Seasoned Alternative Investment Professional

• Led +80 investments and deployed +$350 million
  
  

• Strategized and closed +15 secondary sales of private illiquid assets, generating +$100 million in liquidity
  
  

• +25 Angel Investments

Investment Structures

• Family-owned businesses

• Roll-ups & buy-and-builds

• Structured credit facilities - asset-backed and "non-dilutive" facilities

• Strategic growth investments to bootstrapped founders

• Passive venture investments -- at or post product-market-fit inflection, or highly-disruptive

• Secondaries:  CVs, GP-Leds, LP positions, structured liquidity solutions

• Funds and JV structures

The Entrepreneurial Journey

1. Hard work:  over fifteen W-2s/1099s across restaurants, law offices, procurement departments, startups, investment banks, and asset managers. 
   
   

2. Graduated Summa Cum Laude on full scholarship from Babson College, consistently ranked #1 university for Entrepreneurship
   
   

3. Fourth hire at Washify (acquired), a private-equity backed car wash technology company
   
   

4. Incubated a South American retail/hospitality startup for ZX Ventures, the corporate venture arm of AB-InBev
   
   

5. Founding team member of 10 East and former Vice President Portage Partners,  a $1.5B AUM private alternative investment firm backed by founders of successful investment firms.  Managed private equity and special situation investment strategies.

6. Venture Partner at Coolwater Capital, an asset manager / incubator of emerging investment managers, which has "launched" over 300 venture funds.  Helping build direct investment program. 
   
   

7. Active advisor to bootstrapped & investor-backed companies and investment firms