Leading donor engagement and fundraising initiatives to support programs that restore forests, watersheds, and rural communities. Driving collaborative fundraising strategies, building meaningful relationships with donors, and managing development campaigns aligned with the Sierra Institute’s mission to promote environmental health, economic vitality, and social equity.

Opcondys is developing a new class of power-switching devices for makers of high-voltage power equipment. The technology is licensed from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Opcondys is working on an ARPA-E award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to commercialize this technology to help enable the transition to clean energy. I support Opcondys' technology-to-market (T2M) plan development for its ARPA-E award.

Mentor climate-tech ventures on strategy, technology commercialization, business development, and fundraising

As a grant reviewer for New Energy Nexus' CalSEED Concept, CalSEED Prototype, and CalTestBed programs, I review funding applications and judge pitches to direct funds from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to climate-technology ventures.

Leading the strategic direction and growth of HydroChute, focusing on pioneering sustainable energy solutions by harnessing low-speed water flows. Driving business development, overseeing product innovation, and securing partnerships and funding to bring our novel technology to market.

GreenTech Motors (GTM) licensed advanced electric motor technology from Boeing. I am working with the team to fundraise for technology commercialization, product-market fit, and growth.

I crafted and delivered on strategic goals including business development and fundraising for All Power Labs (APL), a company that designs, engineers, and manufactures biomass energy platforms. APL creates tools and resources for communities to make and use renewable energy as well as sequester carbon.

I drive business development efforts for neatMon's services and products including environmental and agricultural IoT monitoring tools and software that utilize machine learning (ML).

Flower Turbines provides renewable energy via novel, wind turbine solutions. I supported the company's business development and fundraising efforts.

Investing directly in early-stage ventures through the Innovation, Development, and Entrepreneurship Advancement (IDEA) Funds and supporting the broader entrepreneurial ecosystem through the Missouri Building Entrepreneurial Capacity (MOBEC) grant program, the Missouri Technology Corporation (MTC​) is a public-private partnership created by the Missouri General Assembly to promote entrepreneurship and foster the growth of new and emerging high-tech companies.IDEA Funds are deployed through four programs: Missouri TechLaunch, Seed Capital Co-Investment Program, Venture Capital Co-Investment Program, and the High-Tech Industrial Expansion Program. Companies in applied engineering, defense and homeland security, biomedical science, animal health, and plant sciences seeking seed or venture funding are encouraged to apply.Through the MOBEC program, MTC makes strategic investments that expand the support system for entrepreneurs who are commercializing new technologies or enhance the capacity of Missouri to grow its innovation economy. Eligible applicants are public or private nonprofit Missouri research institutions and nonprofit entrepreneurial support and related organizations.More information about each program can be found on MTC's website (https://www.missouritechnology.com/about-us).

Venture Development Manager for the BlueTechValley innovation cluster.Led Valley Ventures accelerator's cohort programs.Guided ventures in commercializing technological solutions in water, energy, and agricultural markets in California and beyond.Helped over 85 climate-tech ventures raise over $225M in external funding.Programs are sponsored by the California Energy Commission (CEC), the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and private organizations.

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) Technical Review Committee works with startups for two years to help raise outside funding and bring their solutions to market through hands-on mentorship, curriculum, and access to investors, partners, pilots, and customers. The program is designed for early-stage startups (pre-seed to seed) in Southern California with technology solutions for Clean Energy, Zero Emissions Mobility, and Smart and Sustainable Cities: Circular Economy, with a focus on Southern California.

The Impact is a weekly newsletter that provides analysis of emerging technologies, research, policy, and trending news in the cleantech space in a short and informative way. The newsletter is written by analysts, founders, and executives in the cleantech industry with a mission to help inform and arm their readers with the tools to go out and make a climate-positive impact. Learn more here: http://readtheimpact.com/

Supported startup ventures with technology commercialization, funding, strategy, and execution.

Program manager for the Technology Development Center at the Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Responsible for planning, developing, fundraising, marketing, and overall administration in accordance with the goals and objectives of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and UC Merced SBDC Regional Network.Provided in-depth consulting services and formal and informal training to current and prospective local/regional small business owners (located in Fresno, Kings, Madera and Tulare Counties) with regard to business management practices; facilitating regional business creation, retention, and expansion; and, interacting with Federal, State, and local governmental economic development agencies.

Responsible for full account management including: primary point of contact for clients, client retention, and driving client satisfaction. Chiefly responsible for everything related to managing marketing research projects, including maintaining an exceptionally high level of quality for client deliverables, team coordination, pricing, and running kick-off calls.

Developed fiber-optics transceiver accounts for this Taiwan-based manufacturer.

Helped launch a new EFL business magazine. Started and led the education program department.