5th gen Swiss Austrian. Grew up poor in the countryside of Kansas. Futurist and realist smashed together. Launched two companies in Cape Town, South Africa and deployed experimental business models in the poorest townships of the region. Also served as a consultant to the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa on decriminalization reform and anti-human trafficking legislation, and as an advisor for the Traffick Proof coalition and Media Village in Muizenberg.

Vision: I believe that to solve the world’s toughest problems, we need to find and develop more North Star leaders with game-changing ideas.

Problem: Leadership is increasingly important as we face complex global challenges such as climate change and cybersecurity. Yet leaders who can tackle these hard problems don’t always know how to self-diagnose their leadership style or maximize their impact.

Research: In my Harvard Business School study on high impact leaders, I found two archetypes of leaders. Gold Star Leaders seek broad impact by rising high in influential organizations. They are politically savvy operators who can deftly navigate complex systems. North Star Leaders seek deep impact by crossing boundaries in pursuit of a solution to a specific problem. They are visionary founders and moonshot thinkers with high standards for knowledge and talent.

Key Issue: Both types of leaders are needed to create and build innovative, industry-shaking organizations. However, ventures can experience friction if North Star and Gold Star C-suite executives are not aligned.

Mission: My mission is to accelerate high impact leaders and “All Star” teams through star leadership evaluation, insights, and development. Maximizing a leader’s respective star takes awareness, learning agility, and practice.

1-yr-old got diagnosed with diabetes and built an ambient awareness wearable in his garage. Product and product design for a variety of medtech and ed companies.

Venture Investor | Executive | Growth Entrepreneur Electric | disruptive technologies | building a better tomorrow, faster

https://www.decasonic.com/

Pioneered the first accredited online degree in his industry. Currently teaches on integrated spirituality and human potential.

Currently working from Barcelona, Spain. Making products that work fast, are easy to use, persuasive, relevant to the customer and fit in the business environment.

I have also contributed to a couple non-profit organizations like Debt-Collective creating software allowing them to accept donations and give accountability for both the end-user donating to the cause and the NGO.

I speak English (Full professional proficiency) and Spanish (Native or bilingual proficiency) and if you want to know, I love cooking, music and photography, which I combine with my love for traveling around the world and meeting new cultures.

Music producer and VC @ChicagoVentures. This is the only thing I’ve ever been famous for: https://youtu.be/LadUft_ly50. Feel free to request shoutouts, compliments, or songs 🙂