Austin, TX

I run tennis facilities and build the software behind them.

COO at Rippner Tennis, a three-location tennis operation in Austin.

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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

    Bulk session, sub, and credit tools the club software doesn't ship.

    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. Next

    What's coming

    Korta, a tennis matchmaking platform I'm a founding member of, launches in Austin. At Rippner, more of the operation gets automated, and I write about that work here.

Contact

Happy to connect.

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