Investment Management / Investment
Banking / Real Estate Finance
Prepared
investment strategy, private placement memorandum, tax blocker strategy
and operating documents for a
residential real estate fund
Developed
various models for PV investment based on the American Recovery and
Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (ARRA)
Served in a
fiduciary capacity as a board member or observer representing
the investors in three
venture-backed companies
Originated, and published, new strategies for
increasing venture capital returns
and implemented these
strategies in all future investments (see
Publications).
Implemented these strategies as
Venture Partner at Robin Hood Ventures
and elsewhere.
Led M&A efforts
securing investor exit for a private company at more than
2x the expected valuation
Raised over
$33M of venture capital for venture funded businesses
Led syndication
of early stage investments to investors such as Intel Venture
Capital, Reuters Greenhouse
Fund and others; and assisted companies in securing
government-sponsored funding
Originated and applied for business method patents on new
forms of preferred equity-based
home financing.
Operating Experience
Built
profitable divisions with double-digit growth as a senior executive
at 2 companies during
IPO
Managed 4 newly-established companies or corporate divisions and grew
them
to market leading positions and
profitability
Launched OEM sales channels
at 4 companies licensing technology and/or
selling products in China, Japan,
Korea, Taiwan, Europe and in the US--one
product shipped over 60M units
of software
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Grew hardware and software
product lines from conception to market dominance as a product
manager
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In one assignment, booked $8M of
contracts before product was launched to market
Negotiated technology supply deal with Microsoft creating a market for
add-ons
sold by my company
Developed the first ingredient branding program for OEM technology
products in the computer
industry in 1987; a marketing strategy later
emulated in programs such as: “Powered by Adobe” and “Intel Inside.”
Acting as either CEO or board member, built 2 ASP businesses with
over 99.99% uptime
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