For as long as I can remember, I've been curious about how human beings change and grow.

I was lucky to have college internship with Ken Wilber's Integral Institute, which exposed me to Adult Developmental Theory, meditation, and shadow work. After a degree in math from the University of Chicago, I spent my 20s gathering transformational skillsets, with the intention of becoming a rabbi like my father: I worked in business for a few years, I went to massage school and worked on my own embodiment and capacity to attune to others, studied Nonviolent Communication and Internal Family Systems, did a whole lot of therapy, and sat Jewish and non-Jewish meditation retreats. After a lot of informal Jewish study, when I did the first year of a five year formal ordination program, it became clear that the rabbinate was not for me.

I dropped out and went looking for where I could do developmental work with people in a secular context. How can I help people take the challenge of their day job or their sense of purpose as opportunities for growth? How do I help people become the wisest, kindest, most courageous versions of themselves and also help them succeed at their jobs?

Those questions led me to a series of projects with Dialogos International, practicing large-scale systems change, and then a five-year apprenticeship to the world-class experts at Mobius Executive Leadership. In 2020 I transitioned to being an affiliate with Mobius while also joining more world-class experts Cultivating Leadership. Along the way I've served clients at Accenture, AstraZeneca, Egon Zehnder, Google, McKinsey, Novartis, Oliver Wyman, Rio Tinto, and Unilever, as well as any number of smaller companies, nonprofits, and startups.

Recent world events have led me to deepen my long-time interest in artificial intelligence, dating back to reading The Singularity is Near in 2007. With the threat of misaligned superintelligence looming over our future, I've dedicated a lot of my time lately to serving clients active in AI Safety.  

I live in Boston, Massachusetts with my wife, Rabbi Shoshana Friedman, and our 8-year-old boy. In my private life I enjoy 70s music, 90s Star Trek, contemporary Legos, and napping.