Resume

Summary

Engineering executive and founder with 15+ years building technology companies from zero to scale. Co-founded Upverter (Y Combinator W11) and led it through a successful acquisition by Altium. Spent seven years as VP and EVP of Technology at Sheertex (SRTX), growing and leading an engineering organisation of 30+ across software, automation, controls, and advanced materials — and architecting Cortex, the only software-connected hosiery factory OS in the world. Currently building practical AI products and advising high-growth startups as a fractional CTO.

Experience

Founder & CEO

Jan 2026 – Present

Woodworth Ventures · Toronto, ON

Building a portfolio of practical AI products:

  • Headless HQ — AI agent workforce platform replacing the business coordination layer (marketing, sales, finance, support, onboarding). Operates on a 55-agent internal architecture.
  • PageWeaver.ai — AI-generated personalised children's storybooks.
  • getindexed.ai — Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) platform. Helps brands get cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini.

Fractional CTO & Advisor

Jan 2026 – Present

Woodworth Ventures · Toronto, ON

  • Providing embedded technical leadership to high-growth startups — architecture decisions, engineering team builds, stack selection, and technical due diligence.
  • Advisory roles (equity-based) for early-stage companies in hardware, manufacturing, and AI.

Executive Vice President of Technology

Jun 2024 – Oct 2025

SRTX (Sheertex) · Montreal, QC

  • Led all technology functions at a YC-backed advanced manufacturing startup — engineering, automation, software, and advanced materials — overseeing 30+ engineers and technical staff.
  • Platform Architecture: Owned the vision and evolution of Cortex, a proprietary ERP and factory automation platform unifying machine control, real-time analytics, and business intelligence.
  • Multidisciplinary Leadership: Directed automation engineering across mechanical, electrical, and controls domains.
  • Materials Innovation: Oversaw advanced materials team, operationalising fibre and polymer R&D into scalable, automated production workflows.

Vice President of Technology

Feb 2022 – Jun 2024

SRTX (Sheertex) · Montreal, QC

  • Built and scaled the engineering organisation from an early-stage team to a 30+ person multidisciplinary group spanning software, automation, controls, and materials.
  • Cortex Development: Drove continuous development of Cortex as the integrated automation and ERP backbone — connecting real-time machine data, workflow management, and business processes.
  • Machine Integration: Led end-to-end integration of all production machinery into Cortex — automated data capture, real-time monitoring, and operational visibility.
  • Key outcome: Cortex became the backbone of the world's only fully software-connected hosiery factory.

Vice President of Product, Upverter

Aug 2017 – Jan 2022

Altium · Greater Toronto Area, ON

  • Post-acquisition leadership role integrating Upverter's EE Concierge product into Altium's global ecosystem, with strategic focus on Octopart integration.
  • Successfully launched EE Concierge within Octopart, improving user satisfaction and retention across Altium's hardware engineering user base.

Co-Founder

Feb 2011 – Aug 2017

Upverter · Y Combinator W11

  • Co-founded and ran a cloud-based EDA platform for hardware engineers — PCB schematic design in the browser before that was an accepted paradigm.
  • Designed and built the core platform from scratch — scalable, cloud-native, used by hardware engineers worldwide.
  • Personally led sales for two years — expanded customer base, grew revenue, and secured key enterprise partnerships.
  • Led company through acquisition by Altium — the global standard in PCB design software — after 6+ years of operation.

Director of Technology

Jan 2010 – Feb 2011

Trend Hunter · Toronto, ON

Led technology strategy and platform development during a high-growth phase; managed engineering team scaling and technical infrastructure.

Technical Skills

Hardware & Physical Systems

PCB Design, EDA (Upverter / Altium), Embedded Systems, Firmware, PLC Integration, Sensor Pipelines, Industrial Automation, IoT

Software & Infrastructure

Python, FastAPI, Django, React, Next.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, GCP, AWS, Real-Time Systems Architecture

AI & Agent Systems

Claude API, OpenAI APIs, Multi-Agent Architectures, LLM Prompt Engineering, Agentic Workflow Design, AI-Native Product Development

Leadership & Execution

Engineering Org Scaling (30+), Fractional CTO, Technical Due Diligence, Architecture Reviews, Cross-functional Leadership, M&A / Post-Acquisition Integration

Education

University of Waterloo

Computer Engineering — Attended 2004–2010

Recognition

  • Y Combinator W11 — Co-founder, Upverter
  • Altium Acquisition — Upverter acquired by Altium (2017)
  • Industry First — Cortex: world's only connected hosiery factory OS