WTI pioneered the concept of venture debt to fill a significant capital gap in the market. As early partners to the world’s innovators and entrepreneurs, we have been stable capital providers from the early days of the semiconductor industry, through the emergence of the internet, and across multiple economic cycles.WTI is investing out of its 10th institutional fund, which is supported by institutional LPs including endowments, non-profits, academic institutions, and select family offices.

Led GoDaddy’s Commerce products and experiences for product sellers and service businesses. Solutions that my teams built, launched, and optimized include Online Stores, Point of Sale devices, Online Bookings, Mobile apps, Marketplace and Social channel selling and management, and integrated Payments. Responsible for organic product development and funnel optimization across cross functional teams as well as strategic inorganic development. Co-led Operating plan and strategic planning process for Commerce division. Joined company to re-invent Commerce business. Transformed it from a sub $15M “me too” online store product, to one of category leading omni-channel commerce & payments products generating $100’s M in subscription and transactional revenue. Expanded from ~10 person team to creation of Commerce division with ~300 people. Drove key acquisitions and launched integrations of best in class customer capabilities: Poynt (Point of Sale and GoDaddy Payments), Sellbrite (multi-channel Marketplace e-commerce management), and Plasso (Digital goods e-commerce). Developed strategic partnerships including Apple, Square, PayPal, Google, Instagram, Avalara, Shipstation. Prior to the formation of the Commerce division, I also held leadership responsibility for GoDaddy’s digital marketing and CRM / consumer engagement products for Small Businesses.

Flint was an early mobile payments startup that made it easy for small businesses to get paid on their phones by scanning credit cards using the camera or sending mobile invoice, instead of needing a separate card reader. We built and launched mobile apps, a web app, and payment facilitator capabilities in partnership with Vantiv and then Stripe. *Led company from initial concept to over 150,000 SMB's on platform. * Recruited and hired cross functional team of ~ 40 people. *Established company as a top five player in the category with far less resources than competition.*Raised $25M + across multiple rounds of funding from top VCs and strategic investors: True Ventures, Storm Ventures, Verizon Ventures, Digicell, and WTI. * Re-structured company under challenging external circumstances and then sold to Due.com.

Joined management team while company was in stealth mode and built first commercial business with Salesforce.com. Company was acquired by British Telecom. Started and led Ribbit for Salesforce (integrated mobile voice and SMS to CRM) which was named Best Mobile App for Salesforce.com in 2008 and 2009. Direct responsibility for product management, sales, marketing, engineering and business development. Led partnership development with Salesforce.com and Oracle On-Demand. Patent granted for novel approach to integrate voice and voice to text messaging into cloud based business applications such as CRM to automate workflows. Post acquisition, led commercialization of first international offering through BT channel and played leadership role across product lines.

Served on Voice Division leadership team as part of transformation during the rise of internet powered communications. We grew revenue from $50M to ~$200M and created several industry leading products. Responsible for product lines accounting for $135M: conference phones, a new category of voice devices for Skype, and web conferencing appliances. Started and led major new product lines that delivered $60M + growth including: SoundStation 2W Wireless Conference Phone, Communicator for Skype and other internet calling apps, Cisco's flagship conference phones, and the QSX voice + content collaboration appliance. Developed strategic partnerships with Skype and Cisco in early days of internet based voice communications. Patents granted for novel approach to connect business class voice devices to operate over cell phone connection and new device design for internet powered portable speakerphones. Started at Polycom as Sr. Manager of Business Development and got promoted to Sr. Director of Product over time. Hired and developed Product Management and Product Marketing team and led cross functional groups.

Recruited while in business school to lead development of new business options and products for leading "radio paper" electronic display company. E-Ink is the technology used for the Amazon Kindle. Conceptualized “Osprey” cell phone expansion display, and business plan for wireless data services. Awarded patent for new approach to enable internet content consumption with connected miniaturized mobile devices. Featured in May, 2002 PC Magazine “Forward Thinking”, and November, 2002 USA Today.

Started as a Concept Design Engineer focused on how to design and manufacture products that were more eco-efficient and more cost effective. Became a Product Manager in the core Consumer Category group. Learned consumer product management from concept definition to launch from Procter & Gamble CPG veterans. * Member of Popshots Instant Single Use camera launch team - led design for re-manufacturing and setup consumer returns program. * Original Product Manager for iZone mini-instant camera and film, became top selling camera worldwide two years post launch. * Led market test launch of instant film positioning and major re-pricing with Walmart.com