Each began with a person.

2015 — Present

VIBEUP

WE ARE THE FOUNDERS

A world's first social wellness platform, focused on intentional living, human optimization, wellbeing, community elevation.

• 2015–2022: Over 100,000 festival attendees, 100+ high-rise residential luxury communities, and over $500k from global sponsors, including Lululemon, Reebok, and Whole Foods.
• 2024 — Today: Co-created the business development roadmap and growth architecture from the ground up.
• Led corporate structuring, organizational design, and investment strategy — building infrastructure that would scale.
• Raised $690k USD in seed funding from mission-aligned investors.
• Laid the foundational blueprint for mission's global mission, supporting the co-founders deepening their own personal clarity.

2017 — Present

NeuroTrackerX

Strategic Advisor · Business & Investment Strategy

A neurotechnology and cognitive performance company helping elite athletes, military operators, and high-performing executives enhance focus, decision-making, and mental resilience — built on the science of Nothing Artificial.

• Led business development, strategic positioning, and investor relations across a multi-year advisory engagement.
• Helped raise $1.5 million USD in growth capital to accelerate commercialization.
• Advised on long-term corporate structure and global expansion blueprint — the kind of clarity that only comes from slowing down enough to think strategically.
• The founder's deepened personal clarity translated directly into sharper investor storytelling and more aligned team leadership.

2015 — 2024

PandaPay

Co-Founder

A Canadian merchant services provider offering Interac and credit card payment processing nationwide — built from scratch into a scaled national infrastructure and ultimately a successful exit.

• Built and scaled a portfolio of 8,000 merchants across Canada through disciplined business development.
• Developed national infrastructure for payment processing and merchant services over nearly a decade.
• Completed a multi–8-digit portfolio exit in 2024 — a testament to patient, principled building.
• The years of building together cultivated a leadership culture grounded in trust and long-term thinking — the kind of team dynamic that made the exit possible.

2023 — Present

Auper

Strategic Advisor

An innovative technology platform redefining how businesses and individuals access and deploy artificial intelligence — building tools that amplify human potential rather than replace it.

• Strategic advisory across product positioning, growth architecture, and investor relations.
• Helped shape the foundational narrative for investor conversations, including a $50M financing round, and market positioning.
• Advised on organizational structure and go-to-market strategy for early-stage scaling.
• The work deepened a conviction that the best technology partnerships are built on a shared belief that tools should serve people — not the other way around.

2022 — 2024

WeGo

Strategist

A regenerative real-estate model redefining development with an interconnected, regenerative lifestyle approach at its core — where the land, the community, and the people building it all matter.

• Led branding, core messaging, and all creative support — shaping a vision language that resonated with mission-driven investors.
• $500k fundraising, pitch development, website, and financial modeling.
• Team management, project management, and implementation across a complex multi-stakeholder build.
• Working at the intersection of land stewardship and human development deepened the team's sense of purpose and personal alignment with the mission.

2024

Quantum Energy

Investment Strategy Consultant

An energy-focused company pursuing innovative technologies and capital expansion — entering a market that demands both technical credibility and investor confidence at every step.

• Advised on investment strategy and capital positioning for early-stage fundraising.
• Introduced strategic investors and facilitated investor relations that built lasting partnerships.
• Helped raise $300,000 USD in private investment funding.
• Supported early-stage structuring to prepare the company for future growth rounds — building the kind of foundation that doesn't need to be rebuilt when scale arrives.

2021 — 2023

The NYX Bali

Technology, Marketing

A co-work, co-create, co-live community space located in the heart of northern Ubud, Bali — where people come not just to stay, but to become something more.

• No website existed previously — built the entire digital foundation and online identity.
• Organized core messaging, media, and layout to reflect the community's transformational spirit.
• Optimized SEO, mobile, and auto-web forms — making the space discoverable to the people it was meant for.
• Immersion in Bali's culture of conscious community and creative intentionality profoundly influenced how we think about space, belonging, and the environments we help founders build.

2021 — 2023

Hotelito de Playa

Strategy, Tech, Marketing

A boutique hotel in the paradise beach town of La Punta, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico — a project where starting from zero became an opportunity to build something truly original.

• No website existed previously for the business — created the entire digital presence from scratch.
• Created core messaging, media, and layout that authentically captured the property's spirit.
• Optimized SEO and created guest guides that turned visitors into advocates.
• The process of building a voice for a place that had never had one affirmed that the best brands are simply the truest ones.

2022

Lifestyle

Strategy, Business Development, Tech, Marketing

Elevated Living's new lifestyle brand connecting residents from 250+ high-rise properties with their local community — turning buildings into neighborhoods and neighbors into communities.

• Produced the business and event template that became the operational foundation.
• Created the property launch template used across future openings.
• Launched in Chicago in Spring 2022, resulting in $10k+ monthly revenue within the first quarter.
• The work reinforced a deeply held belief: people don't just want a place to live — they want to belong somewhere.

2022

Thrive Leaders

Strategy, Business Development, Tech, Marketing

Helping purpose-driven businesses and coaches multiply their growth with a personally guided, 90-day program and proprietary systems — a company built on the same principles it teaches.

• Designed the business model and launch campaign from the ground up.
• Launched the business to over $40k in revenue in the first phase.
• Generated over $160k for the first 4 clients — proof that the model works when the methodology is lived, not just taught.
• Collaborating with founders who lead from purpose deepened a shared conviction that the most powerful growth comes from the inside out.

2021 — 2022

Enedym

Strategy, Marketing

A game-changing electric motor technology company changing the way the world moves, together — a project at the frontier of clean energy and global infrastructure.

• Core messaging development for investor decks, website, and sales marketing materials.
• Growth planning connecting sales and marketing efforts across multi-year planning efforts.
• Resulted in 8-digit fundraising and global partnerships — capital raised in alignment with the mission.
• Working alongside a team building technology for the next generation reinforced a personal commitment to leaving things better than we found them.

2021 — 2022

Casa de Olas

Strategy, Technology, Marketing

The House of Waves — a boutique hotel on the beach in La Punta, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico. A space that holds its guests with the same intention the ocean holds the shore.

• Built a mobile app for all guest and property services — bringing the boutique experience into the digital age.
• Group retreats program developed and built out, creating a new revenue vertical.
• Event and general marketing infrastructure development that gave the property a lasting digital presence.
• Working in this environment renewed a personal conviction about the value of beauty, rest, and intentional space — values now woven into every stewardship engagement.

2020 — 2022

Elevated Living

Strategy, Business Development, Marketing

A technology company providing game-changing software and services for 250+ luxury, multi-family high-rise properties — and a partner-merger that tested what great leadership looks like under pressure.

• Strategic growth leadership through a transformative partner merger.
• Partner merger generating $100k+ in revenue in one year.
• New product divisions launched in 2022 — expanding the company's market reach and recurring revenue base.
• The pressure of a merger catalyzed hard conversations about culture and values that ultimately made the team stronger and more aligned.

2018 — 2021

Wood Partners

Strategy, Business Development, Tech, Marketing

A real estate development and property management company overseeing 300+ properties nationwide — where resident experience and community-building became the differentiator in a competitive market.

• Launched Wood Partners' first two properties in Chicago, creating the resident engagement template.
• Managed resident engagement initiatives, events, and digital marketing across a growing portfolio.
• Resulted in the fastest lease-up in company history — community-first strategy proving its commercial value.
• The experience of shaping how thousands of people experience their homes deepened a conviction that great organizations create environments where people genuinely flourish.

2019 — 2020

Creative TRND + SEO TWIST

Advisor, M&A & Capital Raise

A strategic consolidation between two digital marketing and SEO agencies — a merger that required more than financial engineering, it required alignment of cultures, visions, and the people carrying them.

• Facilitated the merger between Creative TRND and SEO TWIST — navigating the human complexity behind the deal.
• Helped secure $1.6 million in capital for post-merger growth and integration.
• Advised on organizational integration, corporate architecture, and scaling strategy.
• The most valuable outcome was watching two founding teams discover that their shared values were stronger than their combined assets — and build from that foundation.

2019

HiiTide

Strategy, Business Development, Marketing

An e-learning book club platform designed to optimize learning, connection, and community — a product built on the belief that growth is better shared.

• Refined the growth strategy to core product, cutting noise and accelerating product-market fit.
• Connected global renowned strategic celebrity partners that reached millions.
• Generated $120k+ in a 6-month engagement term.
• The clarity required to distill this platform to its essential value mirrored the personal clarity the founders gained about what kind of company they actually wanted to build.

2019

9mm Beyond Energy

Strategic Advisor & Fundraising Lead

A performance-driven functional energy supplement company designed for people who demand more from what they put in their body — and from what they build.

• Raised $1.7 million USD in investment capital from aligned investors who believed in the product's potential.
• Built the complete legal, financial, and corporate structure from scratch.
• Designed and executed the long-term growth and expansion strategy.
• The discipline of raising capital with integrity — never promising more than truth warranted — built a team culture that prioritized credibility over hype.

2016 — 2019

Golub Company

Strategy, Business Development, Tech, Marketing

A property management company overseeing operations for over 100 properties internationally — where luxury real estate met the need for community-driven marketing at every scale.

• Launched Golub Company's largest property in Chicago with 700 units, Marquee at Block37.
• Awarded Chicago's top-rated luxury, multi-family, high-rise residential property.
• Highest lease and retention rates in portfolio, resulting in $400M acquisition.
• The depth of community required to retain residents at premium scale reinforced everything we believe about relationship as competitive advantage.

2016 — 2019

IDEAL Protein

Vice President, Business Development

A global medical weight-loss and metabolic health company serving physicians, clinics, and health systems worldwide — operating at the intersection of healthcare, business scale, and human transformation.

• Led and managed 250 employees across Canada and the U.S. with operations in 19 countries.
• Supported 4,000+ medical partner clinics worldwide.
• Contributed to the deal where 65% of the company sold for $377M USD on a $580M valuation in 2015.
• Supported strategic initiatives that elevated the company's valuation to $880M USD in 2017 — and the clarity required to lead at that scale demanded the same personal coherence we now help founders build.

2009 — 2019

GVG Enterprises

Founder & Business Development Strategist

A business development and growth strategy firm supporting medical, wellness, and technology companies — building the playbook for international expansion one relationship at a time.

• Led global expansion for IDEAL Protein, opening 17 international distributors between 2011–2015.
• Supported 500+ medical clinics implementing the medical weight-loss protocol.
• Oversaw distribution of more than 1 million protein product boxes per year.
• A decade of building scalable international growth strategies developed a founder who understood that sustainable business is built on trust — and that truth about a market is more valuable than optimism about it.

2017

Dimes Energy

Investment Strategy Consultant

An energy exploration and drilling company operating wells in Pennsylvania and New York — requiring disciplined capital strategy and investor confidence to move fast on an opening in the market.

• Developed the investment strategy and capital expansion framework for drilling operations.
• Helped raise $10 million USD for drilling operations — structuring the raise to attract the right investors, not just any investors.
• Supported corporate structure, investor positioning, and long-term financial planning.
• The discipline required to steward $10M of investor trust sharpened the team's clarity and operational focus in ways that outlasted the raise.

2016 — 2017

Mar de Jade

Strategy, Business Development, Marketing, Tech

A mindfulness resort where the jungle meets the sea on the coast of Nayarit, Mexico — a place where healing and hospitality converge in one of the most breathtaking natural settings imaginable.

• Consolidated the eco-system's core messaging into 4 organized, coherent projects.
• Helped craft multiple websites and grant applications that opened new revenue streams.
• Developed creative and marketing strategy to bring the resort's unique healing experience to a global audience.
• Working inside this environment reinforced a living understanding of what it means to build a business as an expression of a life philosophy.

2014 — 2015

Selfless

Founder

A philanthropic lifestyle platform connecting causes, businesses, and humans to inspire a more selfless planet — a pivot from commercial building toward something rooted in genuine giving.

• Raised $150k in funding to launch and build infrastructure.
• Partnered with 100+ premium businesses including Equinox and Lettuce Entertain You Enterprise.
• Generated $100k+ in donations for 26 causes.
• Sold the company to launch VibeUp — and the act of building something purely in service of others fundamentally reshaped how all future ventures were approached.

2011 — 2014

YouSwoop

Founder

A daily deal website built off the coattails of Groupon's rise in Chicago, IL — turning a market moment into a scaled business that became a launchpad for what came next.

• Led business development for the company launch, resulting in $380k in the first quarter.
• $3M trailing 12-month revenue in year 1, with 1,300 email subscribers and 50 employees.
• Resigned as CEO to launch Selfless, before a 7-digit exit.
• The discipline of building and then intentionally stepping back — handing something you built to others — became one of the most formative growth experiences in the journey.

2013 — 2014

25 Degrees

Strategy, Business Development, Marketing

An upscale burger bar in Chicago's River North neighborhood — a concept that proved premium experiences and community-driven marketing could elevate even the most competitive category.

• Initiated newsletter, social media, loyalty, and event strategies that built a loyal local audience.
• Doubled social media and email followers — growing a real community, not just a following.
• Generated $50,000+ in 8 months through focused, disciplined execution.
• The experience of building a beloved neighborhood brand reinforced the belief that real growth starts with genuine human connection.

2012 — 2014

Tall Ship Red Witch

Business Development, Marketing

A 60-foot, 80-ton, mahogany schooner and charter experience sailing the Great Lake Michigan — where heritage met modern marketing to bring a legendary vessel to a new generation.

• Event strategy reaching 1M Chicagoans — connecting the city to one of its most iconic maritime experiences.
• Digital marketing and sales strategies that generated over $120k in revenue in year one.
• Proof that authentic stories, told well, create loyal communities — a principle that carried forward into every project since.

2011 — 2013

Abigail Simon

Strategy, Business Development, Tech, Marketing

An internationally recognized model, professional ballerina, and dance manager — a partnership that required understanding the intersection of artistry, personal brand, and commercial opportunity.

• Landed a multi-year contract with globally renowned ballet shoe company Capezio.
• Negotiated numerous contracts for national and international tours resulting in $10,000s in revenue.
• The collaboration deepened an appreciation for what it means to steward someone's gifts with care — protecting the artist as much as the business.

2010 — 2011

Beauty & The Bottle

Founder

A female-focused events company connecting women with beauty, fashion, wellness, and hospitality businesses — ahead of its time in the community-commerce intersection.

• Raised $30k for launch funding and built the founding infrastructure from scratch.
• Generated $30k in revenue in the first 3 months — validating the model quickly.
• The company was acquired by YouSwoop — becoming the foundation for what came next.
• Building a brand centered on women's community and flourishing planted seeds that continue to grow through every subsequent venture.

2009 — 2011

Mathien

Management

One of the most original singer-songwriters and producers you'll ever meet. Managing Mathien wasn't just a business — it was a front-row seat to what happens when purpose and artistry align.

• Signed production and record deal — navigating the music industry with creative integrity at the center.
• Multiple sold-out shows at the House of Blues.
• Built the infrastructure around an artist who refused to compromise, and learned that protecting someone's vision is one of the highest forms of stewardship.

2009 — 2010

Flatwater

Strategic Business Development

An upscale restaurant and lounge — the first of its kind on the Chicago Riverwalk. A project that blended hospitality, brand building, and community in one of the city's most visible new locations.

• Created a weekly event strategy generating $20k+ per night — transforming the space into a destination.
• Launched a brunch concept that tripled revenue and brought a new daytime audience.
• Generated overall brand awareness increasing revenue 7 days per week.
• The creative energy of building a beloved community gathering place fed a deeper understanding of what great experiences do to people.

1998 — 2004

Last Call

Founder

A nationally touring a cappella group that turned pop, rock, soul, R&B, and boy-band into something entirely their own. This was the first dream managed — and what taught that anything is possible.

• Secured national management, agency, and record deal — built from nothing but talent, hustle, and belief.
• Collaborated with songwriters of Jackson 5, Alicia Keys, NSYNC, Eminem, and more.
• 100+ shows each of the last 3 years across 36 states, with 1,000s of albums sold.
• The discipline of building something you love from zero — on the road, in the grind — became the foundation for every venture that followed.

You

The next partnership begins with a conversation — not a template, not a formula. Stewarded uniquely, as every founder has been.