
Business Analyst at OpenDNS
San Francisco Bay Area

Business Analyst at OpenDNS
San Francisco Bay Area
Background in Internet technology, startups and investment. Passionate entrepreneur.
Market, product, team
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year)
DNS is the address book of the Internet. It tells your computer where to go when you type a domain name.
OpenDNS is a safer, faster recursive DNS service that enables web filtering and malware blocking through the DNS. Millions of customers ranging from individual home consumers and small businesses to entire school districts and large enterprises rely on OpenDNS for their DNS services.
http://www.opendns.com/
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
March 2008 — July 2008 (5 months)
Profiled companies and investors in the technology industry. Helped cover over $4.6 billion in investment activity.
Michael Arrington cited my article on technology startups in this article: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/20/sequoias-gospel-of-startups-more-true-than-ever/
http://www.techcrunch.com/
http://www.crunchbase.com/
(Internet industry)
August 2007 — July 2008 (1 year)
Internet-enabled replacement to the parking meter. Reserve spaces ahead of time online or park "on the fly" at any designated Park on the Fly lot.
Led product management / development and engineer recruiting. My team developed 4 systems in 7 weeks: billing (LAMP+Smarty), automated telephone reservation (IVR), Google Maps mashup, and partners' backend site.
http://www.parkonthefly.com/
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
June 2007 — December 2007 (7 months)
Tech-focused early-stage venture capital fund.
I performed deal sourcing and due diligence including interviews of C-level management teams.
http://www.inflexionvc.com/
(Internet industry)
May 2005 — July 2007 (2 years 3 months)
Free classified ads website for college students. Covered by numerous press sources including TechCrunch.
Roles included product engineering (LAMP site), marketing, and strategic partnerships. Coordinated team of 10 students to assist in grassroots marketing efforts to college students.
http://www.campustrade.com/
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2002 — August 2006 (4 years 6 months)
Independent home and office technology consulting. Built computers, networks, and websites. Started at age 15 and had over 100 clients by 18 including one business with revenues of $30 million.
Candidate, Level 2 , 2008 — 2010 (expected)
Candidate for Level 2 exam in June 2009.
Passed Level 1 exam on first attempt in December 2008.
Bachelor's , Finance, Entrepreneurship , 2004 — 2008
Finance GPA: 4.0
Cumulative GPA: 3.5
GatorNest Management Consultant
Business Finance Teaching Assistant
Diploma , 2000 — 2004
Startups, Internet, energy, investing, cycling and mountain biking, guitar, music, golf, all-electric vehicles