About

About me

My work has unfolded across two worlds: the startup world of Silicon Valley and the world of Tibetan Buddhism.

After earning degrees in business from Indiana University and law from Harvard, I built the first technology transactions law practice at Silicon Valley's largest law firm. Having provided strategic counsel to many startups, I left the law to become a startup executive.

That culminated in being CFO, a member of the Office of the President, and a Board member at Pixar Animation Studios—a story I tell in my book To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History. You can also hear about it in a recent talk I gave at the Computer History Museum for the 30th anniversary of Toy Story.

The opening essays in this project, To Buddha and Beyond Part 1 and Part 2, describe the transition from that world into decades of study in philosophy, contemplative practice, and the nature of mind.

I aim to create a community of thoughtful explorers curious about what lies beyond the surface of modern life. I hope you'll read along and stay in touch—I'd genuinely love to hear from you.

With gratitude

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