Experience

FusionX Ventures

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Partner

  • 2015 - Present

  Greater San Diego Area FusionX Ventures is an early-stage investment fund focused on helping companies build the next generation of cloud-enabled Smart Machines. We focus primarily on recurring revenue B2B opportunities where we can contribute strategic value through design, manufacturing, or go2market strategy. We work in close partnership with the leading product realization company for Smart Machine solutions, D&K Engineering. (dkengineering.com) If you have a vision that involves a combination of… Show more FusionX Ventures is an early-stage investment fund focused on helping companies build the next generation of cloud-enabled Smart Machines. We focus primarily on recurring revenue B2B opportunities where we can contribute strategic value through design, manufacturing, or go2market strategy. We work in close partnership with the leading product realization company for Smart Machine solutions, D&K Engineering. (dkengineering.com) If you have a vision that involves a combination of hardware, software, & cloud, we can help you build your company with reduced execution risk. Show less



blackdot

• United States
• Fine Art
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Jul 2018 - Present

  Austin, Texas Area Changing the tattoo landscape one dot at a time



Bellwether Coffee Co.

• Board Member / Advisor

  • Oct 2015 - Present

  Berkeley, CA All coffee will be fresh and locally roasted



Neuralace Medical

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Jan 2017 - Present



3DEO

• United States
• Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Dec 2016 - Present

  Los Angeles, California Additive Manufacturing for Production Metal Parts



NanoCellect Biomedical, Inc.

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • 2015 - Present

  Greater San Diego Area Creating a new generation of bench-top, easy-to-use cell sorting machines



YPO

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Member

  • Sep 2009 - Present



Cisco

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director/GM, Prime Home Software as a Service / Internet of Things

  • Apr 2012 - Oct 2015

  Greater San Diego Area Led the Connected Home cloud-based software team, with more than 20M connected devices as an IoT device management, security, and analytics offer.

• Founder/CEO -- ClearAccess, Inc (Acquired by Cisco)

  • Oct 2005 - Apr 2012

  Portland, Oregon Area • Led company from inception to exit with Cisco, including spinout of SmartRG, Inc. • Pioneered cloud-based connected device management for service providers • Inc 500 #1 growth company for telecom (2010)



Paradyne

• VP & GM

  • May 2002 - Sep 2005

  Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area • Owned P&L for $120M business and $18M R&D Budget • Grew international segment revenue from $10M to $40M • Integrated multiple acquisitions as well as the sale of Paradyne itself in 2005



Centennial Systems, Inc. (Acquired by Paradyne)

• CEO

  • Feb 2002 - Apr 2002

  San Francisco Bay Area • Co-Founder of data networking startup which included AT&T and British Telecom as customers • Sold to publicly-traded Paradyne Corporation



Jetstream Communications

• VP Sales & Business Development

  • Sep 1999 - Feb 2002

  San Francisco Bay Area • Signed and managed partnership agreements accounting for 60% of company revenue



3Com

• Computer Networking
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Director Business Development

  • Sep 1997 - Aug 1999

  San Francisco Bay Area • Led key aspects of business, which grew from $0 to $100M run rate within 2 years



Prime Protection, Inc

• General Manager/COO

  • Aug 1993 - Aug 1995

  Greater San Diego Area • Managed 20 employees in sales, marketing, operations, finance, and engineering



Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Consultant

  • Sep 1991 - Aug 1993

  Greater Los Angeles Area • Strategy consulting in the industrial, telecom, and financial services industries