My Professional Life
- Senior Director of Product Management at a publicly-traded fintech company
- Startup analyst and investor through the Sheltowee Angel Network
- former 💼 C-level executive in the banking industry
- Led the 🥇top Small Business Administration (SBA) lender in my state for 4️ consecutive years
- Marketing degree and have run the Marketing Department for a $230,000,000 organization
- Masters in Entrepreneurship, graduating with a 4.0
- Have helped entrepreneurs raise over 💵 $800,000,000 💵 in funding between both debt and equity facilities
- 3x startup founder 📈. Each named "first-mover" in their respective industries
- Recognized for innovation in the banking industry for my Line12 venture debt fund
- Recognized as the 🏆 top executive in my industry in 2014
- Regular pitch competition judge 🧠 and incubator mentor
- Former Board member and Managing Director of the Fairview Technology Incubator 🚀
- Former Board member to one of the first healthcare co-ops in the United States
- Former Board member of the second-largest credit agency in the United States
My Personal Life
- Proud husband and father 👨👩👧
- Full marathon runner 🏃🏻♂️, trail runner, and mountain biker 🚵🏻♂️
- Former professional mixed martial artist (MMA) 🥊 and undefeated in my weight class; trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under the Gracie family 🤼 ; 1996 State Karate Champion 🥋
- Have coached multiple people through massive weight loss (50+ pounds)
- Love playing video games as well as collecting things like Magic the Gathering cards and Baseball Cards