Milkbox Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in the problem solvers of tomorrow. We are a multi-stage investment and advisory firm, providing strategy and resources to our sizeable and growing portfolio of companies. Investment areas and representative portfolio companies include: - D2C consumer products (quip, WIN Brands, Arber, mcSquares), - health tech (Santa Barbara Nutrients, Goally, NowRx, Evernow, pulseData), - clean tech (Freewire, Empower, CleanCapital),- industrial tech (Prevenio, Hypersciences, GeckoRobotics, YankTech), - real estate (Brue Baukol, Forum Capital, Brinkman, Ashcroft, PatchofLand), - consumer tech (Flume, YankTech, CafeX), - blockchain (ZGCompute, Bloccelerate, Quantstamp), as well as dozens of other portfolio positions.

5300+ miles, 200,000+ feet of climbing, 100 days of riding, 18 States, 1 single cause - CURE PKD!I am riding my bike across America from May 1 - Sept 1, 2022 to raise $500,000 to increase research funding for the PKD Foundation - the only 501(c)(3) non-profit in America focused on treating and curing Polycystic Kidney Disease, an inherited, untreatable, incurable kidney killer affecting 600k Americans and 12.4m people globally.

As a Management Board member of this private equity-owned portfolio company, lead Mauser's North American industrial packaging business - with 28 manufacturing locations and 1600+ employees - and grow enterprise value by integrating acquisitions, enhancing margins, executing operational excellence programs, and effectively allocating capital.

A portfolio company of both Aurora Capital and then Arsenal Capital. Leader of this $120-million manufacturer of specialty adhesives and sealants. Developed and executed the strategy to deliver profitable top-line growth through pricing excellence, effective acquisition integration, product development, new market penetration, manufacturing excellence, and advanced supply chain processes. Delivered a 4.1x increase in EBITDA and transformed the business into a high-margin, high-growth company, increasing enterprise value by 5.5x and resulting in a highly successful exit.

Chairman of the ASC, a North American trade association dedicated to representing the needs of its 114 member companies of the adhesive and sealant industry.

Leader of a $300 million North American business unit serving six business segments including Paints & Coatings, Textiles, Paper Coating, Glass Fiber, Adhesives, and Fabrics.

Bondmaster - a Division of Henkel (then National) - Directed sales, marketing, product development, and manufacturing functions for this $90 million structural adhesives business.

Leader of this $30m global structural adhesives manufacturer with operations in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Worked directly with the CEO and Global Board in the Head Office of this $12b specialty chemical company.

CFO of this high-growth $125m electronics materials supplier with global responsibility for the IT, Finance, Procurement, and Accounting groups in the U.S., Korea, Japan, and Europe.

M&A in North and South America; large capital project proposals; competitive intelligence; strategy development.