BIOGRAPHY
Kevin is the founder of Genki Advisory, an advisory and investment firm focused on early-stage companies. With a portfolio of over 40 companies, Genki Advisory has invested across the tech, consumer and healthcare sectors.
For over 20 years, Kevin was employed at Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he worked with high tech companies in the firm’s investment banking division. Kevin served in a number of senior roles in Goldman Sachs’ New York, San Francisco and Tokyo offices. For a dozen years, Kevin focused on the
firm’s relationships with global electronics companies. In 2012, he retired as a Partner and Co-Head of the Global Technology Banking business. Prior to his time at Goldman Sachs, Kevin worked as a consultant at Bain & Co. in its Boston office.
Kevin was the Board Chair of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJ EDA) for 4 years prior to joining the CHIPS Program Office. The NJ EDA manages the state’s tax incentives programs as well as its programming to foster the state’s innovation economy.
In March 2023, Kevin joined the CHIPS Program Office as a Senior Relationship Director and Senior Investment Director – Asia. His responsibilities include managing applicant relationships to ensure successful execution of award agreements as well as primary responsibility for Asia-based applicants.
He is a graduate of Columbia College and Columbia Business School (from 2013 to 2017, Kevin was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Eugene Lang Center of Columbia Business School). He resides in New Jersey.