Orchid is a suite of open source tools and cryptographic protocols developed and run by people who want the internet to extend our natural human freedom, not curtail it. Our initial focus is an open marketplace for bandwidth built on Ethereum, and a VPN client for all major operating systems. Investors include Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, DFJ, and other notable VC investors. http://www.orchid.com

SaurikIT is a software development, consulting, and e-commerce company. It owns and operates Cydia, a top open mobile software store on iOS Devices including the iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Apple TV. Cydia provides its global user base of 30 million+ access to software enhancements and modifications for their devices that are not available from Apple. SaurikIT also launches and consults technology ventures including cofounding and consulting Orchid Labs, Inc., a venture capital backed company developing a decentralized, open-source solution for a surveillance-free internet. SaurikIT also provides a software platform for modifying existing software applications called Cydia Substrate, which is the powerful code modification platform behind Cydia and facilitates after market tweaking of software on any computing device including Android and iOS devices. By acting as a tool for enterprise wrapping, SaurikIT's software also enables the securing of existing mobile applications to meet enterprise security standards.-Company achieved in excess of $10 million in annual revenues.-Acquired competitor Rock Your Phone.-Secured global brand assets.-Strategic partner negotiations. -Assisted in the development and execution of various business models for monetization of the user base, brand, and software assets.-Closed complex transaction with market leading $50+ billion market cap technology company in China.

Technology start-up investment vehicle & consulting company.-Helped multiple technology start-ups manage critical issues. -Invested in YouMail alongside VantagePoint Venture Partners, Tech Coast Angels, CrunchFund & others.-Assisted DoubleRock with tech venture investments including Optimal (acquired by Boston-based Brand Networks) and development of fund strategy.

Based on cutting edge technology developed at Tulane University, Advano is developing silicon based nanomaterials that drop into and substantially boost energy storage of conventional lithium-ion batteries to support longer range, more affordable electric vehicles and other energy intensive applications.-Acquired AG-TU TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Advano) and empowered team to succeed.

Advised nanomaterials company on strategic direction and assisted in raising angel capital.

Developer of high performance aptamers, which are molecules that can be engineered to bind to targeted biomarkers for healthcare diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

By utilizing data centric and scientific oriented marketing methods, AdMax Media enables brand owners to create, keep and leverage customers in a cost effective and measurable way.-Led division to further monetize lead data assets-Doubled division revenues within a seven month period.

Let's Cram, Inc. developed an online academic study tool inside social networks for collaborative learning and fast answers to academic questions. The company endeavored to enable social learning on a global scale.-Led company through angel financing and successful launch of multiple product versions.-Performed extensive market validation.-Attained tens of thousands of users.

Sirigen’s Nobel Prize winning technology harnesses the power of novel light-harvesting polymeric materials, offering High Sensitivity Fluorescence (HSF) amplification to detection in the diagnostic, life science and pharma marketplaces. Sirigen's core technology was developed at the University of California Santa Barbara, and its inventors included Alan J. Heeger, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of conductive polymers.Sirigen was acquired by Becton Dickinson, & Company in 2012 and some of its products represent the leading fluorescent dyes for multicolor flow cytometry in the market today. Sirigen’s technology is platform agnostic and is capable of becoming the essential “Intel inside” application in the industry, bolting onto and improving current state of the art diagnostic systems. Sirigen’s Conjugated Polymer technology improves the sensitivity of diagnostic testing platforms through assay improvement, thus driving the simplification and miniaturization of instrumentation and the relocation of appropriate diagnostic tests from the lab to near the patient.Investors included UK based Seraphim Capital and Oxford Capital Partners and U.S. based Persistence Partners. Sirigen raised over $17 million. For more information: www.sirigen.com -Led company through several funding rounds.-Recruited management team including directors and the company's CEO.-Licensed key IP from the University of California. -Managed legal and financial activities.-Served on the Board of Directors. -Ran business development and put in place several research and development partnerships. -Won 1st Place in the 2003 New Venture Competition at UCSB.-Identified key market opportunities for Nobel winning technology.-Helped secure $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Army.

CyberUniverse, Inc. was an early web development company in Chicago, which provided service to nearly 30 clients representing a wide range of industries including banking, health care, and manufacturing.