About Me
I see things early. I bet on them. I've been mostly right.
Over 15 years, I've advised 30+ companies through Gallevin Consulting, founded companies in AI healthcare and real estate, and helped two startups reach successful exits (META → Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, VISR → SafeToNet).
The project I'm proudest of? Taking a 100+ year old Westinghouse heritage building that everyone said was worthless and turning it into a $15M restoration. Sometimes seeing around corners means seeing value where others see decay.
I also taught philosophy part-time at Torah High for a few years. It sharpened how I think about systems and interfaces — but it was a side channel, not the main thread.
The AI Builder Era
Since December 2025, I've been shipping production apps with AI coding agents — 18 and counting, built for clients and myself, in under four months. The bottleneck shifted. It's no longer "can you code?" It's "can you think clearly about what to build?" That question is product management. It always was.
Vibe coding collapsed the wall between product and engineering. What emerges is the Full-Stack Product Lead — product judgment and technical execution in the same person, in the same breath.
I launched GrowEngine to close the post-launch loop: instrumentation, funnel analysis, user research — encoded directly into the AI agent so the product keeps learning after it ships.
How I Think (the sauce code)
Convex Bets
Asymmetrical upside: when you see something others don't, concentrate rather than diversify. My best outcomes came from conviction bets, not hedged portfolios.
Systems Over Solutions
I think in systems, not fixes. Cynefin framework. Emergence. Why "best practices" fail in complex domains. The map is not the territory.
AI as Collaborator
Not interested in AI that replaces humans. Interested in AI that extends human capacity. The interface is where the magic happens.
Ship, Then Iterate
Thinking is important. Shipping is more important. The best insights come from contact with reality, not from planning in isolation.
The Path
Payquad Solutions
Dec 2021 – PresentHead of Product and Growth
Led the evolution to MYPORTAL 2.0 — a next-generation redesign. 25% ARR growth, 15% churn reduction, 50% conversion lift.
Electric City Developments
2017 – 2021Founder & General Partner
Revived Hamilton's iconic 7-story Westinghouse building. Acquired for $2.6M. $15M restoration into 60,000 sq ft Class A office + 10,000 sq ft event venue. National Trust award. Proved them wrong.
Bridge7 Oncology
2017 – 2020Co-Founder & CEO
Built AI-powered radiotherapy treatment planning, trained on thousands of high quality radiation treatment plans from a world leading cancer center. $3M+ raised, 12 clinical sites. Won Falcons' Fortunes on World Cancer Day 2020.
VISR → SafeToNet
2015 – 2017Lead Product
Pioneered AI/ML to detect emotional distress in digital content, protecting children online. Instrumental in Horizon Ventures seed round; led product through acquisition.
META Inc. → CZI
2012 – 2015VP Operations & BD
Built the AI platform mapping 67M+ biomedical research interests. First-ever CZI acquisition. Team from 0 to 20+. $6M Series A.
Also:
Gallevin Consulting (2010–Present) — 30+ companies, $250K+ grants secured.
Part-time philosophy teacher at Torah High (2009–2015) — alongside everything else.
Korea AI Conference speaker (2018).
Education
MBA, Finance
Rotman School of Management
2017
Martin Ossip Scholarship
Creative Destruction Lab
AI/ML Specialization
2016–2019
AI investment frameworks
BASc, Materials Science & Engineering
University of Toronto
2010
Minor: Bioengineering
Personal
I'm based in Toronto. I have a daughter who keeps me grounded and reminds me what actually matters. When I'm not building, I'm moving — I love cycling, ice hockey, soccer, tennis, and golf. I read obsessively on cognitive science, think the future is nuclear (SMRs), and wind down with a good sake and whatever's next on the reading list.
I write about AI, tech, and philosophy on Substack. I consult through Gallevin. I'm always happy to talk to interesting people about interesting problems.
Influences
Naval Ravikant
Wealth/happiness frameworks. The 4 types of luck. Building specific knowledge that can't be trained for.
Peter Thiel
Zero to One thinking. Monopoly vs. competition. The power of secrets — things that are true but few believe.
Vitalik Buterin
Convex/concave dispositions. When to concentrate vs. diversify. Systems thinking for decentralized coordination.
Dave Snowden
Cynefin framework. Why "best practices" fail in complex domains. The difference between complicated and complex.
Scott Aaronson
Computational complexity as a lens for everything. Rigorous thinking about quantum computing, AI, and what's actually hard.
Books
- History of Western Philosophy — Bertrand Russell
- Paradigms Lost — John L. Casti
- Thinking in Systems — Donella Meadows