Sales & Marketing Leader | Angel Investor | Future Optimist.

About

16+ years in sales and marketing, currently leading a high-performing GTM team at Google. Helping businesses drive profitable growth using AI-powered ad solutions and bespoke insights. Beyond my corporate role, I'm deeply passionate about the startup ecosystem, with 8+ years advising startups on growth strategies. I also actively support and invest in promising ventures.

Investing

Past investments include:

xAI, Perplexity, micro1, Normal Computing, Extropic, Armada, Lambda
Impulse Space, Wander, beehiiv, Neurophos, HIFI, Efficient
85+ early stage investments, with a focus on AI and the space economy.

Career

Google (2017-Present)

Head of Sales, Commerce (2024-Present)

Leading a team of 30 sellers and managers, overseeing an $XXXM+ ARR business.
Architect go-to-market strategies, build infrastructure, and foster cross-functional collaboration to close deals and solve complex client challenges.
Drive executive relationships to deliver tailored, AI-driven advertising solutions.

Management Roles, Commerce Sales (2020-2024)

Led Account Strategist teams to consistently surpass client growth and satisfaction goals.
Spearheaded GTM for a $XXXM business, leveraging AI-powered Google and YouTube solutions.
Delivered bespoke, data-driven insights to maximize client ROI.

Strategic Account Management and Business Growth (2017-2020)

Managed and accelerated an $XXXM book of business as a Senior Account Strategist and then as a Senior Account Executive for 30 corporate accounts.
Drove significant growth through building trusted CXO relationships, advanced digital marketing strategies, and full-cycle sales leadership.
Mentored teams and optimized client outcomes through rigorous data analysis.

Marriott (2009-2017)

Progressed through several sales roles across the country (LA, OC, CHI, SD), consistently exceeding revenue targets.
Developed and executed high-impact sales strategies, managing diverse portfolios and delivering C-level presentations.
Consistently landed in the top 5% of the company salesforce and earned multiple top awards for driving revenue growth, landing large deals, and market penetration.

Latest posts

Mar. 17, 2026

Talent vs Direction

“The output of any company is the vector sum of the people within it.” - Elon Musk

In physics and mathematics, a vector is a quantity that has both magnitude (how much) and direction (where it’s going).

When applied to a company or team, the “vector sum” is a metaphor for how individual efforts combine to create a final result. If everyone is pulling in different directions, the company or team’s total output will be much smaller than the sum of its parts.

Sep. 24, 2025

Building Portco

Vibe coding portco.dev with Lovable, Grok and Gemini. Portco is a startup portfolio tracking app.

Apr. 27, 2025

Learning to code

Learning to code. Built this static website with Hugo, hosted on GitHub.