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New York, NY, US

Westport, Connecticut, US

Partnered with serial inventor/product designer and aquatic safety expert Dave Cutler to create WAVE™, the first drowning detection system with the reliability, simplicity and low-cost necessary for widespread adoption. It can be used in pools, lakes, rivers and beaches. WAVE determines when a swimmer has been submerged for too long and immediately alerts.

24th Floor, New York, US

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, AU

Investor in first-ever outside financing of a team of world-class environmental scientists that had developed breakthrough software tools to automate their consulting work. Worked with the team to define a SaaS product that could accelerate and automate customer workflows. Helped create SaaS business plan, product management process and marketing plan.

Brooklyn, New York, US

Helped Founder launch and build what has become the leading organization in protecting migrant rights across borders. Today's global economy is dependent on migrants, but they are highly vulnerable to "bad actors". Justice In Motion helps prevent migrant exploitation, keep families safe, and denies human traffickers the ability to profit at the expense of.

New York, New York, US

HBS Alumni Angels of NY is the largest angel group in NY with 300+ angel investors and growing. Our members have invested $15 million across 100+ early stage companies. The companies are NOT required to have any Harvard affiliation.

• Helping executives, Boards, and investors by leveraging 25 years of continuous involvement with highly innovative startups, either as a Founder/CEO, Co-Founder, Advisor, Board Member, Investor or Consultant. Projects.
• Top-to-bottom strategic/organizational review for fast-growing library automation platform.
• CEO coach for startup providing AI customer analytics SaaS to banks.
• Business strategy/restructuring/recruitment for telecom services SaaS company.
• Organizational design/recruitment for building automation/IoT new business unit.
• Organizational design and recruitment of five C-level executives for fast-growing $400M tech manufacturing company.

Provided strategic guidance on financing and marketing strategy for Enterprise SaaS. Acquired by Entertainment Benefits Group.

New York, NY, US

Hired by Board of Directors to restructure and revive six year old company in need of leadership and market direction. Quickly focused company on utilizing its technology to automatically produce mobile websites in high volumes for large channel partners serving SMBs globally. Completely rebuilt team (CTO, 2 VPs, 3 Directors/Managers) mostly through.

Advisory Board member of BrightContext - a platform-as-a-service for real-time analysis of Big Data streams from enterprises, websites, and social media streams. Acquired by WealthEngine.

Assisted mobile software and services companies with strategy, marketing, fundraising, and business development. Companies included Banjo (social media discovery app and backend data services), RealNetworks (mobile services and apps), ShopKeep (tablet-based point-of-sale systems), VidyoCast (video technology and services), Sonar Media (mobile-social-local.

Conceived Snac to create a fundamentally faster, more compelling way for mobile phone users to access their favorite web services and content. Funded, built and led the 10-person team that created in 2007-2009 the award-winning ("Top 10 App of 2009") Snac mobile widget service, based on a downloadable application for both smartphones and feature phones..

Board and Advisory Board roles at Verve Wireless (mobile advertising), Hovr (mobile advertising for mobile gaming), and Portable Internet (location based services).Consulting roles at Kirusa (mobile messaging), Norbelle (mobile location technology and services), Cellebrite (mobile synchronization), and TextGuard (mobile monitoring, compliance and security).

Founded MobileSpring to help wireless carriers enter consumer mobile data services market. Deployed first inter-carrier text messaging (SMS) service in the US (which within five years of launch was generating nearly $100 mil of free cash flow per year for subsequent owners). Merged with Ztango in 2003 to expand product offering. As CEO of combined company.

One of four co-founders. Built 30 person marketing team that created highly effective, award-winning advertising and merchandising programs. Led all product, service and pricing efforts, creating market-leading innovations that enabled company to prosper despite limited network coverage in initial months. When company shifted to regional structure in 1997.

Joined company Founder/CEO prior to first major VC raise. Roles included licensing the company's technology (seven global deals worth $15 mil in licensing revenue), assisting CEO with FCC and Congressional lobbying for Pioneer Preference spectrum license (worth over $100 mil), and leading business and technical activities to prepare for the spin-out of the.

Kista, Stockholm, SE

P&L responsibility for $18 mil product line, including leading cross-functional product development and delivery teams, doing product marketing, supporting dedicated sales force. Also led 20 person, $5 mil development of new digital switching system.

Boston, MA, US

Completed two-year IT management training program, followed by project management roles in Telecom.

Mba, General Management - Focus On Marketing, Technology Operations, And Entrepreneurship

Ab, Computer Science, Economics

Education record