ABOUT ME
An engineer who had a different kind of problem to solve.
I spent twenty-five years building companies. Then, an MRI in May 2019. What followed wasn’t a battle — it was a slow education in what the body, the mind, and something quieter need in order to heal.
THE STORY
The day everything changed
For years, I worked at the intersection of technology and entrepreneurship — building, scaling, and exiting companies across Silicon Valley. Then a Stage 4 cancer diagnosis turned everything upside down.
Faced with the full weight of modern oncology — and a will to survive that surprised even me — I began an unlikely journey that wove together conventional treatment and time-tested practices: oncologists and meditation, clinical care and community.
What emerged from that crucible is the MEDS framework — and my determination to share it with others walking the same road.
THE STORY
How I got here
Silicon Valley years
Twenty-five years building, scaling, and exiting startups across the Bay Area.
Strange mornings at the gym
Missed shots at the table-tennis table. Bumping into things on my left side.
The diagnosis: brain cancer
Stage 4 glioblastoma — one of the most aggressive brain cancers.
Building the MEDS framework
Conventional treatment alongside a parallel practice: meditation, exercise, diet, sleep.
The evolution
Recovery turned out to be a doorway. Healing the body opened onto something larger.
Radical Healing
Published with Inner Light Press — 22 chapters across six parts, with a deep references section.
HOW I THINK ABOUT HEALING
Three principles
Western medicine and clinical evidence are the bedrock. Integrative approaches complement — never replace — proven treatment.
Meditation, breathwork, and inner inquiry carry insights that modern research is increasingly exploring.
No one heals alone. Authentic connection and shared experience are among the most underused medicines we have.
Want me at your event?
I speak on integrative health, resilience, and finding agency in the hardest moments.