About

I'm a builder and entrepreneur at the intersection of Bitcoin, energy, and open-source projects. I grew up a mechanical engineer — studied it at Wisconsin, rowed Division I, went straight into aerospace at ULA working thermal systems on the Vulcan rocket. But Bitcoin changed the direction. Specifically, the realization that the heat coming off a Bitcoin miner isn't waste — it's a product.

That idea became Exergy, the company I founded to commercialize building-integrated mining systems. We design, install, and monitor heating and solar monetization systems powered by hashrate — packaging Bitcoin miners into sovereign smart building infrastructure. Along the way I wrote Bitcoin Mining Heat Reuse, the first definitive guide to the industry.

The work isn't just commercial. I serve as President of the Board of the 256 Foundation, a 501(c)(3) that funds development of the open-source Bitcoin mining stack — dedicated to dismantling the proprietary mining empire. I instigated the Hashrate Heatpunks, a community of bitcoiners, tradesmen, engineers, and advocates united by the idea that mining heat is a product, not a problem — now operating under the 256 Foundation. And in Denver, I co-founded The Space, a grassroots, member-run Bitcoin community hub and educational event center where the Exergy office lives and Heatpunk Summit happens every year.

Outside of work I'm into snowboarding, overlanding, cars, and anything mechanical. I like things that are built to last.