Experience

Blaze Power

• United States
• Renewable Energy Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operating Advisor

  • Jan 2022 - 2 years

  Boston, Massachusetts, United States Creating innovative solutions for the electrification industry by producing highly efficient, safe, nano-coated cathode materials for advanced batteries with domestically-sourced raw materials.



Tongo

• United States
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-founder & CEO

  • 2020 - 3 years

  Realigning income and expenses for the commission economy.



Cornell University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Entrepreneur In Residence

  • Mar 2018 - 5 years 10 months

  Ithaca, New York Area Help professors and students start companies in one of the most intellectually dense places on Earth.



Katapult

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Education Administration Programs

• Co-founder & CEO

  • Jul 2012 - May 2018

  New York, NY Katapult (NASD: KPLT) is the category leader in nonprime BNPL financing for omnichannel retail.



BR Venture Fund

• Fund Manager

  • 2010 - Aug 2012

  Ithaca, New York Area Source, screen, manage diligence, and decide on early-stage investments



Vista Equity Partners

• United States
• Financial Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Operations Team

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Partnered with portfolio CXOs to implement Vista Best Practices that drive transformational and operational improvements.



Harrison Wright LLC

• Co-founder & CEO

  • 2005 - 2010

  Greater Seattle Area Residential mortgage brokerage with recession-resistant customer base. Grew annually despite massive market contraction.



Northwest Coffee Partners

• Co-founder & CEO

  • 2002 - 2007

  Greater Seattle Area Founded and exited retail coffee monopoly in under-served market.



Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

• United States

• Analyst

  • 1999 - 2002

  Seattle, WA Developed and applied criteria to evaluate equity investments, identified opportunities to capitalize on demographic trends, and forecasted market crash through historic sentiment analysis.