01 Portfolio

02 Background

Accomplishments
  • ~$2B in M&A and financings closed as an investment banker.
  • ~$1.5B raised across the venture-backed startups where I led finance.
  • $1B+ in enterprise SaaS contract value closed in go-to-market.
  • $500K raised pre-product for my last startup — the one I'm proudest of. It failed, and taught me more than the billions did.
Employment
  • Investment banking
  • Strategic finance at a unicorn startup
  • Co-founder of an early-stage startup
  • CFO of a Series A startup
  • Enterprise B2B software & AI
  • Startup founder — now
Education
  • B.A. Economics — a low-ranked Ivy (fine, it's Cornell)

03 About

Life Story
  • Gritty. I grew up in a low-income immigrant family and worked jobs through college to pay my way — at one point I got through winter break on a bag of rice.
  • Sellsy. I "Tom Sawyer"-ed my middle-school friends into handing over their lunches so I could resell them at a discount to the school price.
  • Ballsy. I once walked into an investment bank cold and talked my way into an internship.
Interests
  • I'm obsessive about self-improvement, mentally and physically — I track my daily habits and read relentlessly about productivity, business, philosophy, and the habits of high performers.
  • I train consistently: weights, boxing, yoga, cardio. I unwind with cleaning, cooking, choreo, and anime.
  • I quit gaming (usually Diamond in Overwatch, Marvel Rivals, Yu-Gi-Oh). I'm a Yelp Elite. I have a dog named after a K-pop idol.
Values
  • Scrappy-max, integrity intact. I move as fast and resourcefully as the problem allows — but never by trading away integrity. Cutting corners is just slower debt.
  • I value shipping fast, iterating quickly, staying close to customers, and solving real problems.
  • I avoid analysis paralysis — over-research, slow execution — and solutions in search of a problem.

04 Heroes

The people I try to emulate — and would kill to have lunch with.

Discipline
David Goggins

Relentless mental toughness — the part of you that keeps going when everything says stop.

Optimization
Bryan Johnson

Measure everything, optimize relentlessly, and refuse to accept the default settings of a life.

Craft
Brian Chesky

Obsessive design taste — build something people love, not just something they tolerate.