SAMPLE WORK ENGAGEMENTS

COMMONS

Supported CEO and CoS with several strategic priorities, including managing burn rate, scenario planning, securing venture debt, treasury management, transitioning accountants, and an audit RFP.
Commons is a Series A start-up that builds practical tools to enable individuals and households to track, offset, and ultimately reduce their carbon footprint in the name of living a more sustainable life.

Supported the founding team as their Head of Operations with a focus on establishing strong business operations, finance, and human resources practices (e.g., short-term forecasting, multi-year modeling, managing burn rate, benefits plan design + renewal, and progress monitoring)
Eli is a seed-stage start-up with backing from Lowercarbon Capital and Spero Ventures that is focused on making clean energy affordable for everyone.

Supported the Co-founders as their CFO with a focus on establishing strong finance, sales, and general business practices (e.g., rev ops, managing burn rate, venture debt, equipment financing, investor relations, short-term forecasting, and progress monitoring)
Sway is a seed-stage start-up with backing from Third Nature Investments and Alante Capital that is focused on scaling seaweed-based, rapidly compostable plastic replacement products.

Supported Co-founders with several strategic priorities including sales pipeline development, finding product-market fit, testing new customer segments, and running customer acquisition experiments.
Started by a 2x Y-Combinator founder, Bend is a seed-stage start-up providing a modern corporate card that allows organizations to automatically track and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions as they earn a meaningful yield on deposits, and carbon removal credits with every purchase.

Supported Co-founders with a number of strategic priorities including raising venture debt, establishing a treasury management strategy, revising their chart of accounts, upgrading their business insurance, building a short-term financial operating and cash flow model, and transitioning to a new accountant.
Topanga is a seed-stage software start-up that helps businesses manage reusable packaging programs.

Supported Co-founders with a number of strategic priorities including health care benefits renewal, establishing a 401k, revising their chart of accounts, rebuilding their long-term financial model, creating a short-term financial and cash flow model, selecting a new accountant, and board material preparation.
Finch is a seed-stage software start-up that provides product-level sustainability data to CPG brands.

Provided Co-founders and executive team with CoS support, including revising their bi-weekly management team meeting structure and designing a local community ambassador program.
Ridwell is a Series B start-up that collects hard-to-recycle items from consumers' front doors and ensures that all items are recycled or reused by local partners similarly dedicated to reducing waste.

Strategic advisor to the CEO and COO of Obran, a worker-owned cooperative conglomerate that grows profitable, useful, and impactful businesses that serve members, customers, and communities
Consulted with the organization at a key inflection point; helped them redesign all aspects of their core finance systems, processes, and policies to enable Obran to scale with excellence.

Strategic advisor to the CEO of Two Bettys, an award-winning employment social enterprise with a commitment to serving people and the planet.
At Two Bettys, they "clean green" by using only non-toxic and eco-friendly cleansers. Two Bettys cleaners, many of whom identify as LGBTQIA+, also earn a livable wage and benefits.

Provided direct support to the CEO, CoS, and VP of Finance on investor relations as well as M&A opportunities, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, and aligning on a unified set of SaaS metrics.
BookNook is a Series B start-up that provides comprehensive literacy instruction through a synchronous teaching and learning platform, standards-aligned curriculum, and tutoring services.