Austin, TX

I run tennis facilities and build the software that runs them.

COO at Rippner Tennis. When the operation needs a tool that does not exist, I build it myself.

Latest notes

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Things I've built

Every tool here exists because something broke, cost hours, or lived in one person's head.

  1. 01

    Escalation engine

    The attendance policy, running as code.

    Apps Script
  2. 02

    Inventory system

    Stock, transfers, and alerts across three sites.

    Express · LibSQL
  3. 03

    Compliance tracker

    50 staff certifications, zero manual entry.

    Sheets · Apps Script
  4. 04

    Club extensions

    Payroll recalculation and live coach notes.

    Chrome
  5. 05

    rippnertennis.com

    The marketing site, rebuilt from WordPress.

    Next.js · Cloudflare
  6. 06

    Tools portal

    Schedulers and dashboards, one home.

    Cloudflare Pages

The path

  1. Greece

    Competitive tennis

    ITF juniors, a world ranking of 245, and the Greek National Team.

  2. Reno, NV

    Engineering

    Division I tennis at Nevada on a full athletic scholarship, with a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering earned along the way.

  3. Austin, TX

    Rippner Tennis

    Branch manager to operations manager to COO in fourteen months. Three facilities, 50 staff, 363 days a year.

  4. Today

    The migration

    Moving all three facilities to a new club management platform, go-live this August. Documented in the notes as it happens.

  5. Next

    What's coming

    Korta, a tennis matchmaking platform I'm a founding member of, launches in Austin. More of the operation automated. All of it posted here.

Contact

Happy to connect.

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