Firefly Fund is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded in 2017 to fund the research and education necessary to accelerate a cure for rare neurodegenerative genetic diseases that affect children and currently have no cure — starting with Niemann-Pick Disease Type C (NPC). Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Firefly Fund leads a collection of programs including Newborn Screening, Translational Medical Research, and the Patient Access Fund. These programs offer resources, support, and reassurance to NPC families.https://fireflyfund.org/

Centogene is home to largest neuro/rare disease biodata bank in the world. As Senior Director of Business Development sought to forge relationships with venture capital, biotech and large pharma. Mission to utilize Biodata bank to assist biotech in preclinical, clinical trials, and market expansion. Provide Biodata licenses to assist artificial Intelligence biotech with target discovery and development. Key Accomplishments:♦ Established relationships with multiple biotechs for preclinical drug screening and biomarker development. Clients confidential.♦ Established multiple relationships with AI and venture capital firms to utilize biodata license for drug discovery, target discovery, and disease prioritization. Clients confidential. ♦ Established multiple relationships with biotechs to assist in patient finding for clinical trial enrollment. Clients confidential.

Amherst holdings is the parent company for a group of subsidiaries involved in the securitization of single-family rental properties. Key Accomplishments:♦ Implemented and manage a contract management system, managing contract lifecycle and contractual relationships with approximately 400 vendors across all Amherst subsidiaries. Negotiated and managed renewals and terminations. ♦ Created and maintained Company contract templates.♦ Established playbook and workflow for contract management system.♦ Point of contact for all tech related contracts in support of Amherst Insight Labs. Negotiated, drafted , and reviewed agreements including but not limited to SaaS, SLA, Data Licensing, Data Privacy, IT professional Services, and IT Procurement. ♦ Provided direct legal support to Human Resources. Drafted, negotiated, and reviewed all agreements relayed to recruitment. ♦ Researched and implemented Company GDPR Policy. ♦ Monitored, managed, drafted, reviewed, and negotiated company commercial leases. Scope included not only Amherst corporate locations but also in excess of 50 Main Street Renewal satellite offices across 30 states. Responsibility included agreements related to commercial construction and office remodeling. ♦ Responsible for contracts related to hospitality including event planning, hotel accommodations, cratering, entertainment, golf tournaments, and charity events. ♦ Provide legal support and counsel on securitization, corporate structure, Intellectual property and landlord-tenant matters. Provide practical and wide-ranging advice on legal issues; review contracts and renewals related to vendor use.

NuvoNuro is an Austin TX based neuroscience company with a translational focus on treatment of neurological diseases via the modulation of TMEM97. Preclinical work indicates potential treatments for Traumatic Brain Injury, Non-opioid Pain Relief, Alcohol abuse, Alzheimer ’s disease, AMD, Huntington’s, and Niemann Pick Type C1.Key Accomplishments:♦ Identified opportunity to create a company with platform technology. ♦ Recruited initial management team.♦ Incorporated NuvoNuvo into a Delaware LLC. ♦ Negotiated patent option with the University of Texas.♦ Involved in all aspects of management including raising capital, budgeting, and business strategy.

Bright Trading/Zoe Trading, Austin, TX (2008-2010)Trader and Correlated Pair Portfolio ManagerProprietary trader specializing in mean reverting strategies, spread trading, and statistical arbitrage. Responsible for analyzing technical, fundamental and economic date to develop short term to medium term trading strategies. Managed correlated pair equity portfolio of both personal and firm capital.Key Accomplishments:♦ Completed 100 hour training program on long/short market neutral trading strategies under the tutorage of Rob Friesen.♦ Reacquired series 7 and 63 licenses scoring in the 90 percentile on both exams.♦ Devised trading methodology to adjust long/short capital balance in order to maximize profit and/or minimize loss in market trending scenarios. ♦ Created and employed an automated trading strategy for mean reversion in highly correlated equity pairs.

Actively traded company account using proprietary and modified trading systems. Conducted extensive research on various long and short-term trading systems. Developed strategies which can be employed in both range-bound and trending markets with heavy emphasis on risk management. Emphasized process of system simplification for the purpose of automation.Key Accomplishments:♦ Developed a portfolio model for the purpose of diversification and risk management. Provided technical framework for future development of CTA.

Nirvana Systems was the leading provider of technical analysis software. The company’s primary focus was toward the development of software with the capacity, via the employment of a variety of trading systems, to provide automated trade signals to the individual investor. In addition, Nirvana sought to integrate brokerage capacity to existing software to affectively create “black box” trading potential. • standard intraday margin requirements, systems commonly produced in excess of 300 percent returns quarterly.

Brought in initially as broker for one of the original in-house day trading firms. The firm provided brokerage and technology platform for individual traders to execute short-term equity trades in person accounts. Progressed from broker position to become independent trader.