-Cofounded early stage venture capital firm managing multiple funds in software tech, life sciences, agtech, and geospatial tech.-Cultivation Capital cofounded and incubated The Yield Lab, SixThirty, and FINTOP Capital, and serves as an administrative partner to Prosper Women’s Accelerator. -Recognized as the most active firm in the Midwest by PitchBook, and as one of the top 10 most active young firms and top 10 leading young firms in the US by Crunchbase.

-Led Olin’s entrepreneurship program from its infancy to #1 in the world in the Inc. Magazine/Poets & Quants ranking, #3 in the Bloomberg Businessweek ranking, and #6 in the Entrepreneur Magazine/Princeton Review ranking.-Named one of the Top 100 Entrepreneurship Professors in the World.-Codeveloped and launched 15 new entrepreneurship courses, founded and launched the MBA Entrepreneurship Platform, and redeveloped the BSBA entrepreneurship major making it the first at Olin to require experiential learning.-Co-architected and launched the social entrepreneurship curriculum. -Pioneered international coursework with travel courses in Hungary and Israel, introduced off-campus education in T-REX and CORTEX, and developed new pedagogy leveraging community engagement and experiential learning.-Founded the Summer Stipend Program and the Holekamp Seed Fund to provide funding for student startups.-Success led to entrepreneurship being embraced school-wide in 2018 as one of Olin’s “Four Pillars of Excellence”.

-Pioneered new concept in healthcare services.-Opened 7 retail healthcare centers in 5 years.-Managed each new Foot Healers to profitability within 12 months.-Negotiated and attained acquisition by private equity.

-Developed strategic partnerships for SoftBank-backed startup. -Acquired by Viewlocity.

-Completed 6-month technology and enterprise sales training program.-Consulted clients on IBM technology solutions.-Exceeded sales quota every year (100% Club).-Earned two General Manager's Marketing Excellence Awards.