Education
Stanford University
BS, Industrial Engineering 1993-09-01 - 1997-06-01Harvard Business School
MBA, 2001-08-01 - 2003-05-01Work Experience
Fast Forward
Current
Fast Forward
Startups
Current
Startups
Archived Page
2013-01-01 - 2013-12-01
Archived Page
Adobe
2012-01-01 - 2012-05-01
Adobe
Efficient Frontier
2011-05-01 - 2012-01-01
Efficient Frontier
Context Optional (acquired by Efficient Frontier)
2007-06-01 - 2011-05-01
Context Optional (acquired by Efficient Frontier)
SpotDJ
2005-11-01 - 2007-10-01
SpotDJ
Qwikker
2003-08-01 - 2005-10-01
Qwikker
Verizon
2002-06-01 - 2002-08-01
Verizon
AdventureSeek
1999-05-01 - 2001-01-01
AdventureSeek
Skills
Summary
I am focused on tech’s impact on humanity and the opportunities tech creates for improving livelihoods. I co-founded Fast Forward to back social entrepreneurs who combine technology and a nonprofit business model. We bring together the best of the tech sector and philanthropic investors to provide these entrepreneurs with the mentorship, capital, and resources needed to succeed. Our powerhouse network – 1,000 mentors, 500 donors, 50 corporate partners, and 20 foundations – helps them scale. So far Fast Forward has directly deployed over $50 million to our alumni portfolio – which has also raised over $1 billion in follow-on funding. I am most proud that the 102 nonprofits that have graduated from our accelerator have impacted 262 million lives. I love championing AI-powered nonprofits in publications like Stanford Social Innovation Review, Harvard Business Review, and TechCrunch, and on stages like TED AI or the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Every month I share my thoughts in my newsletter, AI for Humanity, where I dig into the intersection of AI, society, and impact — hoping to spark a few new ideas along the way. Before Fast Forward I studied engineering at Stanford University, earned an MBA from Harvard Business School, and worked as a for-profit tech entrepreneur before finding my calling supporting entrepreneurs building for humanity.