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Irvine, CA, US

Santa Ana, California, US

Our mission is to help Americans achieve their financial goals. Millions of people rely on our financial tools and resources to make better financial decisions. We’ve built the most comprehensive financial services comparison site available, and we’re just beginning.

Delaware, US

99FT is led by a team of very experienced financial services executives who have advised, built and operated global fintech companies. Comprised of former CEOs, CFOs, CRO, a regulator, and partners from the largest consulting firms in the world. The 99FT team has previously launched and stood up fully regulated, operational fintech, payments and lending.

San Carlos, California, US

• I led and built the company’s new LaaS business unit as “employee #1” through the successful launch of the program in multiple partners in 500+ retail locations who were offering our unsecured installment loans.
• Grew the initial 6-store pilot with one partner into a 250-store program in 12 months and 550+ stores across multiple partners in 24 months.
• Exited the first 12-month period on a >$60M in annualized loan originations run-rate.
• Developed the business plan, org structure, GTM strategy and long-term product vision.
• Building on the success of our “retail” partnerships, my team built and led the launch of Oportun’s first online POS installment program with Sezzle as our first partner.
• Built a robust pipeline of dozens of future partners for unsecured installment loans and POS financing.

San Carlos, California, US

• Oportun is a mission-driven, technology-powered provider of inclusive, affordable financial services and a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI).I was responsible for the company’s strategic.
• Completed to company’s first acquisition, SpringboardAuto, in less than four months. Direct auto loans were available to Oportun customers in Q2 2019.
• Developed the initial product plan, built the financial projections and gained BOD approval to launch a new secured installment loan program. The first loans were issued in Q2 2020.
• Developed the initial product plan, sourced partner relationships, built the financial projections and gained BOD approval to launch our credit card program. The first cards were issued in Q4 2019.
• Led the company’s entry into strategic online marketing and BaaS partnerships.

Reno, NV, US

Elemental is a leading U.S. based engineering and technology company that creates, develops, manufactures, markets and sells innovative, configured and integrated LED lighting solutions.I was responsible for the tactical execution and support of the company's strategic growth plans via the continued development of a fully-integrated 30-person Operations.

Sociogramics was a pioneering fintech launched in 2011 on the premise that existing scores and methods for sorting and assigning consumer behaviors are obsolete in an era of Big Data. We were leveraging emerging data sets coupled with our team's machine learning expertise to fundamentally improve online identity verification and micro-segment probable.

Mountain View, CA, US

The Sand Hill Angels is a group of successful Silicon Valley technology professionals dedicated to the formation and growth of startup companies.Investor in AppBistro, WaterSmart Software, PicCollage, Liftopia, FlyWheel

San Francisco, CA, US

Viant Group provides sell-side transaction advisory services to lower middle market and emerging growth companies. I left Viant to co-found build Sociogramics.Engagements included:Strategic advisor to sellers in acquisition of CleanSource Inc. by Interline Brands (NYSE: IBI)Strategic advisor to sellers, and shareholder, in acquisition of.

Orange Park, FL, US

As a leader in Online Safety and Risk Management, SafetyCertified has helped thousands of organizations with proven solutions that have educated employees, created safer work environments and significantly reduced workers’ compensation claims.We successfully sold the company to W.W. Grainger in October 2010.I leveraged my experience in company building.

Burlington, Massachusetts, US

ClickSafety provides a SaaS platform delivering interactive safety training, individual classes through complete programs, to the construction and general industry verticals. The company was the market leader in online OSHA 10 Hour training and a pioneer in online safety training. ClickSafety was bought by Ascend Learning in November 2008.I was brought in.

Houston, TX, US

Clean Power Finance was then a seed stage start-up building the first SaaS platform for solar installers to automate their business processes and serve as a distribution point for the company's unique consumer solar financing products. The company has raised over $82 million in equity from Kleiner Perkins, Google Ventures, Claremont Creek Ventures and Sand.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

FastFind.com was a lead generation platform for mortgage and higher education leads. Company was funded by Camelot Ventures in Feb 2004 and sold to Bankrate.com in Nov 2005.Soup-to-nuts company formation to include:- Initial business plan- Raised $5.5MM in total committed venture capital from Dan Gilbert (founder of Quicken Loans)- Designing and.

US

Providian was a Top 10 (based on $ amount of outstanding receivables) consumer lender specializing in subprime revolving credit products. The company was acquired by WAMU in 2005.Lead on sale of non-core business units- Sale of GetSmart.com to LendingTree, Inc.- Sale of Providian's Marketing Services Group to Kessler FinancialSale of credit card.

Valhalla, NY, US

USI Holdings Corp is a leading provider of insurance and benefits programs to middle market companies throughout the U.S. The company was founded in 1994 as a private equity backed roll-up, went public in 2002 and was taken private by GS Capital Partners in 2007.Financial projections for- $200MM syndicated debt offering through Credit Lyonnais- $125MM.

Walnut Creek, California, US

Managed a multi-million dollar portfolio of receivables across the Midwest.

Political Science

Mba, Finance

Ba, Liberal Arts