About

I’m a connector—between business and technology, product and market, company and customer. My work is to align and focus these relationships on common goals and exceptional outcomes.

I operate, advise, and invest in startups building on Bitcoin and the Lightning Network, including Bitvora, Orange Pill App, Relai, Synota, Vida, and Zaprite.

Previously, I was Head of Sales & Partnerships at Amboss Technologies, a leading data analytics and payment ops provider for the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Prior, I was Vice President of Business Development for Payments at NYDIG, a leading Bitcoin company fusing high tech with institutional-grade finance to usher in a new era of financial products. I joined NYDIG through the acquisition of Bottlepay, where I was Vice President of Business Development.

Before shifting my focus to Bitcoin, I was Vice President of Sales at Dataswift, a vanguard provider of infrastructure that delivers personal data access, storage, and portability. I led enterprise sales, partnerships, and developer relations there, growing revenue from zero to six digits in six months and closing deals worth several million dollars in the first year.

Prior to Dataswift, I was CEO of ANKR, a groundbreaking Internet of Things device and software company, where I was recruited to scale up sales and operations and raise growth capital. I led strategic initiatives in software development, product design, marketing, and customer support while adding key retailers like Best Buy and Home Depot and high-volume B2B distribution, enabling the company to realize breakout growth.

Before ANKR, I was a partner at music tech venture-builder, BPG, and co-founder of the portfolio company, Endorsee. At BPG, I led customer and business development for their portfolio companies and advised over one hundred startups and enterprises on business model design, product strategy, customer acquisition, and growth. I made my mark by leading workshops and accelerators, as an operator and advisor to scores of great entrepreneurs, and by fostering dialog and advancing important music industry issues through podcasting, writing, and public speaking.

Earlier in my career, I founded and led a boutique management consulting firm whose clients ranged from indie game developers to multi-billion dollar software companies. As an executive in business development for startup and growth-stage tech companies including Exodus Communications, Platform Computing (acquired by IBM), and Varicent Software (acquired by IBM), I produced market-shaping partnerships, international expansion, hundred-million-dollar revenue streams and recognition from industry luminary Bill Gates.

At Microsoft, my work on the original Internet Explorer team added over a million new users. My contributions in e-commerce resulted in pioneering partnerships and the acquisition of dozens of Fortune 500 customers. Early in my career, I led strategy and development for one of the earliest online music retailers, MusicDirect.

I’m a volunteer mentor at Nashville Entrepreneur Center and Bitcoin Park.