Last Updated: January 31, 2025

work

• Head of Growth at Anja Health: 4/2024 → present

  Helping pregnant parents freeze their child’s umbilical cord and placenta for future disease treatment.

  • Generated $2.4m in LTV from $188k ad spend
  • Grew sales by 151% (monthly)

• Growth at Novel Ventures: 2/2024 → present

  Venture studio building socially-good products.

  • Currently building Firefli; leveraging wearable data to track & quantify health related habit changes.
  • G2M for Myte; all-in-one donation platform connecting nonprofits to donors. 1.7k+ nonprofits, 4.5k donors, & $20k+ donated

• Cofounder at Joyn Chat: 10/2020 → 11/2023

  Social-messaging app that helped people make new connections and stay in touch.

  • Closed $200k pre-seed round on uncapped SAFE
  • Beta had 56% 28-day retention
  • 99% crash-free rates + available on iOS, Android, Desktop, & Tablet

• Cofounder at Phenom: 8/2020 → 8/2022

  Marketplace that connected professional athletes and kids for coaching lessons.

  • Blue Startups (Tetris) Cohort #13
  • Beta had paying customers ($250 / hour)
  • Pivoted from Live Streaming mobile app

• Special Projects at Noa Botanicals: 10/2020 → 7/2021

  Vertically Integrated cannabis dispensary doing 8-figures in annual revenue.

  • Implemented new tech stack (ERP, POS, & CRM)
  • Launched new products (12) & growth / lifecycle marketing campaigns that resulted in record-breaking sales KPIs
  • Recruited & trained my replacement upon leaving

projects

• Inclusive Arts Studio: 2023→2024

  Helping individuals with special needs express their unique life perspectives through art.

  • Conduced pilot with art teacher & 3 artists
  • Community event at Capitol Modern (Art Museum)

• Boogy (acquired): 2024

  Facilitated introductions through email using AI (RAG). Acquired (equity deal) by Dossy & one of our teammates became their COO.

  • Growth hacked 37k leads by building a slack bot & integrating with public groups
  • Automated company operations (>1hr of work per week)
  • Several users mentioned closing deals from our intros

• G-Trainer: 2018 → 2020

  Attempted to build a gyroscopically stabilized gait trainer for individuals with cerebral palsy.

  • Won $50k+ from college pitch competitions
  • 3-D printed a prototype + filed provisional patent

sideQuests

• Navigating insurance system to help my family get a medical device
• Currently living nomadically (2025), starting in San Francisco
• Ran Honolulu marathon (5:36) in Dec 2023
• Taught myself how to code (Jr. FrontEnd Dev) using chatGPT
• Helped with diligence for Pono Capital (SPAC), deal closed on Jan 12, 2024