I am a Chief Growth Officer passionate about designing new growth paradigms that allow companies focused on climate tech innovation for everyday living to move from start-up to market leadership driven by intertwined innovation, sustainability, and financial performance. I transform business models, craft strategic partnerships, and pioneer product and service strategies underpinned by financial rigor. I have led teams of up to 75 and budgets of up to $100M. Stakeholders & Clients: The Volvo Group, Pebble, The Consumer Technology Association/CES, Infineon Technologies NA, Bosch NA, Translink Capital, KPMG, The Nature Group, STARZ - A Lionsgate Company, Twentieth Century Fox Studios, HBO, IMG Global Media, AT&T, Viacom, Sanford C. Bernstein, JP Morgan ChaseSome of my impact to date:• Diversifying Pebble’s market from luxury electric recreational vehicles to disaster relief and field medical markets.• Enabling 1,000+ California companies in eight verticals to deliver on sustainability, growth, and partnership goals as advisor to the CEO of trade group SustainSoCal.• Shifted mindsets from transactional to customer-focused to meet Bosch’s goal of 9% global recurring revenues.• Delivered multi-day workshopping and brainstorming events for Bosch's N. American CEO with top 200 digital leaders.• Launched the first streaming service in the Middle East, Starz Play Arabia, and raised $50M in private equity capital.• Selected as Chairman by lead investor, GE.Board member, public speaker, and evangelist:• Instructor, Climate Change Essentials for Business Leaders, Berkeley Haas School of Business• Board Member and Co-chair of new accelerator and startups working group at Sustain SoCal, a trade association fostering cooperation in sustainability and cleantech• Board of Industry Leaders and Executive Board Member at the Consumer Technology Association• Moderator on Datacenters and AI - The Opportunity for the Energy Transition at Bifrost Summit• Moderator and Panelist on Consumer Behavior, Sustainable Consumer Electronics, and Technology at CESPersonal:• Dual EU citizen
Listed skills include Strategy, Start Ups, Digital Media, Strategic Partnerships, and 46 others.