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Hellerup, Gentofte, Dk

Multi-stage venture and growth capital with a focus on industrial technologies

Durham, North Carolina, Us

The next-generation ingredient company.

Emeryville, California, Us

MycoWorks is a biomaterials company using mycelium to create sustainable and fully biodegradable alternatives to leathers and plastics - madewithreishi.com

San Diego, Ca, Us

We are accelerating the world's transformation to sustainable materials, by replacing fossil fuel sources with plants.

San Francisco, California, Us

KickStart's mission is to lift millions of people in Africa out of poverty quickly, cost effectively, and sustainably. We do this by designing very low-cost, high-quality irrigation pumps and distribute them through partners and the private sector supply chain.

Williston, Vermont, Us

Building the circular sanitation economy

Invested directly in pre-seed, seed and later stage companies where I can help Founders.

Odense C, Odense C, Dk

We believe that proteomics, and mass spectrometry-based technology will play a pivotal role in the future of healthcare.

Mangere, Auckland, Nz

Minimum and Zero Liquid Discharge technology that is continuous and non-thermal

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Worked to identify technologies and people that could solve important societal problems, and evaluate opportunities for starting new companies or investing in existing teams. Scoped a number of ideas and business plans. Supported existing TPB portfolio companies in a variety of ways.

Emeryville, California, Us

Zymergen partners with nature to bring novel products to market more quickly, more reliably and at a higher performance (cost, functionality) level than alternative production paths. I led the team focused on identifying, developing and commercializing products across multiple industries. Focus on leading work in Agriculture, Packaging and Food as well as novel materials outside Electronics. These products cover internal pipeline and partnerships. Our team led multiple significant partnerships and commercialization efforts across North America, Europe and Asia, and delivered ~50% of company revenues ($M's each year).

Vocate was an online career center attempting to fulfill the brand promise where schools fall short. I worked closely with the marketing and sales teams and helped develop investment materials.

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I led multiple project teams simultaneously across different client engagements. Focused on helping Technology clients with strategic and go-to-market issues and operational transformations. I have worked with clients on:- Building new businesses with both nascent startups and within larger corporate environments- Developing go-to-market strategy, including the role of digital throughout the customer journey, channel strategy, sales team effectiveness and other topics- Operational transformations and M&A, from diligencing potential acquisitions through to executing and capturing over $1B in savings on multiple occassions with multiple companies- Product development efforts resulting in procurement and customer support savings of over $100M without affecting customer satisfaction; avoided capex of over $100M in another situation and others- I have also worked with clients in Energy, Water and Agriculture with significant commercial and operational impact in these sectors

Durham, Nc, Us

Partnership development for new business line being established. Opportunity sizing for longer-term product pipeline.

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Established McKinsey's water service line. Focused on opportunities to balance supply and demand globally. Worked with numerous leading public and private organizations to establish a clear framework for investment and sensible policy-making.

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Example work includes:Significantly improved operations of major mining house resulting in avoided capital costs of $100M, and further savings on procurement of equipment for mine expansion. Turnaround of national logistics player key operations in ground-up hub operations processes and systemsTurnaround of national electricity-generation player for a key African country across functions enabling economic growth that would have otherwise been stifledGo-to-market strategy development and execution with channel partners to expand sales channels to achieve significant growth for mobile telecoms player in a key segment of the market.

Centurion, Za

Worked on power circuitry for various applications including gimbals for image stabilization.

Mba, General Studies

Engineering Internship, Micro-Grid Control

Bsc, Electrical Engineering

Electrical Engineering Internship, Virtual Reality - Blue-C