Partner at Propeller, an early stage climate-tech venture fund that invests in and builds ocean-climate companies that use science and technology to address the climate crisis. In partnership with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Leveraging my startup experience and ocean network to help mentor startups in SOA's Ocean Solutions Accelerator.

Founder friendly angel investing in ocean-climate nexus at the earliest stages.

Relaunched WSL PURE. PURE (Protecting, Understanding and Respecting the Environment) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, whose mission is to inspire, educate, and empower ocean protection, starting with the global surf community. Engaged and partnered with key NGOs in ocean/surf conservation space. Led creative activations and executions on site and digitally (Ex: #WeAreOneOcean #PlasticFreePipeline, #StopTrashingWaves global paddle outs, #GlowingGone coral restoration, WSL PURE Village at the Freshwater Pro etc). Built inaugural grant program supporting community NGOs in region and leveraging WSL platform to promote. Designed and built We Are One Ocean campaign in close partnership with NRDC and 60+ ocean NGOs.

Built WSL's sustainability program from the ground up. Led internal initiative to go carbon neutral -- measuring, reducing, and offsetting Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions from WSL operations and WSL Championship Tour (CT). Reduced emissions 25% from baseline year via a portfolio of 100% nature-based solutions. Early signatory to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's Sports For Climate Action initiative, and served as chair of working group for Climate Education and Advocacy in Sport. Implemented policies to eliminate single-serve plastic from CT events, and to improve physical event footprints. Worked cross-functionally to deliver activations, campaigns, and product content (ex: #StopTrashingWaves, #GlowingGone, WSL PURE | One Ocean podcast, We Are One Ocean campaign -- http://weareoneocean.org). Identified, pitched, and developed partnerships with global sponsors focused on sustainability secure millions in revenue for business, while also growing and maintaining partnerships with environmental NGOs.

Executive Producer and host of WSL PURE | One Ocean Podcast. Led from start to finish, producing weekly podcast interviewing grassroots activists, surfers, environmentalists working to protect our one ocean, covering issues of sustainability, environmental justice, intersectional environmentalism, and more in evergreen episodes as well as shorter 'news' segments for topical issues. Built committed audience through organic channels and marketing. Averaged above 90% for episode completion rates. Evolved strategy to include self-produced video version from home during pandemic.

Helping Luminopia build a library of engaging content for our first patients.

Consulting with early-stage startups and founders. Support varies from fundraising to strategy to business development/partnerships et al. Focusing on environmentally minded/mission driven companies.

Traveled, volunteered, and looked for my next startup idea around the world and domestically. Countries visited: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, South Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, UAE, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia.

Honored one year commitment after merger of Shelby.tv to Samsung's "PX" a unique product R&D group in NYC wherein I focused on our relationships with content partners. “PX” was a special project within Samsung Research America reimagining and building the “Perfect Experience” for TV. The PX project was built out of multiple startup acquisitions and grew from 30 people to ~100 FTEs in its first year.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES One year contract to transition my team from Shelby.tv (see Shelby.tv below) into leadership roles within Samsung after acquisition, and to help build business development pipeline for strategic content partners for launch of reimagined TV experience. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT- Identified, pitched, and partnered with ~20 content publishers including Viacom, The New York Times, M-GO, NBC, Red Bull, VICE, WSJ, PBS... - Represented and promoted “PX” at B2B up-fronts and industry events like the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES). PRODUCT/ENGINEERING- Responded to pushback from partners re: development bandwidth by developing and offering a templated app solution (built in collaboration with PX product and engineering teams) which saved partners time and money while enabling them to join launch.- Reported partner feedback and feature requests to PX product team to improve overall experience. MANAGEMENT- Further developed leadership skills as I transitioned my company (Shelby.tv) into new PX organization.- Established my former staff as leaders within PX. - Additionally sought out as leader by other new teammates and helped manage relationships and conflicts within the burgeoning culture as the team and project scale grew rapidly.

Shelby.tv was a venture-backed, consumer video discovery startup on a mission to better connect audiences to their favorite online content across platforms and devices. Shelby.tv was born out of participation in the TechStars accelerator program, an intensive incubator for technology leaders. We built visionary software that processed billions of video links shared across social networks, provided proprietary recommendations, and broke new ground in user experience trends that are now common today.DUTIES: Set vision, build strategy, grow team, develop culture, fundraise, product evangelize and continually solve new problems in fast-paced startup environment. - Set high level product vision for next generation video platform and recommendation engine for the burgeoning four-screen ecosystem (phone, tablet, PC, TV) and exponentially growing online video sector. - Built product focused company and culture through incredible engineering. Platform and application power and speed were built for scale, able to process billions of links scraped from users’ social media, and served fluid playback experience even on devices with low memory overhead. Expanded upon Item-item collaborative filtering to build recommendation engine that drove average user session time to ~40 minutes.- Built metric focused organization with priority on user acquisition, retention, and session time. - Led strategy and roadmap for go to market strategy, inclusive of PR/Comms/marketing/social media efforts. - Built and managed relationships with key platform and content partners, acquirers, competition, press.- Recruited, managed, and retained talented engineering/product team in competitive NYC engineering market.- Raised $3.7M in two rounds of venture capital from top tier institutional investors.- Acting CFO/COO/HR, et al. Managed budget, personnel, legal.- Ultimate keeper of organizational mission, vision, values, and culture. - Built Shelby.tv brand, logo, and voice from scratch.

hackday.tv - To grow developer ecosystem, test Shelby.tv API, and grow our network in NYC tech sector, we led a weekend-long hackathon dubbed "hackday.tv" encouraging app development in and around the video/TV sector. Over 80 developers participated for prizes (including cash), while building demos and shippable products. Sponsors included NASDAQ OMX, Pepsi, Twilio, Encoding.com, and more.

Overtime Media Inc. was an early stage startup that built HomeField, a SaaS video platform for amateur athletics enabling coaches at all levels to better exchange, edit, and distribute their game film as a scouting and teaching tool. TeamHomeField.com was used by all levels of competition from youth Pop Warner teams to NCAA Division I champions, and achieved more than 90% customer penetration in its initial markets (collegiate lacrosse). Overtime Media Inc. raised $225k from angel investors before being accepted into the TechStars accelerator program. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: From company’s initial founding, led the vision for the platform, managed core team (five), and set strategy for company and product. COMPANY FORMATION AND STRATEGY- “Bootstrapped” company start while moonlighting to test theory on customer pain points and potential market opportunity before committing full-time. - Raised small round of angel funds to hire key technical staff full-time to speed up product development.- Led company formation, and served as CFO/COO/HR etc. PRODUCT MANAGEMENT- Solved key customer pain points for amateur coaches and athletes lived personally through my experience as former NCAA Division I and professional athlete.- Developed online video platform that enabled instant game film exchange saving coaches/teams time and money from previous solution (burning and shipping DVDs) as well as non-destructive online video editing software. - Led customer development loops integrating key feedback from real users and UX testing. - Built B2B relationships with key vendors and service providers for preferred product BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING- Led BD/sales and marketing efforts with early customers. - Created all marketing materials and plans for customer conventions. - Built relationships and negotiated with key stakeholders to get consensus on network driven produc

Achieved childhood goal of becoming a professional athlete, playing with the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse.

- Assistant to Bobby Farrelly (co-director) for entire production (pre-production through post-production) on "The Heartbreak Kid." - Responsible for aiding Bobby in all facets of production both on and off set.

- Assisted in production and editing of video content for TV and digital platforms. - Learned both Avid and Final Cut.