I am a programmer and co-author of the book JBoss in Action. I am a Principal Consultant at Improving Enterprises where I work with amazing consultants to solve challenging problems for knowledgeable clients.

When I’m not cranking out code, I teach and write about software, startups, and education.

I’m currently helping to organize three groups:

• Houston Startup Support Network
• Houston Lean Startup Circle
• Houston Startup Weekend

I’m working on three startups / projects:

• dripita.com - Dripita lets you queue up your Twitter updates and sends them out for you periodically.
• FanLaunch - A group payment platform for paying content creators to release their work for free non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license.
• MyKidCanCode.com - An e-book I’m writing to help parents teach their children how to program.