Launched and leads SCADpro Fund, the university's early stage investment arm supporting alumni-led startups. Portfolio includes:- Allan Holmes, Liist (Exit)- Angela Benton, Streamlytics- Austin Webster, Deepr- Brian Ahmes, Parafin- Chrissy Glover, Imago Rehab- David Paull, CompostNow- Eleanor Turner, The Big Favorite- India Hayes, Mini City- Izac Ross, Haven- Jon Gosier, FilmHedge- Justin Gelinas, Opnbook- Kevin Ramsey, Warren James- Matt Hansen, Mountaintop Studios- Melissa Hammersley, Novel Effect- Shalom Volchok, Outsmartly- Quintin Williams, Q4 SportsLed SCADpro new venture development across a number of initiatives: multi-brand innovation collaboration alliances, open innovation challenges, industry research and business analysis, emerging discipline experiences, community diversity in design engagements, and more. Led studio research, exploration, and new solution testing, focused on defining “quality home for all” and designing experiences in the physical and digital space. Provoked thinking across faculty and students, introducing new methods, tools, content, and texts. Routinely lectures undergraduate and graduate classes on topics at the intersection of art, design, engineering, and entrepreneurship. +Invested $3.9M in 16 alumni companies.+Coached innovation collaborations between future and current industry leaders across leading brands including Google, Ford, AirBnB, GE, and more.+Mentored and lectures business and design management courses.+Founding partner of Equitable Design Studio and Circularity Studio.+Built open innovation multi-brand alliance model focused on impacting the future of industries: health, logistics, food, and more through the power of diversity in design.+Designed new 500-level curriculum and blended delivery approach to cultivate the attributes required as a creative leader in business.+Overhauled 300-level curriculum for entrepreneurship studio courses.

Provides mentorship, council, and specific competency capacity across PR, marketing, design, creative direction, and legislative operations.

Edifii is revolutionizing high school counseling. We leverage neuroscience and AI to create the most engaging and effective self-discovery and career-path charting experiences that result in increased aptitude and ambition.

Invested in ion Learning, an enterprise peer-learning platform that develops leaders people want to follow.

In partnership with the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation, Bluum serves as the funding intermediary and local champion for supporting entrepreneurial education ventures. Served in a Swiss Army Knife capacity as CoC/CCO/CMO executive in residence, mentoring the next generation of leaders.+Focused on strategy, research, government policy, storytelling, growth, design, leadership development, and community. +Aided the CEO in the deployment and management of over $60M in philanthropic and $20M+ in federal grant investments in support of 31 state-wide charter schools.

PolyPort is the securest and fastest way to create and collaborate on content. We protect, track, and control your content regardless of where it travels or how you decide to use it.

Co-launched and led FITCI’s inaugural business accelerator program. Contributed expertise in the design, development, and delivery of the program.+Curated and organized a curriculum and program schedule benchmarked against other proven accelerator models and curriculums to deliver a cohort-based business accelerator program. +Designed e-learning experience and curated and sequenced content via the Breezio platform for both ideating entrepreneurs (Seedlings) and early stage startups (Edge Accelerator).+Facilitated the program schedule to include (6) weekly virtual check-in/workshop sessions to provide accountability and feedback to member companies. +Provided “train-the-trainer” sessions for staff to continue to manage and execute all aspects of the program to include curriculum and program development, planning, delivery, and review to ensure success.

humble is a venture cooperative that democratizes access to opportunity. humble aligns startups, innovative organizations, and investors who share the collective human, financial, and technical resources to accelerate improving lives & economic impact.Incubated at Ogilvy Consulting, humble's EIR-based innovation-as-a-service strategy includes navigating innovative organizations through the hurdles of digital transformation to define problems, analyze opportunities, construct operating playbooks, design outreach models, and partner with startups and subject matter experts to accelerate idea generation, identify risks, and implement solutions.+Verizon Innovation Garage Partner+Develops strategic industry partnership approaches for facilitating creation of sustained innovation management, transfer and commercialization of technologies, and foster the development of startups to advance promising early-stage technologies and business models for Fortune 50 companies+Zoohackathon mentor+Designs strategic communication measures of effectiveness for health and transportation industries innovation initiatives (i.e. city challenges, hackathons, startup accelerators, etc.)+Advisor and Mentor for Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians regional hackathon +Awarded DC Inno's 50 on Fire and #1 Investment Category Inno Blazer for 2017

humble impact is the 501(c)(3) nonprofit affiliate of the humble ventures co-operative, serving as the platform for sustainable and scalable businesses, cultivating and connecting economic ecosystems to improve lives and makes communities resilient.humble did this through delivering measurable outcomes faster through purposeful curriculum, in-market testing, impactful mentors, developed networks, and access to key resources. The humble crew navigated startup founders through the premature scale failure risks that have prevented innovation from evolving to impact.humble impact works with underserved communities who believe that inclusive economies are the cornerstone of community resilience. Our crew augmented top minority, women, military veteran talent who know how to focus on what matters most and convert feedback into action.+Designed, built, and managed BOOST Technology Startup Accelerator for Alexandria Economic Development Partnership (AEDP) through Office of Economic Adjustment grant+Led (2) 12-week accelerator cohorts composed of underrepresented startups from digital health, cyber security, mobile enterprise, internet services, and IoT connectivity+Drove 25 B2B startups for 12-months to achieved these results: - $800K+ in Revenue Generated - 7K Customers Converted - 30 Hires Made - 47 Partnerships Made - $3M+ Raised+Two acquisitions in less than 36 months; four total exits+Generated 60K+ Twitter Impressions and 3K+ minutes from Medium readers+Led city brand activations at SXSW and NOLA Collision Technology Conference+Led most popular "How to Run Your Startup" webinar for Global Innovation through Science and Technology Guru monthly session with these engagement results: - 374 viewers from 21 locations throughout Africa and Eurasia - Average viewing time of 43 minutes for 45 minute webinar

Acquired by Mimecast Ltd. (Nasdaq: MIME) in July 2018

The Bunker Labs is a national network of military veteran & spouse entrepreneurs and innovators. Our Lab centers between the incubator and accelerator space, obsessed with engaging entrepreneurs to start, innovate, and scale the next generation of high-growth companies. +Designed/built startup accelerator from 37 global org benchmarks and drove growth for two cohorts +Set the strategy for growth, managed day-to-day operations and oversaw program management +Originated relationships with corporate partners and facilitated engagement between startups and investor community+Conceived and led 3-round national pitch competition with a $25,000 prize+Screened pitch decks, conducted interviews and performed due diligence on 200+ prospective veteran-owned startups+Guided in execution of startup acceleration cycles across multiple industry verticals+DIG SOUTH technology conference speaker/workshop presenter "Accelerating Military Veterans in Tech"

Offered high level expertise in subject matter and substantial experience in developing and directing programs and staff in support of US policy objectives under the West African Cooperative Security Initiative (WACSI) and U.S. strategies to combat transnational organized crime and counter narcoterrorism globally.

Directed development and execution for diverse department-wide portfolios assuring the Nation's strategies in Economic Growth & Prosperity, Technological Innovation & Superiority, and Environmental Stewardship & Resilience. Portfolios included: Supply Chain Risk Management, Insider Threat in the Enterprise, and Global Executive Threat Protection and designed Network Intrusion Counter-operations program.

Traveled Europe and N. Africa studying food ecosystems, cultures, and culinary techniques. Ate and made a lot of tasty things.Independently studied: Inhabitability in the Connected City; Future of Health & Wellness; Communal vs Civic Value; Economic vs Social Bargains; Regenerative Ecosystems; Food Access; Guilt-Free Value Chains; Decentralized Autonomous Organizations; Financial Independence & Security; and Inclusive Collaboration.

Selected as Harvard Kennedy School Fellow through research proposal to conduct quantitative and qualitative research, evaluating whole of government strategies, processes and response lessons to international human rights violations.

Synthesized geoeconomic, geopolitical, and geomilitary aspects of issues to effectively maintain national security at home and abroad. Oversaw military installation operations for joint forces delivering a range of specialties from airfield operations to level one trauma centers. Advised senior military and diplomatic leaders, lawmakers, and foreign nation leaders on multiple areas of expertise.

Completed Honorable six-year active duty USAF career: Japan, Utah, Australia, four Middle East tours, and short term ops three continents. Deployed and decorated under hostile conditions, supporting UN International Forces East Timor and Operations Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom. Advised senior military and diplomatic leaders, lawmakers, state elected officials, and foreign nation leaders on multiple areas of expertise.