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Founder of Pakira, Inc. Enterprise Data Platform
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5 years experience as Founder & Chief Commercial Officer
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8 years experience in Sales & Product Development
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7 years experience as a Board Member for BBBS
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B.S. in Finance; Quant. Finance & Business Analytics
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Former Commodity Trader at FCTG, Morgan Stanley
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Trained and funded by the MIT Startup Ecosystem
I'm ready to help the next great company grow!
If you'd like to talk, please reach out.
Highlights
Listening and learning bring me closer to the truth. Before speaking, I ask myself what is true and how to learn as much as possible on a subject. Once satisfied with all I have learned while acknowledging the limits of my understanding, I feel qualified to speak from a solid foundation about what is valid on a given topic.
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Telling the truth grounds my words within my knowledge and expertise. Anytime I speak and notice my words losing their grounding, I try to listen and learn (principle #1) as much as possible on a given topic. Telling the truth makes it easy to recognize when not to speak, what questions to ask, and how to follow through on my word.
Keeping my word gives me confidence, and I've noticed how it encourages others to trust me. I must follow through on my claims and take effective action to keep my word. If my actions are ineffective, I do not tell the truth (principle #2), and I need to listen and learn (principle #1). That's not to say quit easily, but the opposite, as most of the required learning for following through on your word comes from seeing it through to its end.
These principles promote a culture of humility, learning, hard work, confidence, and trust. Such a culture can lay a foundation for a flywheel of creation.
Team Flywheel
The creative process begins with a shared vision. Shared visions must be continually discussed to promote buy-in as more people become involved. This vision needs to be flexible enough to change with reality but not too flexible that it disrupts active progress toward realizing it. Once a shared vision energizes teams, they need the autonomy and support to turn this vision into reality.
Autonomy allows teams to move from ideas to action. With the concept of WHAT needs to be done, the details for exactly HOW to achieve this are left to the creative genius of individual contributors. Many individual contributors may be uncomfortable with this initially and may make little to no progress. However, with the appropriate encouragement, support, and incentives, team members often flip a switch and begin making groundbreaking discoveries and progress.
Creativity is the accumulation of groundbreaking discoveries and progress, pushing the vision forward. Unlocking team creativity kickstarts an unstoppable engine that contributes to a productive, energizing, and fun culture!
