Advisor to public and private companies, financial and corporate venture funds and national and regional governments on venture capital, angel investing, private company finance, corporate governance and building successful startup hubs. Investor focus is on AI and data analytics solutions for key business markets, health IT and deep tech.

Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Angel Capital Association and chair of the ACA's, Education and Smart Practices Committee. Author of the ACA's courses on Assessing and Managing Risks in Early Stage Investing and Angel Backed Boards of Directors.

Chairman, Software Industry Group, Band of Angels, Silicon Valley's oldest technology investment group. More than seventeen years in global venture capital and sixteen years in angel investing. He has recently advised investors, governments, corporate VCs and startups in locations as diverse as Armenia, Germany, Israel, the Republic of Georgia, Italy, Chile, Australia, New Zealand and across the US.