I’m the co-founder and CTO of Nebula.io. We help recruiters source, understand, engage and manage talent, using Generative AI and other forms of machine learning. Our patented model matches people with roles with greater accuracy and speed than previously imaginable — no keywords required. Take a look for yourself; it’s completely free to try.

Our long term goal is to help people discover their potential and pursue their reason for being, motivated by a concept called Ikigai. We help people find roles where they will be most fulfilled and successful; as a result, we will raise the level of human prosperity. It sounds grandiose, but since 77% of people don’t consider themselves inspired or engaged at work, it’s completely within our reach.

I sometimes have to pinch myself. I’m incredibly lucky to be working in the field of AI at a time when it’s rewriting the boundaries of human and tech possibilities. I’m personally most drawn to applying AI to real world problems, and the specific problem of hiring has plagued me throughout my career. So I’m in the business of finding people their dream jobs — and conveniently, I’m in my dream job myself.

AI Speaker

I have a bad habit of lecturing all my friends on everything that astonishes me about LLMs and Agents. They convinced me to make Udemy courses, probably so I’d leave them alone. Somehow 400,000 people are now on the courses. It’s been the greatest joy!

I also run Live Events for O’Reilly and Pearson which are super fun. It’s the closest thing a nerd like me will get to being a Twitch star! And, Jon Krohn and I gave a talk on Agents at ODSC in Boston that’s been viewed 180k times. I love making these and I’m so grateful that people watch them.

Before Nebula.io

You can trace the roots of Nebula.io to an AI startup I founded in 2013 called untapt. We built talent marketplaces and data science software for recruitment firms. To start with, we specialized on tech roles in financial services, where there was a huge supply/demand gap.

We were selected to be part of a prestigious accelerator program – the Accenture FinTech Innovation Lab – and we were an American Banker Top 20 Company To Watch. We were covered in Fast Company, Forbes and American Banker, and I was interviewed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq:

After a 20 year career in Financial Services, the most rewarding thing to me about untapt was that we were tackling tangible real-world problems faced by everyone. I loved that we had billboard ads in train stations and we got to speak to our end-users every day. One of my proudest moments: at an Amazon pitch event to people in tech, we were voted the ‘startup most likely to grow exponentially’.

And then, our path to exponential growth was accelerated suddenly and wonderfully. Our top client, recruitment powerhouse GQR, was interested in a deeper partnership. In 2021 untapt was acquired by GQR’s parent company, and shortly afterwards, Nebula.io was born.

(Lack of) other skills

I have broad expertise that spans software engineering, data science, technology leadership, entrepreneurship, and anything made by Apple. My notable prowess in these areas is only surpassed by my inability to perform anything requiring hand/eye coordination. Do not be fooled by my final pictures: if you’re looking for someone to join your Amazing Race team, or your America’s Got Talent crew, or really anything that requires functioning outdoors.. you probably want anyone but me.