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Delivered returns of 6x to 38x over 20 years by leveraging institutional partnerships to pursue record-breaking get-to-market strategies that transformed a vision into a fast-scaling group win. Ensured portfolio companies had successful follow-on capital raises, which in the case of Terabeam was $60M, and currently, for Glowforge is $113M. Maintained trust with founders, boards, and investors through two recessions by providing regular product updates, forward-looking research, and industry summaries. Owned correspondence with technical and non-technical founders and executives covering everything from product design, customer case data, hiring, best practices, training, identifying root causes, and the art of pulling a rabbit out of a coming-to-Jesus moment.Led tactical introductions between execs and portfolio teams by persuasively outlining the operational benefits, use cases, and implementation processes to create profitable, authentic, and long-term partnerships. Upheld net-zero and human forward benefits; for example, Glowforge launched a “Flight to Safety” benefit in 2022, which reimburses travel expenses if access to needed care isn’t locally available for an employee.Glowforge - sold $27M of product in the first year, 2x revenue and YoY growth since.Clover - Acquired by Starbucks in 18 months. HouseValue- IPOSingingFish - 0 to 50 devs and acquired in 15 months.Terabeam - $450M for a JV with Lucent in 34 months.Imperium Renewables - Acquired by Renewable Energy Group (REGI).

Delivered an intelligent rent-to-own platform reinventing the path to homeownership. Created a collateralized security for the sharing economy in a secure, transparent way accessible in real-time. Employed novel tools to analyze the fiscal capacity of applicants and side-step traditional bank lenders. Created the original financing architecture using rental payment history and other factors to determine eligibility. Banks never did this! Reliable renters become homeowners, investors receive high yields in collateralized securities, and home sellers save on fees and hassle. Innovated a state-of-the-art AR/VR walkthrough capture for home selection far ahead of the real estate industry.Invented a technology that mitigates financial risk and delivers real-time transparency to ensure all stakeholders in the value chain can observe their investments in real time. Led the capital-raising roadshow (link). Designed POS website (link) and produced marketing video (link). Hired and managed the part-time engineering team to build the MVP.

John Jacobsen's inspiring PBS television series interviews a single artist at the top of their genre inside their own home. First season included Isabelle Allende, John Legend, Tom Skerritt, Zang Toi, David Garrett, Sam Gillian, Vignelli’s, Daniel Boulud, and Ramsley Lewis. The second season included Helen Mirren, Bon Jovi, Sally Mann, among others. You can find the series on numerous inflight networks and to this day it continues to be featured nationwide on PBS.

15 start-up companies372 patents1741 scientific publications1839 presentationsThe Center(CMDITR) led by Principal Investigators, Phillip Reid, and Larry Dalton, set out to create inorganic hybrid materials needed by humans. Imagine novel solar power paper or paint that lights up an entire room. That said, innovations far exceeded goals, and patents were rewarded across telecommunications, computing, lighting, alternative energy, transportation, batteries, and the medical sectors. The Center was also able to build a library of digital building blocks to ensure the knowledge is shared and innovation lives on. (CMDITR;DMR-0120967)

Led the initiative and team to negotiate and deliver a multi-million-dollar contract creating a SUN Microsystems Oracle parallel processing solution for pioneering gene therapy, life-changing immunological cancer cures at Fred Hutch, and a system to support cell-to-cell communication research for the Allen Foundation and the University of Washington.

Produced national news for CBS affiliates. Coordinated research, taped narration, and worked with the unionized editing staff for daily stories on a strict deadline. Recognized by Dan Rather for a series on Cuban Refugees. Live Reporter/Narrator for the Air Florida crash into the Potomac River in Washington DC. CBS News' youngest staff member.

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Sep - Executive Graduate In Business Management And Leadership