Team

20 Years Experience, Engineering, Marketing and Entrepreneurship
Worked at Cisco, Lead Technical Marketing and Engineering functions for $1B High-End Routing and Optical Product Lines
Market Expertise: Telecommunication, Cloud, Networking, Agriculture, Education, Commercial & Newspaper Print & Packaging Industries
BSc. from College of Engineering Osmanabad, Harvard University - Alternative Investments, Stanford GSB - Mergers & Acquisitions, Berkeley Haas - Venture Capital Executive Program

Senior Advisor, BlueMount Capital™ is an ASIC licensed capital markets group with offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Shanghai
CFO, Mindvalley, the world's leading SaaS Ed Tech company in personal growth and self-development
CFO, Pivotal Systems, brought public via IPO, managed end-to-end financial activities, including business operations, investor relations, legal matters, audits, and remuneration committees with a market capitalization over $400M.
Recognized for negotiating and closing more than 10 Merger and Acquisitions transactions:
- Apture Inc. Acquired by Google
- Fastbyte Acquired by Square
- Lecorpio Acquired by Private Equity
- Spotzot Acquired by Valassis Digital
- Clearfly Inc. Acquired it for Divitas Inc.
- Successfully raised $500M in Equity and Venture Debt as well as opened subsidiaries in Asia, India, and Europe

Technology Leadership and Consulting, with extensive strategic and technical management experience in a broad range of environments.
Leader of global, cross-functional teams ranging from 5-10 to 100-200, with a deep understanding of the intersection of IT, product, team, and business functions and an engineering background in Cloud Operations, Networking, and Datacenter solutions.
Domain Expertise: Cloud, Telcos, Datacenter, and M&A
Core Value & Experience:
✧ Proven record of driving innovation, including multiple patent applications and leading-edge product initiatives.
✧ Excel in working with customers, particularly at the C-level, to create solutions for long-term business success.
✧ Offer a diverse set of skills applicable to multiple products, sectors, verticals, and operating environments.
✧ Combine deep engineering and technical skills with the ability to inspire teams to reach their highest potential.
✧ Comfortable in start-ups & large companies, leadership and consulting roles, and rapidly changing requirements.

Ranked Top 100 Powerlist VC
15+ years of VC/PE Investing, 150+ Portfolio Companies
Founder & General Partner, VU Venture Partners
Founder & CEO, Venture University
Select Prior Portfolio Companies: Beyond Meat (IPO'd, $14B), Sensity (Acquired by Verizon, $300M+), ShopKick (Acquired by SK Telecom, $200M), Made In Space (Acquired by AE Industrial Partners), FabFitFun ($1B+), Spyce (Acquired by sweetgreen), Bear Flags Robotics (Acquired by John Deere, $250M)
Former Managing Director of Investments at Cleveland Avenue (VC/PE Fund co-founded by Former CEO & President of McDonalds), focusing on food and beverage brands, food related technologies, and new restaurant concepts
Founder, Head, & Former Managing Director of Simon Venture Group (investment arm of Simon Property Group, S&P 100, largest retail real estate company in the world), grew to top 5 corporate VC focused on commerce alongside Google Ventures, Intel Capital, and Comcast Ventures
Adjunct Professor at New York University teaching Venture Capital Intensive
Creator of Multiple Top Ranked Entrepreneur Resources: #1 Startup Investor Pitch Deck Template (viewed & downloaded 750,000+ times, used by leading business schools and accelerators)
Co-Founder of the #1 Startup Board Game: The Next Big Thing: The Game of Entrepreneurship, backed by over 25+ of the top accelerators and VC investors

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