Move Boldly.

I coach the ambitious navigating between consulting and tech, or breaking into either.

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I've Made This Move. Both Ways.

Most career coaches have done one side of the consulting-tech divide. I've done both, more than once.

Deloitte internship in San Francisco to start. Then Oliver Wyman, full time. A tech company through its IPO. A Y Combinator-backed startup. A tech company in its post-IPO growth phase. Then back into consulting at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Now I coach ambitious people making similar moves, and back early-stage founders as an investor.

I've been the person trying to break into consulting. I've been the one at a growing tech company, wanting to build more and test myself in the startup world. And I've been the person who boomerangs back into consulting. I know what each of those moves actually feels like from the inside, not just what they look like on paper.

The pattern is the same every time: get clear on what you want, build conviction before you leap, then position your story so others can see it too. It's behind every move I've made, and it applies to any ambitious career move.

That's the lens I bring to every client conversation. You don't need someone who read about your transition. You need someone who made it.

Deloitte

The First Move

Oliver Wyman

The First Bet

Pre-IPO Tech

The Leap

YC Startup

The Growth Bet

Post-IPO Tech

The Climb

BCG

The Return

Coaching & Investing

The Next Bet

Consulting Tech

The move you've been circling.

Most people at this crossroads don't lack ambition. They lack a credible map. I help two kinds of people: those breaking into top consulting firms, and those looking to move into tech with conviction, not desperation. I also coach ambitious professionals in any field through pivots, promotions, and what comes next.

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Consulting Entry

Consulting Career Strategy

Case prep, fit interviews, offer negotiation, and positioning for BCG, McKinsey, Bain, Oliver Wyman, Deloitte, and others. For undergrads, MBAs, and career switchers.

Most Differentiated 2

Tech Entry

Tech Career Strategy

For the ambitious ready to move into a product, strategy, or operator role at a tech company or startup, and wants to do it on their own terms. I've made this exact move. Repeatedly.

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General Career

Career Transitions & Growth

For ambitious professionals at any stage who want clarity on a pivot, promotion, or next chapter. Same approach, same standard, applied to your career, whatever your field.

Clients have gone on to roles at BCG, Bain, Oliver Wyman, Deloitte and Apple, among others.

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Betting on the boldest founders.

The same instinct that drove every move in my career (pick the moment, back your conviction, take the leap) is what I bring to early-stage investing. Since relocating from San Francisco to New Zealand, I'm an LP in Icehouse Ventures Seed Fund IV, New Zealand's most active early-stage VC firm. I also make direct investments in early-stage, courageous founders.

Icehouse Ventures

LP · Seed Fund IV

Direct Investments

Selected early-stage founders, with a special focus on New Zealand

Focus

Pre-seed & seed stage

Always open to meeting exceptional founders at the earliest stages.