Managing Partner - Venture Capital Fund

Towerview Ventures is a community of Duke University alumni (and soon to be alumni): investors, entrepreneurs, executives, and innovation enthusiasts.  The core is a private, for-profit venture fund for Duke alumni that invest in seed, growth, and later stage companies with a Duke alumni connection.  Each year we create a fund and build a 25-30 company portfolio for our investors that spans industry, stage, and geography.  The investments will be alongside top-tier venture capital and private equity lead investors.  Towerview Ventures is not a part of Duke University. We are building a large community around this effort and would love for you to take part.  By joining thousands of alums, you will receive a monthly newsletter with updates on our investments, information on events, and other content related to Towerview Ventures and all things Duke.  Additionally, Towerview Ventures has sister funds at Dartmouth, Harvard, Yale, MIT, Penn, Stanford, Northwestern and several other top universities.  Towerview Ventures works with these sister funds to expand our network and help the Duke entrepreneurial community.As Managing Partner, I am responsible for building the Towerview Ventures team, portfolio, and supporting the Duke entrepreneurial community, while serving as the primary contact point for all investors.You can learn more and sign up at our website.
    
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      Towerview Ventures, an Alumni Ventures Group Fund
  

Alumni Ventures Group is one of the most active VC firms in the U.S., and operates nearly two dozen venture funds serving all accredited investors, including Bascom Ventures for alumni and friends of University of Wisconsin and Towerview Ventueres for alumni and friends of Duke University.  As the Managing Partner of Bascom and Towerview Ventures, I partner with 40+ other investment professionals within Alumni Ventures Group to source and vet deals that meet our stringent investment criteria with which to build diverse portfolios for our fund investors.
    
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      Alumni Ventures Group
  

Bascom Ventures is a community of Wisconsin alumni (and soon to be alumni): investors, entrepreneurs, executives, and innovation enthusiasts.  The core is a private, for-profit venture fund for Wisconsin alumni that invest in seed, growth, and later stage companies with a Wisconsin alumni connection.  Each year we create a fund and build a 15-20 company portfolio for our investors that spans industry, stage, and geography.  The investments will be alongside top-tier venture capital and private equity lead investors.  Bascom Ventures is not a part of (but friendly with) the University of Wisconsin. We are building a large community around this effort and would love for you to take part.  By joining thousands of alums, you will receive a monthly newsletter with updates on our investments, information on events, and other content related to Bascom Ventures and all things Badgers.  Additionally, Bascom Ventures has sister funds at Dartmouth, Harvard, Yale, MIT, Penn, and Northwestern.  More schools will be added soon.  Bascom Ventures works with these sister funds to expand our network and help the UW entrepreneurial community be always moving Forward.As Managing Partner, I am responsible for building the Bascom Ventures team, portfolio, and supporting the Wisconsin entrepreneurial community, while serving as the primary contact point for all investors.You can learn more and sign up at our website.
    
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Bascom Ventures

Built strong product development team.Raised capital to fund product development and introduction.Drove partnership relationships.Set and implemented corporate strategy from start-up through profitability.


Led acquisition and strategic planning for corporation.Developed new strategic focus that accelerated growth of 78-year-old business.Completed four international acquisitions.Acting Division President for high tech subsidiary.


Woodhead Industries Inc.

Led acquisition teams for billion dollar transactions.Delivered $45 million annual savings from integration of acquired companies.


Following Tenneco’s expected separation to form two new, independent companies, an Aftermarket and Ride Performance company (DRiV™)&nbsp; as well as a new Powertrain Technology company, the new Tenneco will be one of the world’s largest pure-play powertrain companies serving OE markets worldwide with engineered solutions addressing fuel economy, power output, and criteria pollution requirements for gasoline, diesel and electrified powertrains. 

Information in this section reflects the current combined Tenneco organization.  Further details can be found on the company website at www.Tenneco.com.

Tenneco

Strategic planningActing division CFOCapital allocation


About us

  Honeywell is a Fortune 100 company that invents and manufactures technologies to address tough challenges linked to global macrotrends such as safety, security, and energy. With approximately 129,000 employees worldwide, including more than 19,000 engineers and scientists, we have an unrelenting focus on quality, delivery, value, and technology in everything we make and do.


      Honeywell
  

In achievement and prestige, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has long been recognized as one of America's great universities. A public, land-grant institution, UW–Madison offers a complete spectrum of liberal arts studies, professional programs and student activities. Spanning 936 acres along the southern shore of Lake Mendota, the campus is located in the city of Madison.

University of Wisconsin-Madison

In its relatively short history, The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, has established itself as one of the leading business schools in the world. With #1 ranked faculty according to Bloomberg Businessweek and renowned research centers, the school sits among top-ranked U.S. business schools.

Managing Partner at Towerview Ventures, an Alumni Ventures Group Fund

Towerview Ventures, an Alumni Ventures Group Fund

Managing Partner

Alumni Ventures Group

Managing Partner

Bascom Ventures

Founder & Managing Partner

SafePlug (2D2C, Inc.)

President & CEO

Woodhead Industries Inc.

Vice President, Corporate Development

Tenneco

Director Corporate Development

Honeywell

Financial Analyst

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Mechanical Engineering

BS

Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business

Finance, General Management

MBA