Technical executive with solid engineering, sales and business development background with over 26 years experience in Internet infrastructure, telecommunications, real estate, systems and networks. Founder of first ISP in San Francisco (Sirius, acquired in 1999) Founder/CEO of first secure email ASP (NextLayer, acquired in 2001) Founder/CEO of largest colo operator in San Francisco (UnitedLayer.com, acquired in 2010). Co-founder/CTO of first music streaming subscription company (Music bank). CEO of DDoS mitigation leader Black Lotus (acquired by Level 3 2015). Principal at Industry Capital (PE Firm). Founder/CEO of CentralColo/Element Critical (2015-2017) CEO of Evocative Data Centers (2017+) CEO of VPLS (2019+) Senior consulting positions at NeXT, Apple, Level 3, Akamai and AT&T.