Experience

Pioneer Venture Group

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

• Advisor

  • Dec 2020 - Present

  The Pioneer Venture Group is the University of Denver’s first venture capital fund entirely run and managed by a team of students. We invest in early-state start-ups with a focus on the Rocky Mountain region. The Pioneer Venture Group is the University of Denver’s first venture capital fund entirely run and managed by a team of students. We invest in early-state start-ups with a focus on the Rocky Mountain region.



University of Denver

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Entrepreneurship

  • Dec 2020 - Present

• Assistant Professor Entrepreneurship

  • Jan 2020 - Present

• Adjunct Professor

  • Apr 2009 - Dec 2019

  Professor | Daniels College of BusinessDesigned 4th Industrial Revolution course for all business students in the Daniels College of Business. Course focuses on emerging technologies - Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Extended Reality, Autonomous Vehicles, Additive Manufacturing, Data, 5G......10 years teaching the Gateway to Business class in The Daniels College of Business. Gateway is a nationally recognized class that is a requirement for every business student at the University of Denver. This innovative course focuses on applying business concepts to real world situations. Students have 10 weeks to think of an “App” idea, form a team, and figure out how to bring it to market. Deliverables include a business plan, pitch deck, investor video, and prototype. At the conclusion of the course, teams can pitch their app to a panel of judges and the top 6 are accepted to compete in the Madden Challenge. Entrepreneurship Developed the curriculum and currently teach one day entrepreneurship courses, topics: (1) Market Discovery & Product Market Fit (2) Cloud Technologies (3) WordPress Show less


University of Denver - Daniels College of Business
• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee
• Director of Entrepreneurship Programs

  • Apr 2020 - Dec 2020


StriveFar

• Spectator Sports

• Co-Founder

  • Apr 2016 - Oct 2018

  StriveFar is an online marketplace that connects athletes with private coaches for individual and group lessons. Private coaching for Individual and small groups offers a unique opportunity for the athlete to improve their technique and fundamentals with the goal of reaching the next level of their sport. Our goal, create a place where athletes and private coaches connect effortlessly by removing the scheduling and communication friction inherent in private coaching. StriveFar provides a seamless communication, scheduling, and payment experience between the coach and athlete anytime, anywhere, and on any device. In a start-up you wear many hats. My responsibilities at StriveFar include: * Develop and implement the business strategy. * Manage the implementation of all technology tools and services required to support the product. * Develop and manage digital strategy across all channels (Email, Web, Social Media, Blog, Newsletters, YouTube, Events for coach and athlete/client acquisition. * Create video and written content that is used to drive traffic and build credibility with the youth sports audience. * Develop reporting for all marketing channels using Google Tag Manager, Analytics, and Design Studio. * Manage all internal and external operations including finance and support. Show less



Addaero

• United States
• Health, Wellness & Fitness

• Co-Founder VP of Business Development

  • Jan 2005 - May 2018

  Addaero is a web application used by athletes and coaches engaged in all levels of fitness to improve the training, weight loss, and fitness experience. Addaero ameliorates the process with data aggregation, social engagement and individual, group, and self-coaching. The athlete has a holistic view of their fitness results by pulling the data from multiple sources in to a unified view. The athlete engages in meaningful peer, group and coaching interaction using one-to-one and one-to-many relationships with Addaero and non-Addaero users. Show less



up2speed computer solutions, llc

• CEO and Founder

  • May 2003 - Apr 2011

  up2speed computer solutions provided technology services to companies with 5 - 250 employees. up2speed also supported branch offices for Fortune 500 companies and remote support for offices throughout the United Sates, Brazil, Canada, and the UK. up2speed grew in size and service to become a full-service technology consulting company dedicated to serving the rapidly-growing technology needs of businesses located in Colorado and throughout the United States. * Grew service revenue with a combination of services: outsources help-desk, managed services, outsourced IT, and project based services. * Created recurring revenue model through support contracts for IT services and managed services. * Provided web and application development service. Developing hundreds of website and complex database driven applications. * Partnered with leading technology vendors in hardware, software, virtualization, security, networking, VOIP, SaaS and IaaS. * up2speed growth was supported by a flat organizational structure with sales, marketing, project management, help desk, field engineers, human resources, finance and business development team members. * Designed and implemented complex technology systems, WANs, and LANs requiring 99.999% uptime and connectivity. * Successful sale to Seegee technologies headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia in 2011. Show less


HealthTrio
• United States
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Senior IT Analyst

  • 2000 - 2003