Technology Entrepreneur & Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
Technology Entrepreneur & Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
Entrepreneur and investor in technology companies. Most recently, co-founder and CEO of Chirp Interactive. Previous experience includes software strategy and product management (Zazzle, Microsoft, Trilogy) and technology investing (Greylock, Vector, Amadeus, Inflection). Education: MBA from Stanford, BS & M.Eng in Computer Science from MIT.
(Educational Institution; Research industry)
January 2009 — Present (11 months)
Assessing the opportunity for software-based treatments in mental health.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Making email work better.
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
January 2001 — Present (8 years 11 months)
Seed investment fund.
(Internet industry)
November 2007 — August 2008 (10 months)
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(Partnership; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
November 2005 — November 2007 (2 years 1 month)
Evaluated investment opportunities, with a focus on consumer internet; investigated and proposed investment strategy for cleantech sector; observed boards of Vudu, Data Domain, Data Robotics and Northern Light.
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
April 2005 — October 2005 (7 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
June 2004 — August 2004 (3 months)
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
February 2001 — May 2003 (2 years 4 months)
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 1999 — January 2001 (1 year 8 months)
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
June 1998 — August 1998 (3 months)
(Internet industry)
June 1996 — August 1996 (3 months)
MBA , September 2003 — June 2005
M.Eng , EECS , 1998 — 1999
Thesis: "If It Works, It's Not AI: A Commercial Look at Artificial Intelligence Startups"
BS , Computer Science , 1995 — 1999
Honors: Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi
High School Diploma ,
Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi