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New York, New York, Us

Decision Dominance with Multi-Sensor Fusion- workflows at a superhuman scale with AI sensor fusion.

Arlington, Va, Us

TSXV:CTRLThe World's First Commercially Proven Data Mesh Platform.-Oversee capitalization strategy both on the public and private markets. -Member of the audit and compensation committees.

Menlo Park, California, Us

Turnaround and sold to Oura.

Newport Beach, California, Us

Hired to deploy $150M Fund III capital in Enterprise Software companies and to raise Fund IV. -Determined the need for complete turnaround of the portfolio and rightsizing of the Fund. -Responsible for Fund advisory arm – Trellis Advisors – focused on deal origination, due diligence, investor relations, placement services, revenue growth, and fund administration for Lotus and outside PE firms.

Brought on by VC firm to establish product-market fit, refine brand identity, and launch new product. -Architected complete rebrand alongside refocused target demographic marketing.-Raised additional capital enabling an expanded team and enhanced developmental capabilities.

Austin, Texas, Us

Recruited by PE firm to turn around underperforming IT and Cybersecurity company.-Acquired 60-person company with $11M in revenue to expand cybersecurity and cloud practices.-Increased employee NPS by 60 points, decreased employee attrition by 80%.-Grew company to a $50M in revenue, positive EBITDA, 300-employee organization during peak COVID.-Divested into three segments across the PE firm portfolio to optimize growth opportunities.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

-Assisted founding Professor of the Spark Research Lab at the University of Texas in bringing data cyber security research to market.-Advised on product/market fit and go-to-market strategy resulting in $2M of ARR.-Helped raised series A of $15M.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Recruited by VC firm to overhaul a conversational speech AI software company within their portfolio.-Developed pipeline by creating new business models and negotiating large enterprise deals with C suite.-Closed USAA, Bloomberg, Santander, Square, Point72 and WorldQuant resulting in $12.2M in revenue.

Austin, Tx, Us

Mentoring and advising existing and fledgling companies in Austin, Texas.

Promoted to run Sales and Marketing to accelerate US and international growth. -Built the organization by creating a thirty-employee team of sales and support professionals operating out of Austin, Texas as well as new office spaces in Manhattan and San Francisco. -Enlisted a network of seventeen manufacturing representative firms -- totaling one-hundred trained reps -- across the US. -Implemented international product launch plan for 2017, including projects in China and Australia. -Developed pipeline of over $20M in opportunities for 2017 after doubling revenue year-on-year in 2016.-Defined product roadmap including lighting, controls, mobile and cloud offerings and established go-to-market plans. -Architected the brand strategy around building a new category -- Natural Light -- in lighting and controls industry.

Austin, Tx, Us

Joined team to take initial product to market, resulting in $4M in revenue during the first year. -Designed sales / support strategy and hired team including outside and inside sales, technical and installation support, and a network of reps spanning the major US metropoles. -Built a sales process tailored to successfully sell a complex IoT lighting and control system. -Focused on automation (including building customized CRM and ticket support system and analytics to optimize the selling process) and the intelligent deployment of resources.

New York, Ny, Us

Responsible for creation and launch of Way2Ride mobile app, the first of its kind mobile phone payment app enabled by Naratte's Zoosh® technology.

Refocused wireless technology semiconductor roadmap and built improved solution to align with growth markets. Raised additional capital for completion of prototype and successful customer trials resulting in acquisition by Maxim Integrated Products.

Created Zoosh®, a patented sound technology enabling the first ever mobile payments via app and near-field device connectivity. Naratte was acquired by VeriFone Inc. in late 2012.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Worked on large technology M&A. Focused on identifying sales inefficiencies, synthesizing findings to increase profits. Received offer for post-MBA consulting position.

Dallas, Tx, Us

-Grew yearly sales from $15M to $33M overseeing 34 sales reps and initiating new channel partner programs.-Managed sales of complex wireless hardware and software for two strategic wireless customers, owning the relationship from engineering to executive level. Increased yearly revenue from $10M to $185M by capturing over 90% of opportunities from entrenched incumbents and by transforming a strongly adversarial customer into an advocate. -Achieved High-Five Status: top 5% of over 400 Texas Instruments sales professionals.

Evolved from an individual contributor to leading a team of five engineers. Initiated and developed software that decreased design time by 30% adding profits of $100k/project.

Washington, Dc, Us

One of an elite group selected by Admiral Frank Bowman to enlist in the US Navy's highly competitive Nuclear Propulsion program. Honorably discharged due to injury after more than three years of service.

Mba, Master Of Business Administration

D.School: Design Leadership

Bsee, Electrical And Computer Engineering