CEO

My entrepreneurial journey began in high school in South America, where I transformed one of my father’s living rooms into a startup hub. I placed a newspaper ad offering consulting services to small Ecuadorian businesses on setting up PC-based operations. The venture’s success led me to hire my younger brother, and it sparked a lifelong passion for launching successful businesses.

Over the past three decades, I’ve had the privilege of working in the technology industry. My early career was shaped at Accenture, later becoming a partner at PWC consulting. I then spent a decade as an executive at IBM, driving growth for our top 100 accounts in North America and Asia Pacific. Most recently, I spent ten years at Samsung SDS, the technology arm of Samsung. I started as Chief Strategy Officer and progressed through senior leadership roles in global business development, solution and IT services, culminating in my position as CEO of our $2B North America business.

What drives me is creating businesses that endure. Today, technology is no longer just a support system for a company’s strategy; it defines it. I joined Delta-v because it offers me the opportunity to collaborate with exceptional talent and combine capital, technology and entrepreneurship to build something that leaves a lasting impact.

Board Member (Delta-v Capital)

The business leaders that I admire most are not household names. Instead, they are the incredible entrepreneurs and CEOs I’ve worked with over the years. These leaders have become friends with whom I’ve shared life shaping experiences. We’ve shared in successes and disappointments, both personally and professionally. Fundamentally, we value treating people right, serving our customers, and building great, lasting companies.

The meaning behind “Delta-v” is the total effort required to change from one trajectory to another. Nothing fuels me more than helping management teams build their company into a highly scaled, durable business.

I co-founded Delta-v in 2009. Previously, I was a partner at Centennial Ventures. I learned so much about investing in great companies during the dot-com bust of 2001 to 2003. In 2008, Centennials’ founders were retiring, giving me the opportunity to create something of my own. I had conviction that innovation would continue to march forward during and after the financial crisis, and that revolutionary tech companies led by great entrepreneurs would emerge.

Since the founding of Delta-v, we’ve partnered with technology companies that I am truly honored to be associated with and whose success I'm proud to have played a role. I remain as excited today as I did then, to creatively, flexibly, and humbly support the next wave of category-defining companies.  

Board Member (Delta-v Capital)

At Delta-v Capital, I have the privilege of collaborating with a growing network of investors and operators who align with my core values and investment philosophy. My role centers on partnering with ambitious cloud services and vertical software companies, actively supporting strategic growth initiatives and acquisitions designed to build enduring value.

My investment philosophy prioritizes people above all else. Tomorrow’s leading companies will be distinguished by visionary leadership capable of rallying a team towards an ambitious common objective.

A guiding principle for me is the the economic concept of “additionality”, or simply, the property of an action resulting in an effect to what would have occurred anyway without the action. The best, and most fun, partnerships over my career have yielded terrific outcomes which would have been unlikely to occur otherwise.

Before joining Delta-v, I was an investor with Commonfund Capital, renowned for pioneering the endowment model and managing assets for nonprofit institutions. At Commonfund, I gained experience investing in a diverse range of innovative, high-growth technology ventures.

I graduated summa cum laude from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, with distinction as both a Joseph Wharton Scholar and a Benjamin Franklin Scholar. I serve on the board of directors for several Delta-v portfolio companies, and I also volunteer as chair of the board for a Colorado-based social services non-profit.