My career has touched a lot of points around the Bay Area business landscape. I've been an entrepreneur, start-up executive, public company CFO, and e-commerce explorer.

Post MBA, I began as a finance analyst for the W.R. Grace Restaurant Group which operated over 800 restaurants. Next, I moved into retail with a start-up called Home Express, backed by US Venture Partners.

“Home Express exposed me to the start-up and venture capital processes at an early stage. We went through high growth, an IPO filing and later Chapter 11. Things were moving so fast, events were so compressed. Every day brought a new set of circumstances with new challenges.”

Summary

My diverse experiences in finance prepared me well for work in this segment of search business. Over the years, I’ve held both consulting and executive roles in a variety of industries and situations. I rode the dot.com and e-commerce waves, participating in start-ups and IPOs . Maybe the most exciting chapter of my work life was a $500 million IPO I helped manage at Restoration Hardware in 1998.

Education

University of California, Davis, BS
University of California, Irvine, MBA, Finance

Personal

• Native Californian.
• Loves skiing and watching his kids play little league baseball.
• Community volunteer, serves on nonprofit boards including the East Meets West Foundation, which is the largest non-governmental organization in Vietnam and other parts of Southeast Asia, and Ascend, which is a Pan-Asian Leadership organization. Served as a board member and treasurer of St. Paul's Episcopal School, an independent K-8 school in Oakland.
• Earned degree in Renewable Natural Resources, before it was hip!

Experience

Bridges SF LLC
Founder & Partner (Since 2003)

Safeway.com, Start-up e-commerce division of Safeway
CFO

Innotas, Software Start-up
CFO

Ask Jeeves / Ask.com, Search Engine
CFO

Restoration Hardware, Specialty Retailer
CFO