A Bay Area native, I’ve spent the past 25 years building, growing, and scaling micro startups to global enterprises and everything in between. I’ve been a three-time C-level executive at growth-stage and global SaaS companies and have led across all functions outside of Engineering, Product, and Sales.
I have for the past several years gotten reacquainted with my technical roots and have dived head-first into building complex agentic systems that are doing everything from end-to-end user generated content moderation to lead identification, nurture, and outreach, to content pipelines, automating backend workflows, a bespoke customer service response system, and lots of really interesting stuff in between.
I also spend time as a mentor, advisor, and coach to mid- and senior-level leaders who are navigating the shift from doing to leading. I’m a part-time partner at The House Fund, an early-stage venture fund in the UC Berkeley ecosystem, and I write a small number of angel checks a year. To date, 80% of my portfolio companies are women- or minority-founded.
For the past eight years, I’ve helped grow Moms in Tech, a global community of 19,000 operators and executives who are building the life changing technology we are surrounded by while raising the next generation of innovators and disruptors. My role is twofold – build and expand the software platform while curating the engagement experience.
I write a weekly column at the San Mateo Daily Journal on technology and culture. I’m about to publish my third non-fiction book, The Post-Knowledge Mind, which is an operators response to The Anxious Generation. I speak regularly on AI, modern parenting, women in leadership, and civic life.
Locally, I serve on the City of San Mateo Library Board, the San Mateo County Housing and Community Development Committee, and the boards of Techtonica and the San Mateo Area Chamber of Commerce. I care about public education, housing, economic mobility, and leaving this planet better than I found it.
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