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iSelectFund
Finance
CEO
1/2014 - Present
The iSelect Fund provides qualified individual investors with access to a diversified portfolio of promising early-stage private venture investments that have been evaluated by an elite committee of successful entrepreneurs and accomplished venture investors.
EnerPath
Corporate Strategy & Development
President
4/2009 - 11/2010
Developed and implemented strategy to take successful regional energy efficiency firm national. Won $30M in new demand side management small business energy efficiency contracts in New York and Texas. Completed 30,000 small business energy upgrades in Los Angeles, California and recycling of 250k appliances. Built broader management team to include CTO, CFO, Vice President of Sales, Vice President of Strategy, Director of Marketing and additional of successful national sales force.
Gridlogix
Start-Up
CEO
1/2005 - 9/2008
Lead various aspects of sales, marketing, strategy, fundraising, technology strategy. Was Aquired by Johnson Controls in Oct 08. Targeted C-Level, resulting in substantial increase in average deal size and growth in sales. Worked with industry groups, government, universities and partners to define new industry solutions. Achieved worldwide awareness for the Gridlogix solution.
Boeing Ventures
Finance
Director of Boeing Ventures
8/2000 - 10/2004
Founder/Program Manager for Boeing wide new business incubator based on Open Innovation strategy. Benchmarked and developed program for Boeing CTO/CFO. Targeted $1B in equity value over 5 years while creating a more entrepreneurial and risk taking culture.
Boeing
Corporate Strategy & Development
Director Technology Planning
9/1997 - 1/2001
Developed and Led Chief Technology Officer's technology planning process controlling Boeing's annual R&D investment in core technology. Integrated technology planning across merged components of Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and Rockwell under Phantom Works. Eliminated an estimated $40M of redundant R&D expense, while increasing R&D throughput.
McDonnell Douglas
Operations
Senior Engineer
9/1989 - 9/1995
Developed, implemented and managed the F/A-18 E/F Design-for-Manufacturing/Assembly program - the first large scale application of Lean and Six Sigma principles in Aerospace. Reduced part count 40% and defects 50-70%. Estimated savings in excess of $400 M for prototypes and $1-2 Billion in production.