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2022
• Started SPEEDRUN, which has now funded ~100 teams out of 12,000 applicants, committing $100M+ to support next-gen consumer, tech, and gaming startups. • Invested/advised in founders from top tech companies like Meta, Instagram, and Uber to drive innovation at the intersection of AI, developer tools, and gaming. • Managed a portfolio of startups building at the convergence of AI, consumer social, fintech, and gaming, fostering their growth and success.
2019 - 2021
2019 - 2021
● Recruited by Garry Tan (Midas List #35) and Alexis Ohanian (Reddit Co-Founder) to provide founder and operational support for 250+ companies, including Coinbase, Rippling, Instacart, Ro, and Standard Cognition ● Personally advised 140 portfolio companies on product, growth, P&L and talent, executed 3 turnarounds, and supported 7 M&As. Select companies include: AptDeco, Silo, Stacker, Papa, Truepill, Cointracker, Sentropy (acquired by Discord), Guilded.gg (acquired by Roblox), Voyage (acquired by Cruise) ● Sourced and conducted diligence on thousands of companies resulting in 27 successful early/seed-stage investments including Partiful, Clipboard Health, Curri, Apero Health, Routefusion, and OneBuild ● Established and led fundraising process resulting in >$900M of follow-on fundraising for ~45 portfolio companies. Spearheaded guidance/reviews, investor matchmaking, and red-team diligence. Companies include: Shelf Engine, Athelas, Fly.io, Zeus, Shogun, Torch, Horizon Blockchain Games, TRM Labs ● Led Initialized’s networking and portfolio recruiting events (e.g., discussion panel with former US Presidential candidate Andrew Yang, founder mental health summit, and thematic founder dinners) ● Started Initialized Internship Program, which supported all partners and staff
2018 - 2019
2018 - 2019
Brought in to lead new zero-to-one consumer products (e.g., messaging, fb.gg, and predecessor of Instagram Reels)
2013 - 2018
2013 - 2018
● Raised $3.7M seed from 8VC (Joe Lonsdale), Khosla Ventures (Keith Rabois), Initialized Capital and angel investors ● Managed team of 25 to create AI scheduling assistant service and ML calendar analytics ● Scaled to 25,000 users across 1,000 companies, such as Dropbox, Kohl’s, Roche, BBVA, & Salesforce
2012 - 2013
2012 - 2013
● Worked under SBA Administrator Karen Mills, SBA Associate Administrator Sean Greene and US CTO Todd Park ● Recruited/managed 20+ tech leaders and engineers for the Presidential Innovation Fellows (later US Digital Service) program to work on government tech projects (e.g. RFP-EZ to help government contracting). Alumni of the program later contributed to 18F and fixed healthcare.gov ● Tripled commercialization rates for 60 managers across 11 agencies (incl. NIH & DoD), covering $2.8B of SBIR.gov grants (e.g., robotics, genetic therapy, advanced weaponry, space exploration) ● Represented the SBA on crowdfunding regulation, $25B SBIC, Startup America, and immigration legislation
2011 - 2012
2011 - 2012
● Managed two cross-functional teams of ~30 FTEs ● Launched several features (e.g., buildables, expansions, digital goods) that directly contributed >$2M to FarmVille revenue, supporting Zynga’s $7B IPO ● Designed/implemented $6.6M/year savings plan for FarmVille customer support ● Led efforts in cross-promotion and diagnosed/resolved red-alerts for 250M MAU
2008 - 2011
2008 - 2011
● Built, grew, and monetized leading social music game with 3M+ users (850k monthly) globally ● Managed team of 13 and files two music tech patents ● Acquired by Zynga, delivering stock returns on $650k seed funding for angel investors ● CNET Webware winner and 2010 GDC Speaker
2005 - 2008
2005 - 2008
● Created FantasyCongress.com, an online political game modeled after fantasy sports, with 80K users that was featured in NYTimes, LA Times, BBC, CNN and NPR ● Partnered with Politico.com to create Kingmaker (political predictions game) and Sunlight Foundation to create PoliQuiz (political quiz widget for Facebook app platform)
2003 - 2007
2003 - 2007
● Work study managing team of 30 student researchers ● Started nation's largest California Politics web archive, the "Google Books" of California state government, in partnership with the Claremont Colleges Digital Library ● Co-authored multiple papers in judicial redistricting reform, preservation of public lands, and local government survey research
2006 - 2006
2006 - 2006
Published a report evaluating EPA’s $2M Evaluation program - "Competing to Improve: An Assessment of the “Improving Results” Competition," presented at 2006 American Evaluation Association in Portland, OR Oct. 30 - Nov. 5, 2006