I started this meetup in February 2006 to meet other like minded folks - people who loved technology and were looking to meet new people. I used to attend the nyc NewTech meetup regurarly and started this meetup in the same format.
I'm the co-founder of lefora.com - a free forum hosting platform that's like blogger, but for forums.
Before lefora, I was part of the meetro.com team, living in the Meetro 'commune' in Palo Alto. At our peak living situation, we had 8 guys living in a 3 bedroom cranking out cool features for Meetro.
In nyc I was working for IBM - I ran a few communities and tried to spread the value of social software and communities online.
My college years were spent in Boston attending Boston University. I received a B.S. in Computer Engineering with a minor in Business Administration. I spent part of my summer after college touring parts of Europe with my buddy Doug. I spent a few weeks in 2005 touring and live-webcamming parts of the southern U.S. I'm originally from Port Washington, NY.