Self-Proclaimed Title
Amateur watch enthusiast
My Other Dream Job
Charter Fishing Captain
Required Reading
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams
Favorite Sports Team
Florida Panthers
Startup founders are irrationally optimistic. They take on huge challenges, persist through rejection, and navigate extreme uncertainty. Without irrational optimism, their companies wouldn’t exist or stand a chance to succeed. As an investor, joining them in that optimism and reaching the point of unwavering belief in their vision is nothing short of a thrill—especially for someone who’s naturally left-brained and risk-averse (I blame and thank my parents!).
I grew up in South Florida and went on to study economics and play hockey at Tufts University. After college, I started my career in investment banking, learning more about financial modeling and analysis than I ever wanted to. I then spent a couple of years as a Series A investor, focusing on products, markets, and teams. Now at IVP, I bring together the quantitative skill set I built in banking and qualitative skill set I built in early-stage venture to guide founders and help IVP partner with outstanding companies.