Work
I build and fix the systems that make early-stage tech startups run, across growth, ops, and product.
I also occasionally invest: select investments here.
On sabbatical — back in tech late summer/fall 2026
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E: [lastName][firstName] at gmail dot com
Energy startup building the foundation of American power through a fleet of distributed residential batteries.
Second growth hire leveraging engineering to power marketing, sales, and deployments.
- Built and owned BasePowerCompany.com end-to-end — design, engineering, sign-up funnel, and conversion optimization
- Scaled direct mail from 0 to 250K+ mailers/mo — one of the highest-efficiency customer acquisition channels; became #1 for utility partnerships customer acquisition motion
- Built customer testimonials program end-to-end — sourced members, contracted videographer, and produced 7 short-form videos now live across site and lifecycle
- Reduced lead → customer time and cut support tickets 20%+ by eliminating permitting steps in coordination with deployments and legal
- Responsible for homebuilder partnership marketing—owned early Base × Lennar partnership to scaling to dozens of communities
- Built early data pipelining infrastructure and developed models for market penetration, targeting, and ROAS
Finance automation platform helping businesses spend smarter.
One of first growth hires focused on product—conversion, onboarding, verticalization, and channel partnerships.
- Owned ramp.com and responsible for inbound growth number—stood up personalized landing pages, reworked core onboarding flows, lead routing/scoring, and financing application (partnered with Risk for underwriting; Sales for lead routing)
- Partnered with data to define and measure “perfect onboarding,” informing product sequencing and lifecycle triggers
- Led product work for accounting and private equity channels, including the first PE-specific Ramp feature
- Partnered with eng/design to launch vertical products like the Ramp Fleet Card (drives $XXmm in incremental monthly card spend)
- Joined at ~150 employees and ~5k customers; left at ~900 employees and ~25k customers. Company valuation grew from $3B to $13.1B over my tenure.
Fion Technologies (shut down)
Wildfire prevention startup leveraging geospatial data and ML.
First operator managing internal systems, people/talent, and fundraise ops.
- Built company operations from zero—AP/AR, legal, payroll, benefits, and PEO setup
- Led technical recruiting end-to-end; sourced and hired early engineering talent
- Managed early investor relations and diligence for $650k pre-seed and $2M+ seed raises
- Supported SDR work: sourcing and coordinating calls with agency and utility contacts