I am energized by working with A+ teams and have been lucky to do so several times. My primary expertise thus far is in marketplace and ops businesses but I angel invest and love to learn about building all types of companies. To date, my experiences can be bucketed into two broad categories: (1) Growth Strategy & Entrepreneurship at tech startups (2) Quant Trading & Investing. Scroll down to see a bit of what I've done so far!
APFusion is a B2B Marketplace for auto parts. Simply put, the auto part ecosystem is massive ($350bn per year in the US), extremely antiquated, complex and fragmented. We are moving fast, led by our industry expert CEO Alex Smith, to modernize and create connectivity in a market hungry for innovation and tech. We are lucky to be backed by top investors (Bedrock, Left Lane, M25).
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JOKR is a global platform for instant retail delivery at a hyper-local scale. JOKR makes the shopping experience smarter, faster, and more enjoyable, all while returning an extremely valuable asset back to the consumer: their time. JOKR delivers orders within 15 minutes of purchase and offers a smooth, frictionless, and nearly instant experience. It had operations across Europe, Latin America and the United States.
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PEAK6 is a multi-billion dollar investment firm. PEAK6 Capital Management is their Proprietary Trading business, and PEAK6 Strategic Capital is their PE/VC investing arm. Additionally they own several other businesses within the PEAK6 umbrella, including Apex Fintech Solutions, Evil Geniuses, Poker Powher, and National Flood Services.
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As a trader I've learned to analyze information/data and quickly make positive expected value decisions that have good risk/reward. An essential quality of being a good trader is being an unemotional & strong decision maker. Additionally, I've been lucky to have exposure to the PEAK6 Strategic Capital business as well, where I get to build on my experiences and passion for the world of early-stage & growth-stage businesses.
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Creative Mobile Technologies (CMT Group) is a taxi technology company that has a wide range of products including digital screens in the back of taxis, rooftop advertising, credit card processing, a ridehail app Arro, and more. They are in 100+ cities globally including London, NYC, Chicago, and most major cities in the US.
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By leveraging the infrastructure and operational expertise CMT has built over the last 15+ years, I've worked extensively to use my knowledge of their business and the mobility landscape to implement various strategy and growth initiatives.
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Virtu Financial (Nasdaq: VIRT), is one of the largest High Frequency Trading firms in the world. At Virtu I did Quantitative analysis on their client execution services team. It was my first real experience in the world of trading, and was able to get a crash course in how the markets work, and how the highest quality trading algorithms are built.
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