Venture Labs is a bootstrapped venture studio that builds and tests early-stage ideas—both our own and for clients— through rapid valida1on, split-tes1ng, and AI-driven growth systems. We operate internal ventures and support founders and companies in launching, scaling, or refining go-to-market strategies.
● Key Achievements:
• Split-Tested Ventures: Ran compe11ve tests between concepts to iden1fy scalable opportuni1es, valida1ng winners while saving resources.
• Validated Markets Efficiently: Validated 30+ startup ideas through structured sprints, saving over $10M in development costs and reducing 1me-to-market by 6+ months.
• OpKmized Customer AcquisiKon: Increased lead conversions and reduced CAC by 35% across ventures using mul1- channel growth strategies and AI-powered audience targe1ng.
• Scaled Revenue: Enabled 2x-5x revenue growth for client businesses by implemen1ng automa1on, opera1onal efficiencies, and tailored go-to-market strategies.
• AutomaKon OperaKonal Systems:

Originated and led six innovation consulting offerings, combining design and strategy to tackle strategic, operational, and organizational challenges for major clients, including Takeda, D-Ford, Best Buy Health, Wendy's, and Kohler.
• Delivered $1.8M in revenue within 12 months and established a $2.1M pipeline for 2023 by driving business transformation across medical, automotive, retail, and consumer goods sectors.
• Directed business design strategy and co-owned project vision for high-impact initiatives, enabling these clients to streamline operations, enhance customer experiences, and develop scalable growth solutions.
• Implemented AI tools and DIY platforms to optimize client workflows, improve cross-functional collaboration, and drive operational efficiency across diverse industries.

Ford
● is Ford Motor Company's venture incubator. We unite entrepreneurs, designers, and engineers to envision, build and validate new ventures and business models to shape the future of tech in transporta1on.
• Established new venture funding criteria: $250K seed investment for each venture, 90-day window to tes1ng viability, desirability and feasibility, and small teams of 2-3, deduc1ng monthly salaries and expenses from seed fund.
• Built 4 ventures from 90-day-incuba1on to growth genera1ng $12 Million+ in revenue in less than one year, then leading teams into internal Series A investment: TruckHub, Ford Performance, Wholesale Marketplace, Ford Protect.
• Led the "invalida1on" of 6 venture ideas through in-market experiments, thereby realloca1ng $32 Million+ in budget back to Produc1on & Autonomous Vehicles programs with our proven 90-day startup method.
• Techstars Mentor - Created venture pipeline processes, priori1es, and partnerships with local startup incubators.
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Lead the overall Mobility Subscrip1ons Strategy, user experience and delivery of B2B and B2C products across Ford. Consult and provide guidance to product owners on business strategy, API go-to-market and delivery through subscrip1ons:
• Transitioned IT delivery from waterfall to agile, accelerating product releases by one year ahead of company-wide transformation.
• Designed business capability roadmaps and backlog systems to improve user experiences and operational efficiency across Ford's ecosystem.

Iden1fied and recommended long-term, organic, and inorganic opportuni1es that align to Boeing's 10X growth objec1ves by 2026, set by Boeing Execu1ve Council.
• Led startups along with mul1-year strategy roadmaps that included business modeling (NPP/IRR), value proposi1on, demand outlook as part of Corporate Strategy intrapreneurship ini1a1ves for Boeing's parts and services business.
• Generated $11M in incremental revenue with 20%+ margins by leading strategy roadmaps and scaling Boeing's parts and services business.
• Launched the "3DP" initiative, enabling 3D printing for thousands of frequently replaced aircraft parts, reducing production costs and downtime.
• Launched a new pilot business in 2016 that would retrofit IOT tech onto a series of aircrat parts named "Autonomous Parts" or self-ordering parts where sensors record a parts condi1on and service-life.
• Aircrat Service Bulle1n Value Chain Assessment – iden1fied over $80M in undersold aircrat service bulle1n kits, repack

Nego1ated addi1onal ~$10M in cost savings for a Steering assembly by iden1fying a low cost, on-site kivng opportunity near the produc1on line for pre-assembling parts.