Outside Capital is a hospitality real estate investment platform bringing the outdoor sector's most compelling projects and strategies to life. Capitalizing on long-term, measurable trends favoring experiential and nature-based travel, Outside Capital invests and develops meaningful partnerships alongside financial institutions and management companies seeking to create value in a growing and underinvested market.As Outside Capital's head of development, manage all phases of the development process for projects sponsored by Outside Capital as well as conduct underwriting and assessments of potential new projects. Likewise, as the firm's brand architect, spearhead the development of a new, purpose-built and scalable brand concept to be applied to all projects sponsored by Outside Capital.

Luxury Frontiers designs sustainable and immersive resorts and lodges in naturally beautiful locations all over the globe. Specializing in strategic advisory, architecture, interior design, procurement, and project management services, the firm offers an end-to-end scope of services to position an asset for success in today’s ever-evolving hospitality landscape.Pre-Development & Branding• Consulted owners/developers (e.g., Cascade, Berjaya), destination planning consultants (e.g., Ernst & Young for PIF and AMAALA), and leading hotel brands (e.g., The Luxury Collection, Leela) looking to expand into the experiential/nature space; spearheaded pre-development services such as conceptualization and programming, brand standards/SOPs, business plans and pro formas, staffing models, design direction, and sustainable operations frameworksExecutive Management, Marketing & Business Development• Co-authored the Luxury Frontiers business and marketing plans and supported the CEO in all business development efforts, transforming the company from a regional design firm to a global full-service development services firm specialized in bespoke experiential lodging and alternative building techniques (e.g., tented camps and treetop suites); work includes Camp Sarika by Amangiri and Naviva, A Four Seasons Resort• Directed all marketing and PR efforts, resulting in features in publications such as the New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, Architectural Digest, Travel+Leisure, Travel Weekly, Sleeper, and Hospitality Design

Consulted on the development and management of 5-star boutique hospitality products in remote destinations, empowering our clients’ relevance in the increasingly experiential hospitality-based market. Together with clients, composed signature hospitality products in truly one-of-a-kind locales around the world. • Consulted Vulcan Inc.’s executive African lodging and conservation team, with feasibility analyses and asset management support for acquisition targets and existing investments in East and Southern Africa• Collaborated with Luxury Frontiers to deliver development consulting projects for Investment Corporation of Dubai (the repositioning and refurbishment plan for a newly acquired wildlife concession with 7 existing properties and 58 keys) and with RLD by BK Partners and One&Only (a 17-key greenfield project planned as a satellite to the One&Only Mandarina)

Managed Abu Camp– a low volume (6 tented suites), high touch resort in the remote Okavango Delta, a UNESCO World Heritage site. 7 line managers and 56 staff members deliver tailor-made experiences and provide first-hand access to elephant conservation, research, and interactions to Abu guests. Of note, Abu Camp (then owned by Vulcan Inc. and operated by Wilderness Safaris) was the highest priced double occupancy key in sub-Saharan Africa (now $3900pppn) and continues to be widely regarded as among the most luxurious properties in Africa.• Responsible for the general management of the Food & Beverage, Kitchen, Housekeeping, and Guest Relations departments, especially managing the related budgets, human resources duties, and development of managers and staff• Served as the Relief F&B Manager during the F&B Manager’s leave periods• Defined, documented, and enforced the minimum standards of Abu Camp's service offering, appearance and style, branding, and training• Drove an increase in experiential hospitality by building a cross-functional Guest Experience team and outlining processes in order to further personalize the Abu guest experience• Achieved guest feedback scores steadily increasing year on year: FY15 surpassed all FY14 guest feedback scores with an average increase of 4.3% per category and scores again increased by about 3% on average from FY15 to FY16• Received the Andrew Harper’s Readers’ Choice Award for Top 20 Safari Lodges in 2015 • Served as the lodge's youngest GM as well as the first person of color in the role• Tasked as a Wilderness Safaris Service Coordinator for the Wilderness Safaris portfolio and formally audited 16 properties across four service levels in Zambia, Botswana, and Namibia

• Completed the feasibility study and plan of centralizing business support functions and logistics to efficiently serve the current lodge (77 keys) and future Four Seasons properties across Tanzania• Streamlined logistics processes, including F&B procurement, transportation methods, and schedules

• Analyzed the service performance of all 3 Orient-Express tented lodges in Botswana; conducted new audits, reviewed all old Leading Quality Assurance audits• Proposed recommendations to the senior operations team to exceed target LQA scores and further tailor the products to luxury travelers

• Co-launched this social discovery engine empowering users to coordinate their social lives and to discover the best event, bar, hotel, restaurant or other hospitality venue for any particular date through algorithm-produced “hotlists” • Gained experience in writing and presenting a business plan and raising USD 2.5 million in capital• Designed the original grass-roots marketing strategy for a dynamic target market• Examined market needs and trends to steer product development