Expert In HardTech and Software

Passion for Startups and Green Tech

Deal Sourcing & Industry Networking

Leveraged deep engagement with leading automotive OEMs and suppliers, building and maintaining cross-company networks, scouting technology partners, and identifying collaboration opportunities critical for early-stage investment discovery.

Technical Due Diligence & Market Research

Designed and validated test plans, performed requirement analyses, and validated multi-layer technical solutions to ensure scalability and risk mitigation skills directly transferrable to evaluating investment opportunities.

Startup Mentorship & Operational Support

Developed and delivered numerous technical training programs, including onboarding and upskilling teams and external partners, sharing best practices, and aligning teams on quality and financial objectives — essential skills for mentoring technical founders and portfolio company teams.

Continuous Education

Leading Teams: Developing as a Leader

In this foundational course from Illinois University, I was challenged to develop as a leader. I explored the concept of leadership, assessed the required competencies for today's leaders, learned more about myself and how I could make effective and ethical decisions, identified how to build trusting relationships with others, and articulated a practice for growing as a leader.

Leading Teams: Building Effective Team Cultures

In this foundational course, I immersed myself in the idea of building effective team cultures. I explored different facets of team culture that were at the root of effective teams. I learned more about cultures of safety, engagement, and growth, so that I could lead my teams toward cultures that facilitated the most effective teamwork.

Organizations are complex and can be difficult to manage well, so I needed tools to help me better understand and deal with the many complexities and challenges associated with organizational life. In this course, I learned theories, principles, and frameworks that helped me design more effective organizations. I was able to: Analyze organizations from multiple perspectives to better understand business challenges, Strategically plan for effective organizational governance, Develop systems to plan for growth and change, and Understand the implications of the external environment on business and strategically respond to these factors.

Designing the Organization

This course was intended to help me become a better manager by helping me more fully understand and deal with the complexities and challenges associated with managerial life in organizations. I learned theories, principles, and frameworks that helped me more effectively manage and lead my organizations.

Managing the Organization

Business Strategy

In this course, I learned how organizations create, capture, and maintain value, developing an understanding of why this process is fundamental for sustainable competitive advantage. I gained insights into value creation and capture and learned tools to analyze competition and cooperation from multiple perspectives, including both industry-level frameworks like five forces analysis and firm-level strategies such as business models and strategic positioning. I also understood how managers coordinate various functional areas, resources, and systems within a company and align them with the external environment to enhance overall performance. Ultimately, I was able to recognize and apply strategic management tools in real business contexts, process diverse information to diagnose strategic issues, evaluate alternatives, and formulate coherent, actionable strategic plans.

Corporate Strategy

In this course, I learned how corporations create, capture, and maintain value from a corporate-level perspective, which goes beyond managing a single business unit. I developed an understanding of how corporations make strategic decisions regarding multiple businesses and stakeholders, such as vertical integration, diversification, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, international expansion, global strategy, corporate governance, and corporate social responsibility. I learned tools and frameworks to assess corporate scope, corporate transactions, and global strategy and to analyze complex business situations and formulate coherent corporate strategies. Additionally, I gained insights into the role of corporate governance and stakeholder management in modern companies.

The capstone was a strategic leadership and management plan where I applied what I had learned to an actual business situation involving one or more focal companies. The deliverable was designed to create value from the perspective of potential employers while achieving pedagogical and experiential goals for me as a learner.

Strategic Leadership and Management Capstone

In this course, I gained a valuable perspective on my sales career, whether I was just starting out or managing entry-level salespeople. I began with an overview of what it takes to be successful in sales, uncovering why many people have misconceptions about the profession. I learned about the inbound sales methodology, which helped me understand the differences between active and passive buyers and how to build relationships that earn their attention. The course taught me the importance of understanding the buyer’s context to provide tailored and effective solutions. By investing time in this training, I acquired the fundamental knowledge and confidence needed to succeed in sales.

Sales Training: Building Your Sales Career

In this course, I learned an inbound approach to sales that emphasized being helpful rather than salesy. By the end, I was able to prospect for new business, qualify high-quality prospects, book meetings with decision makers, handle buyer objections, and negotiate and close deals. This process equipped me with practical tips and advice to run an effective sales playbook. Through following this approach, I was able to jumpstart my career in sales with confidence and clear tactics.

Sales Training: Techniques for a Human-Centric Sales Process

In this course, I learned how to define my target market, create a scalable sales process, and develop training, coaching, hiring, and onboarding programs to help my sales team grow more effectively. Whether I was already managing a sales team or aiming to do so in the future, the course explained what is involved in setting up a sales process, coaching my team, hiring new members, and getting those new hires up to speed as quickly as possible.

Sales Training: Sales Team Management

Sales Training: Inbound Business Strategy

In the Inbound Certification course, I learned the fundamentals of inbound marketing and gained a comprehensive view of what it takes for a successful inbound strategy. The course emphasized a shift from interruption-based messages to empowering potential customers by aligning with their changed buying behaviors. I progressed through lessons based on the inbound methodology’s four stages: Attract, Convert, Close, and Delight, which cover marketing, sales, service, and relationship-building. Each lesson provided practical tactics I could apply to help my business grow. Additionally, I gained valuable insights from HubSpot’s leadership, whose experiences helped illustrate the effectiveness of these strategies in real-world settings.

An Entire MBA in 1 Course

In this course, I joined over 450,000 students from 195 countries and benefited from exceptional guidance supported by superb reviews. This helped me take concrete steps to advance my career. I learned how to launch a company from scratch, secure a job more easily, and attract customers using top networking strategies. The course deepened my understanding of raising capital quickly, creating clear financial models, and analyzing company financials with confidence. I also gained insights into how investment banking and management consulting firms operate and when to engage them. Additionally, I mastered important business skills such as presenting persuasively, communicating efficiently, and navigating career changes smoothly. By the end, I was equipped with the tools and knowledge to grow a business, partner with investors, and set ambitious, limitless goals for success.