AJ grew up as an internationally competitive ski racer while living hundreds of kilometers away from the alps.

Before Dryft, she launched multiple ventures from 0 to 1. In her first full-time role, she founded a new business line for a large engineering firm, securing $3M in contracts within six months. She then joined Kyte as a first employee onsite to scale the company from the ground up. She started several of her own projects, including a moonshot to develop self-assembling medical devices (supported by Sequoia Partners through Botha Chan) and an educational nonprofit. She also worked in manufacturing at Viessmann and with Siemens’ AI Lab on its “Factory of the Future” initiative.

AJ holds an MS in Data Science from Stanford and is an alumna of the Center for Digital Technology & Management (CDTM). At Stanford, she taught flagship entrepreneurship and data science courses, working alongside educators and entrepreneurs such as Steve Blank (4 IPOs), Tina Seelig, and Scott Sandell (NEA).

AJ does everything with intensity and loves opposites. She’s competed in more than 13 sports and earned numerous scholarships and fellowships (Threshold Venture Fellowship, CEO for One Month, Valedictorian Scholarships, Haniel/Studienstiftung). But her real obsession is with design and detail — from the paint on her 1976 GMC Vandura to the ballgowns she designs herself.