Functional Skills

Business Analysis
Business Development
Innovation Management
Leadership Development
Strategic Planning
Business Unit Strategy
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Disaster Recovery
Software Development
Commercial Due Diligence

Software Skills

Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Heroku
Python
Deep learning
GitHub
TensorFlow
Keras
SciKit-Learn
Figma
Next.js

Sector Experience

Energy
Social & Public Sector
Technology

Experience

MIT Product Management / Strategy
Short Term Lecturer
1/2024 - 1/2025
• Appointed for a one-year term to build, research, and instruct AI climate and energy solutions at MIT and beyond.
• Developed AI tools to accelerate climate innovation and policy analysis, for MIT's Climate and Energy Ventures class (60+ spinouts, $5B+ raised), MIT Climate Policy Center, and En-ROADS climate policy simulator.
• Created and taught MIT AI for Energy Solutions course. Secured 1K+ applicants (FERC, NASA, NREL) and support from MIT Energy Initiative and Sloan Sustainability Initiative. Empowered participants to create impactful AI solutions for climate and energy. Received MIT Open Learning grant to film async version of class.
• Guest lectured in MIT's Climate and Energy Ventures class and MIT Sloan Energy Management and AI class.
• Delivered talks for Davos, COP29, TEDx, NY Climate Week, MIT, Yale, Harvard, Greentown Labs, etc. Educated thousands of professionals on AI for climate and energy solutions - and the net climate impact of AI.
• Co-developed a simulation game with the US Department of Energy (DOE) to educate principal investigators on climate tech entrepreneurship and AI; successfully piloted it at ARPA-E Summit with 70+ ecosystem members.

Climate Capital Finance
Partner
1/2023 - 1/2024
• Led investments and educational initiatives for Climate Capital, one of the most active funders of climate technology startups (350+ portfolio companies). Catalyzed capital flow into early-stage climate innovation.
• Partner, Syndicate: Sourced, performed due diligence on, and led investments into climate technology companies. Secured allocation in top deals alongside YCombinator, Lowercarbon Capital, MassCEC, etc.
• Partner, Climate Angels: Co-created and co-taught a first-of-its-kind angel investing course empowering leaders at Google, unicorns, family offices, etc. to make climate investments. Secured partnership with Terra.do; speakers from 500 Global, MCJ Collective, Earthshot, etc; and firm's first revenue stream to help fund ongoing operations.

MakerKids Start-Up
CEO
1/2015 - 1/2023
• Co-founded world's first makerspace for kids, bootstrapped to revenue self-sufficiency, scaled it into a VC backed edtech company with award-winning coding and robotics classes, earned major media, developed partnerships with Intel and Mozilla, secured clients such as Twitter and Microsoft, and exited through acquisition.
• Built and led cross-functional teams, overseeing strategy, product, marketing, sales, operations, and technology.
• Helped pioneer a new category of STEM education. Featured by MAKE Magazine, MakerCon, Maker Faire, etc.

Koru Labs Management Consulting
Founder
1/2011 - 1/2013
• Offered entrepreneurship programs, consulting services, and software tools; supported founders in scaling.
• Created Founder2Founder, a 10-week entrepreneurship program, and offered software development classes. Participants raised funding, franchised, and scaled companies, hiring tens of thousands of employees.
• Provided public relations consulting services for tech companies such as Atmel and OroEco, exceeding goals.
• Developed software such as a skill-sharing platform and an SMS-based disaster recovery tool that enabled volunteers to provide local aid during Hurricane Sandy and was featured by CBS, the New York Times, etc.
• Selected for Startup Chile and NEXT Founders programs and was featured in a Harvard Business School case.

PROCTER AND GAMBLE Marketing
Assistant Brand Manager
1/2010 - 1/2011
• Developed and executed brand, product, and digital strategies at scale for P&G's largest brand (Tide). Received foundational training in brand strategy, consumer insights, analytical rigor, and cross-functional leadership.
• Led commercial efforts, oversaw multi-functional teams and agencies, and executed business models and marketing strategies with a $10M budget. Piloted top launch in 25+ years, achieved 80%+ segment market share, and exceeded US results by double digits. Increased household penetration by 1.7 points after 10 years of decline.
• Spearheaded digital strategy for all Fabric Care brands. Selected by senior leadership to lead a task force aimed at enhancing creativity in the organization.