About
A five-time founder and startup operator with 20 years of experience guiding early-stage companies from formation through venture-backed growth, with a background in commercialization, GTM strategy, operations, talent, and company building across pre-seed to Series A+ stages.
Experience
- UPNY VenturesFounding Partnercurrent2026 — presentAlbany, New York Metropolitan Area
- VC LabVenture Leadcurrent2026 — present
- FreelanceGTM Engineer + Startup Advisorcurrent2025 — present
- DataTribeStartup Advisor: Team Building & Marketing2020 — 2026Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- CywarePartner2022 — 2023United States
- Fidelis CybersecurityPartner2020 — 2022Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- Koneksa HealthPartner2017 — 2021
- FoundHumanChief Operating Officer + Startup Advisor2015 — 2017Greater Boston Area
- WealthEngineStartup Advisor (Contract)2014 — 2015Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- Private CompanyStartup Advisor2006 — 2014Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- FLOWCo-Founder, CEO2008 — 2014Greater New York City Area
- U.S. Department of EducationProgram Manager2007 — 2008Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- U.S. Census BureauSenior Information Scientist2005 — 2007Suitland, MD
Education
- Michigan State UniversityBachelor's Degree, Design1997 — 2001
- Wayne State UniversityMaster's Degree, Information Science2004 — 2005
- Conservatiorio di Trieste, ItalyArtist Mentorship
Skills & more
Jiramonday.comCarta Equity ManagementSalesforce.comZapierAirtableLinkedIn Sales NavigatorDatabasesSQL2CanvaHubSpotAdobe Premiere Pro
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Adobe PhotoshopAdobe Creative SuiteHTML5CSSJavaScriptCascading Style Sheets (CSS)JIRAInVisionCrunchbasePitch BooksAffinityn8nLanguages English · Italian
- Clay University — Clay
- Product School (8 Week NYC PM Bootcamp)
- One Week PM (65 hr Course on Product Management)
- Product Design — Udemy
- Advanced Sommelier (Wine) — United States Sommelier Association
- User Experience Design — Lynda.com
- JavaScript Essential Training — Lynda.com
- Certified Web Developer — Udacity
From Allan's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Allan work?
- Allan is Founder at UPNY Ventures.
Same school
Also attended Michigan State University96
Sumant MandalCo-Founder & Managing Partner at March Capital PartnersJay W. SchmelterCo-founder of RiverVest Venture Partners, funding and founding life science companiesSteve HoltzmanBio Advisor at Amplify PartnersKevin NovakFounder at Rackhouse Venture Management LpTamara SteffensManaging Director at Thomson Reuters VenturesKevin MorningstarGeneral Partner at Rockies Venture Adviser, Llc
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Also attended Wayne State University23
Desmond PadhiOperating Partner at Westlake Village BioPartnersSiddhi GuptaIndia Investment Analyst at Beyond Capital VenturesWilliam KaiserVenture Partner at Colle Capital PartnersAntonio LückInvestor at MatterScale VenturesMrunalini ParvataneniInvestor at DigitalDx VenturesKrish PanuManaging Director at Pointguard Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at DataTribe17
RobAdvisor at TFX CapitalRobert Ackerman Jr.Managing Director and Founder at AllegisCyber CapitalRon GulaPresident at Gula Tech AdventuresMichael JankeCo-Founder and Managing Partner at DataTribeMatt MoranCFO at DataTribeLeo ScottManaging Director at DataTribe
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