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I am seasoned fintech and software entrepreneur with over 20 years experience in building companies from start to successful exit.
FINTECH MILESTONES
• Point person on taking credit card, POS embedded finance, Lending-as-a-Service, national bank partnerships and online acquisition channels from 0 to 1 at Oportun.
• Co-Founder & CEO of Sociogramics, a pioneering social/alternative data platform for underwriting and fraud management. Investors included Greylock, Trinity and QED.
• First marketing executive and employee #7 at Clean Power Finance, the first solar financing platform to include SaaS-based account quoting tools for installers. The company has raised over $1B and is now known as Spruce Finance with funding from Kleiner Perkins and Google Ventures.
• Co-Founder and President of FastFind, an online account acquisition service for mortgage and credit card lenders. Our lead investor was Dan Gilbert, founder of Quicken Loans, and we sold FastFind to Bankrate.com in <2 years.
• Vice President of Corporate Development at Providian Financial. Our team invested in PayPal pre-IPO, lead all company initiatives in P2P, EBPP, online account aggregation (e.g. Yodlee) and e-wallets. Lead multiple transactions to spin-off card portfolios and non-core assets (e.g. GetSmart sale to LendingTree).
FUNCTION-SPECIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS
• Built FP&A teams from bottom-up at three startups.
• Grew sales from $0 to $6mm in less than 12 months at FastFind.
• Grew EBITDA from negative $500k to positive $1.5mm and sales by 50% in less than 12 months at ClickSafety.
• Reduced shipping costs 40% and FTE 30% while increasing package throughput 40% at Elemental LED.
I have been a speaker at multiple fintech events to include Money 20/20, CFSI EMERGE and Online Lenders Alliance, been quoted in articles re the impact of social data on lending and hold a US Patent on the use of social data in employment verification for lending. 
I build strategy where tech meets numbers, and turn complexity into clear, actionable growth. From setting long term direction to multibillion-dollar M&A, I help companies scale with focus and speed.
At Juniper, I lead cross-functional strategy across cloud, data center and AI—advising executives on product strategy, driving go-to-market shifts, and shaping long-term bets. My edge? Taking highly technical problems and turning them into clear, actionable outcomes that unlock growth.
I invest in early-stage startups, dive into new markets, and seek out challenges that don’t come with a playbook. Outside work, I fly planes, race cars and motorcycles, surf, scuba dive, and snowboard. I’ve never been great at sitting still. 
Currently, I lead sales and market expansion for Ripple in Switzerland and Poland, focusing on building strategic partnerships and driving revenue growth in these key regions.
Before joining Ripple, I served as a Sales Director at Fireblocks, a prominent crypto infrastructure provider. My role encompassed spearheading multiple commercial strategic initiatives, including new business acquisition, and significantly increasing Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) through successful upsell and cross-sell strategies.
Prior to my work in digital assets, I accumulated extensive Capital Markets experience across South Africa, the United States, and the United Kingdom, working within both the technology and investment banking sectors. 
