Experience

Investable

• United States
• Capital Markets
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Partner, Head of Portfolio

  • Dec 2019 - Present

• Managing Partner, COO

  • Apr 2017 - Dec 2019

  Investable exists to help founders and funders reach their potential through exposing risk in companies, reducing that risk, and making fundraising as efficient as possible. We do that by obsessing about finding and reducing risk, creating and leveraging resources, and by creating industry-leading investor matching processes and technologies.I work with Investable portfolio companies, partners, and clients to articulate their Definition of Success and build powerful company roadmaps that make their goals and dreams actionable. I act as a guide as founders articulate their roadmap, surface risks, and engage the resources that will get them where they want to go. Ultimately, I am best at building and reinforcing an environment that sets people up to be inspired and productive versions of themselves. Show less



TRAC-Team

• Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Associate

  • Aug 2015 - Jul 2017

  TRAC-Team is Software as a Service (SaaS) Platform that is designed to allow portfolio managers to build a sustainable/repeatable process with milestone driven metrics and management input at each stage of a company’s development. TRAC-Team is financed by the Utah Science & Technology Research Initiative (USTAR), and supported by the University of Utah Technology & Venture Commercialization (TVC) and the Center for Medical Innovation (CMI). TRAC-Team is used to evaluate and support innovative USTAR and University technologies from ideation in the laboratory through commercialization. Show less



Useable

• United States
• Think Tanks

• Product | Strategy | Operations

  • Jan 2016 - Mar 2017

  Useable helps new founders, early-stage companies and established startups develop strategies for product and capital development that result in increased product adoption, a systematic process for growth, and capitalization strategy to support this growth. Our product strategy process enables companies to answer the following questions: - Who are my customers and how do I develop a repeatable strategy for engaging them? - What solution are my customers willing to pay for? - What product experience will be most meaningful to my customers? - How do I build and support this product offering? Our capital strategy process enables companies to answer the following questions: - Who are my potential investors and how do I engage them? - How can I communicate my value to investors in an evidence-based way? - How can I connect with and get term sheets from the right investors? Show less



DevGarden

• Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Managing Partner

  • Jan 2016 - Oct 2016

  DevGarden translates promising ideas in big data management, analytics, and visualization into world class software products for a variety of clients. We build combination hardware/software products that allow people to meaningfully interact with and make decisions based on analytics of complex data sets. These products aggregate data from smart, connected sensors such as point-of-care medical diagnostics, environmental sensors, mobile devices, and other data sources to reveal valuable and actionable information to help drive business decisions. Show less



Data Mural

• Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Product Management, Operations

  • Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

  Data hides information. We surface it through user-centric visualization and analytics, and enable health providers to find root causes to global health problems, allocate resources effectively, and prevent, rather than react to, problems. _____ At Data Mural, I oversaw coordination of new product development, UX design, and user requirements; as well as fundraised and managed product development. Data hides information. We surface it through user-centric visualization and analytics, and enable health providers to find root causes to global health problems, allocate resources effectively, and prevent, rather than react to, problems. _____ At Data Mural, I oversaw coordination of new product development, UX design, and user requirements; as well as fundraised and managed product development.



uBiota

• Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Customer Development, Market Research Management

  • Sep 2015 - Mar 2016

  uBiota's mission is to reveal the deep interconnection of microbes and the processes that make life on earth possible. We make cutting-edge technology and research support available to the public and scientists of all kinds, allowing them to explore the microbial communities involved in human health, pet care, agricultural production and sustainability. _____ At uBiota, I oversaw market research, customer development, and aspects of operations. uBiota's mission is to reveal the deep interconnection of microbes and the processes that make life on earth possible. We make cutting-edge technology and research support available to the public and scientists of all kinds, allowing them to explore the microbial communities involved in human health, pet care, agricultural production and sustainability. _____ At uBiota, I oversaw market research, customer development, and aspects of operations.



Quatere/Foundry

• Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Director and Cohort Facilitator

  • May 2014 - May 2015

  Quatere supports entrepreneurs in the growth and development of their startups and provides the resources and training to help participants become entrepreneurial leaders for life. To accomplish this, we use an evolving set of standards passed down from Intel and Google for training highly productive and capable entrepreneurs in developing durable new ventures. ___ At Quatere, I: Facilitated two Quatere cohorts, providing high-touch peer mentoring to a total of 15 entrepreneurs in nutrition, fitness, mobile app, e-commerce, manufacturing, and other industries. Mentored on product/company strategy, product development, customer development, sales, and operations. Iteratively improved and trained entrepreneurs on using "Objectives and Key Results" documents, mock-board meeting "Project Reviews", and high-leverage weekly "Management Reports" to drastically accelerate product/solution and product/market fit. Implemented a set of quantifiable metrics that communicated the entrepreneurial growth of Foundry participants. Documented processes for “How to run a Foundry cohort” to eventually open-source the Foundry model. Show less



3PDx

• Cofounder

  • Jul 2012 - 2014

  Lead intellectual property development, software design, and device connectivity development. Work under R&D director developing electrochemical diagnostic assay. Lead intellectual property development, software design, and device connectivity development. Work under R&D director developing electrochemical diagnostic assay.



University of Utah Alternative Spring Break

• Salt Lake City, Utah

• Site Leader

  • Apr 2011 - Mar 2013

  From 2011 to 2012: planned, organized and led a one-week service trip to Rio Mesa Research Center focused on environmental issues, conservation activism, and ecology. Coordinated service projects, talks from local experts, designed a budget, and recruited 10 participants. From 2012 to 2013: planned, organized and led a one-week service trip to Vancouver focused on health, health disparities, and health activism. Coordinated service projects, talks from local experts, designed a budget, and recruited 10 participants. Show less



Spencer Eccles Center for Human Genetics

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • Dec 2009 - Dec 2010

  Research assistant examining role of GLUT4-mediated glucose transport in murine models, with emphasis on diabetic pathological states. Research assistant examining role of GLUT4-mediated glucose transport in murine models, with emphasis on diabetic pathological states.



Biomedical Consultants

• Market Researcher/Team Coordinator

  • 2007 - 2010

  Led team of peers in conducting market research for medical device, biotechnology, and life science startup companies in Utah. Led team of peers in conducting market research for medical device, biotechnology, and life science startup companies in Utah.