Experience

MERLIN Mentors

• United States
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mentor

  • 2023 - less than a year

  Madison, WI



UPSIDE Foods

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Director, Partnerships

  • 2022 - 1 year

  Madison, WI



Cultured Decadence

• CEO and Co-founder

  • 2020 - 2022

  Madison, WI Acquired by UPSIDE Foods in 2022. Thought for Food Challenge Finalist (2021) Bunker Labs Veterans in Residence (2021) gener8tor Madison Accelerator (2020)



New Harvest

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member and Treasurer

  • 2018 - 2022

  New York, NY Established in 2004, New Harvest is the non-profit research institute building the field of cellular agriculture. We strategically fund and conduct open, public, collaborative research that reinvents the way we make animal products. Cellular agriculture allows us to make milk, eggs, meat, leather, and other animal products from cell cultures rather than from whole animals.



New Age Meats

• Director of Operations

  • 2019 - 2020

  San Francisco Bay Area



BMO Capital Markets

• Canada
• Investment Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Associate

  • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  New York, NY Leveraged Finance



The White House

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • May 2017 - Aug 2017

  Washington D.C.



Blue Startups

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Venture Accelerator Intern

  • Mar 2017 - May 2017

  Honolulu, HI



Google

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Google Student Veterans Summit

  • 2017 - 2017

  Mountain View, CA Selected to participate in a three-day developmental program for MBA student veterans (7% acceptance rate). The program helps veterans hone their business skills and ensure a smooth transition to the civilian workplace. The summit provided opportunities to meet members of Google’s different business units and get an inside look at the company’s unique culture of impact and collaboration.



US Army

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Armor Officer

  • 2013 - 2017

  Schofield Barracks | Fort Benning



FTI Consulting

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • 2011 - 2012

  Beijing, China



Edelman

• United States
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Account Executive

  • 2009 - 2011

  Beijing, China



Artisan Partners

• United States
• Financial Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• International Settlements

  • 2008 - 2009

  Milwaukee, WI



University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant - Chemistry Dept

  • Jan 2007 - Jun 2008