Projects and Work Experience

Consulting, Advisory, and Fund with 50+ clients & 15+ portfolio companies

Company:

Vang Capital/Advisory

Position:

Managing Partner/Diriector

Type:

Founder

Location:

London

Vertical:

Consulting - Investment

Founder & Managing Director/Partner for Vang Advisory (est. 2017) and Vang Capital (est. 2019). Vang Advisory generates millions in revenue & tens of millions in revenue for clients. Vang Capital has seen 200% ROI in it's first 2 years of operation investing in tech

130k+ Employee Technology, System Integration, & Innovation Consultancy

Company:

NTT DATA UK

Position:

Analytics Lead/New Ventures

Type:

Full-Time

Location:

London

Vertical:

Innovation - Consulting

Managed analytics, due diligence report creation, quantitative research, and business/product modelling to make 6-figure strategic investments incloud, data, SaaS, CX, and other enterprise startups. Internal thought leader on blockchain, adtech, customer data, etc

Accelerator with 11 investments (100% active, $2M avg. funding)

Company:

Algorand Europe Accelerator

Position:

Program Director

Type:

Contract

Location:

London

Vertical:

Blockchain - Investment

Led program design, budgeting, team recruitment, curriculum creation, mentor sourcing, and delivery of accelerator program for Algorand. Program Director for program, where 200 startups applied for 11 cohort spots, raising $20M+ in funding post program

Real Estate Loan Marketplace with nearly £1bn in Loans Serviced

Company:

Brydg

Position:

Head of Digital Marketing

Type:

Part-Time

Location:

London

Vertical:

Prop/FinTech - Marketplace

Served as Head of Digital Marketing, including product marketing, SEO, analytics setup, content production, social media management, team management, and more for scaling PropTech/FinTech marketplace providing real estate lending options to brokers

Techstars-Accelerated Freelancer and Gig Talent Marketplace

Company:

JollyHQ

Position:

Growth Consultant

Type:

Contract

Location:

Austin

Vertical:

HR - SaaS - Marketplaces

Led KPI definition, metric tracking setup, dashboard creation, as well as weekly KPI tracking updates and reviews for distributed team going through Techstars and building gig economy hiring platform. Provided advisory on SEO, product, analytics, and more

Blockchain-focused Venture Capital Fund with 8-figures AUM

Company:

Eterna Capital

Position:

Innovation Consultant

Type:

Contract

Location:

London

Vertical:

Venture Capital - Blockchain

Developed winning RFP for accelerator program program proposal, served as resource for projects around marketing, growth, data, accelerators, and fundraising. Provided introductions to marketing and design operational resources, outsourcers, and agencies

Engineering Recruitment Platform with $22M in Funding Raised

Company:

Codility

Position:

Growth Consultant

Type:

Full-Time

Location:

San Francisco/London

Vertical:

SaaS - B2B - HR - Engineering

Let high-performance consulting team to set up analytics, testing, and automation infrastructure to allow for scaling of B2B marketing/sales function including setup and customization of Hubspot, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Google Data Studio, Google Optimize, and more

Innovation Consultancy with 900+ Venutres & 80+ Fortune 500 Partners

Company:

Rainmaking

Position:

Innovation Consultant

Type:

Contract

Location:

Dubai/Cario/Doha/UK

Vertical:

Innovation - Consulting

Managed the marketing launch and partner reporting for Qatar SportsTech accelerator launch, Mentor for Dubai Smart Cities program, oversaw global marketing team for MENA programs, CRM consultant for Rainmaking Insurance for Pipedrive configuration

InsurTech/FinTech focused Consultancy Operating in 23 Counties

Company:

Finnovista

Position:

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Type:

Part-Time

Location:

Mexico City/Madrid

Vertical:

Innovation - Consulting

Served as Growth and Data Mentor twice and Entrepreneur in Residence twice for Finnovista's Startupbootcamp FinTech Mexico City and SCALE FinTech programs, mentored 40+ FinTech startups to create data-driven infrastructure and growth tactics

Australian Market Leading Industrial Furniture Manufacturer

Company:

Maxton Fox

Position:

SEO/Analytics Consultant

Type:

Contract

Location:

Sydney

Vertical:

Industrial - B2B

Set up SEO and Google Analtytics, including conversion tracking and custom configuration, across entire website for large Australian furniture manufacturer. Provided web development, marketing strategy, and other expertise on an advisory basis

Seed/Series A Angel Syndicate Fund focused on Startups in Florida

Company:

Bridge Angel Investors

Position:

Head of Due Diligence

Type:

Part-Time

Location:

Sarasota

Vertical:

Venture Capital - Analytics

Managed due diligence process and create summary reports for Executive Committee meeting to decide whether to fund technology startup A rounds, delivered presentation providing insight on state of digital and marketing ecosystem at investor meeting

Blockhain focused Venture Capital Fund and Advisory Firm

Company:

TitanBlock

Position:

Head of Operations

Type:

Part-Time

Location:

Amsterdam/London

Vertical:

Blockchain - Venture Capital

Served as Head of Operations for cryptocurrency/blockchain focused investment fund and advisory firm. Managed brand creation, website development, legals, team onboarding, internal systems, travel logistics, and other company administration.

HR/Talent SaaS with $18M in Funding from Balderton Capital, etc.

Company:

Jobbio

Position:

Interim Head of Growth

Type:

Part-Time

Location:

Dublin/London

Vertical:

HR - Marketplace - SaaS

Implemented SEO across 30,000+ pages leading to a 3x improvement in organic traffic, managed tracking rollout to improve attributable revenue from 40% to over 90%, reduced CPA across all channels by 5x for B2B leads, managed rollout of B2B comms automations

Blockchain Compliance and KYC/AML Platform, 8-figure ICO

Company:

Coinfirm

Position:

Marketing/Web Consultant

Type:

Contract

Location:

Warsaw/London

Vertical:

Blockchain - RegTech

Implemented SEO across site, served as marketing advisory for 8-figure ICO fundraise, project managed development for high performance, headless CMS/serverless website with custom page layouts, customer tracking, and other advanced features

Niche Dating Mobile App with 1.5M+ Users & 4.4 App Store Rating

Company:

Feeld

Position:

SEO/Marketing Consultant

Type:

Contract

Location:

Lisbon/London

Vertical:

Dating - Mobile App

Conducted research and created mcokups for optimal web landing pages to drive mobile app conversions, implemented SEO improvements including content tagging, hierachy, publishing process, and performance improvement on consulting basis

LegalTech Platform Providing Cost-Optimized Legal Services to Startups

Company:

Linkilaw

Position:

SEO/Analytics Consultant

Type:

Contract

Location:

London

Vertical:

Legal Tech - B2B

Implemented SEO improvements including content tagging, hierachy, publishing process, and performance improvement on consulting basis, oversaw Google Analtytics configuration, London-based SME/startup legal services provider Linkilaw

Virtual Data Room used by Moody's, Pfizer, KPMG, OakNorth, BBVA, etc.

Company:

EthosData

Position:

Data/Analytics Consultant

Type:

Contract

Location:

London

Vertical:

M+A - Cloud - SaaS

Development of system for 360 user analytics based on Mixpanel and Segment to centralize customer data for analytics and marketing automation purposes from YouTube, Intercom, Google Analtytics, Mailchimp, and product data, SEO & marketing advisory

On Demand Photography Marketplace with 1M+ Photos Ordered

Company:

Splento

Position:

SEO/Marketing Consultant

Type:

Contract

Location:

London

Vertical:

Marketplace - Content

SEO audit and implementation of improvements, creation of landing page strategy that drove 3x improvement in inbound leads generated for on-demand photography booking service, setup and marketing rollout of affiliate network marketing strategy

Global Family of 20+ Startup Accelerators with 1,000+ Investments

Company:

Startupbootcamp Global

Position:

Global Marketing Manager

Type:

Full-Time

Location:

London

Vertical:

Accelerators - B2B

2 years as Global Marketing Manager, served as consultant after full-time employment, managed global marketing and data in growth phase from 8 to 20 programs, oversaw team of 20+ global marketers, drove 3x increase in startup applications to accelerator programs

Market Leading Touchscreen / App-Based Digital Audio Workstation

Company:

Intua Beatmaker 3

Position:

Launch Campaign

Type:

Contract

Location:

Geneva/Paris

Vertical:

Music - B2C - App

Campaign strategy, planning, and exectuion for launch of Intua BeatMaker 3, which generated $250,000 in revenue in it's first month on the App Store, ranked the #1 iPad Paid Music App in 30+ countries, and featured in the  Apple WWDC Conference Keynote

Surgical Similation Platform Acquired by Medtronic for 9-figures

Company:

Touch Surgery

Position:

Digital Marketing Lead

Type:

Full-Time

Location:

London

Vertical:

MedTech - Mobile App - B2B

Reached Top Medical App in 30+ App Stores, scaled growth from <10,000 to >130,000 users/month, built content and partnership process to leverage client budgets, setup email sequences to 3x opens/clicks, 1st marketing hire on team of 30+, hired & trained 4 marketers

Hardware EdTech & Community acquired by Avnet for 8-Figures

Company:

Hackster.io

Position:

Community Manager

Type:

Full-Time

Location:

San Francisco

Vertical:

Hardware - STEM

First hire, laid marketing and growth foundations for acquisition by Avnet in 2016, created/curated content for hardware hacking community site, managed social media, email, analytics, Developed platform direction, SEO, product, UX, and growth strategies

Music/EdTech/Hardware, 2nd @ TC Disrupt, Backed by SOSV, SVAngel

Company:

Incident Technologies

Position:

Community Manager

Type:

Full-Time

Location:

San Francisco

Vertical:

Music - Hardware - EdTech

Music products that placed 2nd at TCDisrupt & crowdedfunded $500,000, Produced/curated content for apps, promotions, & marketing, managed logistics, support, email, & social pages, grew audience to 15k social followers & 400k+ YouTube views

Business School and Psychology Dept Labs of Top-Ranked Public University

Company:

University of Michigan

Position:

Research Assistant

Type:

Part-Time

Location:

Ann Arbor

Vertical:

Marketing - Psychology

Paid researcher for Professor Katherine Burson in the Ross School of Business Behavioral Lab, research assistant for Dr. Allison Earl in the Social Psychology Department HAILab, wrote thesis on digitization of music industry including potential impact of cryptocurrencies

Largest T-Shirt and Custom Apparel Printing Company in Ann Arbor

Company:

Ann Arbor T-Shirt Company

Position:

Analyst

Type:

Part-Time

Location:

Ann Arbor

Vertical:

Retail - Apparel

Managed QuickBooks based revenue and expense accounting/bookeepping, analyzed advertising data from Google Ads, Facebook Ads, and other PPC platforms to optimize ad spend and improve ROI, conducted other market analysis projects for founders

Hearst-Owned Automotive Magazine with 1.2M Readers Founded in 1955

Company:

Car and Driver Magazine

Position:

Community Manager

Type:

Full-Time

Location:

Ann Arbor

Vertical:

Publishing - Automotive

Managed social networks including branded C&D platform, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, reformatted and input print magazine articles into custom CMS to create web pages, input SEO meta data to improve search results for new and historical content

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