Invests in
Locations:
Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA
(2017 - 2020)
Lists including Stefano
Work Experience
Vice President
2020
Guest Lecturer
2024
2023
Board Observer
2023
Board Observer
2023
2022
Board Observer
2022
Guest Lecturer
2023
2020 - 2021
Consultant
2020 - 2021
• Identifying Emerging Technologies and New Measures for electric and natural gas utilities in California
2019 - 2019
Associate
2019 - 2019
• Served as the Dealflow lead for Seed-stage Fund focused on AI, IoT and Smart Hardware • Tested & codified NSV's heuristics /framework to evaluate early stage startups within high volume in-bound process (evaluated 350+ opportunities) • Built new new relationships with accelerators, incubators, VC firms and startups to enable NSV’s entrance into a new geography • Sourced a deal in which NSV has invested in 8 weeks • Onboarded and mentored 2 summer interns • Favorite VC podcasts: The Full Ratchet, Zero to IPO, Acquired • Favorite VC readings: Ben Evans' newsletter, AVC, my "Best of" notes from 100s of calls and partner meetings
2019 - 2019
Business Lead
2019 - 2019
• Partnered with 2 pioneer MDs from the University of Chicago (Dr. Oto and Dr. Karczmar) on the go-to-market strategy for QMIS, an AI prostate cancer (PCa) diagnostic software for MRI machines • Developed product and funding roadmaps and launched strategic partnerships with OEMs (MRI machine owners) Note on QMIS: PCa is the second leading cause of cancer death in men (fifth overall) with increasing mortality rates as longevity and medicine advances allow men to live longer. When detected early, survival rates are >99.9%, but detection and proper diagnosis are still challenging. QMIS aims to solve several pain points in the challenging detection process to improve patient outcomes.
2009 - 2019
Principal
2016 - 2019
• Owned the P&L for the energy efficiency business unit at the ERC • Grew to several $M in annual revenue and expanded team • Responsible for BU's business development, sales, operations, marketing • Delivered engineering consulting services to electric and natural gas utilities, working with large commercial and industrial energy users on energy management and conservation strategies
Senior Energy Engineer / Energy Engineer
2011 - 2015
• Launched energy efficiency practice at the ERC and grew to 7 FTEs • Developed a suite of consulting & implementation services of energy efficiency programs for State, Federal & local government, infrastructure, public education and public healthcare customers • Led teams to tackle all aspects of project sales & delivery from ideation, design, launch and implementation
Research Engineer
2009 - 2011
• Worked on several consulting projects involving energy policies for State and Federal entities • Sample work: analysis of market penetration of new energy efficiency technologies for Commercial and Residential customers in Illinois