Los Angeles, California, United States
As the SVP, Head of Strategy & Operations at Sharebite, I oversee the collective performance of 60+ team members across multiple departments, including strategic partnerships, corporate account management, restaurant sales and operations, customer care, logistics operations, and legal. Sharebite is the leading food benefits platform designed for the modern workforce, serving category-leading companies across various sectors. I joined Sharebite as the first executive hire in 2019, before the initial equity round, and helped close the company's largest deals with top-tier enterprises across law, finance, architecture, tech, and media. With experience as a corporate and venture capital lawyer at Skadden and Gunderson Dettmer, I bring a unique combination of expertise, strategic vision, and operational excellence to the company. I am passionate about building a scalable and sustainable business that delivers value to our clients, partners, and communities.
First executive hire (prior to initial equity round) and joined @ <10 employees. Oversaw the collective performance of 60+ team members across multiple departments. Reported directly to the CEO. ► BD & Strategic Partnerships (directly led / helped close the company's largest deals with top-tier enterprises across Financial Services, Law, Tech, Media, etc.) ► Corporate Client Onboarding + Enterprise Level Technology Implementations (initially spearheaded, built the team, and ultimately oversaw) ► Corporate Account Management (initially spearheaded, built the team, and ultimately oversaw) ► Restaurant Partnerships and Operations (oversaw) ► Customer Care (Support) / Live Order Operations (oversaw) ► Delivery / Logistics Operations (oversaw) ► Legal (Product Counseling, Commercial Agreements, NDAs, DPAs, Legal Ops) (initially spearheaded and ultimately oversaw) ► Product Development (closely involved with product strategy / roadmap, scoping, etc.) ► Variety of other "jack of all trades / getting things done" stuff
I specialized in the representation of emerging growth companies throughout their life-cycles, including in connection with corporate formation and governance matters, venture capital financing transactions, and a variety of M&A transaction structures. I represented a wide variety of companies from software, consumer internet, telecommunications, entertainment technology, health care, consumer goods, and sports, as well as a number of leading venture capital / investment firms. ► Representative Investor Clients: GV (Google Ventures), Tiger Global, D1 Capital, Viking Global, Naspers Ventures ► Representative Company Clients: Foursquare, CTRL-labs, Triplemint, Red Balloon Security, Saavn, Greats Brand, Simon Data.
Associate: 2016 - 2017 Summer Associate: 2015 I worked with our mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate restructuring, and capital markets practices on a variety of leveraged finance transactions. ► Representative PE Clients: Oaktree Capital, Veritas Capital ► Representative Company Clients: Joie Clothing, Applied Medical