Hello. I’m Wes.
Product Manager / Builder based in Detroit , MI
About
An avid gamer, who doesn’t discriminate between video games, board games, sports, parlor games, outdoor games, mind games, the game or a new type of game I’ve never heard of. While my co-founders and I are in the process of winding down our startup, Realize, I’m searching for what’s next.

Curious what I learned in my first failed startup?
(attractiveness and muscle tone are not necessarily accurately depicted...)
Background
Finance -> Startup -> Maker I took a slightly unconventional path to get into tech. Previously I worked in finance, structuring derivatives for some of the largest Real Estate operators in the US. After a few years, I decided finance wasn’t for me and I planned to hit the reset button with business school - I got accepted in February of 2020. When I was deciding between an MBA and my first startup, a mentor of mine told me, “You might regret going to business school, but you’ll never regret being a founder.” He was spot on.
Interests
In my spare time I coach youth sports, build things in real life and try to learn a new craft every 1-2 years.



Recent areas of interests have been programming, chess, classical piano, woodworking and writing fiction. See what else I’m up to right now.
Skills
Product Management
Front-End Engineering (C#)
Mobile App Design
Jobs-To-Be-Done
Analytics