Jonathan is a highly effective marketing and strategy professional that has directly worked with over a dozen startups as a pitch coach, mentor or adviser. Some of the most successful startups he has worked with include RealtyMogul (Winner Hatch Pitch competition 2013; $35B funding in 2015), Prynt (Finalist SXSW Accelerator 2016), Voxofon (Top 15 Grossing Communications App in iTunes) and Socedo.com ($1.5M funding in 2016). In addition, Jonathan was the Director of Product Marketing at AlertLogic where he led the complete overhaul of the company’s brand, marketing and positioning as a Security-as-a-Service provider. Efforts led to being named an emerging leader by Forrester Research.

Jonathan is currently a Director of Strategy at Dell as well as the co-founder of SmartAustin.org, a non-profit organization whose mission is to help Austin be the center for SmartCities startups, investors and thought leaders. He has over 15 years of product management, marketing, and strategy experience productizing concepts and successfully bringing new technology solutions to market. Jonathan holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Northwestern University and an MBA from Rice University.