Experience

4DX Ventures

• Ghana
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Partner

  • Mar 2017 - Present

  4DX Ventures is an early stage venture firm focused on Africa. We partner with world class entrepreneurs leveraging technology to build transformative businesses.



Silver Lake

• United States
• Financial Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Advisor

  • Sep 2018 - Jun 2022

  Greater New York City Area



Unidos Financial Services INC

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & CEO

  • 2006 - May 2018

  Greater New York City Area Founder and CEO of Unidos, a leading provider of an integrated platform offering financial services products to the rapidly growing underserved community in both the U. S. and abroad under the brands of Unidos and itransfer. Recruited talented executive team to build business, developed domestic & international teams, raised capital and led company though multiple enterprise transactions. Continuing focus on establishing strategic partnerships and driving revenue growth. Since inception,… Show more Founder and CEO of Unidos, a leading provider of an integrated platform offering financial services products to the rapidly growing underserved community in both the U. S. and abroad under the brands of Unidos and itransfer. Recruited talented executive team to build business, developed domestic & international teams, raised capital and led company though multiple enterprise transactions. Continuing focus on establishing strategic partnerships and driving revenue growth. Since inception, our platform has processed billions of dollars, served millions of consumers and thousands of retailers Developed an omni-channel platform that retailers, partners and consumers directly accessed products through a web platform and mobile app. Executed a "build, buy and partner" strategy to (i) organically hyper-scale a business across new states and countries to grow our revenue and customer base (ii) aggressively pursue new growth channels and segments through partnering with world-class strategics and by licensing our platform and (iii) consummate multiple accretive acquisitions. Unidos offered the 5 most important “must-have” product verticals (Money Transfer, Bill Payment, Mobile Telco Services, Prepaid Debit and Check Cashing) for underbanked consumers fully integrated under one easy-to-use proprietary technology platform that is delivered both in the Cloud, at point of sale and directly to consumers via a web platform and mobile app. We partnered with VISA to offer a leading cash-to-stored value remittance product for the U.S. to Latin America corridor, in addition to our cash-to-cash remittance product. Unidos also offered a full spectrum of bill payment options for consumers (domestic and international). Unidos offered telco services, including domestic & international mobile top-ups. Unidos also provided check cashing services that allows our retail partners to provide an affordable alternative to their customers. Show less



Epana Networks

• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP of Business Development and General Counsel

  • Jun 2004 - 2006

  Greater New York City Area Epana is a telecommunications and marketing company catering to Hispanic immigrants that grew over 30X revenues to over $225M annually. Reporting to CEO, led strategic development of new product launches, new distribution channels and created partnerships with third parties to drive material revenue growth, customer acquisition and build brands, including international sponsorships with Soccer United Marketing for the 2006 World Cup, alongside companies like Coca Cola. Epana was acquired by… Show more Epana is a telecommunications and marketing company catering to Hispanic immigrants that grew over 30X revenues to over $225M annually. Reporting to CEO, led strategic development of new product launches, new distribution channels and created partnerships with third parties to drive material revenue growth, customer acquisition and build brands, including international sponsorships with Soccer United Marketing for the 2006 World Cup, alongside companies like Coca Cola. Epana was acquired by Marcatel, a Mexican telecommunications operator. Show less



Gunderson Dettmer

• United States
• Law Practice
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Venture Capital Associate

  • Oct 2000 - May 2004

  Menlo Park/NYC Worked in both Menlo Park and NYC offices with many top venture funds, private equity funds and great companies on financings, M&A and general corporate advisory work. Member of Tiger Technology Private Investment Partner deal team on numerous successful investments including Alibaba, Ctrip (IPO Team), e-commerce China (DangDang), eLong, Tourexpress and Joyo. Other investors that I worked with included Battery Ventures, H.I.G Capital, M/C Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Morgan Stanley… Show more Worked in both Menlo Park and NYC offices with many top venture funds, private equity funds and great companies on financings, M&A and general corporate advisory work. Member of Tiger Technology Private Investment Partner deal team on numerous successful investments including Alibaba, Ctrip (IPO Team), e-commerce China (DangDang), eLong, Tourexpress and Joyo. Other investors that I worked with included Battery Ventures, H.I.G Capital, M/C Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Morgan Stanley Venture Partners, NorthBridge Venture Partners, RRE Ventures and VantagePoint Venture Partners Show less