
Moving people at Upshift (AI platform for robocar subscriptions, 500 alum)
Upshift is car subscriptions for the autonomous era. Sound interesting? Get in touch! I have a history of moving people to drive systemic change: 1999: cofounded a dockless bikeshare 2006: designed an eScooter for shared use (MIT Media Lab) 2008: real-time rideshare (business plan) 2009: P2P carshare (business plan, team formation) 2011: pitched Google on autonomous rideshare + custom built EV 2012: fractional car co-ownership 2013: on demand rental car Today: urban car subscriptions at Upshift Work has been in Forbes, NYTimes, Wired, Discovery Channel, Business Insider, This Week in Startups, Gizmodo, Metropolis, Curbed and others. Achievements - Hitchhiked across Europe in 1997 - Avoided Tibetan prison by convincing police I was Chinese - Hacked free plane tickets to keep up a 3-year transcontinental relationship - Traveled through 5 countries with no passport in 2011, including entering USA
upshift.work
stanford.edu
lyft.com
ciid.dk
lvlup.vc
jumpassociates.com
San Francisco, California, United States
Co-Founder & CEO
Upshift
• www.linkedin.com/company/upshift
Oct 2012 - Present
San Francisco, CA
LvlUp Venture Scout
LvlUp Ventures
• www.linkedin.com/company/lvlup-vc
Dec 2024 - Present
United States
Senior Fellow
Global Urban Development
• www.linkedin.com/company/global-urban-development-gud
May 2024 - Present
Berkeley, California, United States
Driver
Lyft
• www.linkedin.com/company/lyft
Jan 2017 - Apr 2017
San Francisco Bay Area
Operations
ReachNow
• www.linkedin.com/company/reachnow
Dec 2015 - Apr 2016
San Francisco Bay Area
Mentor
Stanford University
• www.linkedin.com/company/stanford-university
Jan 2012 - Jun 2012
Palo Alto, CA
Consultant
EMBARQ
• www.linkedin.com/company/wrirosscities
Nov 2011 - Feb 2012
Managing Director (CEO)
piipl
Aug 2008 - Aug 2010
Copenhagen Area, Denmark