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Boise, Idaho Area

Sage Growth Capital is a venture capital firm that makes revenue-based investments in growing private companies who are unable or prefer not to acquire capital from traditional lending or equity sources.

Boise, Idaho Area

Provide services and expertise to accredited private investors across the U.S. to establish and manage angel investment syndicates. Loon Creek's original business model included formation and administration of local angel funds. - Launched Treasure Valley Angel Fund in 2012, Capitol City Angel Fund in 2014, and Gem State Angel Fund in 2016 (Boise, ID) - Launched Central Valley Angel Group in 2015 (Fresno, CA) - Continue to provide advisory and administrative support to all four funds until they are liquidated

Fund Member - consider and vet investment opportunities for high-growth businesses.Former Boise Angel Fund Co-Investment Committee Chair - considered investments from other Angel groups.

Boise, Idaho Area

(Formerly VRigami) Co-founded a startup whose mission is to provide everyone with the tools to create their own VR/AR content. Provided operational and strategic leadership from initial concept through release of the software to public beta. Successfully grew the team from three to nine employees, and released a fully functional software to the public in less than 12 months. VRigami now delivers a full studio of software including a desktop Creator, an online sharing marketplace, and apps for individual viewing devices.

Boise, Idaho Area

Provided project management and career coaching of business development team as they launched in multiple new market segments, including international. Project Lead for launch in regulated states.

Boise, Idaho Area

Provided leadership and strategic direction for TECenter programs and staff. Conducted operational oversight of 40,000 s.f. facility housing between 25 - 30 resident companies. Coached resident and non-resident client companies on all aspects of their business. Cultivated a network of resources, mentors and investors for clients. Key achievements: - repositioned the TECenter from an unknown incubator to a recognized leader in the Treasure Valley economic development and entrepreneurial communities - increased building occupancy from 53% to 90% in 14 months - achieved financial sustainability for the first time in the program’s 10-year existence - won the national SBA/GAN Accelerator Competition resulting in $50k prize money (one of 50 winners out of over 800 applicants)-developed the Lean Essentials Sprint, which takes entrepreneurs from idea to business launch in 9 weeks using the Lean Startup methodologies

Coached and consulted with small businesses on operating their organizations based on strategy and planning rather than reaction. Specialized in creating order from chaos and maximizing impact of existing competencies.

Provided strategic and operational direction and leadership to team of 30+ employees. Promoted to CEO during a time of internal and financial turbulence. Charged by the owners to turn around the trends of declining sales, financial losses, employee and client turn over. Within 7 months, successfully re-established a level of profitability, stabilized internal environment, and stopped client losses. Continued to lead the company until a buyer was identified. Initiated and facilitated sale of the company to Synoptek in May 2008. Managed subsequent transition process.

Designed and directed programs to raise unrestricted funds to meet yearly goals. Interacted with Alumni, donors, campus and business community. Managed donor cultivation and stewardship. Captured, analyzed, and reported on data to identify trends and improve processes. Maintained oversight of daily activities of fundraising operation and supervised support staff. Reported to Executive Management, President, and Board of Trustees.

Researched and proposed solutions for various issues on ad hoc basis for Provider Services and Contracting departments utilizing SAS programming and data analysis. Assisted with determination and maintenance of policy pertaining to Provider reimbursement. Independently completed several projects including coordination of reporting between federal employee and regular subscriber systems; research and proposal for conversion to RBRVS.