Startups are our passion.
Your success is our mission.

Company and management profiles are often written in the third person, which I’ve always found a bit impersonal and awkward. Since I place a high value on human relationships, both professionally and personally, and strongly believe in radical transparency and authenticity, here’s a first-person reflection on who I am.

After spending over 15 years in and around startups, I set out to build a professional services organization with a clear mission: to support early-stage ventures with their back-office operations.

My professional journey began with a rewarding career in the consumer and industrial markets practice at one of the Big Four audit firms, covering anything from small startups to large public multinationals. At KPMG, I had my first exposure to high-growth companies and early-stage ventures.

That experience opened the door to an opportunity at Allied Minds, an investment platform that launched and operated companies out of U.S. universities and federal labs. It was there that I truly discovered my passion for the venture creation process. After several years on the investment side, starting as the first finance hire and eventually leading finance through the Allied Minds IPO on the London Stock Exchange, I decided to experience the startup world from the inside. I transitioned into the colloquial “serial startup CFO” track for a number of startups.

Along the way, through my roles in audit, investment, and as a hands-on executive, I remained industry-agnostic. The one consistent theme? Working with tough, deeply disruptive technologies, often at the peak of their innovation cycles. From cancer therapeutics to lower Earth orbit satellites, micro-mobility when scooters were being tossed into rivers in 2021, cell and gene engineering during the COVID pandemic, blockchain technology during the FTX and banking crisis of 2022, and recently generative AI and deep tech innovation, I’ve always gravitated toward ventures tackling the hardest problems of the day. As I like to say, accounting can only be so exciting; the real thrill comes from aligning with a company’s mission and purpose.

In the dynamic, all-hands-on-deck environment of startups, I came to realize that being a strong CFO isn’t just about being proficient in accounting & finance. The CFO and COO roles often converge, and a truly impactful CFO must also be a capable operator and strategist.

This belief is reflected in my deep commitment to the entire venture-building process, and it’s what drives my mission: to help young entrepreneurs launch and manage their operations as they pursue bold ideas that make the world a better place.

I maintain a relentless focus on quality of work and meaningful personal relationships. I’m passionate about leveraging technology that enhances rather than replaces the human experience. I credit my inherent resilience, drive for survival and success, and empathy for the heartache that every entrepreneur faces, to my immigrant background.

On a more personal note, I’m unapologetically obsessed with being a dad. Watching my kids grow and discover the world fascinates me. It would be cliché to list all the things we do together as a family; what truly matters is simply being together and sharing life through its highs and lows. Recently, I’ve developed a deep appreciation for my own health, fitness, and longevity (so I can enjoy more of the above, longer), and I’ve grown especially fond of triathlon, as both a sport and a mindset.