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Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Serve as the face of FORGE to create partnerships and cultivate an ecosystem of innovation by helping hard-tech startups succeed in New England/CT. FORGE was voted as the best accelerator/incubator of 2024 by Startup Boston. • Identify partners and stakeholders to cultivate a collaborative ecosystem to help hard-tech startups create successful businesses. • Expand FORGE’s operations and facilitate innovative product manufacturing.

San Francisco Bay Area

Led and executed new venture incubations. Ideated around technology trends and themes, conducted customer and stakeholder research to launch start-ups.• Co-founded and raised money for data analytics / SaaS company in the mobility space.• Led outreach and coached team to recruit stakeholders for customer research and build CRM pipeline.• Led business and financial modeling to assess viability for venture. prepared presentations and pitched to board.• Structured and conducted workshops with NVT to define opportunity areas through research and synthesis.

Incubated, secured funding, and launched the company serving as a co-founder.

Steered execution of day-to-day marketing operations for B2B clients, while developing new products for Leadbird’s portfolio. Evaluated resources, minimized cost, and improved productivity and quality of output.• Took over development of new CRM SaaS product and steered to completion while managing resources and budget constraints.• Launched product, handled platform migration and built a growing business.• Increased company’s revenue and operational capacity of leadership team by onboarding new customers and recruiting talent. Enabled leadership to focus on expansion into new and adjacent verticals.• Executed operations for multiple growth stage start-up companies and increased their revenue through new customer acquisition and retention by conducting sales, marketing, and business development activities.• Crafted messaging, managed content development/delivery strategy for sales and marketing campaigns aimed at improving metrics and achieving CRM objectives for businesses.

New York, Ny

Conducted in-depth societal research in variety of markets to uncover challenges and opportunities. Identified new ventures in retail, housing and AI for self-driving car management systems.• Researched stakeholders, retail and housing industries; launched mobile retail pilot to integrate into Toyota's smart cities initiatives.

New York, Ny

Led and managed consumer electronics and consumer behavior Trends Research practice; provided consulting sand strategic recommendations to Toyota executives. Led efforts on behalf of Toyota to align private and public stakeholders in the U.S. to deploy Digital Short Range Communication (DSRC) module for connected vehicle safety applications.• Prepared and presented business case on Toyota’s behalf to key stakeholders, including State DOTs and NHTSA. • Managed Trends Research practice and monitored multiple technology sectors, such as mobile devices, IoT, smart cities, and provided recommendations to Toyota for multimedia product planning.

New York, Ny

Pioneered the launch of Data Communication Module (DCM) to deliver Internet inside the vehicle. Curated the financial model and pitched business case to global executives.• Researched and identified stakeholders and use cases to define product roadmap and the associated business models. • Collaborated with cross functional teams to assess existing cost structures and identify opportunities for improvements via the integration of new technologies and DCM.

Boston, Ma

Provided strategy consulting and venture capital services for corporations and start-ups.• Performed market research for new products and advised clients with go-to-market strategy.• Conducted due diligence for large private equity firms to assist with acquisition of companies. • Performed valuations of portfolio companies and prepared reports for fund investors. • Listened to pitches, conducted research, and networked to identify attractive investment opportunities.

Seabees, Construction Battalion

Master'S Degree, Master Of Engineering Management

Collaborative degree from Thayer Engineering and Tuck School of Business

Bachelor Of Science, Electrical Engineering