
Driving revenue for brands with ai segments @ Orita.ai | President at Loop Returns | Co-founder of Passport Global and Modify Watches | Commerce investor | Cleveland rules | Decent dad married to a phenomenal mom
Cofounder, Co-Ceo at Orita.ai. We help brands like ThirdLove, Spanx, Evereve, Tracksmith, r.e.m. beauty and more maximize revenue with AI customer segmentation. Advisor and Investor in a bunch of great companies, primarily Commerce and Logistics related. Most recently President at Loop Returns, alternately leading Product, Sales, Marketing, Partnerships, Strategy. Led or co-led top 5 new biz deals in company history. Before this, 3x founder, and advisor/investor in a bunch of great startups. Advising: Magoosh, Gabbi Health, Verto Education, ChannelApe, Brightflow, Orita.ai, Factored Quality, Builder.io, FanRally, Legitimate, Rally, Malomo, Enquire Labs Investing: Veho, Clockwork, Documate, twine, Bloom, Overflow, MarketerHire, Alloy, Biteable, EcoCart, Partnered.io Investing via syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/nps/zNcNw Before Loop, spent 10 years in Commerce, most recently as the Chief Business Officer at Returnly. I oversaw Sales, Partnerships/BD, Demand Gen, Customer Success, and People Ops. One of the fun things we built was the "DTC Open House" series which you can see here: https://returnly.com/webinars/openhouse/ Served as Cofounder, Chairman and President at Passport (passportshipping.com). Still advising. I'm a generalist's generalist (if it's not eng, I'm pretty decent). My focus tends to be on all-things Go to Market; Fundraising; Strategy; and finally (and most importantly), helping founders navigate emotionally through the early stages of company building. Founder of Modify Watches (www.modifywatches.com), which was acquired in 2019 by Custom Ink, and Refill Revolution (acq. 2011). Also proud to serve as a Board Member for Larkin Street Youth Services, and an advisor for Magoosh, an ed-tech company (#186 on the Inc. 500) among a handful of other commerce infrastructure and EdTech companies. Previously earned my MBA from Berkeley-Haas, and was a management consultant with Deloitte for four years (2 in NYC, 2 in London). From Cleveland. Go Cavs (and other teams).
notablecap.com
modifywatches.com
firstround.com
berkeley.edu
passportglobal.com
ecocart.io
returnly.com
San Francisco, California, United States
Co-Founder, Co-CEO
orita
• www.linkedin.com/company/oritaai
Nov 2023 - Present
San Francisco Bay Area
Advisor, former President and Board Observer
Loop
• www.linkedin.com/company/loop-returns
Apr 2021 - Present
San Francisco Bay Area
Startup hanger-outer
NPS Advising and Investing
• www.linkedin.com/company/nps-advising-and-investing
Aug 2012 - Present
San Francisco Bay Area
Cofounder and Advisor (ex-President, Chairman)
Passport
• www.linkedin.com/company/passport-global
Aug 2017 - Present
San Francisco Bay Area
Board Member and Advisor
EcoCart
• www.linkedin.com/company/ecocart-io
Apr 2022 - Present
San Francisco Bay Area
Advisor
Magoosh
• www.linkedin.com/company/magoosh
Jan 2011 - Present
Berkeley, CA
Co-Founder
Refill Revolution [acquired]
May 2009 - Apr 2012
MBA, Class of 2010
Haas School of Business
• www.linkedin.com/company/berkeley-haas
Jul 2008 - May 2010
Deloitte UK - Operations/Finance Consultant
2006-2008
Dec 2006 - Jul 2008
Deloitte - Strategy & Operations Consultant
2004-2006 Deloitte Consulting
Aug 2004 - Nov 2006
loopreturns.com
magoosh.com