Experience

Bluedot

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP of Partnerships

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area Bluedot makes EV charging payment easier and simplifies expense management for drivers and fleets. (YC W23)



Mesh

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisor

  • Aug 2022 - Present



Inside The Loop

• United States
• Entertainment Providers

• Co-Founder & Co-Host

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  Chicago, Illinois, United States A new community for tech founders, operators, and investors in Chicago. We host regular meetups and events, please join us!



First Round Fast Track

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

• Mentor

  • Mar 2023 - Present



Earnest

• United States
• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head of Business Development

  • Jul 2019 - Oct 2022

  Chicago/San Francisco I built and led our Business Development team focused on growth through strategic partnerships, channel partnerships, and corporate dev strategy across all of our products.



On Deck

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Fintech Fellow & Chicago Chapter Captain

  • Jun 2021 - Jun 2022

  ODFintech1 Fellow (Fintech's inaugural batch) and led the Chicago chapter



LendingTree

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Strategic Accounts

  • Aug 2018 - Jul 2019

  I ran partnerships for CompareCards.com & LT credit cards (largest vertical by revenue at the time)



Student Loan Hero

• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Business Development (acquired)

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2018

  Student Loan Hero was acquired by LendingTree in July 2018. I was the 12th employee and I helped scale the company to 5x revenue growth and 5x FTE growth before our acquisition. I led the Business Development team focused on revenue growth via: - Strategic Partnerships - Product Strategy - Corporate Strategy



Avant

• United States
• Financial Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Management Program Associate (BD & Corp Dev)

  • Feb 2015 - Apr 2016

  Chicago Management Rotational Program 1st role - Strategic Partnerships (Avant) 2nd role - Business Development (ReadyforZero) 3rd role - Corporate Development (Avant)



Aon

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Analyst - Global Strategic Operations

  • Jul 2014 - Feb 2015

  Chicago, London, Hamburg I was on the internal strategy team for Global Shared Services. Our focus was target operating model creation and cost optimization focused in EMEA and LATAM. My on-site projects were based in London and Germany.



Performics

• Mexico
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Financial Analyst

  • Apr 2013 - Jun 2014

  Chicago Lead analyst for the sales finance team. Built pricing models and drove new client deal structure and strategy. Also, lead new business and revenue forecasting.

• Financial Analyst

  • Feb 2011 - Apr 2013

  Chicago



Northern Trust

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Portfolio Accounting Analyst

  • Jan 2010 - Feb 2011

  Chicago - Pension Fund portfolio accounting - Led 6 person consulting team and completed 6-month social media case study for the executive team



Eagle Market Makers

• Junior Trader

  • Jul 2009 - Dec 2009

  - Traded agriculture futures (corn, wheat, and soybeans)



UBS

• Switzerland
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Wealth Management Intern

  • Jan 2008 - Oct 2008

  Chicago