United States
Co - founded $50M USDA - licensed RBIC and equity impact fund, in partnership with Conduit Capital and Community Reinvestment, targeting growth - stage businesses in rural US communities. • Lead strategy, fundraising, investment and portfolio management activities across agriculture / food supply chain, circular economy, and clean energy sectors; sole "Key Person" in fund • Established strategic partnerships with institutional partners • Invested 30% of fund before handing day - to - day to partner • Established and maintained relationships with limited partners, co - investors, and operating partners
Fractional executive and strategic advisor for growth - stage businesses in agribusiness, agtech, clean tech, real estate and waste upcycling. Select engagements include:
• Structured and raised $140M in project - based capital over 4 - year engagement for large - scale, sustainability - driven egg producer and processor • Negotiated 10 - year off - take agreements with Cargill, Incorporated • Supported company expansion to become regional market leader in cage - free egg products
• Raised seed+ capital for biomass valorization technology company • Re - envisioned business model as "processing - as - a - service" offering • Negotiated manufacturing agreement with Fortune 500 company • Successfully commercialized $2M processing system and secured strategic investor
• Developed and marketed water risk management products for agriculture markets • Reorganized legal and operating structure in preparation for management buyout • Developed strategic relationships in support of company sale; marketed business for sale
• Refined business model and capitalization plan for online B2B marketplace • Developed economic model and offering materials leading to successful first institutional capital raise
• Sourced opportunity; established funding vehicle with institutional investors and real estate developer • Acquired non - performing loans from five lenders for distressed 320 - acre mixed - use development • Negotiated new TIF and development agreements • Completed development and sold all assets for 3.5x multiple
Built and managed $600M private equity investment portfolio at leading $12B+ alternative fund manager • Originated, underwrote, and managed diverse real estate investments across US and Central America • Established and negotiated relationships with land developers, homebuilders, investors and other real estate operating partners; material involvement in partner operations • Executed high - value - add real estate development, conversion, distressed, hard money lending and restructurings as capital partner to on - the - ground operating partners
Led select investments at corporate venture fund that deployed $200M across 40 portfolio companies • Led acquisition of Financial Information Management, Inc. (FIMI), serving as Cargill representative • Directed strategy and operations for software, data and analytics portfolio company
Fixed income investment banker focused on structured finance (asset securitization and project finance)
Commercial lending training program; full time loan officer in equipment leasing division