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Pasadena, Ca, Us

San Francisco, California, United States

Multi-stage and multi-sector investment fund with offices in San Francisco, Hong Kong, Sao Paulo, and Munich. Making investments and supporting founders across Consumer, Enterprise, FinTech, Frontier, Healthcare, and PropTech, and I'm excited to bring my passion for supporting ventures that are making social and environmental impacts across these sectors to the firm.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Hand crafted ultra-premium guitar, amplifier and effects pedal manufacturer focused on utilizing up-cycled materials. Advisory role includes strategic, financial, and sales planning as well as sponsored artist, venue, and recording studio programs.

Various

Developing, communicating, capitalizing, and executing strategies for pioneering ventures. Representative engagements:MDM Enterprises, Menlo Park Took CannaBlendz, world's first dietary supplement for cannabis consumption, from concept to product launch in 15 months. Co-Inventor on the Pending Patent.Emergent Capital Partners, New York CityDeveloped market entry strategy, partner evaluation, identified representative actionable opportunities, and crafted solicitation material around coherent impact investment goals for $100+ million Indonesia focused real estate funds. Family Office, Jakarta Developed cashflow focused triple bottom line investment strategy for Australian family office operating in Indonesia. Sourced and performed due diligence on 12 projects within 9-month window spanning fisheries, marine services, eco-resorts, wellness, ag-tech, manufacturing, and consumer services.Learning Links Centers, DallasCorporate development for innovative socially responsible workforce housing investor that combined non-profit K-12 tutoring services with 20%+ cash-on-cash multifamily returns. Secured high profile partnership with NFL legend Emmitt Smith’s ESmith Legacy Partners.Zisler Capital Partners, Los AngelesSecured assignments totally over $1mm in fees during 2018 financial crisis for middle market real estate capital markets advisor, including funding of construction for high-profile Gjelina restaurant on Abbot Kenny out of up-cycled materials at a time when many other restaurants were failing.

Long Beach, California, United States

Development of a medical & adult-use cGMP+ large scale contract manufacturing cannabis kitchen, lab, and distribution facility. Goal was to support medicinal and wellness brands through current period of predatory regulations and intoxication focused grey market activity. Secured property, licensure, and construction entitlements. Built team of expert consultants to craft business plan, design facility, define all equipment, and entitle construction.- With less than $3 million in pre-seed funding was able to purchase 19,000 SF warehouse and survive predatory 3-year entitlement process, which involved removal of planning official for attempted extortion and securing critical changes in city fire code to accommodate safe extraction lab operations. - After seed funding failed due to COVID pandemic, directed leasing efforts and negotiated lease and license management agreement with cannabis operator tenant.

Bali, Indonesia

Managed client engagements related to hospitality development and resort residential sales. Crafted offering materials; provided design, amenity and positioning council; supported investor solicitations; and enabled the firm to take on an additional 8 clients.

Bali, Indonesia

Indonesia’s first luxury fitness studio and 3rd CrossFit Franchise, in iconic “Bengkel” pyramid within ultra-luxury Sudirman Central Business District (SCBD). Secured coveted location, built membership, secured investors, led design & build-out, staffed, managed, led marketing & promotions, and coached classes. Reached over 1,500 athletes in the first year. Featured in more than a dozen articles and news spotlights. Triggered an explosion in premium fitness offerings and became an incubator for many of Indonesia’s current leading fitness influencers.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Originated investment banking/advisory services assignments and joint venture investment opportunities for firm's value-add and core+ funds with west coast middle market real estate companies operating throughout the United States. Managed execution of business for senior partners' clients. Generated almost $2.5 million in fees across nearly $1 billion in financing advisory work, and assisted with the origination of roughly $10 million in equity investmentsFrom 2005-2008 my efforts to expand green building projects' access to capital, when it was still seen as frivolous, involved helping organize and moderate over 30 panels in Southern California on green building practices, real estate finance, and innovative development trends for both NAOIP and ULI.

Los Angeles County, California, United States

Family commercial mortgage brokerage started by my father, step-brother, and myself in 2001 that focused on Owner-User financing, primarily SBA 504 and 7a real estate purchases, and assisting commercial realtors market to and underwrite prospective corporate buyers. Expanded business from base of Orange County broker referral sources into Los Angeles County commercial brokerage community. - Firm collectively placed more SBA financing than California’s largest SBA lender in 2004 and 2005. Personally underwrote and qualified $300 million in prospective business loans during last twelve months at the firm, with an average loan amount of $1.5 million.- Published a monthly educational newsletter for commercial brokers discussing trends in the real estate capital markets, regional economy, financial analysis, and corporate real estate from 2002 - 2005

Greater Los Angeles Area

Consulted start-ups in the emerging new media, mobile technology applications, and social network space. Provided market entry strategy, product development, project management, and fundraising services. Brought 4 new ventures to market and helped raise nearly $2 million in seed funding. Representative Clients:Mobile Storm, Los Angeles 2000:New media and mobile app developer. Clarified service offering and target market, drafted market entry strategy and fundraising materials, and then helped raise $100,000 seed round.GorillaGuide.com, Los Angeles 1999-2000:First of its kind social network and booking platform for young adult travelers. Developed hardware & operational plan for EU Internet kiosk network before mobile data availability. Designed wall mounted touchscreen computer for consumer Internet access that enabled centralized fulfillment and repair for space constrained youth hostels, budget hotels, tourist bars, and tour operators. - Brought system to market in less than 12 months Pocket Hoops, Los Angeles 1999:Early mobile app enabling NBA teams to capture scouting information on handheld computers. Led project management and crafted functional specifications. Adopted by The Los Angeles Lakers, and subsequently the majority of teams in the NBA.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Messaging and eCommerce platform for concert promoters, enabling moderated exchange and ticketing via text messaging and email prior to telco's allowing open access to applications. Ideated business, crafted functional spec, assembled team, fundraised, and led business development.- Secured EDM concert promoters with a user base of over 750,000 people for launch of services.

Valencia, Ca And Guetersloh, Germany

Logistics division of Bertelsmann, the world’s largest publisher and at the time 3rd largest media company. Special Projects Team supporting business development, new business implementation and internal process optimization on transcontinental multilingual project team for global customer service, assembly, media production and fulfillment solutions.- Implemented customer service for BOL.com –Bertelsmann’s competing book eCommerce offering to Amazon.com- Implemented North American customer service, media manufacturing, and fulfillment for Microsoft Courseware, which integrated with existing EMEA account based in Germany- Personally answered initial RFQ for Microsoft xBox fulfillment & customer support business as training exercise and won contract offering.

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

Boutique economic development strategy and non-profit fundraising consultancy. Managed engagements and held hundreds of meetings with business and community leaders to solicit both policy ideas for economic development programs and funds to implement the subsequent program plans.

Bachelor Of Arts, International Development Studies And International Economics

Activities and Societies: Sigma Chi Fraternity

Certificate In Sustainable Investing

Sustainability Studies

Internship studying sustainable business practices in rotations through departments of large retail firm; hands-on work followed by case.

Certificate In Business German

Indonesian/Malay Language

Indonesian/Malay Language