Accomplished technology entrepreneur and transformational business leader. Combines business acumen, marketing savvy, and technology expertise to guide nascent startups and early stage ventures through scaling to commercial success in fast-moving, challenging, and burgeoning markets. Draws on a unique “cognotechno” business growth approach that leverages academic credentials in cognitive science and technology to help create ground-breaking new products, and take them from ideation through early adoption and broad based market deployment. Adept at aligning user psyche, technology innovation and market dynamics, and connecting strategy and execution to quickly drive product launch, revenue and growth. Career record of commercializing disruptive technologies that have sparked the emergence of entire new markets or complete restructuring of an industry. As coach/mentor, inspires personal best and supports entrepreneurs to solve real problems, build capacity, and innovate far beyond the status quo. Successful in strategic marketing, global technology management, knowledge transfer, business development, deal-making and forging alliances, investor relations, licensing and intellectual property rights. Enhances development and growth of startups, spurs bold thinking, and attracts business/R&D interest and investment. Navigates confidently with investors, partners, innovators, executive leadership teams, boards of directors, user communities, media and analysts. Keenly attuned to the importance of translational research, technology commercialization, licensing, incubators and mentoring initiatives as catalysts to drive continued innovation, fuel markets and launch careers for aspiring young entrepreneurs. Currently focused on giving back through entrepreneurial initiatives with a specific interest in harnessing the power of technology for positive social impact.