A product and technology company built around better decisions.
My OWL Tech™ builds practical products and helps organizations bring clarity to complex business, product, process, and technology decisions.
Decades of experience without losing the hands-on perspective.
I have spent more than four decades designing, building, and leading technology products—and advising founders and teams across startups, growth-stage companies, consulting environments, and global organizations.
My background spans product strategy, mobile platforms, cloud and backend architecture, GIS and weather systems, data-intensive products, AI-assisted workflows, and full-stack delivery. I stay close enough to implementation to understand what recommendations actually require in the real world.
Owls see things others don’t. Owls are aware of their surroundings.
The name started with the owls that live around my backyard in Colorado. Over time, the owl became a useful way to describe how I approach both products and professional services.
Understand the environment. Notice what others may be missing. Find the signal in the noise. Then use what you learn to make a better decision.
The company idea
My OWL Tech™ is the umbrella for both the products I build and the professional services I provide. The common thread is not a particular technology—it is better judgment about what matters and what deserves action.
Investigate first. Act where the evidence supports it.
Understand first
Do not rush into implementation before the problem, customer, constraints, and goal are clear.
Find the signal
Separate current evidence from assumptions, hypothetical risks, and distracting complexity.
Build what matters
Use technology to support the outcome rather than making technology the outcome.
Observe reality
Build, measure, test, and improve when actual operation says improvement is needed.
See how those patterns show up in real products, customer work, AI, architecture, and technology leadership.
Technology leadership, product development, AI, and practical problem solving.
Through TechDrover™, presentations, Field Reports, and technology discussions, I share practical lessons from engineering, product leadership, outdoor intelligence, and evidence-based investigation.
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Whether I am building a My OWL product, testing it in the field, assessing an organization through The OWL Report™, or helping a team make a difficult product and technology decision, the goal is the same: understand what is really happening and act where the evidence supports it.