Served as key advisor to the company leadership, optimizing a project portfolio focused on defense innovation activities within the Army, Air Force, Navy, and OUSD R&E. I also conducted market analysis to identify and mentor potential technology partners, especially those requiring integration support.Seconded to the U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC) to work across the command headquarters and Army Applications Laboratory (AAL), the Army’s innovation arm. Worked with senior leaders at AFC and AAL to drive cross-collaboration design thinking and organizational change initiatives. Supported the GXM CEO in defining services framework, portfolio optimization, and identifying growth opportunities.

Reported directly to Intevity’s CEO and company leadership on defining services, competitive intelligence, and strategic communications. Worked in direct support to NASA and NGA program leaders as the focus of client work for agency-wide digital transformation initiatives.

Reported directly to CEO before and during a merger with Direct Travel, and then supported EVP of Business Development and Strategies at Direct Travel through a major acquisition.

Reported into the C-suite to develop company’s early market and partnership strategy, contributing to company’s growth from 10 to 50 employees and revenue increase of $20M. Guardtime developed a revolutionary digital signature and authentication technology called Keyless Signature Infrastructure (KSI), which uses formal mathematical methods to independently authenticate any type of electronic data, at scale, and in real time without the need of trusted keys, cryptographic secrets, or credentials that can be compromised.

Seconded to Kela Cyber to support the launch of their flagship offering. Kela is a unique cyber security and cyber intelligence firm serving the world's leading hedge funds, Fortune 500 companies and law firms.

Cultivated a community of problem solvers and partners/investors, consulting with defense start-ups on strategic direction, teaming opportunities, go-to-market plans, proposal development, and marketing initiatives for growth. Positioned Hawk as both a tech startup strategy and market advisory firm in addition to its mainstay market intelligence product offering.