Experience

Vegbed

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and CEO

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  Greater New York City Area Vegbed provides the cleanest and easiest to use grow mediums for vertical and indoor farms. Let us help you reduce your downstream waste. Our substrate for microgreens provides a sustainable medium solution that is also biodegradable. We can custom size our products for many application types - including aeroponics, deep water culture, nutrient film technique, floating raft, vertical, flood & drain and many more. We work with commercial farms and hobby growers. Let us know… Show more Vegbed provides the cleanest and easiest to use grow mediums for vertical and indoor farms. Let us help you reduce your downstream waste. Our substrate for microgreens provides a sustainable medium solution that is also biodegradable. We can custom size our products for many application types - including aeroponics, deep water culture, nutrient film technique, floating raft, vertical, flood & drain and many more. We work with commercial farms and hobby growers. Let us know your growing setup and we can come up with a solution for you! Visit us at www.vegbed.com Email: info@vegbed.com Show less



NYC Agriculture Collective

• United States
• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director & Board Member

  • Jun 2019 - Present

  New York City Metropolitan Area The collective is a consortium of 15+ commercial urban farms, tech companies, and non-profit organizations in the New York City area - home to the largest, most vibrant and fast-moving urban agriculture scene in the world. Producers of NYC AGTECH WEEK & FRESH IN FEBRUARY events.



Startup Leadership Program

• United States
• Education Administration Programs

• Fellow

  • Jan 2022 - Jun 2022

  New York City Metropolitan Area The Startup Leadership Program is a highly selective, world-class training program for outstanding founders, leaders, and innovators who want to become top startup CEOs. SLP Fellows have founded nearly 2000 successful startups & raised more than $2.4B+ in funding.



Fig Tech

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations & Compliance Manager

  • Sep 2021 - Feb 2022

  New York City Metropolitan Area

• Head of Underwriting

  • Aug 2019 - Sep 2021

  Greater New York City Area Fig's mission is to provide affordable financial products and help create technology for the 1/2 of Americans shut out by the traditional banking system



Forkable

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Manager (Chicago/Austin/San Francisco)

  • Jan 2017 - Sep 2018

  Greater New York City Area Forkable is using machine learning to conquer the $834 billion global lunch/food delivery market. It figures out what you want for lunch before you know it, automatically delivering the best local restaurants to your whole office. - Grew all operations in Austin and Chicago from zero. Managed entirety of Forkable's largest market (San Francisco) within 6 months. - Responsible for all aspects of operations, HR, logistics, fleet management (30+ drivers) and customer success. -… Show more Forkable is using machine learning to conquer the $834 billion global lunch/food delivery market. It figures out what you want for lunch before you know it, automatically delivering the best local restaurants to your whole office. - Grew all operations in Austin and Chicago from zero. Managed entirety of Forkable's largest market (San Francisco) within 6 months. - Responsible for all aspects of operations, HR, logistics, fleet management (30+ drivers) and customer success. - Helped grow PnL month over month while also onboarding 150+ restaurant partners. Ownership of all accounts, low churn rate, and high customer satisfaction in all managed markets. - Worked closely with product team to prioritize feature improvements, while optimizing menus, meals and routes every week. Show less



Homebell

• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Project Manager, Operations

  • Jul 2016 - Oct 2016

  Greater New York City Area Home improvement made easy. Homebell's services (painting, flooring, tiling, etc.) ensure reliable quality, process transparency and fair pricing. Customers can get a quote on their project within minutes. - Led nationwide US expansion and helped build out initial contractor network. - Created upsell opportunities (some >50% of original quote) for nearly every project and obtained average margins of 14%. - Managed 20 home projects simultaneously, totalling over $100k GMV… Show more Home improvement made easy. Homebell's services (painting, flooring, tiling, etc.) ensure reliable quality, process transparency and fair pricing. Customers can get a quote on their project within minutes. - Led nationwide US expansion and helped build out initial contractor network. - Created upsell opportunities (some >50% of original quote) for nearly every project and obtained average margins of 14%. - Managed 20 home projects simultaneously, totalling over $100k GMV within the first 2 months. - Developed process improvements for the sales and ops team to increase everyone's efficiency. Trained new operation associate hires. - Analyzed lead data from sales team to shift focus to top 10 cities and improve scalability of the contractor network. Show less



FarmstockNY

• United Kingdom

• Co-Founder, Director of Farming Technology

  • Mar 2015 - Apr 2016

  Greater New York City Area Farmstock is redefining sustainable agriculture through vertical and greenhouse technologies. We are trying to increase access to locally grown, healthy produce for all communities. - Coordinated grant applications and pitch meetings. Selected as a finalist at Investor's Circle and Pitch for the People competitions - Collaborated on business plan, conducted farm operational analyses/projections to reach profitability by year 2. - Designed and launched the company website.



Hortech

• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Business Development Consultant

  • Sep 2014 - Jul 2015

  Greater New York City Area Taiwan based laser cutting company. Patented system with ability to cut, etch, scribe and drill various materials and applications. Sales/Biz Dev consultant for US region. - Competitive Intelligence - Sales/Biz Dev Consulting, Trade Shows (Semicon) - Strategic Planning



RockCenter Orthodontics

• Business Development & Operations

  • Apr 2012 - Nov 2014

  Greater New York City Area Rock Center Orthodontics is a worldwide top 1% Invisalign practice located in midtown Manhattan. - Developed an automated cost estimate form to decrease patient wait time by 70%. - Managed a marketing recall campaign to increase bottom line revenue. - Created office check system to track messaging/task completion. - Devised strategy about pricing and treatment. Developed cost structure and plans with clients.



Avatar Securities, LLC

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Equities Trader

  • Jul 2011 - Dec 2012

  Greater New York City Area Risk Management - Developed strategy to minimize market impact during executions, including <3% account drawdown on a given day. Execution - Analyzed live market data and made instant decisions to reduce slippage. Traded up to $1.5mil worth of stock in a single position.



RVC Trading Group

• Equities Trader

  • Dec 2010 - Jun 2011

  New York, NY Risk Management and Execution - Utilizing the Cyborg trading platform, designed a high volume trading strategy to capture execution rebates across multiple exchange venues.



Chimera Securities

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Equities Trader

  • Aug 2007 - Mar 2010

  New York, NY Research and Analysis - Chosen as only 1 out of 6 in hiring group to pursue automated trading strategy based on trend finding/technical analysis. Managed scope of project and launched with 3 months.