Greg is an entrepreneurial and proven innovation & growth leader who has created game-changing new ventures for iconic brands across consumer and technology.
Most recently, Greg founded Clif Bar's incubator, which launched and commercialized Clif Pet after securing a strategic partnership with Petco across 1,500 stores. Other recent accomplishments include spinning off voice and speech intellectual property from Stanford Research Institute (where Siri was born) and raising seed capital from Amazon.com to commercialize this new venture.
In addition to his entrepreneurial experience, Greg is a well-rounded business athlete who has led strategy engagements, corporate investments into start-ups, M&A, licensing, joint ventures, and divestitures for global conglomerates. Post-MBA he specialized in management consulting for MNC’s operating in Greater China and (interestingly) he began his career as a product developer for Home Depot where he designed, sourced, and merchandised 60-90 new SKU’s every quarter on the factory floor.
Previous Roles
- Head of Incubator & Licensing, Clif Bar & Co.
- Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Stanford Research Institute
- Corporate Development Director, Genesys
- Founder & CEO, Ambit Analytics and Deal Decor
- New Business Ventures, Konica Minolta
- Strategy Consulting, IBM
- Product Development, Home Depot
