Experience

SLS Insights
• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Founder and Managing Director

  • Apr 2019 - Present

Gildre
• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Business Mentor

  • Aug 2023 - Present

AustinPeopleWorks
• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Member of the Board of Advisors

  • Aug 2019 - Present

Automotus
• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Member Of The Board Of Advisors

  • May 2020 - Present


FLASH

• Brazil
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• SVP, GM of Ungated Solutions

  • Jul 2021 - Jul 2023

  *Joined as part of the OmniPark acquisition by FLASH, created and led the process for OmniPark to achieve full brand integration, including moving OmniPark to the FLASH Enforcement product offering, team member integration, and more *Provided both strategic and technical advice for the multiple acquisitions that followed, including the development and oversight of integration plans for newly acquired companies *Generated a strategic plan for a new product launch and oversaw its… Show more *Joined as part of the OmniPark acquisition by FLASH, created and led the process for OmniPark to achieve full brand integration, including moving OmniPark to the FLASH Enforcement product offering, team member integration, and more *Provided both strategic and technical advice for the multiple acquisitions that followed, including the development and oversight of integration plans for newly acquired companies *Generated a strategic plan for a new product launch and oversaw its implementation FlashParking was founded in 2011 by a team of avid entrepreneurs and experienced programmers with a mission to perfect parking for the 21st century. Today, FLASH has grown to serve thousands of locations across the United States with industry-leading technology that goes beyond what we used to think of as “parking”. Show less *Joined as part of the OmniPark acquisition by FLASH, created and led the process for OmniPark to achieve full brand integration, including moving OmniPark to the FLASH Enforcement product offering, team member integration, and more *Provided both strategic and technical advice for the multiple acquisitions that followed, including the development and oversight of integration plans for newly acquired companies *Generated a strategic plan for a new product launch and oversaw its… Show more *Joined as part of the OmniPark acquisition by FLASH, created and led the process for OmniPark to achieve full brand integration, including moving OmniPark to the FLASH Enforcement product offering, team member integration, and more *Provided both strategic and technical advice for the multiple acquisitions that followed, including the development and oversight of integration plans for newly acquired companies *Generated a strategic plan for a new product launch and oversaw its implementation FlashParking was founded in 2011 by a team of avid entrepreneurs and experienced programmers with a mission to perfect parking for the 21st century. Today, FLASH has grown to serve thousands of locations across the United States with industry-leading technology that goes beyond what we used to think of as “parking”. Show less



Newchip Accelerator

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Mentor

  • Nov 2022 - May 2023

  *Mentor to pre-seed through series A startup founders accepted into Newchip's Accelerator Program. Newchip is the #1 online accelerator program with global reach, $1M+ funding & 1000+ graduates. Newchip's Mentors and Advisors represent the top 3% of entrepreneurs – IPOs, millions raised, and M&A. *Mentor to pre-seed through series A startup founders accepted into Newchip's Accelerator Program. Newchip is the #1 online accelerator program with global reach, $1M+ funding & 1000+ graduates. Newchip's Mentors and Advisors represent the top 3% of entrepreneurs – IPOs, millions raised, and M&A.



OmniPark- Acquired by FLASH

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Feb 2021 - Jul 2021

  *Served as a strategic chief executive hire with an objective to grow and sell the company within 3-5 years *Ran a competitive sales process with multiple bidders. Sold the company in 6 months at a price 50% higher than the highest written offer made for the company in the previous year. Ensured a quick close and a smooth transition into the acquiring company *Successfully transitioned the company from in-person to a fully remote working environment *Completed a comprehensive review… Show more *Served as a strategic chief executive hire with an objective to grow and sell the company within 3-5 years *Ran a competitive sales process with multiple bidders. Sold the company in 6 months at a price 50% higher than the highest written offer made for the company in the previous year. Ensured a quick close and a smooth transition into the acquiring company *Successfully transitioned the company from in-person to a fully remote working environment *Completed a comprehensive review and forward-looking plan to reorganize and strengthen the leadership, marketing, sales, product, and HR teams OmniPark is a cloud-based parking software platform available as individual products or as an entire suite. OmniPark offers Enforcement, CallToPark, PermitPoint and PayMyNotice software and services for both new and existing customers. OmniPark also offers accessory products like VRS, MallTrak, Event Parking, and Recovery to expand utilization within its customer group. Show less *Served as a strategic chief executive hire with an objective to grow and sell the company within 3-5 years *Ran a competitive sales process with multiple bidders. Sold the company in 6 months at a price 50% higher than the highest written offer made for the company in the previous year. Ensured a quick close and a smooth transition into the acquiring company *Successfully transitioned the company from in-person to a fully remote working environment *Completed a comprehensive review… Show more *Served as a strategic chief executive hire with an objective to grow and sell the company within 3-5 years *Ran a competitive sales process with multiple bidders. Sold the company in 6 months at a price 50% higher than the highest written offer made for the company in the previous year. Ensured a quick close and a smooth transition into the acquiring company *Successfully transitioned the company from in-person to a fully remote working environment *Completed a comprehensive review and forward-looking plan to reorganize and strengthen the leadership, marketing, sales, product, and HR teams OmniPark is a cloud-based parking software platform available as individual products or as an entire suite. OmniPark offers Enforcement, CallToPark, PermitPoint and PayMyNotice software and services for both new and existing customers. OmniPark also offers accessory products like VRS, MallTrak, Event Parking, and Recovery to expand utilization within its customer group. Show less



Passport

• Legal Services

• Entrepreneur In Residence

  • Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  *Established the Entrepreneur in the residence position at Passport *Provided in-house consulting services to various teams across the company *Provided buy-side strategic and technical advising for the acquisition of Complus by Passport Passport is a mobility software and payments company that builds solutions to centrally manage complexities at the curb. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Passport is trusted by more than 800 cities, universities and agencies, including Chicago… Show more *Established the Entrepreneur in the residence position at Passport *Provided in-house consulting services to various teams across the company *Provided buy-side strategic and technical advising for the acquisition of Complus by Passport Passport is a mobility software and payments company that builds solutions to centrally manage complexities at the curb. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Passport is trusted by more than 800 cities, universities and agencies, including Chicago, Toronto, Los Angeles and Miami. Passport’s mobility management platform helps cities manage parking and mobility infrastructure, creating more livable, equitable communities. One of the fastest-growing companies on the Inc. 5000 and Deloitte Technology Fast 500 lists, Passport was also the 2021 Fintech category winner for the NC Tech Association’s Industry Driven award. Show less *Established the Entrepreneur in the residence position at Passport *Provided in-house consulting services to various teams across the company *Provided buy-side strategic and technical advising for the acquisition of Complus by Passport Passport is a mobility software and payments company that builds solutions to centrally manage complexities at the curb. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Passport is trusted by more than 800 cities, universities and agencies, including Chicago… Show more *Established the Entrepreneur in the residence position at Passport *Provided in-house consulting services to various teams across the company *Provided buy-side strategic and technical advising for the acquisition of Complus by Passport Passport is a mobility software and payments company that builds solutions to centrally manage complexities at the curb. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Passport is trusted by more than 800 cities, universities and agencies, including Chicago, Toronto, Los Angeles and Miami. Passport’s mobility management platform helps cities manage parking and mobility infrastructure, creating more livable, equitable communities. One of the fastest-growing companies on the Inc. 5000 and Deloitte Technology Fast 500 lists, Passport was also the 2021 Fintech category winner for the NC Tech Association’s Industry Driven award. Show less



Women in Parking

• Mentor and Speaker

  • 2016 - 2019

  *Mentor to up-and-coming female leaders in the Association's Mentoring Program. *National Conference speaker WOMEN IN PARKING is the premier association dedicated to promoting the advancement and achievement of professional women by providing networking, leadership, and career outreach opportunities and support to its members. *Mentor to up-and-coming female leaders in the Association's Mentoring Program. *National Conference speaker WOMEN IN PARKING is the premier association dedicated to promoting the advancement and achievement of professional women by providing networking, leadership, and career outreach opportunities and support to its members.



NuPark- Acquired by Passport

• Co-Founder and CEO

  • Aug 2013 - Dec 2018

  *Co-founded and led the company from founding to successful exit; sold the company for 8-figures with an average investor return of over 100% *Closed successive rounds of angel and venture funding; presented at SXSW Pitch Showcase 2017 *Grew the company to annual recurring high 7-figure revenues, with a 100% annual growth rate *Led and grew the fully remote team (across 15 states) from 1 to 50 people in 5 years *Developed a strategic marketing plan, which included the… Show more *Co-founded and led the company from founding to successful exit; sold the company for 8-figures with an average investor return of over 100% *Closed successive rounds of angel and venture funding; presented at SXSW Pitch Showcase 2017 *Grew the company to annual recurring high 7-figure revenues, with a 100% annual growth rate *Led and grew the fully remote team (across 15 states) from 1 to 50 people in 5 years *Developed a strategic marketing plan, which included the Parkumentary video series *Developed and trained the sales team on selling methods and materials; Converted long-established customers from competitors. The average time customers had been using the previous system was 7 years *Sold to a wide range of top-tier government and enterprise customers, including -Disney -Apple -Ohio State -Stanford -UT Austin -Baylor -Oklahoma City -General Growth Properties -LA Convention Center *Successfully negotiated technology licensing and later assignment agreements with Texas Tech University for the NuPark product offering *Net Customer Retention Rate above 100% The NuPark Parking Management System is software as a service (SaaS) platform utilizing License Plate Recognition technology in order to revolutionize the management of university, city, and private parking operations. NuPark provides turnkey solutions for permit management and parking enforcement without the need for physical permits or citations. NuPark’s solutions optimize daily workflow, improve operational efficiency, and increase revenue. Show less *Co-founded and led the company from founding to successful exit; sold the company for 8-figures with an average investor return of over 100% *Closed successive rounds of angel and venture funding; presented at SXSW Pitch Showcase 2017 *Grew the company to annual recurring high 7-figure revenues, with a 100% annual growth rate *Led and grew the fully remote team (across 15 states) from 1 to 50 people in 5 years *Developed a strategic marketing plan, which included the… Show more *Co-founded and led the company from founding to successful exit; sold the company for 8-figures with an average investor return of over 100% *Closed successive rounds of angel and venture funding; presented at SXSW Pitch Showcase 2017 *Grew the company to annual recurring high 7-figure revenues, with a 100% annual growth rate *Led and grew the fully remote team (across 15 states) from 1 to 50 people in 5 years *Developed a strategic marketing plan, which included the Parkumentary video series *Developed and trained the sales team on selling methods and materials; Converted long-established customers from competitors. The average time customers had been using the previous system was 7 years *Sold to a wide range of top-tier government and enterprise customers, including -Disney -Apple -Ohio State -Stanford -UT Austin -Baylor -Oklahoma City -General Growth Properties -LA Convention Center *Successfully negotiated technology licensing and later assignment agreements with Texas Tech University for the NuPark product offering *Net Customer Retention Rate above 100% The NuPark Parking Management System is software as a service (SaaS) platform utilizing License Plate Recognition technology in order to revolutionize the management of university, city, and private parking operations. NuPark provides turnkey solutions for permit management and parking enforcement without the need for physical permits or citations. NuPark’s solutions optimize daily workflow, improve operational efficiency, and increase revenue. Show less



ParkingSOFT LLC

• Vice President- Strategy and Products

  • Mar 2013 - Aug 2013

  *Oversaw product team on significant hardware redesign and platform upgrade *Formalized product management processes *Served on the CEO search and selection committee

• Vice President of Business Development

  • Jun 2012 - May 2013

  *Developed, oversaw, and implemented a comprehensive marketing and sales plan, including a full rebrand and sales team reorganization and establishment of the company’s first formal sales team training program *Expanded the dealer network ParkingSoft provides cloud-based software enabled PARCS (Parking Access Revenue Control Systems), valet and events products with state-of-the-art features such as barcode and LPR. ParkingSoft brought to market the first software as a service (SaaS)… Show more *Developed, oversaw, and implemented a comprehensive marketing and sales plan, including a full rebrand and sales team reorganization and establishment of the company’s first formal sales team training program *Expanded the dealer network ParkingSoft provides cloud-based software enabled PARCS (Parking Access Revenue Control Systems), valet and events products with state-of-the-art features such as barcode and LPR. ParkingSoft brought to market the first software as a service (SaaS) barcode-only PARCS system, which greatly enhances a parking owner’s ability to monitor, manage and maintain their PARCS equipment—resulting in lower operating effort with industry-leading flexibility via open APIs. ParkingSoft has a wide array of customers in the airport, off-airport, healthcare, commercial/mixed use, municipal, university and transit sectors. These products support a full range of parking garage operations, from a single location to a full enterprise operation.



T2 Systems

• United States
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• PARCS Solution Manager

  • Jan 2010 - Jun 2012

  *Developed overall categorization, naming, and pricing plan for a new hardware product line Established, trained, and managed the hardware implementation team *Trained sales team on new hardware product line *Managed enterprise sales accounts *Provided crisis resolution and ongoing customer management for high-value customers with major project issues. (Customers were threatening lawsuits over project and product issues.) *Developed and managed the company's first hardware… Show more *Developed overall categorization, naming, and pricing plan for a new hardware product line Established, trained, and managed the hardware implementation team *Trained sales team on new hardware product line *Managed enterprise sales accounts *Provided crisis resolution and ongoing customer management for high-value customers with major project issues. (Customers were threatening lawsuits over project and product issues.) *Developed and managed the company's first hardware distributor network

• Hardware Services Manager

  • Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

• Enterprise Support Engineer

  • Jan 2006 - Jan 2008

• Application Developer

  • Jan 2003 - Jan 2006

  T2 Systems, a Verra Mobility company, is the largest provider of parking and mobility solutions in North America. With nearly 30 years in business, T2 now serves more than 2,000 customers and maintains the largest Customer Community with over 7,500 active members. T2 helps universities, municipalities, operators, healthcare campuses, and transportation hubs generate revenue and operate efficiently with a comprehensive, integrated suite of solutions featuring touchless and contactless… Show more T2 Systems, a Verra Mobility company, is the largest provider of parking and mobility solutions in North America. With nearly 30 years in business, T2 now serves more than 2,000 customers and maintains the largest Customer Community with over 7,500 active members. T2 helps universities, municipalities, operators, healthcare campuses, and transportation hubs generate revenue and operate efficiently with a comprehensive, integrated suite of solutions featuring touchless and contactless capabilities. From curbside management to gateless, from mobile payments to transportation demand management, T2 strives to make every trip a smooth journey by streamlining the parking, mobility, and transportation experience with technology solutions that help organizations manage resources, achieve goals, and empower consumers with choices.



Texas Tech University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Web Developer

  • Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  Web developer and internal technical support for Texas Tech University's Transportation and Parking department. *Developed internal and external websites for online sales, internal efficiencies, and financial management *Provided technical and operational support for parking department staff both in the office and in the field. Web developer and internal technical support for Texas Tech University's Transportation and Parking department. *Developed internal and external websites for online sales, internal efficiencies, and financial management *Provided technical and operational support for parking department staff both in the office and in the field.