Amp is startup within Amazon re-imagining radio where people come together to create live, shared shows with the music they love. https://www.onamp.com/

The global startup business development team at AWS partnered with investors (accelerators, angels, seed funds, VCs, corporate venture) and other ecosystem constituents (Universities, service providers) to help onboard startups to AWS and provide them with the resources to be happy long term customers. I led a team of more than 200 people across North America, Latin America, EMEA and APJ.

The startup business development team in North America partnered with early and late stage investors (accelerators, angels, seed funds, VCs, corporate VCs) and other ecosystem constituents (Universities, service providers) to help onboard startups to AWS and provide them with the resources to be happy long term customers. I led a team that grew to more than 70 in North America.

The early stage startup business development team at AWS partnered with investors (accelerators, angels, seed funds) and other ecosystem constituents (Universities, service providers) to help onboard startups to AWS and provide them with the resources to be happy long term customers. I led a team that grew to more than 30 in North America with dotted line responsibility for our teams across EMEA, APJ and LATAM.

glassybaby is a consumer products manufacturer, marketer and retailer with venture investment from Jeff Bezos. I led a 100+ person company with full P&L responsibility, grew revenue 40%, profitability 300% and expansion into California.

Managed all operations of 100 member angel investor group including revenue and expense management, deal flow generation, investment evaluation and member recruitment. During my tenure, the AoA invested more than $20 million in 60 companies.

Led and managed mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and equity investments for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Transactions include the $118M acquisition of NUR Macroprinters, a manufacturer of industrial printers based in Israel.

Participated in all facets of venture business including deal sourcing, due diligence, deal structuring, negotiations and serving on board of directors for a venture capital firm with $150 million under management. I was directly involved with investing $40 million across nine companies including the Series A investment in DocuSign where I was a board observer.

Identified, initiated and analyzed investment opportunities for a private equity firm with over $8 billion of capital under management. GTCR primarily funded new companies seeking to grow through acquisition in the IT, healthcare, marketing and business services industries.Major projects resulted in:- 7x return from a $65 million equity commitment for management buyout in the pharmacy benefits management industry.- 5x return from a $150 million equity commitment for management start-up in the specialty pharmaceutical industry.- 2x return from a $70 million equity commitment to management start-up in the marketing services industry.- $100 million equity commitment for management start-up in the for profit post-secondary education industry.

Member of transaction teams for equity and debt offerings and merger and acquisition assignments for companies in the retail, business services, Internet, consumer products, lodging and restaurant industries.