The person behind ESK Capital.
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Who I Am
The person behind ESK Capital
I'm based in Austin, Texas, raising a son and a daughter. When I'm not working, I'm usually outside, cycling (road or mountain) or staying active outdoors in some other way. I'm also fluent in Spanish. I work the way I live: thorough, hands-on, and willing to dig into whatever a problem actually requires, whether that's a spreadsheet or under the kitchen sink. I have a mechanical engineering degree and an MBA, which mostly just means I've had a lot of practice thinking carefully about how to make things better.
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2016–2025
Indeed.com
I launched new business lines, scaling one to $60M in annual recurring revenue within 18 months, while also operating established, large-scale products, where I owned pricing decisions and shaped how they reached the market. I built the tools and processes that let more than 3,000 employees sell effectively and manage client relationships at scale. Over ten years, I grew the go-to-market function from 4 people to more than 120, building and leading 5 different teams along the way.
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Earlier
3M
I identified new business opportunities across the telecommunications and energy industries, worth over $75M in revenue, through in-depth market research and financial modeling. I developed the go-to-market plan to launch a new-to-the-world automation system projected to generate $50M in three years, and I designed and built a customer loyalty program expected to grow product sales by 15% through competitive analysis and voice-of-customer research.
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Earlier
National Instruments
I developed custom software applications for clients like NASA, GE, and Boeing. I built a cloud-based automation system that cut software testing time by 99%, and later introduced agile methodologies across my team that reduced development time by 20% while improving product quality by 18%.