Former Fortune 50 AVP · Building Heritage Whisper

20 Years. Fortune 50.
Walked Away.

Former Verizon AVP. 4x President's Cabinet winner. Led 1,000+ people, generated $1B revenue. Now building Heritage Whisper — a voice-first family legacy platform that turns photos into a living timeline.

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Building Heritage Whisper

Preserving stories that matter

Background

The Story

From mall kiosk to AVP. Then I walked away to build what's next.

I spent 20 years at Verizon. Started at a mall kiosk. Worked my way up to AVP. Led teams of 1,000+. Generated over $1B in revenue. Won President's Cabinet 4 times (top 1% nationally).

Then I walked away. Not because I was burned out. Because I saw where things were heading. AI will amplify the leaders who learn to build with it.

Now I'm building Heritage Whisper full-time, a voice-first family legacy platform that turns photos into a living timeline so families can hear the story instantly in the original voice.

Location

Spokane, WA

Experience

20+ Years

Promotions

Cabinet

$1B

Revenue

1,000+

Team Led

Top 1%

National Sales Leader

14/14

Job Offers Won

AVP

Verizon 2018–2023

$1B+

Revenue Managed

Current Work

What I'm Building

Heritage Whisper is my main focus. I also co-run a product studio with my brother and share what I learn.

Heritage Whisper

My main focus

A voice-first family legacy platform that turns photos into a living timeline, so families can hear the story instantly in the original voice. Living timeline, not a finished book.

Built with my retired father to be senior-simple. If a 75-year-old can't use it, it's not ready.

Voice-First Legacy Living Timeline Instant Sharing

Product Studio

Takisaki Strategy

Co-founded with my brother. Two former Fortune 50 execs shipping one new product a month to see what sticks. Five live products and counting.

5 live products 30k+ monthly users Shipping monthly

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Interactive Timeline

My AI Development Journey

From "What is Python?" to 176,000 lines of production code in 20 months. The full timeline: milestones, tools, commits, and what I learned.

1,749 commits 50+ tools learned 4 phases documented

Writing

Insights & Writing

Leadership lessons, AI experiments, and what happens when you walk away from Fortune 50.

Leadership AI Career

Full-Time Work

Building in AI

Shipping production systems with AI. Real products, not demos. Learning by building, every day.

Claude AI Production Code Real Products

Let's Build Something

If you're looking to automate intelligently, scale systems, or just talk about what's next — let's connect.

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20 Years. Fortune 50. Walked Away.