Bio

I am a tech entrepreneur, director, venture investor, and fortune 500 executive with deep experience in fintech, ecommerce, payments, marketplaces, and identity. I have had the fortune of being at the beginning of some of the most significant disruptions and platforms including search, ecommerce, mobile, payments, and blockchain at both early stage and public companies. I have operated and built revenue in B2B and B2C market across more ten countries in Asia, Europe, and Latin America building an understanding of internationalization and localization success strategies and tactics. I am Venture Partner at Fin Capital, a $1B global fintech B2B focused fund, where I am focused on Web3, crypto infrastructure, blockchain, and regtech. Previously, I was Co-Founder and President of GlobaliD, a venture backed, portable, and interoperable identity platform leveraging the blockchain with initial customers as crypto and digital wallet customers. Earlier, I was at eBay/PayPal (Nasdaq: EBAY) as head of strategy for eBay Marketplaces during a period of significant mobile and cross border commerce growth. My first forray into starts ups was with Norwest funded Retrevo, ecommerce business focused on consumer electronics experience acquired by Barnes and Noble, as head of Business Development. At Lycos (Nasdaq: LCOS; Acq.: Telefonica), I was General Manager of a global suite of products and later as VP of Corp Development and Strategy during which time the company grew revenue from $50M to $800M over four years and grew users by >300%. I have a commitment to democratization of access and empowering populations via technology. I am a Board Director at MoneyGram (Nasdaq: MGI, Compliance and Ethics Committee,) National Bank Holdings Corp (NYSE: NBHC, Risk Committee and Compensation Committee,) and Digital Frontiers (Vice Chairperson,) and Board Advisor at Berkeley SkyDeck and Women in Identity. I am a regular speaker on digital transformation, fintech, and blockchain and spend time as a Mentor at Stanford’s StartX and Expert in Resident at The Wharton School’s Venture Lab. Expertise: ▪ FinTech ▪ Web3 - Blockchain, Crypto ▪ RegTech ▪ Digital Transformation ▪ eCommerce/Marketplaces ▪ Identity ▪ Cybersecurity ▪ Strategy, Growth, New Markets ▪ Globalization ▪ Partnerships ▪ Product ▪ Cross Border Transactions ▪ Telecom/Mobile ▪ Ecosystem Development ▪ Corporate Governance ▪ Leadership Development