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Build the product daily, designing and iterating on API-driven AI desks for research, marketing, fundraising, and revenue analysis with persistent context, scoped tools, and human approval gates."},{"name":"Boardroom Labs","position":"Founder and CEO","location":"United States","url":"https://boardroom.io","startDate":"2020-08-01","endDate":"2024-12-01","summary":"Founded and scaled a data platform for digital-asset organizations; raised $4.5M and reached a $34M valuation. Led a 15-person product, engineering, and growth team. Scaled adoption to 350+ organizations and 100K+ monthly users before acquisition by Agora. Owned dashboards, APIs, and voting workflows, translating complex governance data into usable experiences."},{"name":"TQ Tezos","position":"Senior BD and Venture Associate","location":"San Francisco, CA / New York, NY","url":"https://tezos.com","startDate":"2019-05-01","endDate":"2020-07-01","summary":"Evaluated venture and product opportunities for the Tezos blockchain ecosystem, presenting market, technical, and investment analysis to the Investment Committee. Closed $1.7M+ in deals and developed partnership frameworks across 15+ ecosystem organizations globally."},{"name":"Blockfolio","position":"Ecosystem Development","location":"Los Angeles, California","url":"https://blockfolio.com","startDate":"2018-01-01","endDate":"2019-02-01","summary":"Blockfolio is the leading network for mobile cryptocurrency portfolio tracking and management with over 5 Million downloads."},{"name":"Oracle","position":"Business Analytics & Big Data Consultant","location":"Redwood Shores, California","url":"https://oracle.com","startDate":"2017-06-01","endDate":"2017-12-01","summary":"Managed an $8M enterprise pipeline and closed more than $2M in analytics and cloud sales within Business Intelligence, Analytics & Big Data, and Oracle Integrated Cloud Solutions. Worked with Fortune 500 stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions."}],"education":[{"institution":"Cornell University","url":"https://cornell.edu","studyType":"Bachelor of Science in SC Johnson College of Business, Minor in Music","startDate":"2013-01-01","endDate":"2017-01-01"},{"institution":"International College Spain ICS","studyType":"International Baccalaureate","startDate":"2000-09-01","endDate":"2013-05-01"}],"projects":[{"name":"Capitol Records 360 Innovation Lab & Hackathon","description":"Capitol Music Group's launch of the Capitol Innovation Center (CIC), a space to conduct programming events to help foster innovative ideas between content creators, the tech community, and students, inspiring the next generation of leaders in the music industry."}],"skills":[{"name":"Entrepreneurship"},{"name":"Corporate Governance"},{"name":"Finance"},{"name":"Accounting"},{"name":"Corporate Finance"},{"name":"New Business Development"},{"name":"Sales"},{"name":"Marketing"},{"name":"Inventory Management"},{"name":"Sales Management"},{"name":"Product Management"},{"name":"Strategy"},{"name":"Ethereum"},{"name":"Microsoft Excel"},{"name":"PowerPoint"},{"name":"Blockchain"},{"name":"Microsoft PowerPoint"},{"name":"International"},{"name":"DCF Valuation"},{"name":"Regression Analysis"},{"name":"Profit Maximization"},{"name":"Cryptocurrency"},{"name":"FinTech"},{"name":"Product Strategy"},{"name":"Discovery"},{"name":"Roadmaps"},{"name":"Workflow Design"},{"name":"Prototyping"},{"name":"Commercialization"},{"name":"Launch"},{"name":"Adoption"},{"name":"Leadership"},{"name":"Team Building"},{"name":"Engineering Management"},{"name":"Growth"},{"name":"Partnership Development"},{"name":"Data Products"},{"name":"APIs"},{"name":"Dashboards"},{"name":"User Experience Design"},{"name":"Claude"},{"name":"Codex"},{"name":"OpenAI API"},{"name":"TypeScript"},{"name":"React"},{"name":"SQL"},{"name":"Supabase"},{"name":"Amplitude"},{"name":"Tezos"},{"name":"Digital Assets"}],"awards":[{"title":"Winner of the Capitol Music Group Inaugural 'Capitol Royale'","date":"2018-12-01","awarder":"Capitol Records & Ujo Music","summary":"Winner or the Ujo Music and ConsenSys prize for the Capitol Music Group Inaugural 'Capitol Royale': Creativity and Innovation Marathon In Los Angeles https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8487706/capitol-music-group-inaugural-capitol-royale https://twitter.com/KevinNielsen94/status/1071110995492331520"},{"title":"Winner of the ETH San Francisco (ETH Global) Hackathon","date":"2018-10-01","awarder":"ETH Global","summary":"The largest ever Ethereum Global Hackathon. 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