Audible is the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, offering customers a rich destination for insight and inspiration to enhance their daily lives. Strategic Transactions is the Corporate Development team at Audible, and is responsible for setting the Company's inorganic growth strategy through acquisitions and strategic partnerships.

First Close Partners backs venture funds owned by underrepresented managers (“URMs”) -- especially to help them get to a “first close.” We invest in venture capital firms owned and operated by URMs who are people of color, women, LGBTQIA+, Indigenous people, people with disabilities, and members of other groups that have been historically underrepresented, especially (but not solely) in the venture capital industry.

Acquired by Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE)Frame.io is the world's leading cloud-based collaboration tool for the modern day creative. Upload, share, review, and get instant feedback on your media from one secure hub—whether your team is on the other side of the hallway or the other side of the planet.

Gaingels seeks top investment returns by co-investing with the best venture capital firms, and seeks to influence social change through business by investing in the best companies that embrace LGBT+ leadership.

Growth equity investor at Stripes, where I focused on our media and data services investments. I worked with our portfolio companies Gimlet Media, GlobalWebIndex, Refinery29, Audio Network, Craftsy, and Pond5.

Acquired by Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK)

Acquired by VICE

acquired by Spotify (NYSE:SPOT)

acquired by Entertainment One (LSE:ETO)

Acquired by NBCU; rebranded from Craftsy to Bluprint

- Built Chinese credit matrix for largest offshore state-owned enterprise in China (~TWD 14B), used as basis for valuation- Executed bond issuance pitchbook for largest Korean state-owned bank (~KRW 35T), which mandated Credit Suisse- Worked directly with Vice Chairman of Debt Capital Markets division to create pitchbook for Vietnamese sovereign bond

-Developed a 13-week global citizenship curriculum 5 hours weekly to attract and retain international student base-Mentor middle-school students 1 hour weekly based on prepared discussion plans to engage critical and creative thinking

· Built student network in the first few months after launch and doubled student numbers within one month· Solicited businesses to increase corporate client base· Created social media to publicize website

-Identified potential investment targets in technology sector and supported investment team in due diligences for live deals-Performed primary research and sized market for a prospective investment in a leading online ticketing company-Built a financial database for portfolio companies (2002 – 2012) that is now used as a basis for valuing potential investments

-Increased clients by 20% by creating and presenting marketing materials to >30 clients weekly-Created new cloud-based database system to aggregate client information and the new website to be launched Fall 2014

· Worked with Dr. Bert Becker as the youngest member of his research team · Translated and transcribed German primary sources to analyze 19th and 20th Century Sino-German relations

- Involved in brand management and development of sales strategies- In charge of inventory management and creation of new database and cataloging system