Ran five time-boxed sprints from discovery to shipped prototype while learning to design and build software. Interviewed 18 banks for an AI-native sell-side diligence tool and shipped clickable prototypes on a mock data room, which got him into the Solo Founders Program. Also shipped PingNow Golf, a live app that tracks Bay Area public tee times and coordinates group bookings, now used by 12 people. Dropped a prior-auth workflow idea after physician interviews and moved to payer-side review quality.

Employee #5 and first non-engineering hire, working alongside the founders across GTM, ops and finance from seed to a $12M Series A. Helped grow revenue about 6x and ACV about 3x by building the sales playbook and ICP with the CEO and recruiting AEs. Built an automated multi-channel outbound system that became the main pipeline source at about 5 meetings a week with no SDR headcount. Ran account management and all renewals at about 170% NRR with zero churn. Led the rebrand and the first launch week, launched partnerships solo, and owned the Series A deck, model and data room, closing in 4 weeks from first outreach to term sheet.

Supported the founders' fundraising with more than 10 US angel introductions and a data room. Advised on building a scalable GTM motion.

Ranked top in the associate class and covered Internet and Front Office Software M&A. Deal captain on Frequence's sale to Madhive, guiding the C-suite through its first M&A transaction. Ran all financial workstreams on Bain Capital's $8-10B sale of Rocket Software. Advised on the Khoros sale to IgniteTech, a three-year process, and built the models and data room. Led investor materials and valuation for Identity Digital's strategic review, which later closed as a TPG-backed continuation vehicle.