Hybrid strategist, technologist and futurist with nearly a decade formulating thought leadership, leading advocacy campaigns and building multi-stakeholder partnerships around the world. Extensive experience mobilizing industry players, institutional investors and policy-makers around digital transformation agendas including 5G, blockchain and Ethical AI implementation. Developed 'buzz video' series “Every Industry will be impacted by 5G” which reached over 2 million unique viewers online and helped positively shape the public discourse on social media. Early career on Wall Street as an Equity Research Analyst covering telecom, media and technology companies in emerging markets.
Seeking purposeful opportunities to leverage my strategic, analytical and creative problem-solving abilities to drive digital transformation agendas into measurable business and market outcomes.
Strategic Technology Industry Partnerships
New York, NY
TechPolis | 5G mmWave Digital Advocacy Campaign Europe | June - July 2020
The Economist |Beyond coronavirus: Building resilient health-care | May 2020
The Economist |The Road ahead: AI & the future of financial services| May 2020
TechPolis | Brazil: Social, Messaging, and mCommerce Landscape | March 2020
The Economist Intelligence Unit |Business impact of ethical AI| Jan - Feb 2020
The Economist |2019 World Trade Symposium Executive Report| Nov 2019
Fusion Foundation | Stablecoins and the Future of Money |Aug - Oct 2019
Lapa Capital | The Space Internet Race is Dawning | June - Aug 2019
Co-founded Atomic Capital, a financial and capital markets technology company streamlining SEC-compliant securities offerings by issuers;
Led business development and signed corporate issuers listing 130 million digital securities offerings on the Atomic investment platform;
Helped facilitate sale of key assets to investors and exited Atomic in May 2019;
Identified account-level value propositions based on assessments and an understanding of partner’s corporate strategy, performance and needs;
Prospected and helped sign new Forum partners including Verizon, Vodafone, Telefonica, Softbank, KPN and Korea Telecom, generating nearly $2 million in recurring partnership revenue;
Structured effective partner engagement, advocacy and value creation opportunities in new markets and industries;
Led creation of 5G thought leadership assets that presented information and guidance on market-relevant strategies;
Developed online buzz video series “Every Industry will be impacted by 5G” which reached over 2 million unique viewers on social media;
Conceived and led internal symposium for industry specialists examining blockchain use cases and impact across industries;
Led business development and government advocacy on behalf of telecom industry association in the Middle East and Africa;
Engaged national governments, multilateral institutions, and regional media to shape policy discourse, contribute to market research and articulate mobile industry perspectives;
Established consensus among regional telecom groups and regulators to allocate spectrum to 4G and 5G, unlocking an estimated $108 billion regional GDP from 2015 to 2025;
Catalyzed UNHCR humanitarian connectivity initiative serving a quarter million internally displaced people in Iraq;
Headed regional team with 2 million GBP annual budget covering 3 direct reports, event marketing, public relations and market research;
Conceived original investment ideas for institutional clients based on fundamental and event-driven equity research covering the telecom, media, and technology sectors;
Developed robust financial and valuation models supported by in-depth research of telecom markets, regulation and technological innovation;
Equity research, analysis and recommendations drove 700 million in trading flows from institutional clients;
Hybrid strategist, technologist and futurist with nearly a decade formulating thought leadership, leading advocacy campaigns and building multi-stakeholder partnerships around the world. Extensive experience mobilizing industry players, institutional investors and policy-makers around digital transformation agendas including 5G, blockchain and Ethical AI implementation. Developed 'buzz video' series “Every Industry will be impacted by 5G” which reached over 2 million unique viewers online and helped positively shape the public discourse on social media. Early career on Wall Street as an Equity Research Analyst covering telecom, media and technology companies in emerging markets.
Seeking purposeful opportunities to leverage my strategic, analytical and creative problem-solving abilities to drive digital transformation agendas into measurable business and market outcomes.
Strategic Technology Industry Partnerships
New York, NY
TechPolis | 5G mmWave Digital Advocacy Campaign Europe | June - July 2020
The Economist |Beyond coronavirus: Building resilient health-care | May 2020
The Economist |The Road ahead: AI & the future of financial services| May 2020
TechPolis | Brazil: Social, Messaging, and mCommerce Landscape | March 2020
The Economist Intelligence Unit |Business impact of ethical AI| Jan - Feb 2020
The Economist |2019 World Trade Symposium Executive Report| Nov 2019
Fusion Foundation | Stablecoins and the Future of Money |Aug - Oct 2019
Lapa Capital | The Space Internet Race is Dawning | June - Aug 2019
Co-founded Atomic Capital, a financial and capital markets technology company streamlining SEC-compliant securities offerings by issuers;
Led business development and signed corporate issuers listing 130 million digital securities offerings on the Atomic investment platform;
Helped facilitate sale of key assets to investors and exited Atomic in May 2019;
Identified account-level value propositions based on assessments and an understanding of partner’s corporate strategy, performance and needs;
Prospected and helped sign new Forum partners including Verizon, Vodafone, Telefonica, Softbank, KPN and Korea Telecom, generating nearly $2 million in recurring partnership revenue;
Structured effective partner engagement, advocacy and value creation opportunities in new markets and industries;
Led creation of 5G thought leadership assets that presented information and guidance on market-relevant strategies;
Developed online buzz video series “Every Industry will be impacted by 5G” which reached over 2 million unique viewers on social media;
Conceived and led internal symposium for industry specialists examining blockchain use cases and impact across industries;
Led business development and government advocacy on behalf of telecom industry association in the Middle East and Africa;
Engaged national governments, multilateral institutions, and regional media to shape policy discourse, contribute to market research and articulate mobile industry perspectives;
Established consensus among regional telecom groups and regulators to allocate spectrum to 4G and 5G, unlocking an estimated $108 billion regional GDP from 2015 to 2025;
Catalyzed UNHCR humanitarian connectivity initiative serving a quarter million internally displaced people in Iraq;
Headed regional team with 2 million GBP annual budget covering 3 direct reports, event marketing, public relations and market research;
Conceived original investment ideas for institutional clients based on fundamental and event-driven equity research covering the telecom, media, and technology sectors;
Developed robust financial and valuation models supported by in-depth research of telecom markets, regulation and technological innovation;
Equity research, analysis and recommendations drove 700 million in trading flows from institutional clients;