Welcome to my website.

About me: 

I have been invited to present my research on parallel and alternative currencies, sovereign debt, black markets, and financial repression at conferences around the world. I was also recently interviewed on Sky News television about the alternative currency bitcoin.

I am finishing my PhD at the London School of Economics, where I am also currently teaching EH240 - Business & Economic Performance since 1945: Britain in International Context. In autumn 2012 I was elected by my peers to serve as the LSE's Research Students' Officer.

I was awarded the 2013 LSE Entrepreneur of the Year and I have received LSE grant funding for my start-up MacroDigest™ (www.macrodigest.com), an aggregator of systemically important economic news and analysis.

My 15+ years of private sector experience includes work with both start-ups and established companies such as Bank of America, The Home Depot, IDG, and Allianz. I have served on the boards of directors of both publicly traded and private companies. Previously, I co-founded and led the investment team for a $300 million San Francisco based tech incubator. I also worked in both equity research and corporate finance at Montgomery Securities and executed over $1 billion in M&A and underwriting transactions for financial services and technology companies.

For more information please see my CV or contact me by email.