I love tech. I started as an experimental nuclear physicist but didn’t want to make bombs. I prefer to see my tech in products that I want to see used. Working at Xerox PARC and HP Labs was a blast. There I learned not just R&D but also how to take new technology into new markets by doing primary customer research. Creating cross functional teams to go after new and disruptive business is a blast. Over the last few years, I have mentored 50+ tech startups and continue to find recurrent threads and needs. Training individuals the tricks, the traps, and the techniques is something that I always like to do. We are only as strong as our total team.