Investment Bank, Corporate Advisory and Broker/Dealer focused on emerging technologies, including nanotechnology, cleantech, alternative energy, personalized medicine, water, infrastructure, green buildings, spacetech, steel, cement, public private partnerships, and more.

To Space for Life! https://earthlightfoundation.org/We are raising $40M for the our Permission to Dream fund, supporting our DreamScopes telescopes for kids project. Our goal is to put a telescope in every middle school in the world, starting with 15,330 middle schools in the United States.The project officially launched in Spring 2023 and as of Fall 2023, we are actively placing telescopes!Don't miss our New Worlds Conference and Cowboy Ball on November 17-18, 2023.What do I do?• Raising $40M for the DreamScopes telescope project for underserved middle schools around the world.• Manage investment strategy, organizational direction, business development, and fundraising efforts, working closely with donors and our New Worlds Conference partners.• Coordinate leadership, volunteers, vendors, and marketing materials for New Worlds conferences.• Establish strategic partnerships with for profit, nonprofit, and government organizations.

Unreal Solutions is a global financial consulting firm providing investment and risk management solutions to international business clients. We work with impact-driven companies to find seen and unforeseen problems and solve them with unconventional solutions. Business can be an immense force for good, and we are advisors, consultants, and partners to leaders who share our values. 📊 Examples of programs supported and projects completed: • Strengthened negotiation for a new international subsidiary, restructuring contract agreements and valuations to mitigate identified hazards, successfully reducing investor risk and reshaping deal structure.• Led market analysis for a global investment group, steering the expansion of a European pyrolysis recycling company into the U.S. market.• Revitalized financial stability of a manufacturing firm by identifying and rectifying an 18% gross margin erosion, building an Excel dashboard to realign cost variations and pricing structures.• Conducted due diligence for a private equity firm, successfully identifying and averting two potential acquisitions with hidden pitfalls, protecting the firm from significant potential losses. 🚀 We've worked with dozens of companies and organizations on overcoming roadblocks to growth. They're consistently surprised how their point of view changes after work with us, and the unconventional solutions we develop. ✅ What you can expect from Unreal Solutions:Creative ideas and a willingness to think outside the box. We seek to understand and combat bias and misinformation even when difficult - we require honesty and open-mindedness in return. 🌌 Our Values:-Advancement in our understanding of the universe.-Sustainable business practices.-Business as a force for good. 🛸 Why the spaceship?It stands for advancement and forward-thinking creativity.It stands for space, technology, and the unknown.It stands for what we can accomplish if anything is possible.

Aqaix is a financial technology company (Fintech) specializing in environmental finance technologies We are dedicated to de-risking infrastructure investments and elevating sustainable finance as a distinct asset class.What I'm working on:• Raising our Seed round of capital to accelerate our product growth.• Drove 100% revenue growth by spearheading business development and marketing efforts, including weekly program reviews and product fit across engineering, private equity, nonprofits, and government.• Increased inbound leads 200% by planning and coordinating creation of a 5-part workshop series on public/private partnership (P3) financing with technical subject matter experts.• Established Aqaix as a thought leader in impact finance by authoring articles to hundreds of thousands of subscribers across five magazines.

• Eliminated roadblocks in marketing program to drive a 6,500% increase in website visits in 18 months, resulting in more leads and customers.• Catalyzed inbound pipeline by authoring 194 articles and numerous social media posts, positioning us as an authority and attracting key players in the energy sector.• Spearheaded fundraising program to expand from maritime to aerospace and defense, preparing a business case examining millions in grants with outcomes, costs, and ROI.• Led ISO 9001 certification project to attract larger clientele, conducting a meticulous Gap Analysis audit and developing the project timeline to adhere to ISO standards.

• Oversaw execution of marketing tasks and hiring decisions, resulting in client growth rates of over 40% for a large pool manufacturer and 100% for a service business.• Implemented tracking sheets, software, and processes to create new pricing models, resulting in an increase in package pricing by 106%.• Cross-functional management point of contact for decision-making and budgeting, including bi-monthly client analytics updates.• Hired and trained international team members on quality, teamwork, and new processes, improving our efficiency and growing my team by 80% in two years.

• Conducted research on technology transfer and intellectual property policies of universities and research institutes, contributing to a new paper on the interface of universities and businesses.• Researched, reviewed, and summarized journal articles on entrepreneurship for a new theory on starting a business.• Assisted teaching of an online Excel and Access class for business students, managing students and the online class platform.

• Implemented lean manufacturing concepts to increase efficiency in production and improve gross profit margin.• Analyzed production team member’s time and defects to reduce mistakes and increase throughput.• Reduced errors in the process by improving documentation and analysis of production data, implementing new tracking sheets and records.• Worked on production floor in areas of cutting, crimping, assembly, and quality control of hydraulic hoses.

• Guided business owners and brokers on implementing health insurance products, saving them time and reducing their tax burden while improving their benefits offerings to their workforce.• Provided on-site employee benefits education and enrollments, increasing ROI for customers and minimizing downtime for employees.• Grew customer base and developed relationships with broker partners through cold calling and networking.• Managed CRM, documents, ordering, marketing materials, and performed company research to ensure we were prepared for short-notice enrollments.• Trained new insurance agents in the office and in the field.