Sector Experience

Aerospace & Defense
Energy
Financial Services
Manufacturing
Technology

Languages

English

Experience

Boeing HorizonX Ventures Finance
Investment Principal
6/2017 - 10/2018
Venture investor in frontier technologies of strategic value to Boeing; founding team member
• Responsible for full deal lifecycle: developing thesis, sourcing, closing, post-close management
• Notable investments led/managed: Digital Alloys, Cuberg, Gamma Alloys
• Developed plan and initiated team formation for strategic value creation with portfolio companies
GE Ventures Finance
Investment Consultant
4/2016 - 1/2017
Consultant working across two teams: Advanced Manufacturing Investments and Strategic Marketing
• Responsible for deal sourcing, screening, due diligence, and thesis development
• Deal team member: Desktop Metal, Carbon, Optomec, Sarcos, Xometry, Rethink Robotics, Airware
• Laid groundwork for a startup incubator program planned for GE’s new Boston headquarters
• Developed and managed strategic network connections for GE’s Boston ecosystem engagement
Harvard Business School Other
Senior Researcher
5/2015 - 12/2015
Co-authored cases with three HBS faculty (Sahlman, Nanda, White); teaching fellow for 2nd year MBA course
• Case: Rubicon Global - an asset-light business disrupting an old industry of waste management
• Case: BionX - an advanced prosthetics company that overcame significant challenges and needed new funding
• Problem sets: designed to reinforce the course frameworks of multi-stage financing and company valuation
GE Ventures Finance
Summer Associate
5/2014 - 8/2014
Performed sourcing and due diligence of technology ventures in a new team on the leading edge of GE’s roadmap
• Managed initial lifecycle of multiple deals, from screening to due diligence to investment
• Evaluated opportunities include 3d printing, enterprise IT, collaborative robotics, and commercial drones
Cool Planet Energy Systems Start-Up
Director, Business Development
5/2011 - 8/2013
Cool Planet is a startup developing a new technology to convert cellulosic (non-food) biomass directly to a gasoline substitute (non-ethanol). Our system is both field deployable at the source of biomass and fully scalable. Our investors include Northbridge Partners, Google Ventures, GE Ventures, NRG, Conocophillips, BP, Shea Ventures, and Constellation Energy.
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Corporate Strategy & Development
Marketing & Strategy Analyst
7/2007 - 5/2011
Innovation and growth champion at the world's leader in advanced propulsion and energy systems
• Integrated Marketing & Strategy, Program Management, and Engineering organizations to best align R&D investments for growth
• Led business innovation, internal entrepreneurship, and cultural transformation activities
• Envisioned and directed initiative on Ideas-2-Innovation, a centralized collaboration network for use company-wide to collect, discuss, and promote new ideas for business growth