Strategy Advisor

• Feb 2021 - Present

Investment Committee: US and Blockchain

• Jun 2021 - Present

As a member of the Investment Committee, I leverage my background in fintech and blockchain technology to identify, review, and approve investment opportunities. As a member of the Investment Committee, I leverage my background in fintech and blockchain technology to identify, review, and approve investment opportunities.

COO

• Mar 2017 - May 2023

Couchsurfing is the world’s premier social travel platform, with over 20 million members in nearly every country in the world. Main responsibilities: ➜ Establish and manage company wide OKRs. ➜ Lead and architect internal and external product roadmap. ➜ Manage and lead engineering infrastructure projects, ensuring viability and cost-effectiveness. ➜ Implement quality and velocity measurement processes across teams. ➜ Oversee finance, accounting, tax, HR and corporate administration for 30+ team members around the world. ➜ Manage a multi-million-dollar annual budget. ➜ Manage all engineering and product recruiting. Key Achievements: ➜ Led the paywall launch in May 2020, as a response to declining revenue amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ➜ Increased efficiency improvements in core Trust and Safety team metrics through KPI benchmarking and measurement. ➜ Took the P&L from a monthly loss to profitability over a 12 month period via rigorous financial management. Show less

Owner

• Jul 2009 - Jan 2021

Built a functional fitness community with a team of amazing co-founders/entrepreneurs: Kyle Redinger, Landon Perdue and Chris Obenshain, exited in 2021. Built a functional fitness community with a team of amazing co-founders/entrepreneurs: Kyle Redinger, Landon Perdue and Chris Obenshain, exited in 2021.

Chief Operating Officer

• Nov 2014 - Mar 2017

Mirror is a venture backed blockchain and fintech company focused on launching a private company trading platform for institutional investors. Main responsibilities: ➜ Navigated SEC & CFTC regulatory framework to create a new financial swaps products to enable long and short synthetic exposure on private companies. ➜ Developed ISDA contract specifications. ➜ Prepared external marketing materials. ➜ Identified new opportunities for business development and pipeline process. ➜ Translated business requirements into product specifications and user stories to create MVP applications with a lead engineering team. ➜ Managed the company's finance, accounting and Human Resources functions, reporting to the board on a monthly basis. Key Achievements: ➜ Adopted a Technical Product Manager role to ensure the Board had insight on how a blockchain smart contract trading platform functioned and how to make it commercially viable. ➜ Reprioritized projects against a matrix of importance to MVP, viability and team capabilities that resulted in a Series-A funding of USD $8.8M. Show less

Vice President of Business Development

• Apr 2014 - Oct 2014

Servicing millions of satisfied clients, Kraken is the leading cryptocurrency exchange. Main responsibilities: ➜ Oversaw business development strategy and pipeline. ➜ Managed and secured partnerships. ➜ Developed external marketing material and created educational materials for business development outreach. ➜ Created product strategies. Key Achievements: ➜ Secured a custodial banking and technology partnership with PayCash Europe SA and successfully launched within 30 days, ahead of schedule. ➜ Created the product strategy for Bitcoin ATM customers, margin trading and direct sales. ➜ Enabled efficient partnership targeting and engagement with 150+ global financial partners within a 4-month time period. Show less

Senior Manager, Business Development

• Apr 2013 - Mar 2014

Gate Gourmet is the leading global provider of airline catering solutions and provisioning services for airlines, both in-flight at over 200 airports as well as at airport lounges. Main responsibilities: ➜ Managed the administration of the above-the-wing services brand, Gate Aviation. ➜ Created pricing models and operating P&Ls for Gate Aviation startup at multiple airports. ➜ Managed the 2013-2015 North America division business planning process for presentation to the Executive Management Board. Key Achievements: ➜ Secured a distribution partnership between Pourshins and a food technology startup that resulted in new products distributed on American Airlines international flights. ➜ Managed the regulatory administration of the newly formed Gate Aviation brand and secured USDA approval for multi-facility startup. Show less

Manager, Corporate Development

• Apr 2010 - Apr 2013

gategroup is the leading global airline catering, retail onboard and equipment solutions provider with the largest global network in the aviation industry. Main responsibilities: ➜Creating M&A valuation models, structuring and negotiating transaction agreements ➜Leading global internal teams and external advisors to conduct due diligence and execute transactions ➜Advising executive management with acquisition price and structure recommendations ➜Managing the internal M&A approval process for the Executive Management Board and Board of Directors’ approval Key Achievements: ➜ Led the acquisition of Cara Operations Ltd. by Gate Gourmet Canada, resulting in a significant price reduction and post-acquisition savings. ➜ Structured the JV sale and partnership between Gate Gourmet Shanghai and Air China Group’s CAIC. ➜ Led two internal restructuring projects in software development and food manufacturing with management of 5+ member cross-border teams. Show less

Managing Director / Co-Founder

• Jul 2006 - Mar 2010

DeParis Redinger is a technology and M&A advisory and online media publishing firm. Main responsibilities: ➜ Advised client on M&A strategies. ➜ Implemented new corporate strategies at print publishing groups to help build out an online publishing presence. ➜ Represented the company in speaking engagements including Southern Newspaper Published association 2008 Annual Conference and Babson Entrepreneurship Forum 2009. Key Achievements: ➜ Managed $130M in M&A pipeline. ➜ Created and sold a proprietary strategic consulting product that allowed print publishers to restructure their online publishing and sales strategies. ➜ Voted one of Business Week´s 2007 Best Entrepreneurs Under 25. Show less

Board Director

• Jul 2007 - Jul 2008

Advised SQL Farms on fundraising and M&A strategy. Later sold to Microsoft. Advised SQL Farms on fundraising and M&A strategy. Later sold to Microsoft.

Associate Financial Analyst

• Jul 2005 - Nov 2006

Microsoft is a multinational technology company that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers and related services. Main responsibilities: ➜ Reported and analyzed sales pipeline revenue for a USD $14B division. ➜ Managed international subsidiary cash funding and treasury integration of USD $300M+ in acquisitions. ➜ Led internal audit work streams in Beijing, Taipei and the US. Microsoft is a multinational technology company that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers and related services. Main responsibilities: ➜ Reported and analyzed sales pipeline revenue for a USD $14B division. ➜ Managed international subsidiary cash funding and treasury integration of USD $300M+ in acquisitions. ➜ Led internal audit work streams in Beijing, Taipei and the US.

Marketing Intern

• Jun 2004 - Aug 2004

L'Oréal USA is the largest subsidiary of the L'Oréal Group, the world's #1 beauty company with over 30 makeup, hair, fragrance and skincare brands. Main Responsibilities: ➜ Analyzed and reported on sales and marketing performance for the Sublime Bronze sunless tanning product. Key Achievements: ➜ Developed a marketing plan to target a new demographic of sunless tanning product consumers. L'Oréal USA is the largest subsidiary of the L'Oréal Group, the world's #1 beauty company with over 30 makeup, hair, fragrance and skincare brands. Main Responsibilities: ➜ Analyzed and reported on sales and marketing performance for the Sublime Bronze sunless tanning product. Key Achievements: ➜ Developed a marketing plan to target a new demographic of sunless tanning product consumers.

Financial Analyst

• 2002 - 2004

Cost based analyses of multi-million dollar government contracts. Cost based analyses of multi-million dollar government contracts.