Entrepreneurial Endeavors

In 2017, I founded Concept Key, a digital innovation lab that builds innovative digital products for Fortune 500 Companies. In 2015, I co-founded Volunteers For Smiles, a NYC non-profit organization that helps those less fortunate meet basic needs and realize personal goals and aspirations.

Product Management

At the intersection of customers, business, design, and technology, there is always an opportunity to build something meaningful. I help product/business leaders convert market needs into strategy, strategy into incremental product delivery, and delivery into continuous learning and improvement. The value is in what gets used, not in what gets built.

Innovation Strategy

It is not always about disruption. More often, than not, innovation is about making small, measurable improvements over time. It’s easier to make something specific 20% better than it is than to make something 20% better overall. Let’s harness data, market forces, and innovation game theory to explore how your business can grow.

Design Thinking

I share ideas, stories, and philosophies to better understand the human condition in an effort to pave the road to a higher form of living. When brainstorming ideas, I take on an iterative, non-linear process, to understand the context, test ideas with users, re-frame the problem, prototype, and evaluate.

It’s been said that “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – (Ancient Proverb) If you would like to collaborate with me and my team on any of the following ideas, please send a message with how you can contribute on the contact page. Chances are, we will have more success working together than on our own. So, let’s go far!

Side-Light Emitting LED Module

Partnered with Things4you to reinvent the LED light bulb! Introducing a new universal LED module that emits light sideways, enabling unlimited new ways for expressing LED light fixture designs. Multiple prototypes and light fixture designs have completed end-to-end testing. Patent has been submitted. Preliminary manufacturing and distribution partnership has been established with Tungsram (GE Lighting Europe). Go-to-market geographies include USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina. To learn more, visit our website, check out our teaser video, and view our pitch on the Angel Investment Network. Previously raised $125k (Seed Round); now seeking $250k (Angel Round) for 15% equity.

Party Planning Assistant

Getting friends together is already difficult, especially with how busy everyone is. Yet, once you’re together, how do you keep your guests entertained? The idea is to create a service to help with party planning. Upon event creation, the organizer would see a list of suggested activities based on the type of event chosen e.g. birthday party, bachelor/bachelorette party, baby shower, etc. The organizer can send custom designed invitations to attendees, the service would show an event countdown, send timely reminder notifications to invitee’s preferred calendars of the planned itinerary (before and during the event). Possible further integrations to enable photo sharing, group chat, and music playlist control can be considered as well.

Real Estate Investment Modeling Platform

A configurable (input/output) calculator for novice/advanced homebuyers to estimate real estate investment attractiveness by evaluating/forecasting Cap Rate, Gross Operating Income, Total Expenses, Cash Flow, Renting vs Buying, Tax Savings, Debt Service, and ROI. In addition, the application could input data from the MLS, Zillow, or other real estate database to pre-populate input values.

Pre-Collect Groceries

A time-saving platform-as-a-service charging $5-$20 to pre-collect groceries for busy people who like to personally pick out their produce. The supermarket would mobilize its workers to prepare a cart of items you have pre-selected and pre-paid for via the application, which showcases every item in store. You arrive, do your quality control, confirm payment, and are on your way. No lines. No lost time.

Smart Pill Box

A biometric secured smart pill box to help doctors monitor medication dispensed by their patients, ultimately helping fight the opioid crisis. Inline with HIPAA policies and procedures, this pill box, along with an app experience, would prevent medication theft, log consumption data, and generate smart insights to empower health policy makers and health insurance companies to drive the responsible administration of medication.

IOT Weight Monitoring Sensor

A sensor that monitors the weight of an object. Coupled with an app, people would be able to monitor the depletion of their home food products (the delta in weight signifies depletion). Restaurants would be able to monitor the change in food weight on a plate, so that they could ensure timely service for their patrons (cleanup, time of next entree). Smart learning capabilities can be added to analyze weight depletion patterns across different products.

Micro-Retail Stores

Empower up-and-coming brands to market/sell their products/services in small ~500 sq. ft. brick and mortar stores. Essentially, a Retail Airbnb. Brands would appreciate having an in-person touch point with customers as well as saving on significant supply chain/transportation costs. Customers would appreciate trying out products/services in-store, not worrying about shipping products back. There are a few competitors in this space (www.thestorefront.com), so execution is key, particularly in securing spaces and building out an engaging user/brand platform interface experience.

Haircuts As A Service

For those who prefer getting more than 1 haircut a month, pay a low flat fee to get up to 2 haircuts/month, a higher fee to get up to 4 haircuts/month, and the highest fee to get up to 8 haircuts/month. The idea is to create a platform for scheduling haircuts appointments, coupled with a calendar dashboard and loyalty analytics reporting. Hairstylists benefit from increased demand/revenue; clients benefit from added convenience and service. Both parties save time booking appointments. Payments can also be handled via the platform.