At Staircase, we called ourselves athletes. Athletes like to be measured because measurement is how you improve and win. Here are my stats:
Point72 / Värde-backed Specialty Finance Platform — Chief Data Officer, Interim (2025–2026)
Operating margin improvement (6 months)+1,000 bps
Run-rate business turned profitable$120M+
ML pricing/valuation model lift vs. baseline40%
AI agents deployed50+
Data exchange portal — self-serve onboarding< 1 month
Cost of borrowing reduction (new bank capital)400 bps
ScopeRe-architected platform, product, data stack
Elephant — Co-Founder (2025)
Properties tokenized onchain (Florida, 67 counties)10,500,000
National county coverage capability built3,100+
Property data groups per asset20
Per-property annual cost< $0.01
Cost reduction factor vs. incumbents100x cheaper
Time to full-state coverage9 months
Legal structureWyoming DUNA (one of first in U.S.)
MAHOUT token supply (fixed)150M
Staircase — Co-Founder & CEO (2020–2025)
Capital raised across 6 rounds$33M
InvestorsBessemer, RRE, MetaProp, Zigg, Torch, AVID
Engineering team built (cumulative, 6 years)150 engineers
Third-party integrations shipped100+
Mortgage value chain decomposed into products40
Consumer rate savings via AI underwriting100 bps
Annual savings delivered to national lender$10M
Pre-approval cycle (AI mortgage app)20 minutes
Compliance certificationSOC 2 Type II
Distributed team regionsN. America, S. America, Europe, MENA
BCG — Principal (2018–2019)
Freddie Mac innovation sprint team led25 people, 14 weeks
Concepts evaluatedHundreds → 5 finalists
Internal funding secured for incubation$15M
Thrive Market — Director, Operations Strategy (2016–2017)
Investment case developed for automated sortation$4M
Brilliant Bicycles — Co-Founder & CEO (2014–2017)
Seed raised from angel investors$2M (50 angels)
Supply chain builtEnd-to-end global DTC
ExitSale to Priority Bicycles
RRE Ventures — Entrepreneur in Residence (2013–2014)
FocusFintech & consumer diligence
Portfolio companies supportedBark, Payfone, DriverUp
IncubatedBrilliant Bicycles
Mubadala / ATIC — Portfolio Operations Associate (2009–2011)
Total equity invested in GlobalFoundries (team)$10B
Capacity expansion managed$1.5B (Dresden, Germany)
GlobalFoundries ranking achieved#2 contract manufacturer worldwide
Role in GF + AMD manufacturing mergerPortfolio Management & Integration
McKinsey & Company — Business Analyst (2005–2009)
FocusPE due diligence & consumer
Proprietary workEconometric model isolating marketing ROI
Columbia Business School — MBA (2011–2013)
Columbia Venture Capital Investment Competition1st Place
InSITE (startup advising)President
Harvard College — AB Economics, cum laude (2001–2005)
Rhodes ScholarshipState Finalist
Varsity Track & Field400m
Kirkland House Service AwardRecipient
Research
U.S. real estate transaction costs quantified$234.8B / year
Per-transaction cost (avg. home price $412K)$67,155
Transaction cost as % of home value16.3%
Cost reduction mapped (Elephant Protocol)89%
Per-transaction savings$60,010
Closing time reduction target45 days → 72 hours
Hidden excess interest per mortgage (7yr hold)$28,128
Title insurance industry loss ratio< 5%
Normal insurance loss ratio (comparison)60–70%
Personal
InterestsAstrobiology, decentralization, F1, biographies, backpacking, piano