I'm a C-executive, entrepreneur and operator who strives to join or lead teams empowered by purpose, innovation and vigor for producing results.Most recently, I founded and served as CEO of Sixup, leading 30 team members and 15 institutional investors to originate outcomes-based loans to high-achieving, low-income students in pursuit of upward mobility at selective universities.My passion is turning bold ideas and innovations into reality, then scaling for enterprise value. Over years of success, failure, wins and mistakes – I’ve humbly gained better practices and patterns when incubating, teaming, capitalizing and building companies from seed into product-market fit and growth. I thrive amid complexity and perform best when markets are tough or setbacks abound. // Technologist & builder specializing in fintech, edtech, CaaS, SaaS, machine learning/data science// Emergent thinker, storyteller & strategist adept at structuring and resonating bold concepts, business models and narratives for myriad stakeholders and organizations// Data-driven, analytical & critical formulator to solve problems, unlock opportunity and drive decisions// Disciplined, consistent & passionate leader who fosters collaboration and cross-functional alignment in complex, dynamic environments// Seasoned business acumen & versatile management across teams/functions from technology and data science to finance, product, marketing and riskI’m a proven mobilizer of capital across an expansive array of complex, institutional investors. I’ve pitched, structured, negotiated and led deal teams for $300M+ across the capital stack from investors spanning diverse mandates (market, impact, concessionary). // Equity – seed, venture, growth// Credit – warehouse, whole loan, ABS**// Investors – VC, family offices, banks, foundations, specialty finance// Impact – expertise across full-suite of catalytic investments**// CDFI** – practitioner of certification, lending & CRA**My track record includes transactions with: Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Rockefeller Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Visa and State of Florida Pension Fund. Off the grid, I’m a backcountry snowboarder, fly fishing enthusiast and wannabe celebrity chef. Growing up in a martial arts family, I earned black belts in Tae Kwon Do and Judo, and was once a spry U.S. National Judo Champion.**Capital formats I’ve raised: CDFI – Community Development Financial InstitutionCRA – Community Reinvestment Act PRI/MRI – Program-/Mission-Related InvestmentDAF – Donor-Advised FundABS – Asset-Backed Securitization