Wunder

Cofounder & Board Member

Cofounder & Executive Chairman

Wunder has built the market-leading software platform for financing and developing non-residential (commercial, municipal, non-profit) solar projects in the U.S. We source solar projects from our national network of top-tier solar developers and installers, run those projects through a rigorous diligence process on our software platform, and bring the very best to a multi billion dollar network of investors. 

As CEO, I led product, hiring, fundraising, and partnerships with both solar developers and sources of capital.

Wunder provides the solar expertise and partnerships necessary to bring hundreds of millions in capital to this underserved space, and accelerate our sustainable energy future. 

Community: Mentor for Techstars (multiple programs,) CU NEXT, Leeds School of Business.

Cofounder & CEO

Motor

The AES Corporation

Entrepreneur in Residence

FundBoard

FundBoard built software tools to make your startup's fundraise more comprehensive, more efficient, and ultimately more likely to be successful. So you could get back to what you love. 

As CEO, I led product, user engagement, hiring, and fundraising.

SimpleReach (Acquired)

As President, I led Partnerships, Revenue, Account Management, and Marketing. I grew the customer base from product launch to a 2.5 billion pageview publisher network including signing and managing Time, Forbes, MTV, USA Today, NBC News, People, VICE, Fox Sports, The Atlantic, MSNBC, Slate, Entertainment Weekly, Upworthy, and more. As part of the Executive team, I wore many hats growing SimpleReach itself, as we tripled the team and raised two rounds of Venture Capital in under two years. 

Left to move to Boulder because, mountains. This is an amazing team hitting on all cylinders with big things ahead.

President

Village Ventures

Advising startups, digging into spaces, working on my own projects...in search of the next challenge. SimpleReach's potential and team captivated me and I joined the (then) four-person team as President, to run the customer and revenue sides of the house.

Investment Committee Member for early-stage investments into OnDeck Capital, TxVia, BankSimple and others. Board of Directors representative at Babble (sold to Disney for $40mm - http://read.bi/1bYT8XU), Extreme Reach (raised $100mm+ to date - http://bit.ly/YgAetU) and www.Trefis.com. 

Community: TechStars mentor to ThinkNear (sold to Telenav for $22mm - http://tcrn.ch/11yrcdu) and Veri (now Memoir). Entrepreneur Roundtable Accelerator mentor to numberFire. Steering Committee Member of NYCVC. 

I felt in order to take the next step I needed more operational expertise and an entrepreneurial empathy that comes only from personal experience, and took an EIR role to chase them.

Principal

Associate

Amplio Education

A MOOC with teaching assistants, basically. I made many mistakes, the least embarrassing of which was underestimating the retention issue all MOOCs have faced to-date. I'll tell you about the less explicable mistakes over a drink.

Bain & Company

An amazing business education. Started in management consulting and finished in the Private Equity Group. Co-founder/Operational Co-lead of Bain's Green Team, Bain & Company's first climate impact, energy efficiency, LEED construction group - http://onforb.es/11qhZz1 - and how I made it entrepreneurial.

I work with smart, passion-filled people on endeavors that challenge and inspire me.

I’m most proud of building the largest solar crowdfunding platform to date ($75mm), raising the first two $100mm+ funds dedicated to distributed commercial & industrial solar in U.S. history, achieving market leadership in U.S. C&I solar financing, and the perfect 5.0 on Glassdoor we maintained under my 6 years of leadership as CEO of Wunder. 

Specialties:  Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

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