Along with my partner Joel Smith, providing strategic guidance and connections to entrepreneurial companies.

Co-founded and ran vertically integrated Nevada cannabis company.• Led the acquisition of the cannabis licenses and assets of CWNevada out of Receivership.• In conjunction with the cultivation team, managed the successful buildout and launch of the cultivation operations. • Oversaw the initial launch of the Jasper brand, the company’s first consumer brand.• Provided strategic & financial oversight of the Wallflower dispensary operations, one of Las Vegas’s highest grossing dispensaries. • As the CFO, oversaw financial reporting, metric tracking and assisted in capital raising.

Providing strategic, financial, and restructuring consulting and advisory services. Engagements include:• Advisor and board member to company restoring water ecosystems with technology - not chemicals. • Spearheaded restructuring and acquisition of vertically integrated cannabis operation in receivership for investors. • Performed deep dive assessment of strategy and viability of insurtech company for its Board of Directors.

Member of executive team and ran corporate development for cannabis company that built a market leading premium brand in California.• Sourced, negotiated and signed acquisitions in multiple states.• Structured and negotiated key strategic partnerships, licensing deals and vendor relationships.• Played key role in company’s successful Series C equity raise.

Led pioneering insurtech company that grew to one of the largest personal lines insurance agencies in the U.S. and was a leader in bringing online/mobile comparison shopping, robust analytics, technology and digital/mobile products to the insurance agency space. • Turned around company and successfully executed a complicated corporate restructuring.• Grew revenue to $80+ million, a 4x increase.• Successfully sold company twice (to White Mountains in 2008 and Allstate in 2011).• Recruited and built strong relationships with numerous P&C carrier partners including Progressive, Travelers, Liberty Mutual and AIG — becoming one of the largest agency partners for each of these carriers. • Built successful B2B2C marketing partnerships with companies such as Wells Fargo, Primerica, Sam’s Club and Esurance — bringing Answer’s pioneering comparison-shopping solution to their customers.• Revamped company culture, driving sense of ownership and accountability.• Implemented agile development processes and Lean Start-Up principles. • Drove development and launch of innovative new products including Answer Marketplace, the first telematics-based advertising network, and a SAAS offering of Answer’s rating technology

During my tenure as CFO:• Led the acquisition and integration of Inslogic. (Inslogic was a division of Capital One prior to the acquisition.)• Revamped calculations around life-time value of customers by segment, substantially increasing understanding of the business economics.• Enhanced financial and operational reporting, driving actionable insights.

Ran financial/accounting operations of this private equity controlled, mid-sized, international storage company with 70+ branches.• Structured, negotiated and closed $200 million Asset Backed Credit Facility in 2003. Facility improved operating flexibility and provided significant capital for growth and acquisitions. • Filed S-1 for planned IPO that was subsequently pulled to due to poor market conditions.• Reduced the debt leverage of the company by enhancing capital controls and cash flow. • Enhanced financial and operational reporting.

Ran financial operations, corporate development and business development of 140-employee division. • Negotiated and closed a number of key revenue generating business development transactions.• Evaluated several potential acquisitions of public and private companies.

Led business development for this online marketplace targeting small business.• In conjunction with the CEO, raised $62.5 million from blue chip strategic and venture capital investors.• Pitched, structured, negotiated and closed deals which resulted in major strategic relationships with Staples, Intel, Excite and others.

Negotiated, structured, analyzed and closed a number of strategic deals for various Disney divisions.• Key driver in formulating and executing the Go.com tracking stock, which initially had a $5 billion market capitalization. • Instrumental role managing and negotiating Disney’s $1.1 billion near-control acquisition of Infoseek, including complicated governance issues involving key Disney franchises like ESPN.com and ABCNEWS.com.• Part of three-person team that successfully divested $800 million of publishing assets, exceeding price expectations in each of the 6 businesses sold. • Analyzed strategic and economic rationale for a number of potential acquisitions and investments.