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$100,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
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2022
Co-Founder and General Partner
2022
Baukunst is a collective of creative technologists advancing the art of building. Our inaugural $100M venture fund is dedicated to leading pre-seed investments in companies at the frontiers of technology and design.
2017
Partner
2019
I invest in pre-seed/seed stage companies building products at the intersection of the digital and physical world.
VP of Engineering
2017 - 2019
Managed a senior staff of engineers and designers to support 70+ portfolio companies in software+hardware product management, industrial design, mechanical + electrical engineering, firmware development, and manufacturing.
2014 - 2017
VP of Product
2014 - 2017
As a founding team member, I managed the Product Management, Human Interface Design, and Quality Engineering teams covering hardware, firmware, app/cloud software, algorithm/ML, and data/analytics. I served on the exec team through Series B: raising $50M, growing the company to 75+ employees, and shipping our first products. At Pearl, we designed innovative consumer products to rapidly deploy life-saving driver assistance technology through the automotive aftermarket. Our first product was a rear vision system powered by a depth camera and machine learning platform capable of real-time obstacle detection. It won an iF Design Award as well as Best Mobile Electronics Product, Best Packaging Design, and 6 Global Media Awards at SEMA. Our roadmap was focused on shipping new technology faster than traditional vehicle design cycles by upgrading cars on the road with the building blocks of autonomous vehicles.
2011 - 2014
Partner
2011 - 2014
Managing partner at digital product studio. I led cross-functional teams through UI/UX design, software engineering, QA, launch, and initial customer support of 10+ web and iOS apps for partners and clients including Atlantic Media, Betaworks, and Sapient Nitro. Spun out 3 venture backed companies. Distributed team with employees in the US, Canada, Denmark, and the UK.
2011 - 2014
Co-organizer and Incubator Manager
2011 - 2014
Administration, community management, and event production for an annual design and development conference, Brooklyn Beta, with 1,200+ attendees. Launched a fund and incubator program, Brooklyn Beta Summer Camp, emphasizing collaboration between designer and developer co-founders. Invested in, mentored, and launched 5 seed-stage companies that went on to raise venture financing.
2006 - 2011
Senior Manager, iPod New Product Development
2010 - 2011
Led new product roadmap for $7B+/year iPod line (Shuffle, Classic, Nano, Touch) and managed the system EPM team driving product development from definition through mass production
Engineering Team Lead, iPhone/iPod New Technologies
2009 - 2010
Managed iPod / iPhone New Technologies team: tech + vendor scouting, prototyping, and IP development for emerging tech such as Touch ID and System in Package module design
Senior System Engineering Program Manager, iPod New Product Development
2007 - 2009
Led 4th and 5th gen iPod Nano projects - full redesigns, custom silicon, first iPod camera New product development from concept through production and early field support. Cross-functional product management and technical project management.
Engineering Program Manager, iPhone Product Development
2006 - 2007
1st generation iPhone core team member: Lead EPM for touchscreen, world's first mass-prodcued multi-touch display
2005 - 2006
Teaching Assistant - Smart Product Design Lab
2005 - 2006
Teaching assistant at the Smart Product Design Lab for the graduate-level series ME218A/B/C
2003 - 2004
Research Assistant
2003 - 2004
Design and fabrication of robotic apparatus, control system, and sensor array to validate dynamic models of carangiform swimming gaits in fish.