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Locations:
Min Investment:
$5,000.00Max Investment:
$250,000.00Target Investment:
$50,000.00
Skills
Education
- SU
- Uo
Lists including Michael
Investments
Lucid Software
Total Funding: $670M
GAIN Fitness
Total Funding: $2.7M
AngelList
Total Funding: $70M
Firebase
Total Funding: $7M
Palo Alto Networks
Total Funding: $55M
aDealio
Total Funding: $1.5M
ICON Aircraft
Total Funding: $25M
BrightRoll
Total Funding: $36M
Maya's Mom
Total Funding: $1M
Dogster
Total Funding: $1M
Wikia
Total Funding: $25K
Edgeio
Total Funding: $2M
Work Experience
2020
Safety Solutions, SWE
2020
Health and Safety solutions, SWE. (2023- ) Building solutions to increase health safety. Global Partnerships, Exposure Notifications (2020-2023) Responsible for the deployment and operation of the Apple|Google Exposure Notifications System with Public Health Agencies in the US and around the world. Hundreds of millions of people help protect others by anonymously alerting others of possible exposure to COVID-19. • Forge and manage relationships with Public Health Agencies in partnership with Google, APHL and others. • Lead the introduction and deployment of Exposure Notifications in the US and globally. • Design and coordinate development of features and updates to iOS in response to evolving needs.
Managing Partner
2004
Investing in and helping build innovative ventures. Work with companies as an advisor, board member, coach to build teams and develop successful relationships, business models, product strategies and marketing plans. Companies: LinkedIn, Docusign, Lucid Software, Splunk (IPO), MasterClass, BrightRoll (acq. by Yahoo), Firebase (acq. by Google), Dulance (acq. by Google), Palo Alto Networks, ICON Aircraft, Space Perspective, Fandom. Funds: Akkadian, Uncork Capital, 500 Startups.
2017 - 2019
Advisor
2017 - 2019
Acquired by Pinterest. Advancing capabilities in ML and search technologies, using social signals for personalization, Web marketing and eCommerce.
2008 - 2017
VP Strategy and Finance
2008 - 2017
ICON Aircraft designed and now manufactures and sells the ICON A5 Light Sport Aircraft, an award-winning phenomenon that fuses outstanding engineering with world-class consumer product design to deliver a unique and inspiring flying experience.
2004 - 2015
Advisor/Investor
2004 - 2015
Early Investor and Advisor to founding team on strategy, technology, social networking, search methodologies.
2013 - 2015
Board Member and Co-CEO
2013 - 2015
The GAIN solution incorporates the expertise of personal trainers and personalized mobile fitness app to guide and motivate people, and track results as they exercise to reach their health and fitness goals. - build highly qualified team to market personalized fitness solution - build out a trainer network of skilled personal trainers using digital tools combined with in-person personal training - develop strategic relationships with leading fitness businesses
2012 - 2013
Vice President Strategic Development
2012 - 2013
- Develop relationships with strategic partners and investors - Forge partnerships and secure contracts with aerospace component providers and launch services - Work with world-class aerospace team to execute on plans to build, fly and land a small craft on the moon
2004 - 2010
Founder
2004 - 2010
Built and led a team to develop machine learning solutions to rank and filter social media and search results, and guard against spam, based on social activity, trustworthy behavior and other signals. Acquired by Pinterest.
2000 - 2002
Founder
2000 - 2002
Build and led talented team to develop innovative solution for sharing files distributed throughout organizations and across the Internet (think DropBox or Box). Acquired by Microsoft.
2000 - 2000
EIR
2000 - 2000
Met with new ventures and evaluated investment opportunities, develop business plans. • Founded XDegrees. Built and led talented team to develop groundbreaking solution for distributed file sharing across organizations and the Internet.