Washlava is an IoT software company on a mission to upgrade shared laundries in the US and worldwide. Exited 2020.

Pournader & Co. is a high-performance global consulting firm consisting of top-level advisory and entrepreneurial talent. The firm provides practical, sustainable, and realistic approaches to addressing complex business and technology challenges, innovation, and people development. I lead engagements for P&Co. on an on-demand, interim basis.

Original founder of the world's first exclusively smartphone-enabled airport car rental brand, which was backed by Austin Ventures in 2012. Silvercar launched at DFW International Airport in January 2013. and now has 35 locations worldwide. Audi AG acquired the company in Summer 2017.

As part of a dedicated practice, performed advisory work in a variety of areas with functional emphasis on strategy, marketing, merchandising, planning, product development and detailed organization design.

Assessed performance and held interim executive roles with companies in turnaround, usually on behalf of investors. Other significant assignments included leading business due diligence efforts on large retail targets for major private equity firms.

Worked with clients to assess brand performance and identify opportunities to build equity and accelerate growth. Capabilities of this analytics-driven practice include strategy development, consumer and shopper insights, segmentation, retail space optimization, touch point analysis, capital allocation, business case modeling and network strategy. Clients covered a broad range of sectors including retail, consumer packaged goods, soft goods, automotive, restaurants and banks.

As part of KSA's strategy and merchandising practice, I focused on assortment performance analysis, organization design and business process improvement for major global retailers and manufacturers. Credentials include specialty, department stores, mass, grocery/CPG and online. Functional expertise includes merchandising strategy and analytics, line planning and placement, R&D and product development, inventory effectiveness, strategic sourcing, retail store development and operations.

Buy side equity research analyst

Held a variety of positions, including human resources, store development and retail operations