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Advisor and mentor for participants in the Seattle Founder Institute program, offering guidance on topics such as enterprise business strategy, raising capital, financing innovation, business modeling, market positioning, strategic marketing, and product strategy.
Company: Founder Institute
I worked there from /2016 until now
Seattle Angel focuses on bringing more transparency to the fund raising process. We run an accelerator for angel investors where new investors get a chance to make their first angel investment with the help and guidance of experienced angels. To date we've trained over 200 angel investors! We also run the Seattle Angel Fund, an active angel fund where angel investors participate in a portion of the screening, diligence, and decision making with the help of an veteran angel investor and venture capitalist leading the charge. Our collective portfolio is well over 25 companies, funded by 200+ local angel investors. Building on this success we're working with investors and entrepreneurs in communities around the globe to launch similar programs. Let's build one in your city together!
Company: Seattle Angel
I worked there from /2012 until now
Office 365 is disrupting how organizations use productivity software, from the largest enterprises to the solo-preneur, robust productivity software is available securely in the cloud. I am focused on the entire deployment experience, from discovery, to education, to purchase, to setup, to on-boarding, and trailing off at adoption. Using agile development processes and incremental deployments, our software is in a constant state of release forcing the documentation and on-boarding experience to accommodate an ever changing customer experience. I satisfy the dynamic needs of our services and customers, using real-time data and historical data to drive the development of the on-boarding experience. Using data sources including in-product behavioral actions, support calls, help content feedback and search terms, along with human and machine learning analysis, these data points are used to craft the in-product and help content experience. Beyond internal data collection and analytic platforms, this involves the use of tools such as Office, PowerBI, xmetal, dxstudio, github, optimizely, xml, markdown, rss, and visual studio.
Company: Microsoft
I worked there from /2011 until now
Advisor and mentor for member companies of Galvanize, offering guidance on topics such as enterprise business strategy, raising capital, financing innovation, business modeling, market positioning, strategic marketing, and product strategy.
Company: Galvanize Inc
I worked there from /2016 until now
President of Seattle Angel (Building Seattle's angel community) and adviser to two venture groups - Seattle Angel Fund and Flight.vc (Gil Penchina's group of syndicates - Funding the best companies on the planet w/metrics to prove it). Personally investing in startups such as C-Sats, OtoNexus, Acqueduct, LaserMotive (long distance wireless power), Estimize (Crowdsourced financial data), GlimpzIt, DreamFunded (online investing for angel groups), WorkLife (make your meetings better), Sapho (Smart IT infrastructure), Booktrope (book publishing re-imagined), 2bar Spirits (Washington Wheat to Whiskey), Discuss.io (Online qualitative market research), and others.
Company: Angel Investor
I worked there from /2011 until now
Early stage investment fund that focuses on educational outreach to new early stage/angel investors as well as making quality investments in early stage companies. Investments include Booktrope, LaserMotive, and looking for the next one - have a great startup?
Company: Seattle Angel Conference
I worked there from /2013 until now
Founder, consultant, adviser, & mentor with companies such as Renty (operating), iConclude (sold to HP), IvyTalk (operating), RealtyMogul (operating), Airpost.io (operating), G4FMedia Group (closed), and other new startups and larger tech firms. Work mostly as a cfo/coo or work on product definition, product/market fit, enterprise sales, and fund raising. Successfully raised over $1.5M and counting. Analyst with Ferris Research, StudioB, & Grandmasters serving as an independent speaker at a number of tech conferences, authoring whitepapers and articles.
Company: Maher and Associates
I worked there from /2004 until now
Real Estate Investment Firm - portfolio includes two strip malls, 60+ unit multi-family complex, and a mix of single family rentals, duplexes, triplexes, & quad-plexes. No googleplexes though...
Company: Dorsalfin
I worked there from /2005 until now