Kevin P. T.

✔ Teach experiential classes on creativity and innovation and launching and scaling entrepreneurial ventures ✔ Mentor student, alumni, and community entrepreneurs ✔ Conduct research on startups and founders, with particular interests in emotion, motivation, and trust in the context of early-stage fundraising and other stakeholder relationships

I consult with founders and their top management teams on achieving their personal and business goals. I specialize in making innovation, management and leadership improvements in firms from $10M to $100M in annual revenue. I also speak to groups interested in entrepreneurship and innovation via keynotes and workshops.

BOARD DIRECTOR OR ADVISOR POSITIONS: ✔ Swally ✔ Utopia Solutions ✔ ReferralGPS ✔ HelloCollege ✔ FetchFind ✔ Earlybird ✔ UrbanBound ✔Partners for Achievement

I have invested in more than 30 high-growth startups as an angel investor. EXITS ★ Valt: Acquired by Dropbox in 2019 ★ FetchFind note repaid in full 2019 ★ PFA note repaid in full 2015 ★ MadMimi.com: Acquired by GoDaddy 2014

At Comeback Capital, I invested in pre-seed and seed-stage startups in the U.S. heartland. My primary interests are in B2B, non-healthcare companies. We're often the first professional money in a funding round with a typical investment of $100-250k.

As a full-time instructor in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, I taught classes to undergraduate and graduate students, mentor students in DePaul's Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, and advise the Driehaus College of Business's student consulting club. My teaching assignments in 2019-2020 included Consulting Skills, Change Management and Consulting, Leadership in Organizations, and Entrepreneurship Strategy.

I taught: ✔ MGT 300: Principles of Management. This undergraduate course is designed to provide students with an overview of the major principles of management. It provides a foundation for future courses that cover both macro and micro organizational problems. ✔ MGT 584: Consulting Skills. This MBA course is designed to develop the knowledge and skills required to effectively engage in human capital consultation. The course places a strong emphasis on practice and requires student teams to engage in consultation to a non-profit organization during the quarter. ✔ MGT 530: Leadership in Organizations: This MBA course covers theoretical frameworks and models of leadership and provides a foundation for the understanding of effective leadership at all levels in organizations. A major focus of the course is the development of each participant's leadership capabilities.

Provides online and in-person programs to empower parents and students with expert guidance through all aspects of the college admissions journey while inspiring students to achieve their potential through goal-oriented mentoring programs. Previous roles: 2015-2018: CTO 2012-2015: Technology Advisor

★ In August 2015 EventWax was acquired. EventWax is an online event registration platform that provided a simple and effective interface for event planners, corporate retreat planners, wedding planners.

In 2011, awarded a Coleman Fellowship for innovation in teaching Entrepreneurship. Designed and taught the curriculum for the College of Computing and Digital Media's (CDM) "Technology Entrepreneurship" course. The course is a joint undergraduate- and graduate-level class designed to provide technology students with a foundation in entrepreneurship.

★ Acquired by GoDaddy in 2014

The program consisted of research methodologies, data analysis, and business disciplinary coursework. In addition, individually, I: ✔ conducted focused research on entrepreneurship, venture financing, and founder well-being, and ✔ utilized quantitative and qualitative research methods and advanced data analysis techniques to produce publishable research for industry and peer-reviewed publications.