Why do I coach?

I coach because I understand the pain of navigating through a journey that is riddled with information asymmetry. I've ventured into many unknowns and along the way have mapped systems and people that can place people in positions to have agency in decisions and succeed. With my coaching you'll understand the language, opportunities, and perspectives that is required in wading through the opaque processes and confusing landscapes.

Work Experience

Co-Founder

Aineko

September 2021 - Present

Hiring Manager

https://github.com/aineko-dev Building a better way to build, deploy, and scale event-driven intelligent applications

Angel Investor

Angel Investing

June 2021 - Present

Web3, Data, Deep tech

Investor

The 21 Fund

February 2021 - Present

The 21 Fund is a $2M seed fund building and investing in the next generation of Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) startups. Our mission is to be the most hands-on and value-add investor to every GSB ‘21 founder.

Head of Sales

Syndicate

2021 - 2023

Hiring Manager

Infrastructure for powerful web3 products at scale

Investor

FinTech Collective

2020 - 2021

DeFi + Deep tech Fund • DeFi fund strategy for FTC with portfolio construction, investment thesis, and partnerships. • Investment memo with research on institutional investing in digital assets for the firm’s largest deal. • Frontier Tech thesis with extensive market research focused on quantum computing, edge computing, and privacy. • Competitive analysis and market opportunity for a portfolio company’s expansion strategy in the US. Skills: Due Diligence, Founder relations, Fund strategy, Tokenomics.

Security & Custody

Bitski

July 2018 - September 2019

Web3 Auth + dApp developer tools + Wallet-as-a-service + NFT infrastructure

Hardware Engineer

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

June 2015 - July 2017

HPE Data Security Business Unit -- hardware design and development for Hardware Security Modules.

Corporate QR Engineer

Applied Materials

July 2012 - July 2013

Atmospheric & Vacuum Semiconductor Manufacturing Robots & Factory Interface (Synexis)

Education

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Master of Business Administration - MBA

2019 - 2021

Entrepreneurship

Stanford University

Master of Science (MS), Electrical Engineering

2013 - 2015

Semiconductor physics, Quantum mechanics Computational Fluid Dynamics, Thermodynamics, Nano/Micro structures, Clean room manufacturing, Transistor-Transistor Logic, RTL