Experience

Learnexus

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO & Founder

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  Learnexus is a one-stop shop for Learning & Development — we're on a mission to make learning the ultimate priority for companies. Our goal is to become the de facto Learning and Development supplier for enterprises. On our platform companies can find their contractors, vendors, and content for every area of training, from DEI to Change Management to Leadership Development. We’re backed by the world’s top investors (including Lerer Hippeau and Stage 2), have multiple Fortune 1000 companies as customers, and serve thousands of L&D practitioners. Check us out at www.learnexus.com



On Deck

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

• Fellow

  • 2021 - Present

  On Deck Scale (ODS3) On Deck Scale (ODS3)



The Rebel Group (Holding Company)

• Greater New York City Area

• Founder

  • Mar 2014 - Present

  Led attempted buyout of a $1+B revenue public company w/ $200M equity * Took a simple idea, developed a thesis & operating plan, brought on an industry-leading operating partner, and raised $200+M equity from a tier-A private equity fund, lined up debt sources, led many rounds of diligence with company management (customers, finances, modeling, etc etc.), recruited initial management team; unfortunately, derailed around the onset of COVID! Dribbble Training - online education platform for designers featuring top creatives * Planning and Research: Led conceptualization, user interviews and surveys of 50,000 users; list of 15K sign-ups pre-launch * Product Development: Built class and mentoring platform (Ruby & JS) with 6-person dev team. Created initial classes with Facebook, Dropbox and top agencies * Hiring: Built 25+ team of educators, developers, designers, videographers and editors * Business Development: Formed distribution partnership with Dribbble (largest online design community, 3+M designers) Gruber - a SaaS-based online test preparation platform offering SAT, ACT and GRE programs * Featured in Washington Post & Business Insider * Planning and Research: Formed partnership with national testing expert with 7 million books sold * Business Development: Created branded distribution partnership with Unigo (largest online student scholarship community, 3+M students) * Product Development: Customized multiple 3rd-party technology solutions * Sales: Built two recurring SaaS products (online courses and publishing)



MDC Partners

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Advisor on L&D Initiatives

  • 2016 - 2017

  Helped launched MDC University featuring master classes from top MDC talent Helped launched MDC University featuring master classes from top MDC talent



UVF (Bertelsmann)

• Greater New York City Area

• Vice President

  • Sep 2011 - Feb 2014

  * Board Observer for University Now; building the most affordable, accessible & high quality online learning platform with over $40M in funding, and a board that includes Mitch Kapor and Roger Novak. * Board Observer for UV Labs; creating a technology platform that links industry & education institutions, led many business development initiatives, run by the former CTO of Apollo Group (the largest publicly traded education entity) * Heavily involved with the development of Ameritas, a joint-venture targeted at working Hispanic adults for whom cost and language proficiency are major barriers to a college degree. * Drove various co-investment deals in the higher education sector with prospective partners, such as Warburg Pincus.



NEU, Inc. (acquired by Galvanize)

• Greater New York City Area

• Co-Founder/COO

  • 2011 - 2014

  I co-founded NEU, an education services company that creates accredited education programs tied to the hiring needs of high-growth sectors of the economy. Headquartered in downtown Palo, Alto, CA, NEU merged with Galvanize, a leading co-working and education company with campuses across the United States. My partners included Scott Kauffman, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur with 7 venture-backed exits totaling $2.5B in exits, and the founding design team of Etsy. I co-founded NEU, an education services company that creates accredited education programs tied to the hiring needs of high-growth sectors of the economy. Headquartered in downtown Palo, Alto, CA, NEU merged with Galvanize, a leading co-working and education company with campuses across the United States. My partners included Scott Kauffman, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur with 7 venture-backed exits totaling $2.5B in exits, and the founding design team of Etsy.



Microsoft

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Online Search and Display Marketing Teams

  • 2006 - 2009