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Professional
I consider my career to be one of exceptional luck. While completing studies at TCU and Columbia Business School, I became an early employee at category-defining technology businesses in Switzerland, Silicon Valley, and New York. I gained experience from the inside as these companies raised money, launched and sunsetted products, grew rapidly, and faced huge organizational challenges along the way. These experiences gave me a unique perspective that enabled me to excel in Product, Operations, and Marketing roles. More importantly, the leadership teams of these business viewed me as a trusted player on the most critical business/ethical challenges and positive voice through times of change.
Above everything else, I am a designer at heart.
Whether dealing with digital products, business processes, organizational change, I am drawn towards the questions: How do we empathize with the people at stake and define right problems they face? How do they interface with those problems, and how can we design a better world around them? I strongly believe that having a bias for action and better design leads to a world that is better for us all - especially with the massive challenges we collectively face.
Skills and Wins
Within these companies, I have taken on various roles. Typically, I join early-stage ventures and assume an operations leadership position, coordinating key projects across multiple departments to drive growth and support fundraising efforts. I bring the mindset of an investor to these roles, helping leadership teams implement systems that I've learned are crucial to early/growth stage investors and developing compelling materials for pitching these competencies to investors.
As companies progress, I transition into positions managing key products and cross-functional projects.
In these roles, I have been known for:
- Effective cross-functional communication: Fluent in the languages of different departments, I drive alignment and collaboration across sales, finance, marketing, product, and people teams.
- Trusted leadership and ethics: Entrusted with leading sensitive initiatives both internally and with critical clients, including international intelligence agencies.
- Growth-oriented mindset: Embracing evolving roles and navigating rapid company growth, I maintain a positive outlook and eagerly take on new responsibilities.
- Technical proficiency: Combining a strategic mindset with technical know-how, I confidently navigate programming languages, financial plans, and tool integration to drive results.
Chainalysis
I'm most proud of my role at Chainalysis: the software company widely recognized in assisting the U.S. Government in its takedown of several of the largest darknet markets. I joined Chainalysis as an early employee (pre Series-A), helped position the company for three successful fundraising rounds, and transitioned out after it had grown to over 200 employees and a $1bn valuation less than four years later. My leadership through the company's turbulent growth was recognized widely, and I was later asked to advise on its relationships with its largest public sector partners. Chainalysis continues to change the world for the better.
Note: Chainalysis was recently featured in Time's Most Influential Companies of 2023.
Speaking
Sharing the lessons I have learned along my professional journey has been an integral part of my life. I have had the honor of speaking about my experiences and related topics at prestigious venues such as Harvard Business School, Columbia University, and other prominent public and private sector institutions.
Past Speaking Engagements
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Let's connect!
Let's find a way to work together: speaking events, investment opportunities, or simply chatting over coffee about the latest in design/tech.