Submit Date: Dec 16, 2022
First Name Middle Initial Last Name
Email Address
Street Address Suite or Apt
City State Postal Code
Primary Phone Alternate Phone
Employer Job Title
City of Napa Boards & Commissions
Profile
Mailing Address (if different than Resident Address above) Length of Residence in the City of Napa:
5 Length of Residence in the County of Napa:
5 Registered to vote in the City of Napa?
Yes No
Ethnicity *
Caucasian/Non-Hispanic
Interests & Experiences
Which Boards would you like to apply for?
Community Development Block Grant Advisory Committee (CDBG): Submitted Richard H Tippitt
Napa CA 94559
Academy Investor Network Associate
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Community Service Experience:
Member of Slow Down Napa and Napa Bike Coalition. 8 years active duty as an officer in the Air Force.
Education:
USAFA - BS English 2010 UMass Lowell - MS IT 2016
Other relevant experience or expertise:
Additional Questions
What is your understanding of the role and responsibility of this board? This board manages the use of grant funds from HUD to encourage and build more housing around Napa.
Have you ever attended a meeting of this board? If so, how many? No
What duties of this board are most interesting to you?
Housing is a passion of mine, and the housing crisis cannot improve without passionate people working to change the status quo. I am excited to join this board to continue the efforts already underway in Napa by using these state and federal funds for our most vulnerable residents.
What activities of this board are least interesting to you? What programs or projects would you like to see improved or implemented? We need more housing, and we should work with the city to make that housing sustainable and affordable.
How would you approach improving these project(s) or program(s)? I believe sustainable cities are the only way to build for the future. We must build complete neighborhoods using the 15 minute rule where everything is within a 15 minute walk. This must start in downtown and other already established business areas.
Are you involved in any organizations or activities that may result in a conflict of interest if you are appointed to this board?
No
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Please list two local references and their phone numbers:
Maureen Trippe: Scott Holliday:
How did you learn of this vacancy?
Other
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Richard Tippitt
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Syndicate Lead, Academy Investor Network 01/2022 – Present - Direct and mentor team of 5 venture analysts and venture fellows responsible for vetting 50+ companies monthly - Generate syndicate member buzz via weekly original content and crowdsourced due diligence bounty program, accelerating membership growth 10% month-over-month and increasing deal throughput to 1 per month - Build and lead first veteran focused scout program to make significant investments in and advise pre-seed companies - Mange diligence and investment in 6 companies over 6 months for a total investment of over $1M, increasing the average investment per deal by 75%
Venture Fellow, Academy Investor Network 06/2021 – 12/2021 - Built outreach and networking backend to grow syndicate 300% and increase deal engagement per investor 200% - Intook, analyzed, and adjudicated 10 deals per week with an average pace of 1 unique deal per month and >$1M invested - Authored highly cited first-of-its-kind white paper on dual use technology market and the US Gov’s affect on startups Principal Product Manager, Kunai 12/2020 – 08/2021
- Scoped, built, and launched multiple mobile fintech products leveraging cross-functional teams to accelerate financial institution modernization generating over $500M net new revenue in total - Coordinated with brand owners to ensure brand consistency and increase adoption of new tools by 25% weekly - Led design sprint practice across multiple customers to gain $5M in bookings from multinational banks - Identified need and built mobile application for top 10 LATAM bank increasing customer adoption 10% week over week Head of Product, Levenhall 08/2020 – 02/2021
- Developed government marketplace to pair innovative startups with government needs as first non-founder hire - Ran customer discovery and alpha/beta testing for both mobile and desktop apps with 50 potential commercial sellers and 5 buyer organizations to balance stakeholder and user needs for MVP launch - Built product based method for validating product-mission fit via pre-sales efforts with 500 target startups/scaleups - Managed budget using lean startup metrics and practices to ensure adequate runway without raising capital Senior Product Strategist, Defense Innovation Unit 07/2020 – 05/2022 - Managed strategic product direction for 7 clients simultaneously across 5 separate contracts establishing quantitative and qualitative proof of product market fit
- Established and grew partnerships key to product success across enterprise cybersecurity for clients and their customers
- Facilitate weekly product discovery workshops with clients to make pivot or persevere decisions and ensure alignment with stated end user OKRs
- Incubated two decacorn companies from early ideation through hyper growth with one reaching IPO - Built prototype effort for enterprise wide asset inventory system that resulted in $164M contract and saved 10% of the entire military’s IT asset budget yearly
Principal Product Manager, Dragos, Inc. 09/2018 – 05/2020 - Led multiple full stack enterprise cybersecurity product teams for hardware, SaaS, and ML cloud analytic engine - Built product and design practices to scale team through exponential growth to team of 20 people supporting organization of 200 as first product management hire
- Defined, pitched, and launched industry first automated managed security operations center service to drive product sales, 3x sales pipeline within 2 weeks of launch which was key to $100m funding round - Led definition and integration of ML KPIs across tech stack that allowed, for the first time, the ability to identify cross vertical breach and vulnerability insights without violating federal regulations - Built and released 5 partner integrations to accelerate “whole product” growth and expose product to 12 new verticals Director of Product Management, Kessel Run Experimentation Lab 04/2018 – 09/2018 - Set product vision across 15 teams, managed hiring and mentoring all PMs and designers through 1000% growth - Created an “innovate first, ask permission later” culture to help break risk averse habits and decrease time to market 84% - Managed $25m budget and designed long term business plan to secure funding to increase runway by 3 years - Pinpointed and managed product pivot to increase actual user base 5x and potential user base 20x - Led development of Air Force’s first mobile app that decreased response time for rescue ops by 25% ATTACHMENT 1
Senior Product Manager, Kessel Run Experimentation Lab 09/2017 – 04/2018 - Launched market analysis of failing enterprise SaaS product to pivot into more viable market and increased users 500% - Created metric identification and measurement program despite technical and policy hurdles around limited connectivity - Led cross-functional team responsible for shrinking time to delivery 90% and saving one deployment to Middle East - Established design and prototyping workshop series to gather fast and relevant feedback in remote locations User Experience Designer, Defense Innovation Unit Experimental 04/2017 – 09/2017 - Increased potential user base for enterprise SaaS tool 50x via user research, uncovering multiple unforeseen use cases - Designed user experience for US military’s first ML flight planning tool to decrease planning time 92% and save $150M/yr - Introduced design component library and design practices to ensure brand continuity across 14 geographically separated teams
Director of Operations, US Air Force 05/2015 – 04/2017
- Establish first KPI based support contract to ensure availability of communications personnel and equipment anywhere in the world within 12 hours’ notice
- Design and implement company daily operations plans for 250 person organization while maintaining strategic vision and culture alignment
Technical Product Manager, US Air Force 03/2011 – 05/2014 - Led 25-member engineering and test team designing and deploying $4B of network infrastructure at 139 global locations - Built dashboard tool for hospitals across the Air Force to predict short term medicine shortages and long-term physician position requirements using health and wellness trend analytics - Identified and purchased product to incorporate F-22 proprietary systems to save 16 man hours per day per aircraft - Launched automated customer self-design product for network projects eliminating $100k per year manual test process
EDUCATION
United States Air Force Academy, BS English–2010
USMC Expeditionary Warfare School–2015
University of Massachusetts Lowell, MS Information Technology–2016
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2020 George Mason University National Security Institute Technologist Fellowship One of twenty fellows selected nationally to build a stronger partnership between Silicon Valley and the Beltway
PROJECTS/VOLUNTEER WORK
--Defense Entrepreneurs Forum Bay Area Executive Director (present): Build and launch the Bay Area arm of DEF in 2021.
DEF is an organization building a community of people focused on solving national security problems. As the lead of the Bay Area “agora” I serve as the central source of information for companies looking to work with the government and for helping veterans find tech jobs after leaving service. Lead planning and execution of annual national event with an estimated 300 attendees and 20+ speakers over 3 days.
--Stanford Hacking for Defense Business Mentor (present): an extension of the Teaching Team responsible for the success or failure of one team with four or five students. The role of mentors is to help their teams test their mission model hypotheses through interviews, prototype testing, and pivot or persevere decisions. --Global Emancipation Network Head of Product: Track, disrupt, and eliminate human trafficking around the world through unique tools and strong LEO, NGO, and government partnerships. Establish roadmap, define use cases, and secure funding for flagship SaaS tool to prevent grooming of and preying on at risk children around the world. --Volo Sports: Manage full funnel customer experience overhaul effort with leadership team to unite all associated cities and non-profit kids organization under cohesive brand including combining 7 websites from different city organizations ATTACHMENT 1
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Submit Date: Jan 22, 2023
First Name Middle Initial Last Name
Email Address
Street Address Suite or Apt
City State Postal Code
Primary Phone Alternate Phone
Employer Job Title
City of Napa Boards & Commissions
Profile
Mailing Address (if different than Resident Address above) Length of Residence in the City of Napa:
1 year
Length of Residence in the County of Napa:
1 year
Registered to vote in the City of Napa?
Yes No
Ethnicity *
Other
Interests & Experiences
Which Boards would you like to apply for?
Community Development Block Grant Advisory Committee (CDBG): Submitted Planning Commission: Submitted
Civil Service Commission: Submitted
Napa Valley Transportation Authority (NVTA) Active Transportation Advisory Committee (ATAC) :
Submitted
Kiera Lager
Napa CA 94558
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Question applies to Planning Commission,Cultural Heritage Commission Some Commissions and Boards require specific seats to be designated as "Design Professionals". Are you applying as a Design Professional? If you have marked "YES", please provide details under "Relevant Experience" in this section. You may attach your resume below.
Yes No
Community Service Experience:
When living in Petaluma I created a Black Lives Matter mural by sourcing local artists. I then turned the artwork into sweatshirts, t shirts, yard signs which were sold to people all over the country. I then donated the money back to Petaluma/Sonoma county to find new art projects. I also worked with COTS in Petaluma as an outreach person helping the houseless to get acces to their facilities. I also worked for many non profits and volunteered myself to get houseless residents backpacks, toiletries, food, tents and blankets, access to phones, medical appointments, jobs and resumes.
Education:
Petaluma high school c/o 2019 Napa valley college current nursing student.
Other relevant experience or expertise:
I have done countless volunteer projects, worked in healthcare, and business. I have forged relationships with people of all ages, races, and status. I have medical knowledge, law knowledge, and know how to step in and help.
Additional Questions
What is your understanding of the role and responsibility of this board? Helping to plan and create low income housing, and also serve our low/middle income population here in napa.
Have you ever attended a meeting of this board? If so, how many? Yes , 3
What duties of this board are most interesting to you?
I think I am most interested in helping create plans for housing, transportation and traffic safety. Streets that mostly low income residents live on, or low income neighborhoods are some of the most neglected streets, no streetlights, stop signs, and badly paved roads and cracked sidewalks. We need to do better for all residents.
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What activities of this board are least interesting to you? None
What programs or projects would you like to see improved or implemented? I would like to see low income neighborhood and neighborhoods which are primarily people of color improved and give equal funding to both. Also to get them more involved in the city council and voting, planning.
How would you approach improving these project(s) or program(s)? See above.
Are you involved in any organizations or activities that may result in a conflict of interest if you are appointed to this board?
No.
Please list two local references and their phone numbers:
Francisco Ochoa
How did you learn of this vacancy?
Other
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