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Advisor + Investor
Mar 2026
Auxia is an Agentic Marketing Platform that combines advanced infrastructure with AI agents to seamlessly orchestrate hyper-personalized customer journeys. The platform empowers enterprises to unlock hidden signals from first-party data, fueling a flexible suite of intelligent growth models that automate months of data science and engineering work. With Auxia, marketers can deploy AI agents to deliver dynamic, personalized content across their most critical customer surfaces (e.g. web, app, email, SMS), uncover nuanced insights, and autonomously optimize each customer’s journey in real time.
Board Member
Jun 2024
The mission of the San Francisco Zoo is to connect all people with wildlife, inspire caring for nature, and advance conservation action. Nestled against the Pacific Ocean, the SF Zoo is an urban oasis. It is home to more than 1,000 exotic, endangered, and rescued animals representing nearly 250 species and lovely peaceful gardens full of 800 species of plants and 140 species of trees. The majestic Leanne B. Roberts African Savanna offers a multi-species landscape with giraffes, zebras and ostriches. At Hearst Grizzly Gulch, visitors can get nose-to-nose with rescued grizzly sisters Kachina and Kiona. Lemurs leap through the Lipman Family Lemur Forest, the largest outdoor lemur habitat in the country. Penguin Island is home to the largest colony of Magellanic penguins outside of the wild. The Zoo’s troop of gorillas lives in the lush Jones Family Gorilla Preserve. Get close-up to a variety of barnyard animals in the popular Fisher Family Farm. The historic 1921 Dentzel Carousel and the 1904 Little Puffer miniature steam train are treasured by generations of visitors and Elinor Friend Playground features three separate biomes targeting different age groups. SF Zoo offers a rich history for its guests, including historic attractions, educational programs, and exciting events for children of all ages. SF Zoo is proud to be accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
www.sfzoo.org
Board Member
May 2016
Cloudflare Area 1 is a cloud-native email security service that identifies and blocks attacks before they hit user inboxes, enabling more effective protection against spear phishing, Business Email Compromise (BEC), and other advanced threats that evade existing defenses. Area 1 is part of the Cloudflare Zero Trust platform.
Acquired by Cloudflare in April 2022
Board Member
2014
SmartCrowdz is a free event website and management application. SmartCrowdz is an all-in-one event application well suited for any category of events, where maximizing attendance, engaging the crowd and accomplishing monetary growth are equally as important as managing the complex set of activities involved in running the event.
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2026
Advisor + Investor
Mar 2026
Auxia is an Agentic Marketing Platform that combines advanced infrastructure with AI agents to seamlessly orchestrate hyper-personalized customer journeys. The platform empowers enterprises to unlock hidden signals from first-party data, fueling a flexible suite of intelligent growth models that automate months of data science and engineering work. With Auxia, marketers can deploy AI agents to deliver dynamic, personalized content across their most critical customer surfaces (e.g. web, app, email, SMS), uncover nuanced insights, and autonomously optimize each customer’s journey in real time.
2024
Retained Advisor & XIR
Oct 2024
SignalFire is the first venture capital firm built like a technology company to better solve for the needs of founders. The core of its value-add is Beacon, the AI engine SignalFire has been refining since the firms launch in 2013. Beacon tracks more than 600 million employees and 80 million companies to guide the fund’s investing and assist portfolio companies with scaling their teams and revenue. SignalFire also helps early-stage founders navigate the toughest parts of building a company at every stage, with expert advisors, 100 skill-building workshops a year, and an in-house team of recruiters, data scientists, PR experts, and go-to-market leaders. With over $2.1 billion in assets under management, SignalFire focuses on investing from seed to scale. The firm’s key sectors include AI/ML, developer tools, B2B SaaS, healthcare, cybersecurity, and consumer. https://www.signalfire.com/disclosures
Board Member
Jun 2024
The mission of the San Francisco Zoo is to connect all people with wildlife, inspire caring for nature, and advance conservation action. Nestled against the Pacific Ocean, the SF Zoo is an urban oasis. It is home to more than 1,000 exotic, endangered, and rescued animals representing nearly 250 species and lovely peaceful gardens full of 800 species of plants and 140 species of trees. The majestic Leanne B. Roberts African Savanna offers a multi-species landscape with giraffes, zebras and ostriches. At Hearst Grizzly Gulch, visitors can get nose-to-nose with rescued grizzly sisters Kachina and Kiona. Lemurs leap through the Lipman Family Lemur Forest, the largest outdoor lemur habitat in the country. Penguin Island is home to the largest colony of Magellanic penguins outside of the wild. The Zoo’s troop of gorillas lives in the lush Jones Family Gorilla Preserve. Get close-up to a variety of barnyard animals in the popular Fisher Family Farm. The historic 1921 Dentzel Carousel and the 1904 Little Puffer miniature steam train are treasured by generations of visitors and Elinor Friend Playground features three separate biomes targeting different age groups. SF Zoo offers a rich history for its guests, including historic attractions, educational programs, and exciting events for children of all ages. SF Zoo is proud to be accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
www.sfzoo.org
2022
Strategic Advisor - Generation Growth Equity
Aug 2022
Overview
Generation was established in 2004 as an independent, private, investment management partnership with offices in London and San Francisco. The Generation team represents a diverse mix of people from around the world representing more than 20 countries and speaking over 25 languages. Our investment team was founded by bringing together seasoned investment analysts with leaders from the sustainability research field. Generations investment approach is based on our conviction that sustainability risks and opportunities directly affect long-term business profitability. We believe the interests of shareholders, over time, will be best served by companies that maximise their financial return by strategically managing their economic, social and environmental performance. Generation has built a global research platform in order to integrate sustainability research into fundamental financial analysis. We are closely aligned with our clients, and our performance is measured over the long term.
2017
Advisor, Y Combinator Continuity
Jul 2017
Y Combinator is the leading startup accelerator for entrepreneurs. Since 2005, YC has invested in over 5,400 companies, including Airbnb, Dropbox, Stripe, Reddit, Instacart, DoorDash, and Coinbase. Today, YC has built the most powerful startup community in the world alongside the products and programs to support founders for the life of their company.
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