Work Experience
Attain | Co-founder | 2024 - current
75% of Americans are considered financially illiterate (2024 FINAC), 25% are considered house poor (NAR 2024). We help Gen Y & Z make better financial decisions through personalized financial education and coaching.
75% of Americans are considered financially illiterate (2024 FINAC), 25% are considered house poor (NAR 2024). We help Gen Y & Z make better financial decisions through personalized financial education and coaching.
Mission.dev | Co-founder & Head of Growth | 2020 - 2024
Connecting great companies with a highly curated network of senior product & software engineering talent. Backed by 5 years of data, 30K profiles, and 400K hrs of work, Mission is unlike any other talent marketplace.
Connecting great companies with a highly curated network of senior product & software engineering talent. Backed by 5 years of data, 30K profiles, and 400K hrs of work, Mission is unlike any other talent marketplace.
Bus.com | COO & Head of Product | 2016 - 2019
Drove 10X growth at Bus via Product, Marketing, Sales & Data teams.
Drove 10X growth at Bus via Product, Marketing, Sales & Data teams.
Real Ventures | Investor & Head of Platform | 2011 - 2016
Founding team member. Helped scale the fund from 10’s to 100’s of founders supported through software and community. Led sourcing of new deals, investment due diligence, board observer, fund management, reporting, and fundraising. Also led product development of custom software built to scale the funds back office and platform strategy.
Founding team member. Helped scale the fund from 10’s to 100’s of founders supported through software and community. Led sourcing of new deals, investment due diligence, board observer, fund management, reporting, and fundraising. Also led product development of custom software built to scale the funds back office and platform strategy.
Projects
North Star | 2024 - current
Annual event to promote entrepreneurship in Montreal .
Montreal Startup Guide | 2024 - current
Grassroots managed online resource to help navigate all the activity happening in the Montreal startup ecosystem.
Startup Open House | 2013- current
A distributed open house event to help the public connect with local startups. Over 1500 participants visit the offices of ~50 startups in multi cities in North America.
MTLinTech | 2015- 2021
Montreal centric media blog covering all news in the local startup and technology ecosystem.
Startup Drinks | 2011- 2020
Startup Drinks was one of Montreal’s flagship & longest standing Startup community events. Hosted on the last Wednesday of every month, Startup Drinks is not only a monthly ritual for many of the city’s local Startups, it is also the gateway event to many new entrepreneurs, professionals, and students looking to learn more about Startups in Montreal.
Notman House | 2011- 2013
Kick off project planning and support of fundraising efforts from private and public institutions. Property, project, and volunteer management… doing whatever it takes to make Notman House a reality. Over a 2 year period helped take Notman from 1 tenant to over 60 startups and over 300 community events and meetups. Also led Notman's crowdfunding campaign which was the most successful community crowdfunding campaign in Canada at that point in time (a great testament of the support behind the Notman project)
Annual event to promote entrepreneurship in Montreal .
Montreal Startup Guide | 2024 - current
Grassroots managed online resource to help navigate all the activity happening in the Montreal startup ecosystem.
Startup Open House | 2013- current
A distributed open house event to help the public connect with local startups. Over 1500 participants visit the offices of ~50 startups in multi cities in North America.
MTLinTech | 2015- 2021
Montreal centric media blog covering all news in the local startup and technology ecosystem.
Startup Drinks | 2011- 2020
Startup Drinks was one of Montreal’s flagship & longest standing Startup community events. Hosted on the last Wednesday of every month, Startup Drinks is not only a monthly ritual for many of the city’s local Startups, it is also the gateway event to many new entrepreneurs, professionals, and students looking to learn more about Startups in Montreal.
Notman House | 2011- 2013
Kick off project planning and support of fundraising efforts from private and public institutions. Property, project, and volunteer management… doing whatever it takes to make Notman House a reality. Over a 2 year period helped take Notman from 1 tenant to over 60 startups and over 300 community events and meetups. Also led Notman's crowdfunding campaign which was the most successful community crowdfunding campaign in Canada at that point in time (a great testament of the support behind the Notman project)