- Boston born to working-class entrepreneurs
- Grew up providing commercial lawncare and installing irrigation systems with my father
- Studied finance and marketing at University of Richmond
- Captained the U.R. rugby club as starting scrumhalf and played in New Zealand for a semester, coached by former All Blacks
- Moved to San Francisco without a job, network, or apartment seeking to work with technology companies
- Worked the last six years at The Blueshirt Group, the leading technology investor relations and IPO advisory consultancy, most recently as Director of Business Development
- Early-stage startup advisor on positioning and messaging for fund-raising
- Built and ran a music criticism website in 2010
- Completed The Vineman (Ironman triathlon) in 2012
- Ran the Marin Headleads North Face 50 mile ultramarathon last month (recap)
- Avid fiction reader, most recently: Freedom (Franzen), 10th of December (Saunders)
- Most recent travels: Rio/Paraty, Barcelona, Hawaii