Hey! Thanks for dropping by.
I’m building Allora.
In the summer of 2016, I dropped out of law school to join the startup scene in San Francisco. I started at Rinse, where I loved the fast-paced nature of operations and leading a community in a Series A startup locally but I yearned to have a greater impact at a company with a larger scale, which led me to join Spin as its 1st growth hire reporting to one of the founders. This role allowed me to shape our marketing, product, and recruiting strategy and gave me worthwhile experience creating foundational company policies at the national and international levels. I stayed there for two years until I felt the yearning for rest/reset after never taking a proper break from Rinse to Spin and working through the COVID pandemic. I went on Sabbatical before diving back into operating this time at Plato where I headed up special projects, which included building a thriving online community and hosting in-person events in San Francisco.
My experience with the internet began in the early 00s — messaging friends on MSN, selling basketball cards on eBay, and redesigning my profile page on Myspace using HTML/CSS. I grew up in Northern California and went to school at Purdue. I tried out for the football team and was a starter on special teams. This was after numerous failed attempts which built my grit and strong ability to persevere.
I like books, public and private marketing investing, getting stronger, playing pickup basketball, the 49ers, purdue basketball, reggaeton, and 80s rock music. I pride myself on creating and nurturing lasting relationships, being someone people can rely on, and making good decisions.
I occasionally angel invest at inception, seed, and series A stages:
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