CTO/CIO THIScar.com, Co-founder @nowims, Consultant to @NFL, ex-CIO @Vroomcars (Nasdaq: $VRM), ex-CIO @TexasDirectAuto, Husband & Father.

Joined October 2012
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I am deeply saddened to share the passing of a great friend and mentor, Lenny Bandy. He was a remarkable leader and an even better man. I feel incredibly fortunate to have known him both professionally and personally. From my first Super Bowl in New Orleans to our last time catching up in NYC, I will never forget his smile, his laugh, and the steady leadership he provided. Lenny made a lasting impact on everyone he met, and his presence will be greatly missed. Rest in peace, my friend.
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.@rauchg or v0 team, I need some help. I've invited 2 new teammates and they cannot interact with chats on a project. they have access in both v0 and vercel and are under our paid team account. @vercel_support
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Xfinity how about getting some engineers on your site so customers can login and manage their accounts.
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John Rodkey retweeted
I'm hiring an Engineering Manager for the ⁦⁦@Shopify⁩ mobile app. Leading a team of 8-12 devs, React Native & native, end-to-end product ownership, strong people leadership and technical chops, based in Canada or the US. If it sounds like your kind of role, DM me.
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People ask how to work your way to becoming the CTO of multiple $1B brands... you must use analogies to explain technology to non-tech people... here is my example of DDoS. A DDoS attack — that's 'Distributed Denial of Service' — is like a hot-dog eating contest where your mouth is the website. Normally you (or the site) can only handle so many hot dogs at once before you have to stop. But the bad guys don't play fair. Instead of you eating them yourself, suddenly a whole crowd shows up from every direction: Manny shoving from the left, Jason from the right, RD straight up the middle, then Ben, Dodd, and dozens more piling on. They're all working together, stuffing hot dogs faster than you can chew or even swallow. Pretty soon your mouth is completely jammed — nothing else can get in or out. The eating contest stops cold. That's exactly what happens to the website: real customers can't get through, everything freezes, and often the attackers send a ransom note: 'Pay us or we keep the hot dogs coming.
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Bagels!
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30 Dec 2025
"The tragedy isn't that we die, it's that most of us never really live" - NIN
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29 Dec 2025
Spotify has an interesting jazz mix for me - guess I’m a little more of a hardcore listener
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29 Dec 2025
.@CalebRodkey Used our smoked cheddar from the Cleveland Collection @joethomas73 with a local smoked raw milk white cheddar and a smoked moz, on a fresh sourdough, to create an awesome lunch. Left over prime rib on the side
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27 Dec 2025
Oasis covered by a Japanese duo—and it genuinely sounds amazing.
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This is an AI-generated video, not a real Oasis cover by a Japanese duo. x.com/MadamLeonidas/… youtube.com/watch?v=z3_3th…
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27 Dec 2025
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Tag the person or persons you’d most like to watch #JAWS with this Jawsmas!
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21 Nov 2025
Took my youngest to the @playboicarti concert
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John Rodkey retweeted
Are you looking for the Resend of SMS? Look no further - we're launching open beta soon. Come sign-up and be one of the first to give us a try.
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John Rodkey retweeted
Just received our final approvals from carriers to get SMS going. Beta invites to test SMS will be going out to those that have signed-up
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Hey @elonmusk trying to run some ads on X and getting rejected for some BS policy that nobody is willing to explain. Looks like an auto appeal rejection - we just want to understand what is being rejected and why so we can fix it and give you money
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Happy Halloween 🎃
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