Serial entrepreneur with 15+ years of experience in backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. Former Head of Strategy at Small Enterprise Assistance Funds and Senior Associate Consultant at Bain & Company in US & Europe. MBA from MIT Sloan with focus on Entrepreneurship and Innovation and BA from Duke University in Public Policy and Economics.

Led the Black Diamond ski brand through the last decade, driving innovation (named on 35 patents), profitability, revenue ($10M -> $35M), and brand evolution, during a period of ski history that has witnessed the most rapid and dramatic change. Executive level leadership in building and growing market share through full product line lifecycle strategy, management, and execution. Former Head of Technology at the North Face.

Deep expertise leading teams in conceptualization, design, and development of connected hardware products. Extensive experience developing rapid prototypes for early stage product concepts, overseeing mechanical hardware, electrical hardware, and software development teams and managing manufacturing process, relationships, and timing. Engineering and art background with MS in MechE from MIT and BA in Art and Design from Michigan.

Expertise in custom sensor development, high precision sensing technology, robotics, manufacturing, data analytics, signal processing algorithms, and data visualization. Experience in international patent process. Avid backcountry skier with deep passion for the outdoors. BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT.

Software developer and UI/UX designer with over a decade of experience building scalable data-driven solutions, including desktop and server software, web applications and mobile applications. Deep expertise in mapping and geo-spatial software, bluetooth low energy, and social applications. Former Co-Founder & CTO of Prepmatic, Inc.