About
Thirty years building, buying, structuring, and scaling businesses. My background sits at an uncommon intersection: operating executive, transaction architect, and investor. I've led companies through growth inflection points, ownership transitions, cross-border expansion, restructurings, and complex commercial arrangements — not as an advisor watching from the side, but as a principal with accountability for outcomes. The clearest example is iFLY Indoor Skydiving. I joined as a senior leader and helped scale the business from an emerging concept to 100+ locations across 12 countries and over 20 million customers. When the business entered a period of decline — driven by a combination of operational, strategic, and capital structure challenges — the PE sponsor initiated a restructuring effort with me on point to lead it alongside them. Then COVID hit. Working in close partnership with the sponsor, CFO, and Interim CEO, we navigated a global shutdown across a capital-intensive, multi-ju…
Experience
General Partner
ATX Venture Partners · Austin, TX
Present
Focused on identifying, structuring, and supporting high-potential companies through critical inflection points — with a particular emphasis on frontier technology sectors advancing defense, national security, aerospace, eVTOL, space, AI, and critical infrastructure. Work closely with founders and management teams on capital formation, strategic positioning, and execution — bringing an operator's lens, transaction sophistication, and genuine partnership to companies where those things create a real edge. - Lead and support investments across emerging and growth-stage companies in frontier technology sectors - Advise founders on growth strategy, capital raising, positioning, and execution - Evaluate opportunities through both an investor and operator lens — with strong emphasis on structure, scalability, and value creation - Support portfolio companies navigating complex strategic, operational, and transactional decisions
Venture Partner
ATX Venture Partners · Austin, TX
Invested alongside the firm from inception and contributed informally on strategy, deal evaluation, and business development as the platform grew from an early-stage fund into a multi-fund franchise.
President, Ifly Tunnel Systems & Group Clo
iFLY Indoor Skydiving · Austin, TX
Led iFLY's global B2B division during a decade of transformative growth — expanding from a small footprint to 100+ locations across 12 countries, 25+ million customers, and global category leadership. As the executive with both operational leadership and oversight of the global legal function, I was involved in virtually every major strategic and transactional decision the company made — including complex deals with foreign militaries and government-owned entities across multiple jurisdictions. The defining chapter came when the business entered decline driven by operational, strategic, and capital structure challenges. The PE sponsor initiated a restructuring effort with me on point to lead it alongside them — and then COVID hit. Working in close partnership with the sponsor, CFO, and Interim CEO, we stabilized the company through a global shutdown, led a management buyout bringing in a new PE sponsor, and helped drive EBITDA to double pre-COVID levels within approximately 18 months.
Evp, Biz Dev & Chief Legal Officer (Clo)
iFLY Indoor Skydiving · Austin, Texas, United States
Svp & General Counsel
iFLY Indoor Skydiving · Austin, Texas, United States
Executive Vice President, Board Member
Quantum Interface · Austin, Texas
President, Board Member
Innovestion LLC · Austin, TX
Senior Vice President of Global Sales
ICAP · Austin,TX and Jersey City, NJ
President & Ceo, Board Member
IP Knowledge Ventures · Austin, TX
Founded a financial services firm focused on intellectual property as an emerging asset class — ultimately rolled into ICAP in 2009.
Coo & General Counsel, Board Member
Seitel · Houston, TX
Joined as General Counsel — my first in-house role — and quickly took on broader operational and business responsibilities as the scope of my role grew. Amid a significant financial crisis, the board asked me to step in as Interim CEO. We stabilized the business, restructured, and resolved the crisis.
Attorney
Legal Experience · Houston, TX and Los Angeles, CA
Early career foundation in complex transactions and business law — the groundwork for everything that followed.
Education
The University of Texas at Austin
B.A., Plan II Honors Liberal Arts
Acton School of Business
Master of Business Administration - MBA
The University of Texas School of Law
Doctor of Law - JD
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