Summary
Business owner and operator for more than thirty years, now leading two companies at the intersection of employee benefits and software. COO and Managing Owner of The Blue Orange Solutions, a benefits-enrollment technology consultancy he acquired in 2025, and COO of Platypus Payroll, where he helps build PlatPro Enterprise, a payroll, HR, and accounting platform, as one of its developers. His path runs from founding and running hands-on businesses to licensed insurance sales across dozens of states to operating technology companies, and the constant is the same: understand every seam of the work, then make it run.
Core Competencies
- Operations Leadership
- Business Ownership & P&L
- Benefits Enrollment Technology
- Employee Navigator
- Carrier EDI & 834 Files
- HRIS
- Payroll Operations
- Multi-State Compliance
- Software Development
- Team Building
- Client & Broker Relationships
- Insurance & Worksite Benefits
Experience
Chief Operating Officer · Managing Owner
The Blue Orange Solutions, LLC · Richardson, TX2021 to Present- Acquired the company in 2025, moving from Managing Partner to Managing Owner while continuing to lead operations.
- Leads a benefits-enrollment technology consultancy serving brokers and employers: Employee Navigator platform builds, carrier EDI and API integrations, renewals, and ongoing HR support.
- Runs the operational and financial side of the business: a team spanning onboarding, integration builds, data, and support that carries client groups through every open enrollment.
- Works directly with carriers on testing and expanding platform integrations to cut manual, redundant entry for clients of every size.
Chief Operating Officer & Developer
Platypus Payroll, LLC (PlatPro Enterprise) · Anna, TX2024 to Present- Helps build and operate PlatPro Enterprise, a payroll, HR & benefits, and accounting platform for employer groups: a payroll service company that builds its own software.
- Develops on the platform himself, from payroll and billing features to multi-state tax compliance research spanning all fifty states.
- Shaped the service model: month-to-month, flat rate per employee, fully managed payroll or self-serve on the same platform.
Licensed Benefits Consultant & Agent
Aflac · TriG Financial · Independent2020 to 2022- Insurance sales and benefits consulting for small businesses; licensure has since grown to 43 states, held current today.
- This chapter led directly to the technology side of benefits, seeing firsthand where enrollment platforms and carrier processes break down.
Earlier Ventures
S&J Designs · Operations · 2016 to 2020 · Residential remodeling in Allen, TX.
DayGo Media Integrations, LLC · Managing Member · 2012 to 2016 · Growth, strategy, operations, and hiring.
Gossimo Pro Computers · Owner · 2009 to 2012 · Computer sales and service, and the origin of this site's name.
Floors by Goss, LLC · Managing Member · 1990 to 2006 · Sixteen years building and running a flooring business.
Steelway International · Sales · 2004 to 2006 · Engineered light-gauge steel trusses.
Independent Software
Swellrunner: a momentum surfing platformer for Android, designed and built solo; paid title on Google Play in 170+ countries.
Trick Tally: Spades & Hearts scorekeeper with live shared tables between phones; web app, Android app, and sync service.
Education & Licensure
Collin College: business coursework; associate-equivalent credit hours completed.
Insurance licensed in 43 states, current.