Experience

NextLesson Inc.

• CEO

  • Jan 2012 - 12 years

  San Francisco Bay Area The Driving Question for our company is: How do we make learning relevant?



Intuary

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisory Board Member

  • Sep 2011 - 12 years 4 months

  San Francisco, CA iPad app for children's books.



Simply Hired

• United Kingdom
• Human Resources

• President/COO

  • Oct 2006 - Jan 2012

  Mountain View, CA

• Senior Vice President - Operations

  • Mar 2006 - Oct 2006

  Manage sales, product, marketing and engineering.

• Vice President of Business Development

  • May 2005 - Feb 2006

  Create product and distribution partnerships.



i2we, inc

• Board Member

  • 2007 - Dec 2011

  Facebook tool developer. Acquired by Leap Commerce.



Gluster

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisory Board Member

  • 2009 - 2010

  Sunnyvale, CA Gluster is an open storage software platform that delivers scale-out storage for datacenter, virtualized and cloud environments. Acquired by Red Hat Software.



Charles Schwab & Co.

• United States
• Medical Practices

• Vice President - eChannels

  • Jun 2002 - May 2004

  Product management and development of web portfolio accounting tools for eBusiness Group. Product management and development of inbound/outbound email, automated phone, and corporate market data. Managed $40M cost center with 20+ staff responsible for handling 400 million emails, 40 million phone calls and $20+M in market data feeds.



Round Zero

• Technology, Information and Internet

• Co-Founder and Director

  • Jun 1997 - Aug 2002

  Founding team member of non-profit organization that brings together entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and technology professionals to discuss current issues and trends. Charter sponsors include Microsoft, Apple, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Morgan Stanley, and Wilson Sonsini.



Mercurial Virtual Supply Chain Incorporated

• Co-Founder

  • Dec 1999 - May 2001

  Software company developing RFP and ad replacement software.



comScore Networks

• United States
• Market Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisory Board Member

  • Aug 1999 - 2001

  Advisor to leading company in online measurement and research.



Epinions Inc.

• Co-Founder

  • Mar 1999 - Nov 1999

  Business development for leading company in product reviews.



Sina.com

• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer

  • Feb 1998 - Jan 1999

  Responsible for fundraising, corporate development and operations for the leading Chinese internet portal.



Quote.com (acquired by Lycos)

• Technology, Information and Internet

• Director, Business Development

  • May 1996 - Dec 1998

  Built major OEM partnerships with leading financial services companies to outsource news, quotes, and charts with leading financial ASP.



Think Tank Consumer Products

• Co-Founder

  • May 1995 - May 1996

  Developed, manufactured, marketed hard consumer products.



Hambrecht & Quist

• Investment Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investment Manager

  • Jun 1992 - May 1995

  Day to day management of venture capital investments and due diligence in U.S. for Asia Venture Capital division.



Morgan Stanley & Co.

• Financial Analyst

  • Jun 1990 - Jun 1992

  Investment banking financial analyst in Health Care Services Corporate Finance and Real Estate groups.