Ceo
CurrentA founder - CEO is by definition a wide and evolving collection of roles. At Bolt I have had many parts to play in developing a platform of biomaterials (leather from mushrooms and silk from spiders) to power sustainability in the things we wear every day. We make way better materials for a way better world. This role started with me holding a box of live spiders and nothing else, and has built to major launches of desirable products in museums, on the Paris runway, shops around the world, and all over social media.This role has included:- Raising Investor Capital (>$300M)- Closing deals with customers (adidas, lululemon, Stella McCartney, Tsuchiya Kaban, Kering, Vegamour, and more)- Building teams of experienced leaders at multiple levels and domain expertise- Coaching and developing talent to meet our key execution goals- Setting strategy for the business in technology, product, operations and commercial- Making consequential decisions and changes to pivot how we operate the business- Giving presentations and interviews for outward facing marketing and talks, including TED, websummit, bloombergTECH, BoF Voices, the Today Show, Live tv and more. - Last but not least, a founder does everything that has to be done: I've also been a lab researcher, a patent inventor and writer, written research grants we've won, mover, party host, clean up crew and many more.
