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San Francisco, California, Us

We help corporations harness emerging technologies to solve their most important business challenges. Together, we prototype, pilot and validate solutions that transform companies, disrupt categories, and even lead to entirely new businesses. We are a passionate group of accomplished startup entrepreneurs, technologists and marketers that utilize new lean methodologies to help large brands accelerate digital innovation & launch new ventures.www.pilot44.com

Chicago, Il, Us

Member of The 81 Collection, a Founders Fund for hard industries. We seek to back pre-seed and seed companies in the 81% of U.S. GDP that is underserved by early stage venture capital. We exist to lighten the load for the next generation of entrepreneurs re-balancing the American economy.

San Francisco, California, Us

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

• Led P&G’s Silicon Valley entrepreneurial engine. I was charged with creating, incubating, & scaling transformational new business models, new categories, & service experiences capitalizing on consumer-driven, disruptive market innovation. • Engaged with multiple strategic Venture Capital & Incubator partners in order to vet potential strategic partnerships & ventures. Connected the dots internally to bring ideas to life externally with a focus on creating new revenue streams for the company. • Led end-to-end open innovation partnerships with startups, focusing on bringing innovation to market. I have experience managing business operations from accounting & cash flow to market testing and research.• Led effort to tap in to global tech hotspots

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

10 Total Years at P&G. Positions include:- Silicon Valley Open Innovation Lead (Digital Marketing + R&D)- Retail / Customer Team - M&A / Partnerships - New Business Creation / Open-Innovation- Fabric & Home Care Brand Team- Treasury

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

• Retail / Commerce Innovation Experience. Experience working directly with executives at our top customers to drive sales growth and strategy. This includes working directly with the Safeway CEO on high ROI innovation projects and supporting our sales team (40+ people) during strategic innovation sales calls. • Served as the lead Finance Group Manager owning West & Southwest customers that represent over $1.5Bn in annual sales. • Led and managed a team of finance managers to drive high return on investment promotion and shopper marketing opportunities with top P&G customers. My team managed over $150Mil in go to market promotional trade spending to drive incremental sales.

Founded a crowdsourced apparel startup named Ink-Hound. The Ink-Hound community of artists and members would submit and vote on shirt and hat designs. The most popular designs were produced and sold for a very limited amount of time.

Boston, Ma, Us

• Independently researched and reported on financial market news in Europe and the UK to company executives. London, UK• Co-led a team that expanded UK focused financial marketing to the rest of Europe.• Created and launched a very successful global customer segmentation model.• Presented research findings and legislation briefings to company executives on a regular basis.

Mba, Finance & Strategy

Bachelors Of Science, Business