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.