
3x CEO with 3 Exits to Public Companies (E*TRADE, Dropbox, Cornerstone OnDemand)
I am an entrepreneur and manager with 20+ years experience starting and growing technology companies of all stages. I was brought in as the turnaround CEO of Grovo, a leading L&D SaaS platform, which was acquired by Cornerstone OnDemand in 18 months. I am a former Executive-in-Residence at Accel Partners and Global Sales & Operations executive at Dropbox, where I developed, managed, and scaled teams to help Dropbox for Business operate, sell, and grow across the world. I am also the founding CEO of three companies- Thematic (AI-enabled SaaS platform for investment research and product development), Endorse.com (mobile ad platform: Acquired by Dropbox) and Cake Financial (consumer finance: Acquired by E*Trade)- and have deep experience in a variety of business models including consumer technology, web and mobile services, B2B software, and SaaS. Prior to Cake, I worked in digital music managing strategy and running the day-to-day operations for Rhapsody, one of the first digital music subscription services. I was also the director of business development at financial services startup myCFO, founded by Jim Clark and backed by Kleiner Perkins, and online photo site, Snapfish. I graduated cum laude with Highest Thesis Honors from Tufts University and received my MBA from Harvard Business School, where I wrote the case study, RealNetworks: Rhapsody. I am the creator of the “TechCrunch Teardown” series and am a frequent contributor to other business and technology blogs, and serve on the Advisory Boards of several startups. I live in San Francisco, CA with my wife and two children. I have a keen interest in company and team building and often draw lessons from various creative industries (sports, music, television and film) in order to make technology companies and teams more successful.
accel.com
realnetworks.com
grovo.com
snapfish.com
dropbox.com
San Francisco, California, United States
Executive Chair and Member of Board of Directors
Captura
• www.linkedin.com/company/capturaio
Jan 2023 - Present
Founder and CEO (Acquired by Stocktwits)
Thematic
• www.linkedin.com/company/gothematic
Jul 2021 - Jul 2025
San Francisco Bay Area
Member of Board of Directors
Legacy.com
• www.linkedin.com/company/legacy-com
Aug 2017 - Dec 2023
Chicago, Illinois, United States
CEO (Acquired by Cornerstone OnDemand)
Grovo
• www.linkedin.com/company/grovo
May 2017 - Nov 2018
San Francisco Bay Area
Executive in Residence
Accel Partners
• www.linkedin.com/company/accel-vc
Oct 2015 - May 2017
Global Sales & Operations
Dropbox
• www.linkedin.com/company/dropbox
Jul 2013 - Oct 2015