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With over 17 years of experience driving growth and innovation through partnerships across technology, aerospace, automotive, and consulting, I have a proven track record of identifying and securing strategic investments to accelerate business impact. My expertise lies in assessing emerging technologies and crafting win-win partnerships to pilot and scale high-potential solutions rapidly. As Chief Growth Officer at Convertible AI, I lead partnerships to accelerate enterprise adoption of AI to address strategic business questions. At Explorers' Lab, I convene experts to help global companies approach new technology-driven questions. At Ford Motor Company, I explored strategic options in the energy space and developed methodologies for decision-making. I also led and evaluated a $103M AI joint venture investment with ADT Security. My partnership work has driven over $300M in strategic investments and delivered a 120% increase in technology transfer success in the first year at Harman. I'm adept at commercializing IP through co-creation with partners, having done so across industrial applications in aerospace and automotive. With an engineering background and experience scaling startups, I deeply understand the technology and the business strategy required to drive growth. My expertise is in emerging technologies and crafting partnerships to pilot solutions that yield strategic advantage. I believe emerging technologies are the most valuable investment companies can make right now. If you want to build, buy, or partner to leverage emerging tech to grow, please consider me to help benchmark your innovation strategy and programs.