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Billerica, Ma, Us

Responsible for OasisWorks' commercial strategy including Sales, Business Development and Marketing. OasisWorks is providing a disruptive Lifecycle Management Platform. Our platform SCAIL dramatically simplifies the configuration, deployment, and operation of server hardware and software in Private and Hybrid Clouds. The integration of configuration, automation and management capabilities provides an unparalleled public cloud experience for customers' private and hybrid cloud. SCAIL is exceptionally differentiated in its ability to automate lifecycle management of Server Component Hardware, Operating Systems, Hypervisors, Container Runtimes, Applications and even Back Office Systems - providing the ultimate standard in automated cloud management.In addition to servers, SCAIL also supports a wide variety of other hardware and software endpoints such as networking and IoT devices - making it uniquely adaptable for AI/ML, Edge Compute and Cloud use cases across many industries.

Advising entrepreneurs, start-ups, investors and corporations on technology, management, strategy, go-to-market and financing.

Innovative Broadcast Streaming TV Service Provider disrupting the $95B cable TV and broadcasting market.Strategic Advisor to CEO and Board of Directors. Developed a new Go-to-Market Strategy and unique Commercial Partner and Financing Model. Secured Fundraising at 3x of the original fundraising objective.

Bellevue, Washington, Us

Closely held VC firm with primary investment focus on early-stage technology companies in the Pacific Northwest.Focused on deal flow generation and community outreach within Seattle, Portland and Vancouver BC. Sourced and evaluated close to 100 companies across cloud technology, consumer services and enterprise software start-ups. Represented Trilogy in two portfolio companies: M87 (XCOM) and Innervate.

Acton, Ma, Us

Developer of cloud-native telecommunications networking software for 4G and 5G networks. Affirmed has established itself as the leading vendor for next generation packet core mobile networking software. Customers include many tier 1 mobile operators, IoT service providers and MVNOs. Led Affirmed’s industry efforts to build a Network-Function-Virtualization (NFV) ecosystem with like-minded companies. Successfully established Strategic Partnerships and OEM relationships with Hewlett Packard, IBM, Intel and others. Identified, qualified and executed strategic business development opportunities in a variety of areas including Content Distribution Networks (CDN), mobile advertising & analytics. Led sales in Central Europe. Expanded Affirmed’s reach into new countries and tier one customers. Established relationships to CTOs and other senior customer executives across Europe. Global account responsibility for Deutsche Telekom Group: developed strategic account plan for Deutsche Telekom, established C-Level relationships across Deutsche Telekom’s footprint and positioned Affirmed successfully to win business in Deutsche Telekom’s network transition. During my tenure, we grew sales by more than 30x.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Mobilisafe provides security solutions for companies to manage the risk of personal mobile devices coming to their corporate networks.The company was acquired by Rapid7 in 2012.

Acton, Ma, Us

Developed initial vision for Affirmed jointly with other co-founders, Charles River Ventures, and Matrix Partners. Responsible for T-Venture’s investment in Affirmed Series A. Represented T-Venture in Affirmed’s Board of Directors.

Led all aspects of the management firm’s operations including strategy, administration and HR. Managed the firm’s P&L and communication with the board of directors. Represented T-Venture within the larger VC investment community.

U.S. subsidiary of T-Venture Holding, established to expand the firm’s North American investment activities.Managed three VC funds focused on mobile technology, enterprise software and consumer Internet investments with EUR 350m total capital under management. Responsible for the funds’ investment strategy, deal sourcing, portfolio management and reporting. Led a team of investment professionals in North America and Europe.Across these funds, we invested in over 30 portfolio companies that generated exit values of more than $7bn combined. Represented T-Venture in more than a dozen company boards. Investments during this period included Affirmed Networks, BlueJeans Network, LevelUp and Mobilisafe (Rapid7).Advised start-up CEO’s on all aspects of management and business growth. Actively led investee’s business development efforts into Deutsche Telekom and supported them throughout procurement process and contract negotiations. Across the portfolio, more than 90% of investees established commercial relationships with Deutsche Telekom Group.

Responsible for the firm's P&L and budget. Closely collaborated with the parent company and T-Venture of America’s board of directors.

Build-up T-Venture’s North American Investment Operations from start to ultimately becoming its most active & successful region. Positioned T-Venture as a trusted corporate VC firm among the U.S. & Canadian VC/tech community. Led investments into numerous start-ups and represented the firm’s interests through board of director representations.Established relationships to Voicestream/T-Mobile USA following Voicestream’s acquisition by Deutsche Telekom. Liaison management with T-Mobile’s CTO and CMO to align T-Venture’s Investment Strategy with T-Mobile’s business strategy. Advised T-Mobile’s executive management on start-up trends and technology innovations.

BelAir Networks provides service provider grade Wi-Fi wireless networking solutions optimized for high density deployments by cellular and broadband operators.The company was acquired by Ericsson in 2012.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Fiber and microwave based CLEC providing IP/Ethernet backhaul to Tier 1 mobile carriers in the United States.

Woodbridge, Nj, Us

Pioneering developer of Mobile Device Management software used by tier 1 carriers worldwide. mFormation was acquired by Alcatel-Lucent in 2014. Today, the mFormation platform is the basis for Nokia's IoT platform.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Pelago was a consumer software company and developer of mobile app Whrrl. Whrrl was a highly collaborative service that enabled people to capture personal experiences that can be remembered, organized and shared via Facebook and twitter. Whrrl's crowd-sourced content was a hyperlocal and hyperpersonal in nature. Led Pelago's Series B financing and joined its Board of Directors. In 2011, Pelago was acquired by Groupon.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Medio is a business-to-business mobile analytics provider based in Seattle, WA. The company's cloud-based Hadoop platform processes and interprets big data for mobile enterprise customers. In 2014, the company was acquired by Nokia.

OZ Communications, Inc., a software company, provided consumer mobile messaging solutions like email, IM and Social Networking. The company's customers included mobile operators, handset manufacturers, portals, and online communities. In 2008, the company was acquired by Nokia. At that time, OZ was serving more than 5m monthly uniques users.

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SavaJe Technologies was the developer of the SavaJe OS, a Java OS for advanced mobile phones. Based on an implementation of Sun Microsystems' Java Standard Edition, it enabled developers to create applications with richer user interfaces. SavaJe led the way toward modern day smartphone operating systems like Android.Sun Microsystems acquired the company's intellectual property for use in JavaFX Mobile.

Starent is a provider of infrastructure products that enable mobile operators to deliver multimedia services such as video, Internet, VoIP, e-mail and streaming to their subscribers. The company was acquired by Cisco System in 2009 for $2.9bn.

Deutsche Telekom’s Corporate VC firm, investing from a number of funds into start-ups alongside the corporation’s strategic business units.Responsible for sourcing, due diligence and execution of early- to expansion stage investments in evolving mobile communications industry. Led or co-led investments into several companies in Europe and the U.S. - including Danger (Microsoft), Flarion (Qualcomm), Mindmatics (MESG) and SavaJe.

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, De

Diplom Kaufmann, Finance And International Management

Industrial Engineering