1 Atelier is the luxury brand for the 21st century - custom, sustainable, totally personal. We’re building a transformational direct-to-consumer luxury brand that leverages our proprietary customization platform at 1Atelier.com to empower women and men to confidently create one-of-a-kind luxury handbags and accessories which reflect their taste, lifestyle and budget. Each piece is then meticulously handcrafted at our Atelier in New York City with our scalable and sustainable on-demand manufacturing process, using the finest leathers and skins brought in through our just-in-time supply chain, and shipped directly within 21 days. We founded 1 Atelier to celebrate the individual and bring the joy back to luxury while eliminating waste and environmental impact. As the only natively custom, natively digital and natively sustainable luxury brand, we are transforming the customer experience to one which is highly immersive, personalized and relevant. As the only truly omni-channel luxury brand, we are uniquely situated to be a meaningful part of the solution for brick-and-morter retailers while delivering true joy to our customers.

CommerceWorks was my platform to build and invest in disruptive platforms and marketplaces at the intersection of commerce, design and technology. I created 1 Atelier here, while also actively investing in and advising other startups, all of which were leveraging technology to disrupt the consumer product value chain.

Solariat developed an assistive AI platform that supported customer service representatives. Sold to Genesys March 2014.

iPinYou is the largest programmatic platform in China, specializing in AI and big data.

Whuffie was a platform for a revolutionary marketplace for social capital based on reputation and expertise.

Wowd (Edgios, Inc.) was a DFJ-backed people-powered network for search, discovery and recommendation. Sold to Facebook.

FertilityAuthority was the only web portal dedicated to fertility - a comprehensive, authoritative and objective source for all things fertility, providing the tools and information for women (and men) to be proactive.

Tanner Krolle is a British luxury leathergoods brand.

I developed the turn-around plan and implemented phase-one for a business unit which was instrumental in fostering Alumni leadership as a force for long-term change in our nation's public education.

I spent two years advising and investing in a variety of entrepreneurial ventures in China.

I architected and led the implementation of the successful head-to-toe turnaround of the SchoolFood operation – a $500mm, 10,000 employee business that serves 800,000 meals per day across 1700 locations. It was the poster child at the time for healthy school food programs that support the educational goals in public schools across the nation.

I was a co-founder of GoTo.com (later Overture), the Internet company that revolutionized online search and advertising by inventing and pioneering Paid Search Marketing, the advertising business model which today powers Google. We grew the business to ~$1 bn in four years, taking it public one year after launch and eventually selling the business to Yahoo! In the process, we created the most profitable model in the online advertising industry. I am one of four people on our patent for Paid Search.