Apr 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

• Infrastructure Ventures uses a data-driven model to select and algorithmically invest in technical founders from the Global South, who we call Lost Einsteins.
• Eccentric Labs is our enterprise data platform that works with blockchain and AI companies to help them build out their developer ecosystems. We proactively discover founders and then help nurture the startup idea from concept to scale.

Jun 2022 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

• Arweave is a web 3.0 infrastructure protocol, which provides decentralized cloud storage to help enterprises permanently store digital information and assets.
• The company publicly listed its token in 2018. The Arweave Foundry actively invests in ambitious founders that want to build innovative companies using the permaweb infrastructure.

Nov 2020 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Credit Sesame is a financial services firm and Neobank with 16 million customers. Our platform uses advanced analytics to create personalized recommendations to help consumers improve their credit score and make the optimal decision when using credit or cash, buy insurance, obtain a loan or choose a credit card.
• Our customers benefit from a platform that provides financial education and fosters positive habits to help consumers achieve their financial goals.

Apr 2020 – Nov 2020 · 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Jan 2019 – Oct 2019 · 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Uphold is a Neobank with 10 million customers, that provides financial services to consumers and businesses.
• Consumer products include debit card services, international payments, cryptocurrency and tokenized securities.
• Businesses use Uphold to add new payment services to their product, reduce business banking costs, or increase consumer access to their digital assets.

Nov 2017 – May 2022 · 4 yrs 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Xenon Ventures is a Private Equity firm focused on acquiring controlling stakes in technology businesses.
• Provide operational and management support to each of the portfolio businesses. Focus on increasing sales and setting up an inorganic growth team to execute on M&A, investments and preparing a portfolio company for exit.

Jul 2014 – Dec 2017 · 3 yrs 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• acuteIQ is a customer acquisition platform that uses machine learning to predict purchase intent. The technology identifies active trigger signals across our proprietary database of 21 million small/medium-sized businesses.
• Customers are banks and insurance companies, including Barclays, Chase Bank and RBC. Investors include Harvard Business School Angels and Techstars.
• Awarded by SAP as the "Most Innovative" solution in Enterprise Software and AI technology. Acquired by Trajectory Solutions in December 2017.

Jul 2010 – Jul 2014 · 4 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

• YuMe is a provider of digital video brand advertising.
• Recruited to build YuMe's mobile advertising business, promoted to turnaround indirect ad sales team and then to launch the programmatic ad sales solution.
• Part of management team that took company from $30 million in revenue to over $170 million and public listing on NYSE in 2013.

May 2006 – Jul 2010 · 4 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Rhythm is a mobile video brand advertising company.
• Managed the business development team that built a mobile video ad network of 30 million monthly uniques and 500 million monthly impressions in 18 months.
• Acquired by Blinkx (LSE AIM: BLNX).

Oct 2004 – May 2006 · 1 yr 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Stanford Research Institute (SRI) is one of the largest research labs in the United States with over 2,000 engineers.
• Headed research commercialization and product development for a cyber security program for the Dept. of Homeland Security. Worked with senior executives across government agencies (Dept of Defense, NSA) and critical infrastructure companies (e.g. AT&T, Verizon).

Jan 2003 – Oct 2004 · 1 yr 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• MCC Global is a Private Equity investment and advisory company.
• Provided strategy consulting and M&A advise to mid-market Technology, Media & Telecom firms in America and Europe.

May 2000 – Jan 2003 · 2 yrs 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Telecom Italia Ventures manages the corporate venture investing for Telecom Italia, Italy's largest telecom company.
• Sourced early stage investments and restructured existing portfolio companies. Identified new products and and spun-out technology start-ups.

Sep 1997 – May 2000 · 2 yrs 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• San Francisco Consulting Group was the strategy consulting team within KPMG focusing on telecoms and media clients.
• Worked on over 25 projects, including engagements with Bertelsmann, Disney, Sprint, Verizon and RadioShack.