Erik is a Co-founder of N3TWORK, where he focuses on partnerships and platform strategy. Before Co-founding N3TWORK, Erik built Apple's consumer market for third-party apps. His team focused on helping partners develop, deliver and market the highest quality products on both iOS and Mac. During his tenure at Apple, he is credited with establishing relationships with companies such as: Electronic Arts, Airbnb, Time Warner, Conde Nast, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Instagram, FiftyThree, Nike, Twitter, Path, Netflix, HBO, PopCap, Jawbone, MLB Advanced Media and Zynga. Prior to Apple, he was part of the founding team at FusionOne, an early pioneer in the area of Internet based services. There he led the the strategic partnership efforts, helping to build branded and integrated relationships with Nokia, HP, IBM, Palm and Apple. Erik graduated from Westmont College in Santa Barbara.