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Built our internal team at the firm, helped our portfolio companies with their recruitment and operations strategies, handled executive search, placed independent Board members and Advisors, built foundational early-stage deep tech teams, created the firm's fellowship program, created compensation and equity plans for expansion, and sourced founders for deal flow.- Archer Aviation (Exited)- Boom Supersonic- Tarana Wireless- Paradromics- Venus Aerospace- Axiom Space- MycoWorks- E-Space- Commonwealth Fusion Systems- Lyten- Epirus- Gilgamesh- Quantum Space- Space Perspective- Carbon Capture- Focused Energy- Halo Industries- Diamond Age- Robust.AI- Pyka- Dalan Animal Health- Atom Computing- Spartan Radar- Energy Vault (Exited)- Vaxxxinity (Exited)- Momentus (Exited)- Heliogen (Exited)- Halo Industries- Wacomet

Worked side by side with dozens and dozens of Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A founders backed by First Round Capital.

Part of the executive leadership team at Leap Motion that handled accelerated expansion for a spatial computing startup after raising $50 million in Series C funding led by JPMorgan. The company was acquired.

Specialized in recruiting and retaining world class talent for teams ranging from startups to Fortune 500, including private equity and venture-backed companies. Served as both a consultant and a full-time employee working with C-Suite leadership on scaling, spin-offs, mergers, acquisitions, executive search, hypergrowth, and more. Broad industry experience including venture capital, financial services, hardware, software, devices, platforms, aerospace, life sciences, digital health, future of work, transportation, B2B, and B2C. - Instagram- Internet.org (now Meta Connectivity)- NASA Jet Propulsion Lab- NTWRK- GOAT Group- Forward Healthcare- Bolt Financial- Quona Capital- Media Arts Lab/Apple- Getro- Squad (Acquired)- Modern Fertility (Acquired)- Ueno (Acquired) - Scoot Rides (Acquired)- And.Co (Acquired)- Working Not Working (Acquired)And others!