Helping build foundation for durable, profitable growth across PayPal products - PayPal-Branded checkout, Braintree, Xoom and Venmo.

Drive strategy and innovation partnerships: Proactively identify, evaluate, and source cutting-edge and strategic relationships (Ads, Marketing, Agencies, Cloud, AI/ML, cybersecurity, FinTech platforms) to accelerate business objectives and competitive advantage.

Lead high-value, data-driven negotiations: Leverage advanced analytics and market intelligence to optimize spend across complex technology categories, focusing on total cost of ownership, risk mitigation, and long-term value creation.

Champion digital transformation in sourcing: Implement AI-powered tools and agile methodologies to enhance efficiency, automate processes, and foster a proactive, insight-driven approach to technology sourcing.

Build and scale a resilient tech value chain: Manage critical supplier relationships, ensuring performance, fostering co-innovation, and mitigating geopolitical and supply chain risks across a diverse global ecosystem

Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

Product Advisor to Various Startups In:

Security & Identity

Automation

AI

Research & Discovery

Knowledge Management

Some startups advised have found exits into Workday, Microsoft & ServiceNow.

Hobby of Being Curious, Listening, Asking Questions & Learning.

Moved into Broadcom with the VMware acquisition.

Worked on integrated all Technology, Hardware, Software, SaaS, and Services from VMware into Broadcom. Managed sourcing integration for the 4 VMware BUs that made into Broadcom - VCF, TNZ, ANS, and SDE, and spin-off planning for EUC (Eventually became Omnissa, LLC).

Successfully lead partnerships and alliances conversations with several key tech, GTM and services vendors to roll over into Broadcom.