Background
Unusual path: waiter in DC, then the 9/11 Commission (speechwriting/comms), Citigroup emerging-markets banking, and private equity at Actis across India, Africa and China. Then Lookout (intern to senior director of consumer product in three years) and business development at Flipboard before joining Handshake as its first product manager.
What they run now
Company-wide operations and the employer side. He positions Handshake as the place employers find 'AI-ready talent' (Access 2026).
Career
- presentPresident & COO, Handshake
- 2015First PM; later CFO (to May 2022), head of legal, CMO, Handshake
- —Business development, Flipboard
- —Intern → Senior Director, Consumer Product, Lookout
- —Private equity, Actis
- —Emerging-markets banking, Citigroup
- —Speechwriting/communications, 9/11 Commission
On the record
Says Handshake is now where employers find AI-ready talent, while the most important decisions stay human. source