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$100,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,000,000.00
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Work Experience
2018
CEO & Co-Founder
2018
DigiSure is a risk management platform that provides end-to-end digital screening and embedded insurance services to customers in sharing economy and new mobility.
2012
Managing Member & Principal
2012
True North Cos. is a private investment and advisory firm building valuable, enduring businesses in technology, financial services and consumer products.
2016 - 2018
Member of Advisory Board
2016 - 2018
Acquired by Facebook in March 2018. Confirm.io enables safer interactions between people and businesses by linking physical with digital identities. We make verifying a government issued ID easy, fast, and secure. Integrate in minutes, and confirm a person’s identity for any transaction that requires or benefits from proof of identity.
2015 - 2016
Executive in Residence
2015 - 2016
AME Cloud Ventures is the venture fund led by Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo! AME Cloud Ventures focuses on seed to later stage companies building infrastructure and value chains around data.
2012 - 2015
President & Co-Founder, Board Chair
2012 - 2015
New Frontier Foods Inc. is the creator of "Ocean's Halo", a new healthy & sustainable food company.
2013 - 2014
Advisor
2013 - 2014
Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool that helps you discover and save creative ideas.
2014 - 2014
Investor
2014 - 2014
Omaze is an innovative platform to raise money and awareness for causes by offering all donors and fans the opportunity to win once-in-a-lifetime experiences with the world’s biggest celebrities.
2012 - 2013
Advisor
2012 - 2013
Fanatics is the market leader for officially licensed sports merchandise and provides the ultimate shopping experience to sports fans.
2011 - 2012
VP, Mobile Partnerships & Marketing
2011 - 2012
IPO November 2011. Responsible for mobile distribution, strategic partnerships and marketing for Groupon pre-IPO. During my tenure, mobile usage grew 4x, expanded availability on mobile platforms from 1 (iOS) to 7 (Web, Android, Blackberry, Windows, etc.), supported mobile launches in 35+ countries and drove % of revenue generated on mobile from 8% to 40+% in North America.
2006 - 2011
Vice President, Mobile Business Development & Partnerships
2006 - 2011
Led 30-person team that created and managed 100+ partnerships with global mobile operators, OEMs, publishers and developers. Managed $100mm+ revenue business in North America, incubated and scaled one of the first dedicated mobile advertising businesses in the industry.