Career

Austin, TX based by way of D.C, NYC, and Long Island. I have a passion for helping people solve unique problems, build things that mean something, and making meaningful connections.

• Current: Head of Business Development and Partnerships at MassMutual Ventures, a $1B global VC investing in founders solving unique problems across a range of industries. I practice the art of adding value to our portfolio companies with a focus on revenue growth via warm introductions to potential partners and customers. I also aim to help them meet their growth and hiring targets, assess scaling challenges, and acting as a trusted source for advice on sales, marketing and product strategy.

• Former:

  • Head of Growth at Macro-Eyes, a machine learning startup focused on healthcare supply chain. I spent a year selling our US focused patient scheduling software to hospital systems and EMRs and refining the vaccine demand modeling product.

  • VP, Market Intelligence at Point72. I sourced unique data from start-ups, productized it to help our investing teams get better & faster at predicting changes in equities. Think: using satellite imagery to count the # of empty spots in parking lots at Walmart (but way cooler projects, emphasis on WAY).

• Garden Leave: after working at P72 for 5+ years, I decided to take advantage of my non-compete. I travelled to 25+ countries. I worked on some really cool projects:

  • I helped a fitness startup in Singapore through their pre-seed & seed stage fundraising rounds (think due diligence, pitch deck creation)

  • I worked with an entrepreneur who owned a 10 store QSR chain in Thailand with data resolution & analytics (I am the reason why the Thailand Hooter’s serves parmesan truffle wings).

  • I contracted with the CEO of a major pan-Asian hostel chain to help perform a financial roll up and identify acquisition and new growth targets.

Life

I like to think I do some pretty cool sh*t outside of work too. I am someone’s partner, a oenophile, an investor, a photographer, a dog mom, and a bunch of other things too.

Wine Student

• I am a WSET Diploma Candidate. I love drinking wine, I love talking about wine.

• I will often write about the intersection of wine, technology and business.

• My north star is to own a vineyard & winery in Argentina

Adventurer & Athlete

• I’ve hiked 4 of the 7 summits - the highest mountains on each of the 7 continents. I’ve conquered Elbrus, Puncak Jaya, Aconcagua and Kilimanjaro.

• I swam the English Channel

• I’ve competed in several NFL style combines.

Serial Philanthropist

• Each year, I task myself with some athletic event - I’ve completed 9 Half Ironman’s, in previous years, it was an NFL combine - and partner with a cancer research organization to raise $. TBD on this year’s athletic event.

• I’ve raised just shy of $1M for various institutions including Memorial Sloan Kettering & St. Judes.

Super Connector

• I LOVE meeting new people. I LOVE helping others achieve their goals. My goal is simply to connect people who need to be connected. No. Matter. What.

• I am an introvert who often needs “alone” time to recharge but I have made it a habit to connect with one person every day over coffee, Zoom, at the Wine store, wherever…

My writing is inconsistent but this is my online diary where I think things through “out loud”. I don’t have something to say every day, month or even quarter but when I do, it is memorialized here. I write for myself and I hope everyone benefits as much as I do.