• Advised on business models and monetization strategy; built financial projections. Companies in 2017 class used projections to raise an average of $1.5M per company from angel investors and venture capitalists • Managed and cultivated relationships with Techstars strategic partners and advised companies in 2017 class on how best to leverage these partnerships • Developed investment thesis, leveraged existing investor networks, and fielded inbound requests to source investment deals for TechstarsLA 2018 class

• Influenced senior business leaders to adopt new expense control methods resulting in operating margins for the business expanding from 7.0% to 10.3%. • Quantified and evaluated attrition for $4B record‑keeping business, and led proactive discussions with senior management on how to prepare for potential client losses.

• Managed a team of three dedicated vendors to restructure data collection methodology; proactively partnered with technology division and helped create new data capture software, resulting in a 30% increase in data collection efficiency.