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Mattiq is a transformative materials design and development company on a mission to decarbonize the fundamental building blocks that power our world. Spun out from Northwestern University, Mattiq blends materials science and artificial intelligence to accelerate the exploration, discovery, and real-world deployment of new materials and processes to power commercially viable, sustainable production of critical chemicals and fuels. This alleviates the materials boleneck in the world’s transition to net-zero, providing energy and chemical companies with clean, flexible, and cost-effective electrochemical solutions that lead to improved supply chain resilience.

EFI (Entrepreneurs for Impact) is North America’s top peer group community for growth-stage CEOs, founders, and investors in climate tech, sustainability, and clean energy. With monthly group meetings, annual retreats, guest speakers, and executive coaching calls, our members help each other boost revenue, impact, capital raised, clarity, confidence, work-life integration, and team effectiveness. Today’s members are creating billions of dollars of market value and millions of tons of greenhouse gas reduction.

A bit of time off to think, help friends with their projects, and work on the Next Big Thing...

Boston, Ma, Us

Following the acquisition of wise.io by GE, I led the vision, strategy, and execution of advanced AI / Machine Learning capability across of GE’s major industrial businesses, including Aviation, Power Generation, Renewable Energy, and Oil&Gas.

Founded in 2013, Wise.io was an early innovator in the development of high-performance machine learning to power "intelligent" software applications. As CEO, I led an accomplished team of experts in statistics, computer science, and machine learning to deliver robust, reliable, and scalable AI solutions for mission critical business processes.

AnswerIQ is a leading provider of Artificial Intelligence powered customer support solutions. The company's software integrates seamlessly into existing platforms like Salesforce and Zendesk, automatically learning from the actions of your best agents and providing intelligent assistance to your workforce and customers, allowing you to simultaneously improve both efficiency and customer satisfaction. The company was spun out of GE following the acquisition of Wise.io and is backed by Madrona Venture Group.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Zeptor is an innovative clean energy firm specializing in smart battery technologies.

Mountain View, California, Us

Revolution Analytics was founded in 2009 as the commercial backer of the prolific R open-source statistics language. As COO, I built and ran all of the Sales, Marketing, finance, and administrative functions across the company, earning the opportunity to work with some of the most innovative companies in the world as they began the process of adding Advanced Analytics and Data Science to their journey to become systematically data-driven

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Spansion was formed in 2006 from the spinout of AMD's Flash Memory Division. In my role driving Strategy and Corporate Development, I had the opportunity to lead both the establishment of core processes and systems within the company, as well as major external transactions including public financings, acquisitions, divestitures, and restructurings.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Founded, built, and ran a new Data Driven Product Engineering group from the ground-up. As part of this, I recruited, trained, mentored, and managed 20+ member team with expertise in process technology, device physics, product engineering, and statistical computing to support development of new memory technologies from concept stage through volume manufacturing. This involved creatiing of cutting-edge statistical data analysis infrastructure (Big Data / IOT Analytics driven) and methodology resulting in a 25% reduction in time to market for new technology development. Authored six technical publications and more than 30 patents.

Bs, Engineering

Mba, Finance

Management Science