Career Pivot

Austin, Texas Area United States

Education

I have had an eclectic career to say the least. My career journey includes 22 years at IBM, several thriving tech startups, a painful stint as a high school teacher, a gig raising funds for the Jewish Community Association of Austin and a near fatal bicycle accident that changed my perspective forever. On a July morning in 2002, I was riding my bicycle and hit a car head on where our combined speeds exceeded 50 mph. After five days in a trauma center I was up on crutches, within ten weeks was back on a bicycle, and four months later was traveling internationally on business after surviving an accident that has a 10% survival rate. I had a new perspective on life. Thirty years of wander...