Currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area. On corporate assignment in Seoul from Feb 2019-Dec 2020. Investing in and acquiring companies for a $11BN revenue division of Samsung. We've invested in and partnered with Darktrace (DRKTF), Blocko, ScyllaDB, Bitfusion (acq'd by VMware), Iguazio, SentinelOne (NYSE:S), Jitterbit, Nota, Karamba Security, Nozomi Networks, Vizion, emro, et al. Corporate investment of $40m into CMC (Vietnam).

koala is the consumer social networking app being used by the top creators to grow, connect and create with their creator community. Koala makes informed social and collaborative connections based on the aggregation of data across all major social media platforms and our koala community in-app activity.

VIZION is an API-based solution for ocean freight visibility. They automatically push the most complete, standardized, and detailed container tracking events to any software system or spreadsheet so shippers get end-to-end visibility into the freight that drives their business.

Slope announced a $30m round led by Union Square Ventures with major participation from Sam Altman, bringing total funding to $187m. Since launching in Aug'21, they are over 8 figures in ARR and are a lean team of 18.

The Cap Table Coalition aims to diversify the VC ecosystem by creating investment opportunity for Black, Latinx, LGBTQ+, Native American, women, and other traditionally marginalized investors.

The Contentment Foundation offers child and adult-centered wellbeing curricula to schools internationally. For businesses, the organization drives implementation of wellness resources to all of your employees. They train, analyze, build, and integrate wellbeing into the fabric of your company culture. This boosts productivity, collaboration, creativity, communication, and innovation. https://contentment.org/business

In July 2019, VMware announced its intent to acquire BitFusion, a pioneer in the virtualization of hardware accelerated devices with a strong focus on GPU technology

Launchable, Inc. (Sept 2019 - Sept 2021)Test.ai (formerly Appdiff; engaged Nov 2015 - Oct 2017)LaaSer Critical Communications (engaged Aug 2016 - July 2018)

Executive team member of virtualization-aware data storage systems company. $260m of venture raised; IPO 2017; Acquired by DDN in 2018Negotiated OEM-resell agreement with Fujitsu and managed team covering all technology partnerships, in-licensing, OEMs. Participated in IPO readiness process; regularly represented the company at investor conferences

Executive team member of leading Continuous Delivery Platform Company - $350m+ of committed capital. Led corporate development and strategy; business and channel development; and strategic partnerships and alliances. Raised $11m Series C financing, led by Verizon Ventures. Signed distribution agreement with Pivotal Software for Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBeesInterim VP Sales, Americas from Nov 2012 - Mar 2013

Engaged in all aspects of investment process for Battery VIII and IX, $1bn and $750m funds, respectively, to sponsor investments as check-writer and voting board member. Led teams in sourcing, due diligence and portfolio administrationInvolved with three early-stage investments: Fastly (FSLY:NYSE), next-gen web performance and content delivery provider founded by Artur Bergman, CTO of Wikia; Cask (acq'd by Google), real-time analytics data platform founded by Todd Papaioannou, CTO/Architect at Teradata and Greenplum; and Agari (acq'd by HelpSystems), email authentication and anti-phishing co. led by Pat Peterson, IronPort VP Technology

Directed corporate strategy; discovery, evaluation, and execution of all M&A, corporate investment, and joint venture activities, including communication with VMware board and M&A committee. As a team, $833m of aggregate purchase price for seventeen deals over four years, representing 600+ employees, with a 90%+ retention rate. Acquired teams and technologies responsible for VMware’s Lab Manager, View, vShield, Orchestrator, Lifecycle Manager, ThinApp, AppSpeed, vCloud, et al. Led VMware’s $420m acquisition of SpringSource and the acquisition of Zimbra from Yahoo!Led all of VMware’s strategic, venture investments: AppFolio (NASDAQ: APPF), SaaS-based business solutions (board observer); Nimbula, cloud operating system (board observer, subsequently acquired by Oracle); SpringSource, enterprise Java build-manage-run platform; and $20m PIPE in Terremark (acquired by Verizon)Led Oct-08 acquisition of BlueLane Technologies; Sept-07 acquisition of Dunes Technologies SA; Apr-07 acquisition of Propero, Ltd; and participated in Jun-06 acquisition of Akimbi Systems. Initially managed alliances for emerging ecosystem

Interim Vice President, Sales – Asia Pacific, from Jul-05 – Dec-05. Owned full P&L responsibility for the region, including management of India, Great China and Singapore country managers. Contributed to 35% of CY’04 revenue. Led software OEM with Huawei-3Com and HCL Infosystems (largest PC brand in India). Developed relationships with key accounts and strategic technology partners. Helped establish and execute pricing, branding and positioning for the flagship product

Engaged in all aspects of the investment process for $400m and $800m funds. Eight investments in data storage, optical systems and components, enterprise software, including Redline Networks (acquired by Juniper Networks)

Involved with four investments, including Loudeye Technologies (IPO, then sale to Nokia). Advised Peregrine Semiconductor (NASDAQ:PSMI; subsequently acq'd by Murata Electronics NA for $471m) on corporate strategy

Analyzed and evaluated mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, restructurings, and high-yield and investment grade offerings in the technology, media, and telecommunications industries. Transaction experience with fourteen completed and three announced deals, including: America Online / Time Warner – merger of equals ($115BN) and Time Warner / EMI – joint venture ($20BN); Chancellor Media Corp. / Capstar Broadcasting – acquisition ($5BN); PRIMESTAR / DirecTV – sale of assets ($2BN); LIN Television / Hicks Muse Tate & Furst – financial buyer ($2BN); Swiss Bank Corp. / Union Bank of Switzerland – merger of equals to create UBS AG ($25BN)