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University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

University of California, Santa Cruz

University of California, Los Angeles

VP Tech Coast Angels, Spark xyz

Los Angeles, California, United States

Spark xyz, was founded to fundamentally fix the hyper-fragmentation that has been created in the early-stage venture ecosystem.

-  Our focus is on helping Incubators, Accelerators, Angel Groups, and Venture Capital Firms by providing an entire backend system to help them with navigating deal flow, managing members, running events, and general operations.

Spark xyz

CEO & Founder

Tech Coast Angels

Vice President

Write articles for Forbes concerning the startup and venture capital ecosystem

Forbes

Contributing Writer

My focus is on building relationships with the other Venture Capitals and Angels in LA and Silicon Valley as well as potential LPs.

-  Drive new strategic partnerships
-  Accelerate a startups growth by providing industry-specific mentors and advisors
-  Mentor new startups in the surrounding startup university ecosystem
-  Assist with cultivating follow-on investments
-  Drive recruitment and applicants to startups
-  Assist in fundraising and LP Relations

Quake Capital Partners

Venture Partner

- Managed a team of talent individuals that drove year over year growth. Was responsible for managing their opportunity, executive calls on channel partners, coaching, development, and driving regional programs

-  2015: Managed Nine Sales Associates with an Annual Quota of $1.8 million
o Left company at 106.3% of plan converting 634 businesses

-  2014: Managed Eight Sales Associates with an annual quota of $1.3 million
o Finished the year at 123.7% of plan converting 1011 businesses

-  2013: Managed Seven Sales Associates with an annual quota of $1.1 million
o Finished the year at 103.5% of plan converting 806 businesses

-  Regional Sales Executive Accountant, Client, Onboarding & Technology Champion
o Redesigned company programs to effectively increase sales and employee retention

-  ADP President's Club Winner & Team of the Year 2015

Sales Executive

- Developed training programs for the Woodland Hills Region
-  Single Direct Report who won District Manager of the month three times under my tenure ship
-  Created a National Pilot pertaining to Sales Associates using cloud software, Salesforce, efficiently and effectively
-  President's Club 2013

Sales Training Manager

- Developed a Working Digital Sales Order, which translated into a National Pilot for ADP
-  Featured in ADP's Internal National Newsletter for Innovation
-  Centric National Advisory Board: Represented Southern California, nationally, to shape ADP's Accountant Referral Channel
-  Mentored six top performing sales associates
-  Fully licensed Retirement Services Representative with Series 6 & 63
-  President's Club Winner & District Manager of the Year 2012

Elite District Manager

My focus is combining travel photography with exposing nonprofits around the world. My blog gives travel tips surrounding each location, photography tips for shooting that location, and highlights a nonprofit in the area while providing visual enticement to encourage those subscribed to venture abroad.

Portfolio:
<a href="http://LucasJPolsPhotography.com">LucasJPolsPhotography.com</a>

Lucas J. Pols Photography

Photographer & Travel Writer

- Tested controls for internal auditors and for matters relating to the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002
- Generated, set up, and organized work papers relating to many different types of companies and their financial statements
- Checked and verified financial statements via Bloomberg and EDGAR, especially public companies filing 10Q and 10K
- Developed better communication skills to effectively get my job done
- Worked with all level of the organization and have a good foundation of company structure and business practice

KPMG

Auditor

- Set up and ran a day camp for children ages 4-11
- Dealt with safety issues and concerns of parents daily
- Revolutionized the camp with new creative activities and made it more visually pleasing to the parents
- Managed Nine Counselors and their schedules to make camp operate extremely smooth

Camp Highlands

Camp Director

- Managed staff and ran a country club successfully
- Processes Accounts receivable and Accounts Payable
- Dealt with issues and concerns from Members on a daily basis

Santa Ynez Canyon Club

Assistant Director of Facilities

- Ran an entire high-end kitchen alone
- Dealt with Staff and Management under extreme pressure