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I spent the last sixteen years of my career at Google, working on early stage products and backing high-growth entrepreneurs. Most recently, I was a partner at Google Ventures (GV) for seven years. I led investments in companies like StockX, Toast, Podium, Tend, Gametime, Andela, and Flock Freight. Prior to joining GV, I led Google’s global partnerships work with technology incubators and accelerators, including Y Combinator and Techstars. I also managed business development and marketing teams. My first job at the company was helping launch its philanthropic arm, Google.org. I also led business development efforts on products like Google PowerMeter, which helped consumers track home energy use. In 2023 I left GV to move to Valencia, Spain with my wife and two daughters, fulfilling a longtime dream to live abroad as a family for a year. In the summer of 2024 we returned to the Bay Area, where I’ve been angel investing. Before joining the Alphabet family of companies I worked in Washington DC in public policy and advocacy roles. I helped start and was an early employee at both the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) and Center for American Progress (CAP).I graduated from Georgetown with an AB in Government and have an MPP from UC-Berkeley. In my spare time I serve on a number of non-profit boards based in Oakland, where I live, including chairing the board of the Oakland Fund for Public Innovation. I also enjoy coaching my daughters in youth basketball.