Experience

Outside VC

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

• Limited Partner

  • Oct 2023 - Present

  Outside VC is a pre-seed venture firm. We write first checks into extraordinary fintech founders.



Slalom

• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Consultant, Business Advisory Services

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Palo Alto, California, United States 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁: Fortune 500 Global Financial Technology Company Provided strategic support to preserve and enhance the deal value of their acquisitions 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: • Led the development of a post-merger playbook for the Product organization to set the guidelines for an industry standard and consistent approach across integrations • Facilitated the retrospective of a $4B acquisition, summarized and communicated findings, and prepared future recommendations… Show more 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁: Fortune 500 Global Financial Technology Company Provided strategic support to preserve and enhance the deal value of their acquisitions 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: • Led the development of a post-merger playbook for the Product organization to set the guidelines for an industry standard and consistent approach across integrations • Facilitated the retrospective of a $4B acquisition, summarized and communicated findings, and prepared future recommendations 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀: M&A • Retrospective techniques​ • Growth & Scaling Meaningful Contributions (Internal): • Organized the inaugural cohort to re-introduce the Modern Culture of Data framework of five elements: Bold Vision, Data Literacy, Access & Transparency, Guardianship, and Ways of Working

• Consultant, Business Advisory Services

  • Jan 2021 - Jan 2022

  Palo Alto 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁: Fortune 500 Global Financial Technology Company Provided strategy and roadmap building support to move various growth initiatives forward 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: • Built the outline, template, and plan for gathering content, market research, and benchmarking to communicate the three year vision for their global website • Led the development of a c-suite level proposal for an end-to-end content capability that shifts the global website experience from… Show more 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁: Fortune 500 Global Financial Technology Company Provided strategy and roadmap building support to move various growth initiatives forward 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: • Built the outline, template, and plan for gathering content, market research, and benchmarking to communicate the three year vision for their global website • Led the development of a c-suite level proposal for an end-to-end content capability that shifts the global website experience from product-focused to need-led resulting in increased activity, conversion, and ultimately brand trust & advocacy • Partnered with the Enterprise lead to explore revenue opportunities through internal and external research 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀: Organizational Strategy • Business Case Development • Growth & Scaling 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁: Fortune 500 Global Financial Software Company Provided strategic support to make business operations more manageable and scalable 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: • Led the development of a centralized financial model for the Customer Success organization to more accurately track performance, simplify reporting, and enable scenario planning that balances operational cost savings and customer experience improvements • Supported a systems assessment for the People & Places organization to modernize their job architecture and optimize their use of HR technology for a single source of truth 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀: Financial Modeling • Scenario Analysis​ • Impact Assessment • Growth & Scaling

• Analyst, Business Advisory Services

  • Feb 2020 - Jan 2021

  Palo Alto, California, United States 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁: Fortune 500 Global Financial Technology Company Chief of staff to the head of the Global Website organization to build the team and mobilize resources 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: • Project managed content auditing, migration, and maintenance efforts • Partnered with finance to enable budget planning • Created new hire resources & onboarding best practices to reduce time-to-productivity 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀: Organizational Effectiveness • Knowledge Management • Vendor… Show more 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁: Fortune 500 Global Financial Technology Company Chief of staff to the head of the Global Website organization to build the team and mobilize resources 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: • Project managed content auditing, migration, and maintenance efforts • Partnered with finance to enable budget planning • Created new hire resources & onboarding best practices to reduce time-to-productivity 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀: Organizational Effectiveness • Knowledge Management • Vendor Management • Growth & Scaling 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁: Fortune 500 Global Financial Technology Company Supported the design & development of a centralized resource repository site for the Global Content & UX organizations for better usability and accessibility of their employee learning assets 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: • Conducted stakeholder interviews and analysis, and developed user personas • Designed and conducted IA usability testing, and supported knowledge base tool comparison • Helped build the resource site and created a step-by-step admin guide • Created a site launch change management plan and prepared post launch recommendations 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀: Business Analysis • Organizational Effectiveness • Knowledge Management • Growth & Scaling 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁: Fortune 500 Global Technology Company Partnered with the Education Modernization organization to support their vision to scale their Engineer for the Week youth program to LATAM and build the blueprint for expanding the program to other regions of the world 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: • Conducted outreach to find 40+ underrepresented LATAM candidates to interview in Spanish • Created discussion guides, vetted leads, organized interviews, and translated to English • Summarized findings, conducted stakeholder analysis, and developed user personas 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀: Business Analysis • Stakeholder Management • Growth & Scaling



Techstars

• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 500 - 600 Employee

• L&D Manager

  • Jul 2017 - Dec 2019

  • Created and managed company-wide learning and development initiatives, assembled and maintained learning resources, and conducted needs assessments to deliver insights and propose strategic solutions • Conducted a business needs assessment and developed a global L&D strategy to meet the needs of a distributed workforce • Led the project to research, benchmark, budget, propose, and implement new learning technology to increase trainer efficiency • Built an internal trainer support… Show more • Created and managed company-wide learning and development initiatives, assembled and maintained learning resources, and conducted needs assessments to deliver insights and propose strategic solutions • Conducted a business needs assessment and developed a global L&D strategy to meet the needs of a distributed workforce • Led the project to research, benchmark, budget, propose, and implement new learning technology to increase trainer efficiency • Built an internal trainer support program to assist with course design, training materials, and communication • Performed root-cause analysis to identify recruiting process inefficiencies and proposed a forward-looking solution • Researched and implemented common language tools & frameworks to improve organizational communication • Developed career development initiatives including an internal career speaker series to increase employee engagement • Created and facilitated a manager peer forum (lean coffee style) for sharing management best practices • Planned and facilitated new hire orientation and worked to identify improvements to the content and delivery

• Operations Manager

  • Jul 2015 - Jul 2017

  • Provided internal operational support to all accelerator programs by establishing new systems, processes, training, tool development, and knowledge share • Trained and supported 100+ new program managers and managing directors growing to 40+ locations globally and increasing investment capacity to 400+ startups per year

• Program Manager

  • Oct 2012 - Jul 2015

  • Responsible for planning and managing four high quality mentorship-driven startup accelerator programs resulting in 40+ investments for the portfolio. Managed recruiting / selection logistics, mentor engagement, workshop content and speakers, associate hiring, Demo Day planning, program budget, and office space • Also responsible for the successful expansion to Austin, TX while coaching and mentoring new hires for the next 10 locations



University of Denver - Daniels College of Business

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Sep 2010 - Mar 2012

• Community Square Front Desk / Tech Support

  • Sep 2010 - Dec 2010



Biotrends International

• Associate

  • Jun 2011 - Sep 2011

  Greater Denver Area Summer 2011 Intern at a Denver-based Technology Innovation Management Consulting Company



RG2 Consulting, LLC, Franchisee Recruiting and Consulting

• Intern

  • Jan 2011 - Jun 2011



ATASA

• Business Operations Manager

  • Jan 2009 - Aug 2010

  Managed business operations for an aircraft charter and hangar services company in Mexico City.