Invests in
Locations:
Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$10,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,000,000.00
Skills
Education
Lists including Sach
Investments
Osano
Total Funding: $44M
New Era ADR
Total Funding: $7M
Treasure Financial
Total Funding: $16M
LISNR
Total Funding: $31M
Kinetiq
Total Funding:
Arrive
Total Funding: $56M
Narrative Science
Total Funding: $33M
SIM Partners
Total Funding: $13M
4C Insights
Total Funding: $31M
Pixability
Total Funding: $22M
Work Experience
2012
Co-founder & Partner
2012
Co-founder of Jump Capital, an early stage venture capital firm that provides capital and strategic support for companies within the fintech, IT/Data infrastructure, future of work and B2B SaaS sectors. Strong attraction to companies focused on prescriptive / deep data, passionate & tenacious management teams, and founders with an execution-focused mindset. Jump’s philosophy is to align with talented management teams that desire a trusted partner with real world operating experience & a firm with an operating platform targeting initial investment checks between $4M to $10M.
2006 - 2012
Operating Partner
2006 - 2012
Lead operating partner for a Kansas City-based growth investment and PE firm. Managed both growth and turn-around portfolio companies with a heavy emphasis of implementing digital transformation strategies to traditional business models and legacy industries. Operated companies in pharmaceutical research, logistics, and digital marketing.
2000 - 2006
Vice President, Consumer Moving
2004 - 2006
North America leader for the $670 million Consumer Moving business that include the industry-leading Allied and NorthAmerican Van Line brands. Focus on developing new products, leading digital transformation, implementing dynamic pricing, building a metrics-focused environment, and achieving market share growth in a stagnant growth industry.
Vice President, Corporate Development
2000 - 2004
Responsibility to evaluate and prioritize acquisitions, joint ventures, co-marketing, and lead generation opportunities. Lead in developing new products and managing an internal incubator. IPO on NYSE in 2003.
1997 - 2000
Corporate Audit Staff, M&A, Leadership Program
1997 - 2000
Worked across dozens of GE business units focused on strategic initiatives, M&A and operating management.