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CEO AND CO-FOUNDER
Professional Summary
Team-oriented executive with vision, passion and strong entrepreneurial and corporate law experience with companies in transition, whether seeking first funding, M&A opportunity or an IPO. Currently CEO/Founder of a start-up sports tech company, and formerly 19 years of general corporation law in major law firms and General Counsel for public and private companies.
Skills

  • Proven ability to work effectively in fast-paced, multi-task environment.
  • Proven ability to build and lead teams and contribute as an individual.
  • Strong negotiating and business development skills resulting in collaborative, win-win outcomes.
  • First General Counsel hired for three companies in transition.
Affiliations

Firehawks Lacrosse Club, Founder and President, 2005-present.  Started a youth lacrosse to serve a community need, which quickly grew to 500 players and 60 coaches, gaining national recognition as a preeminent youth lacrosse club in the US. Honored as US Lacrosse Double-Goal Coach of the Year and induction into the NorCal Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

Oakland Lacrosse Club, Board of Advisors, 2015-present.  OLC serves disadvantaged and at-risk kids in the Oakland community by helping them succeed on the field, in the classroom and in the community.

Work History
CEO and Co-Founder, 01/2014 to Current
SNYPR, Inc – San Carlos, California
  • In 2014 after exiting from Easton-Bell Sports, founded a start-up company backed by Google Chairman Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors fund. Raised $1.2M in seed capital from IE and other angel investors.
  • SNYPR trains youth athletes using sensor-enabled sports equipment. Our first product is a connected "wall ball" mobile app that is powered by sensors in a cell phone. The result is sensor-enabled, socially-connected, high-engagement application and software that makes individual sports practice competitive, creative and fun.
  • Currently partnered with US Lacrosse to develop skills development technology for youth lacrosse players.



General Manager, Lacrosse Division, 01/2010 to 07/2013
Easton-Bell Sports, Inc – Scotts Valley, California
  • In 2005 founded Talon Lacrosse and invented and patented a wood composite lacrosse stick. Sold Talon to Easton-Bell Sports in 2010, the owner of sports performance brands including Easton (hockey/baseball), Riddell (football), Giro and Bell (snow/bike).
  • Along with two partners from Talon, started the lacrosse division at Easton. Responsible for designing, manufacturing and marketing high-performance lacrosse equipment for the fastest growing sport in North America, including helmets, shafts, heads and protective gear.
  • Grew the lacrosse business to $2 million in sales in two years, and was on track to become a $10 million division in year three. In the summer of 2013, EBS private equity owners opted to shut down the division as part of a cost-cutting strategy to prepare EBS for an acquisition.



General Counsel, 01/2005 to 01/2010
Shutterfly Inc – Redwood City, California
  • First General Counsel for leading online digital photo products company, hired to help prepare the company for its IPO.
  • Responsible for all legal matters, managed all internal and external deal processes, deal structuring and litigation.
  • Hired and managed internal and outside legal teams.
  • Managed the IPO legal process to take the company public in September 2006.
  • Left Shutterfly to follow my passion and start the lacrosse division at Easton-Bell Sports.



General Counsel, 01/2003 to 01/2005
CBS MarketWatch – San Francisco, California
  • First General Counsel for the leading public online financial data company, hired to help grow and transition the company for a sale.
  • Responsible for all legal matters, managed all internal and external deal processes, deal structuring and litigation.
  • Hired and managed internal and outside legal teams.
  • Lead member of active merger and acquisition team.
  • Achieved a highly successful exit for stockholders following the $528 million sale of MarketWatch to Dow Jones & Company in January 2005.



Associate General Counsel, 01/2001 to 01/2003
Handspring, Inc – Mountain View, California

Associate General Counsel of a leading public technology company that developed the first handheld smart phone (Handspring Treo). Left Handspring to become the first General Counsel at CBS MarketWatch.




General Counsel, 01/2000 to 01/2001
Secugen Corporation – Santa Clara, California

General Counsel of a Korea-based D-round start-up technology company that developed and manufactured fingerprint biometric devices for access control and internet security. Raised over $62M before the Internet bubble burst in 2001. Responsibility shifted to winding down the company before eventually exiting to join Handspring.




Senior Associate, Corporate Finance Department, 01/1998 to 01/2000
Morrison & Foerster LLP – Palo Alto, California
Represented mostly company-side early stage start-up companies, from formation through first financing, to exit.
Associate, 01/1994 to 01/1998
Ashford & Wriston LLP – Honolulu, Hawaii
Represented local and Japan-based clients, primarily in hotel and other large real estate development and sales projects.
Associate, 01/1991 to 01/1994
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll – Baltimore, Maryland
Represented small to large corporate clients, with a specialty in REITs.
Education
J.D.: Corporation Law, May 1991
University of Maryland School of Law - Baltimore, Maryland
Student Editor, ABA Business Law Journal
Bachelor of Arts: Organizational Behavior and Management, May 1986
Brown University - Providence, Rhode Island
Certifications
Hawaii and Maryland Bar Associations
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • SNYPR, Inc
  • Easton-Bell Sports, Inc
  • Shutterfly Inc
  • CBS MarketWatch
  • Handspring, Inc
  • Secugen Corporation
  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • Ashford & Wriston LLP
  • Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll

School Attended

  • University of Maryland School of Law
  • Brown University

Job Titles Held:

  • CEO and Co-Founder
  • General Manager, Lacrosse Division
  • General Counsel
  • Associate General Counsel
  • Senior Associate, Corporate Finance Department
  • Associate

Degrees

  • J.D. : Corporation Law , May 1991
    Bachelor of Arts : Organizational Behavior and Management , May 1986

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