Business Development Product Management
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CA 90069
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration, Distinction in Finance
Fowler School of Business @ San Diego
State University
Graduation Date: December 2007
(One year early)
Only undergraduate student at the time
to ever be invited to participate in the
MBA program of investing a portion of
the school’s endowment by his Professor
of Derivatives
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
TECHNOLOGY
Product Management
Product Design
User Experience Research
Team Management
Business Development
Enterprise Sales
Strategy & Operations
Brand Building
Problem Solving
Public Speaking
Deal Closing
Growth Hacking
Successful entrepreneur with extensive, innovative, and value-generating experience across the technology and finance industries in such sectors as mobile apps, augmented reality/virtual reality, cryptocurrencies, enterprise software, marketing and branding tools, hedge funds, private equity, and overall deal-making. 3x founder with two soft-landings and a wealth of experience, grit, and hustle in executing short term goals and long term visions. Passionate about startups at the forefront of innovation that are building real value both in product offerings and monetary returns. Overall strong execution skills in business and relationship management. Featured in such publications as TechCrunch, Inc, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AugiArt, Inc. (formerly AugiDish/Auredi) August 2017-Present Founder & Chief Executive Officer Beverly Hills, CA An augmented reality, cryptocurrency company using both the ERC-20 and ERC-721 token standards to turn top dishes at high-end restaurants into redeemable NFTs to be collected and used for utility and in AR/VR environments
Raised a small angel round in the summer of 2018 and built the team up to 15 members –– seven in the United States and eight in India –– managing all aspects of the product, business, and sales funnel Developed a mobile iOS app and desktop browser experience for restaurants to sell their most famous dishes as 3D models (metaverse ready), signed by chefs, and then turned into NFTs which allow the owner(s) to get the dish free at the restaurant every two weeks in perpetuity First platform globally to introduce NFTs into the global dining industry in 2019, meeting and working with some of the biggest restaurant groups in the world such as Groot Hospitality, h.wood Group, Nusr-et, and Innovative Dining Group
Platform set to launch in March 2020 as a marketplace for dining NFTs until Covid-19 hit and put the brakes on the entire company as the most impacted industry from the pandemic were restaurants Managed to get through the pandemic in Summer 2021 and reintroduce major players in the dining industry to the opportunity in Q4 2021/Q1 2022 with NFTs now exploding into the public view CultureSphere, Inc. August 2013-March 2017
Founder & Chief Executive Officer Palo Alto, CA
The first photo-and-video sharing app for the enterprise that allowed companies to engage and excite their strongest brand ambassadors (employees) through the gamification of employee-generated content that could be shared privately inside company feeds, and then approved to be blasted/shared externally across employee social media accounts
Bootstrapped the entire company from ideation stage, to product development, into a successful public launch, and then through several 3-6 month enterprise sales cycles and six-figure contracts, culminating in multiple interested acquirers, which included an agreed upon deal from a Global 2000 company that resulted in a soft-landing of investment capital and assets Major customers included several Fortune 1000 companies including Bloomberg, Accenture, NBCUniversal as well as small-to-medium sized corporations such as Syniverse, White Castle, and Ancestry.com
Garnered several media pieces from the likes of TechCrunch, Forbes, Inc, Venturbeat, AdAge, CMO.com, along with a global partnership with the CMO Council, which became distributed to over 200 global brands
Designed the aesthetic for the application, both utilizing best UI/UX practices in combining feature sets, colors, and gamification to make the user experience as seamless, enjoyable, and exciting for employees to use daily
Built an entire ecosystem of apps, both iOS and mobile applications, as well as an admin panel for company curators and representatives to track their user activity, sharing statistics both internally and externally, as well as a billing dashboard
FINANCE
Crypto Trading
Crypto Investing
NFT Trading/Investing
Equities Investing
Equities Options Trading
Futures Trading
Options on Futures Trading
Valuation Research
Credit Analysis
Portfolio Management
Investment Diligence
Geo-Political Analysis
LANGUAGES
100%
English
100%
Hebrew
30%
Spanish
Hamilton Peak Capital Management LLC/LP October 2010-December 2012 Founder & Chief Executive Officer Beverly Hills, CA Multi-strategy, macro-driven fund focused on futures, commodities, equities, and currencies. Firm strategies included both short-term systematic trading disciplines as well as mid-term Discretionary based valuation driven fundamentals
Outperformed all benchmarks across the life of the fund by more than 11% –– including the S&P 500 and the Barclay Commodity Trading Advisor Index
Held a West Coast liaison role for the Commodity Customer Coalition after MF Global misappropriated and “lost” $1.6B of customer funds that were supposed to be held in secure accounts and were instead used to cover liquidity shortfalls in a failed attempt to quietly avoid bankruptcy
Vastly traded in the following futures and options on futures - Equities: S&P 500 and Russell 2000, Fixed Income: 10-year and 30-year bonds, Energy: Crude Oil and Natural Gas, Metals: Gold, Copper, Silver, Currencies: Dollar, Yen, Euro, Aussie Dollar, Swiss Franc, Pound, and Canadian Dollar, Volatility: VIX Futures
Created the EVT (Elite Volatility Trading) program which systematically tracked options on S&P 500 and commodity futures contracts and traded based on rule-based methods per volatility movements Invested and/or traded equities in six of the S&P 500 sectors: Consumer Discretionary, Communications, Energy, Technology, Industrials, and Materials Hedged valuation based driven equity investments with short-term futures exposure and kept a running long/short strategy with various times of being delta short Broidy Capital Management July 2008-January 2010
Junior Trader – Equities, Options, Fixed Income Los Angeles, CA Promoted from Markstone Capital Group to CEO’s $200M family office to continue pursuing my passion and skill in trading and investing in securities –– youngest trader ever hired at the firm Personally recorded six straight quarters of profits in the most volatile trading environment of our generation during the Great Recession
Developed new equity options trading activity, demonstrating the ability to capture risk-adjusted returns and reduce risk exposure through complex derivative positions; numerous positions realizing at least 200% gains
Rigorously valued trading opportunities using macro-driven, top-down strategies during heights of volatility, along with various pricing ratios
Utilized the VIX in late 2008/early 2009 to write options and trade wide option spreads maximizing profitability in capturing price premium
Tracked the daily correlation between overall market movement and specific stock price sensitivity, constructed sector leader and laggard reports, and analyzed buy and sell indicators Priced the risk/reward of equity positions during earnings season, using the expected volatility and historical earnings percentage moves to create profitable positions with equities and options Worked alongside senior traders in diligently valuing new corporate, municipal, and equity issues coming to market
Markstone Capital Group January 2008-January 2010
Investment Analyst Los Angeles, CA
Skipped Wall Street offers to join as the only analyst position in the first and largest private equity firm directed towards investment in old-economy Israeli companies with $800M under management Screened and analyzed potential leveraged buyout and growth equity opportunities in distressed Israeli companies
Conducted financial and operational due diligence on companies in authoring information memorandums
Assisted in generating valuation models for portfolio companies and monitored investments in the firm’s portfolio
Maintained client relations and dealt with producing capital calls and distribution notifications to limited partners
LEADERSHIP SKILLS
Deeply empathetic and compassionate to all individuals from every walk of life –– thrive on diversity Powerful relationship building capabilities from nurturing new relationships, to closing deals, to growing partnership and customer objectives in line with corporate and revenue strategies Creative thinker and out-of-the-box strategy and roadmap visionary, who builds on the strengths of all parties in a team setting –– combining them to create long-term fulfillment between all parties while focused on business success
Extremely vast network of ultra-high net-worth individuals; very comfortable with clients both on a sales level and on a casual level
A strong motivator, able to get the best out of people both in high-stress situations and more laid-back settings
Stellar decision making and negotiation skills with the ability to quickly synthesize and weigh various options, routes, and possible outcomes to drive positive sum returns Fast learner and quick thinker; self-starter who easily excels both in a team-oriented or private environment
Extremely cultured having been to over 20 countries by the age of 25; associate easily with people from all backgrounds
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