Four tech unicorns. My team speaks both founder and institutional investor fluently.Senior executive, board member, advisor and investor with experience that includes leading two tech start-ups as President & CFO through $1BN IPOs (average return during tenure of 11.2x) and as advising two tech start-ups resulting in a $10BN IPO and $1BN successful SPAC merger.Currently CEO of Hilliard Advisors, a strategic CFO advisory firm. Formerly President & CFO of Demand Media managing over 100 personnel and all aspects of finance, legal, human resources and IT operations. During five-year tenure, the company tripled revenue to over $350MM, returned 5.6x to common shareholders, closed several strategic acquisitions, raised $135MM in private growth equity and, in January 2011, raised $174MM in the first US Internet IPO with a market capitalization of over $1BN since Google. Demand Media was also the first-ever venture backed US Internet IPO to have Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as joint bookrunners.Previously served as President and CFO of NetZero/United Online, a leading provider of consumer services over the Internet. During tenure, the company achieved a 100-fold increase in revenue to over $500MM, returned 16.8x to common shareholders, and became a member of the Standard & Poor’s 600 Index. Former investment banker with Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch involved with the successful execution of over $30BN of financing transactions and mergers and acquisitions. Licensed CPA with extensive public reporting and SEC experience, including successfully appearing before the SEC's Office of the Chief Accountant (OCA).