Half Moon Bay, CA · est. 1980-something
I spent years building big things, obsessed with moving fast — Facebook, NASA. Eventually I started asking what all that speed was in service of.
This page is about something else. I write, make films of my family's travels, keep bees, raise chickens, surf. The work here is about noticing — slowly, honestly, on purpose.
I've been a produced playwright and screenwriter for over a decade. Before that I spent time at NASA helping build the commercial space market, and at early Facebook running hardware prototyping at Area 404 and leading Global New Hire Orientation. I left to build something slower and more mine.
I founded Common Moment in 2024 — an indie TV and film studio built around the idea that compounded IP ownership is the core value driver in independent entertainment, and that stories help people feel less alone.
I live in Half Moon Bay with my family. The bees are patient teachers. The chickens are not.
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Founded Common Moment Inc.
Venture-backed indie TV and film studio. Artist-led IP ownership, limited-term licensing, audience-building from greenlight.
Left Facebook
5.7 years. Area 404 hardware lab, Global New Hire Orientation. 2,081 days.
Moved to Half Moon Bay
Fog, surf, bees, chickens. Still here.
Joined Facebook
Early enough that it still felt like something. Hardware prototyping, orientation programs, a lot of fast movement.
First produced play
A parallel life, running alongside the tech career. Screenplays sold and optioned. Plays produced.
NASA
Helped build the commercial space market. Learned that the part you didn't test is the part that breaks.