Deciens is the leading venture capital fund focused on seed investing in fintech businesses. As the managing partner, I'm responsible for all aspects of the firm and hold several board roles for many portfolio companies, including Lead Seed and Series A Investor and Director at Chipper Cash and Lead Seed and Series B Investor and Board Director at Treasury Prime.

The Milken Institute Young Leaders Circle (YLC) includes 300 intellectually curious, motivated and philanthropic young professionals between the ages of 25 and 40 who support the Milken Institute and its mission.

Class 27 Kauffman Fellow – a premier global educational and professional community for venture capital. Focused on personal, professional, and organizational development during a two-year fellowship.

YPO (Young Presidents' Organization) is a prestigious leadership organization for chief executives around the world. With more than 26,000 members in 130 countries, YPO provides a platform for its members to share knowledge, influence, and trust, and to inspire impact in their businesses, families, communities, and personal lives. The member-run companies within YPO employ over 16 million people and generate $6 trillion in annual revenues. YPO is a powerful network of influential and innovative business leaders who are dedicated to driving positive change and making a lasting impact on the world.

Sourced, screened, ran diligence on, and closed LP investments in venture funds globally; completed 20+ investments in fund managers in the US, UK, the Netherlands, and India.

Built and launched the first publicly available API banking program in the United States. Ideated and developed new products, services, and offerings for clients in the US, Europe, and Asia, including products targeted to small businesses, life sciences, cross-border payments, and foreign exchange customers.

Standard Treasury created the concept of API banking & was the leading provider of tools for financial institutions to enable API banking worldwide. Silicon Valley Bank acquired standard Treasury in July 2015.

Giftly was a mobile payments and gift card start-up – acquired by Giftcards.com in May 2013. As COO, I developed Giftly’s stored value system; forged and managed bank, network, and other counterparty relationships; created compliance, risk and regulatory strategy; and lead SEM, SEO, and offline customer acquisition channels – growing sales by more than 800% year-over-year.

Managed business, website operations, and business development for TechCrunch’s online and offline businesses; wrote a weekly column on emerging trends in technology, focusing on mobile and social commerce; and evaluated companies as a senior staff member for TechCrunch40 and TechCrunch50