Odile Capital

Crossover investments in venture and public equities focused in technology verticals. Specialize in M&A and equity investments

Micron Technologies

 Formulated and pitched investment strategies in emerging areas such as modern data-stack / MLOps, Industry 4.0, AI Accelerators, Generative AI - NLP & LLMs, Web3 & Metaverse, and Quantum Computing to C-suite executives, resulting in $50M in 7 strategic investments that generated a 4x MOIC at 54% IRR, with 1 M&A exit and 6 valuation step-ups.  Identified and evaluated 400+ potential early-stage (Seed - Series C) investment opportunities and led 7 strategic deals spearheading the entire due-diligence (tech/product, business model, financial modeling/underwriting, legal, and term-sheet negotiations) with founders & lead VCs.  Managed 3 analysts/associates, led the recruitment & new hire on-boarding process, drove DEI initiatives, and organized the industry-wide sustainability focused semiconductor accelerator in collaboration with CVC executives from Samsung, Lam Capital, Applied Materials, Intel Capital.  Key Deals: Paperspace, Eliyan, Red Leader, InWorld, Avicena, Virtualness, and Normal Computing

In-Q-Tel

 Constructed sector investment theses for Advanced Materials & Manufacturing, Space Infrastructure, AI Platforms, Warehouse Automation, and HW Security industries based on market research, competitive analysis, industry expert interviews, and evaluating 100+ pitches from leading startups in each sector that resulted in $40M allocated across 8 investments in Series A - D companies that generated 5x MOIC.  Provided strategic guidance and expertise to senior government officials in the Senate & Congress, contributing to the development of policies outlined in the CHIPS Act, which allocated $52 billion for domestic semiconductor production and research.  Developed comprehensive market analyses and identified $500M of potential revenue growth opportunities for portfolio company CEOs looking to expand their commercial technologies into government intelligence agencies and DoD.  Key Deals: Matterport, MosaicML, Nozomi Networks, Capella Space, Q-Ctrl, Xanadu, Cerebras, and Groq

Microsoft

 Developed and implemented a comprehensive investment strategy for a $400M AI/IoT innovation fund, resulting in a 30x return on investment for MSFT by driving partner engagement and encouraging the incubation of new AI & IoT device archetypes and digital transformation of legacy devices businesses.  Devised comprehensive product feature roadmaps, engineering & user-experience specifications, and crafted product story narratives for the global launch and international expansion of Surface/HoloLens products across 7 countries, resulting in a 15% increase in market share & $2B+ incremental revenues.  Managed and allocated a $60M development budget, optimizing spending by negotiating favorable deal-terms with global suppliers, vendors, and contract manufacturing partners and oversaw builds in Asia (China, Korea, Japan), and Israel, resulting in an overall annual cost savings of 15% and ~$600M.  Key Product Launches / M&A Deals: Surface Book, Surface Pro LTE, HoloLens, Teams HW, Bons.ai & N-TRIG acquisitions

Columbia Business School

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign