Transatlantic entrepreneur turned investor living in and loving Europe. 
20+ years as an entrepreneur and VC. 
Passionate about innovation, technology, and startups.
Specialties: VC, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Deeptech.

Michael Jackson

"Degree of difficulty counts in the Olympics, it doesn't count in business. You don't get any extra points for the fact that something is very hard to do. So you might as well just step over one-foot bars instead of trying to jump over seven-foot bars."

Great point. You usually don't get rewarded more for doing the complicated thing in business, but many instinctively choose the more difficult path over the less so. You gotta love Buffett.

Michael Jackson 🦡

Too many in Europe have forgotten that tradeoffs are a real thing that grownups have to deal with. 

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Science...but it's pop-punk. 👩‍🔬🤘 

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Cool video here from Marques Brownlee and the Epic Spaceman. Shrink down and explore an Apple M5 computer chip. Great watch for anyone into semiconductors, transistors, and tech history.

Hooray for technology! Hooray for science! 👩‍🔬

“I think your experience of the world is largely a shoring up against the unpleasant truth that the world doesn’t know you’re here.” - Cormac McCarthy, ‘Stella Maris’.

Image by John Haig of an American Bison in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park. 🦬 

Another gem from McCarthy for good measure, this time from ‘The Passenger’: “You would give up your dreams in order to escape your nightmares and I would not. I think it's a bad bargain.”

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Resource Domain

Companies must preserve as their highest priority the ability to attract new interest for their products or services.   Every company has a unique value proposition.  What’s yours and who needs it?

Without continually winning new new logos year over year there is diminished company productivity and value.

Influencing Strategic Thinking and Founder

Paranet Solutions

Paranet is a SOC II Type II provider of world-class managed IT and security solutions with cybersecurity, security ops, managed IT, and M&A assessments.
Working as a Senior Business Consultant with a dedicated technology team to audit and identify cybersecurity, network vulnerabilities, and best practice management capabilities of Home Health Agencies for consideration of a merger or acquisition by a 3rd party.

Senior Business Consultant

STRATUM

Stratum is a leading provider of innovative Cloud and Business Services designed to solve complex business challenges to reduce IT costs and improve business.

Vice President Marketing Sales: contract

ManageWatch

Founded in 2003, ManageWatch was one of Dallas' most successful Managed Service Providers (MSP) selling I.T. solutions and services.  Built a strong, capable, and effective Sales and Executive team that provided for day to day successful year over year improvements including graduating sales quota.

Successfully transitioned the company from a premise based MSP to a Cloud Service Provider (CSP) business model; on both VMware with Horizon View client, and Microsoft Azure architectures.

Chief Revenue Officer and Founder

ManageWatch, an early private cloud provider was sold in 2018.  Founded in 2003, ManageWatch was one of Dallas' most successful Managed Service Providers (MSP), selling IT solutions and services.
Built and led an effective sales team, achieving consistent year-over-year sales growth for 18 years.  Contracts were multiyear with an average TCV of ~$500,000 at $2 Million annual MRR.
Oversaw a team of 25 employees, including sales, IT, accounting, and contractors.
In 2014, transitioned the company from an MSP to a Cloud Service Provider (CSP) on dedicated VMware with Horizon View, and later migrated the architecture to Azure as a cloud area network (CAN).

President

Resource Domain was founded as an Outsourced Sales Management (OSM) model, utilizing statistics to predict personal selling behaviors and inform sales training to ensure consistent selling success. OSM was a new and novel concept after 9/11.
Secured several Outsourced Sales Management contracts, managing a team of 25 sales reps.
Contracts were monthly commitments with an average of ~$100,000, totaling $1 Million MRR.

Sales Executive

Erapmus- A Gabriel Goncalves Company

Vericenter Inc. acquired Erapmus May 1, 2000.  As Vericenter General Manager, responsible for overseeing the Enterprise Consulting Division.  This division consists of 30 employees; 4 sales persons,18 network engineers, 2 management and 6 staff personnel.  Sold project based business and proactive network management contracts of $8 million in 2001.

Erapmus is a Professional Services firm specializing in network integration projects and network management.  As one of the 3 in Executive Management, grew Erapmus into one of the largest technical service providers in Texas: from start up, to 3 locations with over 75 employees and over $13,000,000 in revenue.

Responsible for setting the company’s sales direction and strategy.  Achieved direct sale of services and large account project and outsourcing quota through consultative selling approach; targeting Fortune 500 account base.  

Responsible for all Sales Management of the organization.  This includes evaluating, hiring, and training, of all sales staff; leading a team from 2 Sales Executives to a Sales Department of 12 Sales Executive; all at quota year over year.  Principal in identifying and growing strategic industry partnerships.

Vice President of Sales and General Manager

Erapmus, Inc

Erapmus was a technology services firm specializing in network integration projects and IT Consulting before selling in 2001.
As 1 of 3 in Executive Management, I grew Erapmus into one of the largest technical service providers in Texas with 75 employees, and over $13,000,000 in annual sales in less than 9 years.
Hired and trained sales staff, growing a team of 2 sales reps to a department of 12 at quota.
As GM, I directed sales and marketing strategy for the Enterprise Consulting Division, securing $8 million in contracts in 2001.
Contracts sold were multiyear with an average total contract value of ~$250,000.
Achieved company quota through a personally developed Bait Marketing strategy targeting SMBs.

General Manager

Compucom

CompuCom is a $3 billion supplier of desktop integration products and services to large corporations. Services include LAN/WAN integration projects, consulting, network management, help desk, field engineering, procurement, configuration, and distribution.
Closed the largest outsourcing support contract in company history in 1994.
Contracts sold were multiyear with an average total contract value of ~$150,000.
Exceeded all quota requirements.

National Account Executive

CompuCom is a $3 Billion-dollar supplier of desktop integration products and services to large corporations.  Services include: LAN/WAN integration projects, consulting, network management, help desk, field engineering, procurement, configuration and distribution.

Responsible for locating and closing help desk outsource contracts.  Closed the largest outsource support contract in company history.  Exceeded all quota requirements.  One of 4 of 15 Account Executives retained after purchase by CompuCom.

Network Computing, Inc

Founded in 1990, Network Computing, Inc. designs and markets network management systems for resellers and service providers, workgroup managers, and IT managers.
Responsible for channel development sales for the Rocky Mountain and West Coast territories; channel included OEMs, System Integrators, and Vars
Exceeded all quota requirements.

Senior Account Executive

Continental Technology, Inc.

Continental Technology, Inc. is a provider of high-quality network and hardware components, importing and selling them domestically and internationally.
Responsible for selling to end users, OEMs, System Integrators, VARs, and Corporate accounts.
Top sales performer 10 months in a row while supervising 4 sales reps.
Exceeded all quota requirements.

Account Executive

I’m a technology sales leader and revenue strategist with 30+ years of turning unseen opportunities into scalable business models. Over my career, I’ve helped thousands of clients and driven more than $100M in technology services sales.

What sets me apart is my ability to translate complex technology into clear, monetized value propositions that spark curiosity, create demand, and convert to revenue. I call this approach Bait Marketing—a framework I developed to solve the biggest challenge in tech sales: non-technical buyers don’t see value until it’s too late. By flipping that script, I generate interest before the need arises and open the door to higher-value, faster-closing deals.

As a Chief Revenue Executive (CRE), I:

Build and scale demand-generation engines that consistently fill pipelines.

Lead teams with energy, clarity, and confidence to exceed sales goals.

Monetize technology solutions into business outcomes buyers care about.

I thrive in dynamic, high-growth environments where decisive action and vision matter. My career has been defined by spotting opportunities early, structuring them for scale, and driving revenue growth that lasts.

Priorities: God, Family, Work, Friends.
Passions outside of work: motorcycles, soccer, lifting, adventure.

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