Proven executive with track record taking companies from early stages to millions of users, billions in loans, and hundreds of billions in annual transactions.

Built marketing strategies and departments from the ground up at companies backed by investors including Google, Moore Capital, Dow Jones and SoftBank, growing firms over 20x to $850+ million in EBIDTA.

Deep operational and marketing expertise with a comprehensive understanding of growth drivers. Translate company vision into market-leading brand strategies that generate top and bottom-line business results. Specialize in accelerating customer acquisition, product commercialization and global expansion.

Passionate about building high-performing teams, and developing and coaching talent to achieve ambitious company objectives. Thrive in high-velocity, outcome-oriented environments. Combine big-picture thinking with rigorous execution.

Write and speak about leadership, growth strategy and the digital economy. Have appeared on Bloomberg, Fox Business News and CNBC, presented to leaders at Harvard Business School, the US Chamber of Commerce and the British Embassy, published books with Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster, and co-authored research papers with the McGraw-Hill Research Foundation. Lead Mentor at the Techstars, Founder Institute and StartEd accelerators. Former advisory board member at Harvard / MIT’s edX, and Wesleyan University’s Finance and Digital Technology Committee.