I'm an entrepreneur, investor, and MBA. I come to San Francisco via the UK, India and the Philippines. I'm fascinated by the promise of technology and how it interacts with emerging markets here in the US and abroad. Right now, I've just finished my MBA where I was president of the Berkeley Entrepreneur's Association, and am working with a number of family offices on venture projects. Before, I built a startup in the luxury space, did venture capital for a family office in the UK, operations in the Philippines, and built the digital brand for a seventeen billion dollar firm in India. Looking for: connections in the venture capital/angel community, family offices.

Principal @ From August 2015 to Present (5 months) Founder @ Teaman & Company - Online high-end jewelry venture based on 3D printing, backed by 500 Startups/Skydeck/Foundry, funded. Founder, ran go-to-market, Fundraising & Business Development. Ran successful seed fundraising efforts, took company to 500 Startups (top 3 accelerators in valley), and Skydeck accelerators. Led business development, creating relationships and partnerships with Gemfields, SJ Philips, and Ostro Topaz (largest players in industry). Built sales pipeline and processes, turning business cash positive in year 1. Set up legal, finance, accounting and HR for the company, recruited five employees with decades of experience. Developed supplier relationships with leading global dealers of Opal, Tsavorite, Emerald, Tourmaline and Sapphire in first six months (usually requires years). From July 2013 to July 2015 (2 years 1 month) Business Development & Market Sizing @ Exercise Gaming Startup, using mobile tech to make exercise fun (www.bitgym.com). Assisted with development of pitch, identification of investors/partners. Managed PR & Marketing campaign for BitGym's first mobile apps, garnering press mentions in TechCrunch, VentureBeat & Engadget amongst others. Led construction of a web and brand identity for the startup from concept to finished product. Developed relationships with major exercise equipment manufacturers, leading to ongoing partnerships. From October 2012 to June 2013 (9 months) Operations Manager @ Paracale Gold is a gold mine focused on responsible mining in the Paracale region. Built communications and mining infrastructure (cellphone tower for entire valley, fueling station) in new partnerships with national telecomm providers. Managed site supplies (Fuel, Cyanide etc.) and the infrastructure of $35 million mine site on a day-to-day basis, secured continued operations despite lack of funding for over 3 months, negotiated favorable terms with vendors. Led contract & reagent sourcing for operational plant; reduced costs by 25% compared to previous year. Delivered Filipino permits required to commission plant – only firm permitted that year. From January 2012 to September 2012 (9 months) Senior Associate @ Major Family Office with investments in emerging markets, mining, and biotech. Built pitch and value proposition to raise USD $45 million for portfolio firm, creating investor documentation & analyzing financial models Analyzed global gold and coal industries and likely trends in demand, leading to secondment to minesite as on ground VC representative. Consulted with (portfolio company) on understanding of app space and development of an app strategy. From June 2011 to January 2012 (8 months) Digital Marketing Lead @ A $17 billion Indian conglomerate with investments in automotives, tractors, real estate, IT and others. Led four person team with a $5 million budget building Mahindra’s website (www.mahindra.com) from start to finish. Site won best Corporate Site at IAMAI awards and honoree at the Webbys. Formed a digital strategy for the Mahindra Group (100+ plus companies in dozens of geographies), working with 11 external agencies on three continents. Worked directly with the Mahindra Group CEO on new media strategy. Projects included identifying shortcomings in Mahindra’s film & media company, as well as training the CEO in social media (@anandmahindra). Led the key creative team, assisting the Chief Brand Officer in launching Spark the Rise (http://www.sparktherise.com/), Mahindra’s global rebranding campaign. From June 2009 to June 2011 (2 years 1 month) Summer Associate @ Research work with Niall Ferguson on the History of Financial Services project (since published). Responsible for data collection as well as analysis (for example the impact on the Financial Services of major shifts in communication paradigms) Involved in a project investigating use of derivatives for a major European bank that was concerned about its risk exposure. From June 2007 to August 2007 (3 months) London, United Kingdom

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Building and Scaling Companies @ University of California, Berkeley From 2013 to 2015 History, Imperial History, International Relations, Economics @ Brown University From 2005 to 2009 Eton College From 2000 to 2005 Alastair Trueger is skilled in: Marketing Strategy, Business Development, Digital Strategy, Analysis, Strategy, Product Management, Start-ups, Entrepreneurship, Social Media, Product Development, New Business Development, Integrated Marketing, Business Strategy, Marketing, Analytics, Financial Modeling