San Francisco Bay Area
Commercial partnerships and GTM leader focused on making complex deals happen and scaling them into international growth. I bring experience across global enterprise businesses, emerging markets, and biologically complex products, with a track record of building partner conviction, structuring commercial opportunities, and turning strategy into disciplined execution. My background includes building internationally deployed ventures, leading partner driven commercialization, and creating the operating rhythm, accountability, and market focus needed to move new technologies from early adoption to global rollout. I SPECIALIZE IN: ➡️ MAKING AGTECH DEALS HAPPEN: Built partner conviction and moved complex deals from strategy to execution ➡️ SCALING INTERNATIONAL MARKETS: Led 400+ employees across 4 countries in agriculture and emerging markets ➡️ GTM EXECUTION: Aligned sales, product, analytics, and field teams to drive revenue growth ➡️ AGRICULTURE STRATEGY: As CoS, architected growth roadmap for $1B global seed business ➡️ M&A VALUE CREATION: Managed 6 M&A deals, delivered $17M in value, and integrated $7M business CAREER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: ✅ Owned sales to public tech company's #1 account; $200M+ revenue ✅ Built and led 400+ person agriculture team ✅ Delivered $17M via 6 M&A projects in Fortune Global 500 ✅ Employee #1 for new East Africa seed business unit ✅ U.S. Navy Officer; led 80+ in OIF/OEF-P ______________________________________ Let's start a conversation: [email protected] EDUCATION 🎓 ◆ MS, Stanford Graduate School of Business ◆ MA, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies ◆ BSc, United States Naval Academy MORE ABOUT ME: Corporate Career ◆ Built durable client and partner relationships focused on delivery and outcomes ◆ In high-stakes international environments, I bring clarity, and turn complexity into profitable growth. ◆ Consistent top performer at best-in-class sales and marketing at a Fortune 500 multinational. ◆ Fluent across global enterprise, early-stage startups, and scaled operating environments U.S. Navy Officer ◆ Ranked #1 of 12 officers and chosen to lead the Navy’s top maritime special ops platform. ◆ Promoted to department head role 4 years ahead of peers and led complex missions on 3 deployments. ◆ Delivered mission-critical results in surface warfare, SOCOM, and naval intelligence roles. Personal ◆ 30+ marathon and ultramarathon finishes across five continents ◆ Drawing and painting on-site keeps me grounded and curious ◆ Avid reader of business, biographies, theology, and classic literature
Working on commercial and technical partnerships at Ohalo across agriculture, crop innovation, and market development. Connecting field execution, customer needs, and product strategy to scale better crop solutions. ◆ Partner engagement ◆ Commercial execution ◆ Market development
Owned the company's largest global revenue partnership, leading a $200M+ annual portfolio and driving +52% YoY growth. Led international expansion, partner strategy, and cross-functional execution to scale a flagship enterprise relationship from established account into multi-market growth. ◆ Led global go-to-market for the company's largest partner (Amazon) across multiple business lines ◆ Launched and scaled the partnership across 12 international markets ◆ Partnered with product and engineering to improve partner performance and platform efficiency
Member of the Food & Agriculture team at the Stanford GSB Impact Fund - the school's student-led impact investing vehicle - during the full-time Stanford MSx program. Sourced and diligenced food and agriculture ventures and supported emerging-market operations for an East Africa agtech company. ◆ Conducted investment diligence on food and agriculture ventures ◆ Supported Kenya market operations for an agtech venture ◆ Sourced and screened impact deals alongside the Fund's investment team
Commercial Employee #1: responsible for strategy, financial planning, commercialization of first biological agriculture products, and joint development of AI/ML projects ◆ Delivered first distribution agreement with leading EU supplier ◆ Managed 4 joint development discovery projects ◆ Drove commercialization of a groundbreaking AI/ML data platform
Drove $17M in acquisitions for $1B business unit while leading 8 executives in 10-year strategy development and managing merger integrations. ◆ Managed complex CRM integrations ◆ Drove $17M in M&A value ◆ Led customer service organization in U.S. and Europe
Led business planning and commercial GTM in the EAME region, directing strategy and execution in sales, marketing, and revenue operations from Switzerland. ◆ Owner of $2.7B international revenue planning ◆ Improved forecast accuracy by 15% ◆ Created 15 CRM integrations and EAME deliveries
Led commercial GTM, revenue operations, and sales execution across Africa New Markets, while strengthening local teams and financial management. ◆ Increased sales by 60% in 4 countries ◆ Led a team of 400+ employees ◆ Designed 5 CRM tools and processes