Experience

The Lattice Group

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President and Chief Connector

  • Feb 2021 - Present

  Chicago, Illinois, United States We connect experienced leaders with strong, dynamic, high growth teams. Hire. Build. Scale. Soar.



Hansen Household

• China

• Investor

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  We invest in minority founded and/or net positive companies. Current Portfolio: Pluie - https://hellopluie.com/ Gabbi - https://www.gabbi.com/ Aunt Flow - https://goauntflow.com/ Earthgrid - https://www.earthgrid.io/ Character - https://withcharacter.com/ Globowl - https://globowl.com/ Flora - https://florasense.com/ Mycocycle - https://mycocycle.com/

• Strategic Advisor

  • Dec 2020 - Present

  I've been fortunate to partner with a number of marketplace start-ups as I enjoy working with founders and the intricacies of human capital management and marketplace operations: Wiseful (2022-current): https://www.wiseful.co/ Flatfee (2021-2022): https://flatfeecorp.com/ Boulo (2021-2022): https://boulosolutions.com/ Paro (2020-2021): https://paro.ai/


The Josephine Collective
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• Investor

  • May 2022 - Present


Paro.io

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Strategic Advisor

  • Dec 2020 - Feb 2021

  Chicago, Illinois, United States • Scale supply side by honing in on key metrics (applications, interviews, and onboards per week) • Generate inbound activity via various vendors and partnerships accelerating or decelerating based on return • Implement and integrate third party providers to automate the supply side of the Paro marketplace

• Head of Expert Recruitment and Marketplace Operations

  • Jun 2018 - Dec 2020

  Greater Chicago Area Number 27 hire at Series A funded two-sided marketplace technology start-up. Responsible for the build out of the supply side department. Paro is an accounting and finance marketplace for virtual talent. The supply team handles all things related to freelancers including sourcing, vetting, onboarding, retention, marketing, and analytics. • Develop, manage, and foster growth for supply team and more broadly across the organization • Calculate, determine, refine and report out all supply… Show more Number 27 hire at Series A funded two-sided marketplace technology start-up. Responsible for the build out of the supply side department. Paro is an accounting and finance marketplace for virtual talent. The supply team handles all things related to freelancers including sourcing, vetting, onboarding, retention, marketing, and analytics. • Develop, manage, and foster growth for supply team and more broadly across the organization • Calculate, determine, refine and report out all supply side metrics for board materials and fundraising • Work cross-functionally to improve processes and user experience with product, sales, account management, marketing, and engineering • Work autonomously without guidance to own all aspects of the supply side marketplace and create and lead strategic initiatives • Onboarded 5x number of freelancers into the Paro network from join date • Increased number of six figure earning freelancers by 15x over the last two years • Educate broader accounting/finance population of Paro’s innovative platform through outreach and marketing • Uses tools such as Looker, Mailchimp, Zendesk, Excel, Google suite on a regular basis



Access Search, Inc.

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Oct 2016 - Jun 2018

  Greater Chicago Area • Self-taught and self-motivated to successfully build a substantial book a business and promoted multiple times due to meeting billing milestones • Directly sourced and qualified candidates with specific experience and ability for executive level roles whose values align with corporate culture • Served as the liaison between hiring manager and candidates by coordinating interviews, collecting and providing feedback, and delivering and negotiating offers on behalf of clients

• Vice President

  • Jan 2014 - Sep 2016

  Greater Chicago Area

• Consultant

  • Feb 2012 - Dec 2013



Barclays Capital

• United Kingdom
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investment Banking Analyst

  • Sep 2010 - Oct 2011

  • Advised a private K-12 online education provider on its sale to Pearson PLC (NYSE:PSO) • Advised BlackBoard (NYSE: BBBB) on its sale to Providence Equity Partners • Worked with Management to create marketing materials and address critical due diligence analysis requests. Provided fairness opinion to the Board of Directors



Bank of Montreal

• Canada
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investment Banking, M&A Analyst

  • Jul 2009 - Sep 2010

  • Advised a private education marketing services provider on a potential sale to a strategic or financial buyer • Advised a large private postsecondary education provider on a potential sale to a strategic or financial buyer


BlackRock
• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee
• Client Communications Intern

  • Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

Russell Investments
• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee
• Portfolio Trading Group Intern

  • Jun 2007 - Dec 2007