About

I'm a builder at the intersection of Bitcoin, energy, and open source.

I studied mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin, where I rowed Division I, then went straight into aerospace, spending two years on thermal systems for the Vulcan rocket at United Launch Alliance. Bitcoin changed that direction, specifically the realization that the heat coming off a Bitcoin miner isn't waste.

I left ULA to chase that idea. While researching it, I co-founded The Space with the Bitcoin community in Denver, Colorado: a grassroots, member-run Bitcoin community hub and educational event center.

I spent the better part of a year studying this niche of Bitcoin mining, and that research became Bitcoin Mining Heat Reuse, the first definitive guide to the subject. The book led to the first Heatpunk Summit and to organizing the Hashrate Heatpunks, a community of the people building in this emerging niche. About half a year later, that work became Exergy, a company commercializing hashrate heating through integrated building heating systems and solar monetization.

Building Exergy showed me how closed and proprietary the Bitcoin mining industry is. Miners are designed for on-grid data centers, which makes them hard to integrate into buildings or any other system. That pain drew me to the 256 Foundation, which others had already started, and I became a strong supporter of an open-source, commoditized Bitcoin mining ecosystem. In early 2026 I joined the board as president, and I now lead the foundation alongside my work at Exergy.

Outside of work, I love snowboarding, overlanding, cars, and anything mechanical in the outdoors.