Experience

Som Sleep

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and President

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  Santa Monica, California, United States Sleep is the silent epidemic not enough people address or talk about. My mission is to have a Som Sleep in every fridge across America. We do it through a small, berry flavored drink which is the opposite of an energy drink. All you have to do is drink Som Sleep 30 minutes before you're ready to go to sleep. The best part is that it's non-habit forming, drug free, with no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives and currently used by champions in all of the major sports leagues (MLB, NFL… Show more Sleep is the silent epidemic not enough people address or talk about. My mission is to have a Som Sleep in every fridge across America. We do it through a small, berry flavored drink which is the opposite of an energy drink. All you have to do is drink Som Sleep 30 minutes before you're ready to go to sleep. The best part is that it's non-habit forming, drug free, with no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives and currently used by champions in all of the major sports leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL). Show less



Mobile Apps

• Founder, CEO, Partner, Advisor

  • Oct 2013 - Present

  Greater Los Angeles Area Developing and advising mobile apps at the convergence of technology and entertainment with various partners, influencers and celebs in the tech and entertainment industries.



YOMYOMF Network

• Co-Founder

  • Oct 2011 - Present

  Greater Los Angeles Area Co-founded the Google funded YOMYOMF Network with Fast & Furious director Justin Lin. Our mission is to support underrepresented Asian American content creators. Original programming partners include Danny Pudi (Community), Russo Brothers (Arrested Development, Captain America), Andy Fickman (Parental Guidance), Lance Reddick (Fringe), Vin Diesel & Tyrese (Car Talk), etc.



The NOC TV (Vice Sports)

• Co-Founder

  • Oct 2011 - Present

  Greater Los Angeles Area Co-founded The NOC TV Network (sold to Vice Media and rebranded as Vice Sports), with Cash Warren and ESPY producers to create groundbreaking behind the scenes lifestyle sports programming. Programming talent included Warren Sapp, Dwayne Wade, Steve Nash, Jason Terry, Nick Swisher, John Wall, etc.



Hallo, Inc.

• Founder and CEO

  • Nov 2011 - May 2013

  Santa Monica, CA Founder and CEO of Hallo, a mobile voice chat platform which allowed users to post voice messages (capped at 30 seconds) privately amongst friends or publicly on Facebook or Twitter. Influencers/Celebs (Steve Nash, Harry Shum, Wayne Brady, Big Time Rush, etc.) also used Hallo to connect with their followers with their own voice.



IBY, Inc.

• Co-Founder and CEO

  • Sep 2007 - Apr 2010

  Greater Los Angeles Area Was the founding CEO and co-founder of IBY, Inc. (sold to Photobucket) with Cash Warren. Prior to sale, IBY was one of the leading providers of brand and consumer engagement through online media competitions and contests. Ran contests with Dwight Howard, Jessica Alba, Lady Gaga, Steve Nash, Will Ferrell, etc.



Crosslink Capital

• United States
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Venture Capitalist

  • Jul 2003 - Dec 2006

  San Francisco Bay Area Led the investment to build Pandora (successful IPO with $3 billion public valuation), Omniture (IPO followed by $1.8 billion sale to Adobe) and Ancestry.com (successful IPO with valuation of approx $1 billion). Crosslink Capital is a venture and public equity firm with over $1.1 billion under management. Focused on investments in Consumer Internet, Digital Media, Consumer and Business Services and Mobile Data Services in the venture capital group.



UBS

• Switzerland
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Investment Banker

  • Jun 2000 - Jun 2003

  San Francisco Bay Area Senior Analyst in the Technology Investment Banking group at UBS. Covered (through Initial Public Offerings, Follow-on Offerings, M&A, Private Placements, PIPEs and Debt Capital raises) technology companies in the Digital Media, Gaming and Internet sectors. Transactions for companies including Activision, Acclaim Entertainment, Midway Games, etc.