About
Community builder and house flipper turned InsurTech entrepreneur. Before InsurTech NY, I started an InsurTech that focused on workplace safety and ran a founder community that allowed student entrepreneurs to run their startups post-graduation. Building an InsurTech is hard. I know that first-hand. So, I started InsurTech NY to bridge the gap between legacy insurers and InsurTechs, aiming to make the startup process easier. Five years in, InsurTech NY boasts over 180 graduates from our accelerators and more than 5,000 people who have attended our events. We also invest in the top 1% of startups through our InsurTech Fund. My passion is helping startups succeed. It is even better to do it in an industry that can improve global resilience and create a more economically and socially stable world - InsurTech. Our platform helps startups in three primary ways: 1. Connections and Networking - We host 12+ events / year to connecting startups, insurers, and brokers. That includes InsurTech Sl…
Experience
Managing Director
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Started a Seed Stage VC fund back the top 1% of InsurTech Startups. We have 15+ portfolio companies and have become on of the most active Seed Stage InsurTech funds in 3 years. We are backed by LPs in the insurance space - active angels, exited founders, insurance executives, and insurers.
Co-Founder and Managing Director
InsurtechNY · Greater New York City Area
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Build the largest InsurTech Community in North America. We act as bridge between the legacy insurance industry to startup InsurTech innovation. Our membership is made up of more than 10 insurers and brokers including Tokio Marine, Accident Fund, and Gallagher. We help the insurance industry in three primary ways: 1. Gather Intelligence - we host educational programs and draft research about the industry. Each year we host events for nearly 2,000 people through conferences, executive roundtables, and networking dinners. And, we have created more than 100 CB Insights style maps of insurance problem spaces. 2. Innovation Culture Change - we connect insurers to their peers to discuss the impact of technology and new business models on the industry. 3. Finding Startup partners - we identify and match startups with (re)insurers and brokers across all startup stages - Pre-Seed to Pre-IPO. Dedicated programs we run include InsurTech Match and the MGA lab
Partner
StartupOwl · Greater New York City Area
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We help early stage startups go from initial MVP to scalability through ensuring they build products the customer loves, and designing an effective go-to-market strategy and funding strategy.
Partner
Radial Talent
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Consulting organization that I founded to serve small businesses in product development and business development. Our team includes a virtual network of high energy and creative millennials that we pull together for projects. Examples of our work include: - Strategic planning and advisory for SaaS marketing solution - Celebrity appointment setting for an organization creating a documentary on Trust - Marketing campaign to win a Venture Splash competition for a textile company - Patent research and product development for a line painting company
Strategic Advisor
Livegenic · Greater Philadelphia Area
Lead marketing operations for an 75 person InsurTech based in Philadelphia. Livegenic is a visual collaboration and communication platform that helps underwriters and claims teams to automate their workflow and reduce the cost of inspections and claims.
Director of Innovation Programs
Silicon Valley Insurance Accelerator · San Francisco Bay Area
SVIA is the industry’s 1st Open InsurTech Innovation Lab. It helps Insurance Companies, Startups, and Vendors develop breakthrough products, solutions, services, and infrastructure by harnessing emerging technology.
Founder
DG Homes · Greater Philadelphia Area
Co-founder of a construction business focused on the development, renovation, and management of residential real estate in the Greater Philadelphia area. We flipped more than 20 houses in neighborhoods on the cusp of gentrifying areas of Philadelphia. DG Homes transformed old, ugly, and decrepit properties into the best houses on the block. We take pride in designing remarkable houses to improve communities and provide excellent quality homes.
Co-Founder
ZERO® · Greater Philadelphia
Started an InsurTech focused on driving behavioral based safety practices across construction, manufacturing, and distribution businesses. Closely affiliated with Charter Partners, a workers comp and commercial auto captive owned by my co-founder Todd. Developed an enterprise grade platform that we offered to the Charter Partners captive members then to the broader market. Scaled the business to the point of acquisition by Everest Re
Co Founder
Perfect Burpee · Greater Boston Area
Perfect Burpee is the most advanced personal workout mat ever made with smart grip surface technology and optimized ergonomics for exercising at-home, outdoors, or on-the-go. One of the fastest funded fitness Kickstarters, 75% in 7 days. We were featured in Boston Globe, Self Magazine, Improper Bostonian, Examiner, and Business 101 Podcast on 1100 AM Radio. Now live on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/922879608/perfect-burpee-the-perfect-workout-mat-for-athlete
Vp of Marketing
PMI Keystone Chapter
PMI Keystone is a 700 member Non-profit organized to support and develop project managers in the Eastern and Central PA area. Successfully ran a Professional Development Day with over 150 attendees, raising over $15,000 in revenue.
Education
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Doctor of Law - JD, Law
Lehigh University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Information Systems Engineering, Integrated Business & Engineering
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