or collaborating.
- Old friends: if we’ve crossed paths — Carnegie Mellon, Naughty Dog, New York, anywhere — send me a note.
Contact
I still control @aac on Twitter/X but discourage continued use of that platform.
Want to stay in touch?