Entrepreneur · Pilot · Angler · Raleigh, NC
I'm the founder of Aeolus, a fractional CIO practice serving growth-stage US companies. I operate as the technology executive for companies between 20 and 200 employees who need CIO-level leadership without the overhead of a full-time hire.
Technology should compound. Every tool, every workflow, every vendor relationship should make the next decision easier and the next stage of growth more achievable. That's what a CIO builds. That's what Aeolus delivers.
Two decades building, buying, and operating technology-dependent businesses. I founded and scaled NeoCloud, a technology services company acquired by AppSmart (AppDirect), and led technology strategy and channel development through its subsequent growth.
I've sat at the table where the decisions get made — M&A due diligence, board-level risk reviews, investor readiness assessments — and watched the same failure mode play out at company after company: great operators running blind because their technology was never treated as a strategic asset.
Instrument-rated private pilot. Angler. Photographer. Based in Raleigh, NC with a bias toward coastal North Carolina, the Bahamas, and anywhere with good water.
The photography on this site is my own — 15 years of moments from a life spent in motion.
2023 Hallam-ICS Community Service Award recipient — $10,000 for Clean Jordan Lake.