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Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

BlueLena accelerates digital transformation for community media and non-profit news organizations by delivering end-to-end professional services enabled by best in class technology. Today we work on behalf of a diverse portfolio of over 250 community-based and independent publishers. We are a member-supported, full service solutions provider devoted to building a sustainable future for local media. We provide a completely integrated technology stack to promote digital engagement, audience growth, and fundraising for journalism. Through our tools and services, publishers gain deeper insights into the interests of key audience segments to inform their content and revenue strategies.

Raleigh, North Carolina

The Wolfpack Investor Network (WIN) brings together the NC State entrepreneurial community, NC State alumni network, and innovative private companies to empower the businesses that drive our future.The WIN actively engages and matches NC State alumni network expertise with portfolio companies to support growth and success. The NC State community offers a uniquely powerful opportunity for networking and guidance from industry experts and successful entrepreneurial leaders. WIN members work actively to connect WIN portfolio companies with the Wolfpack Investor Network to foster collaboration and further success.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Responsible for the creation and execution of North American market growth strategy as directed by the board, including managing six hundred media, e-commerce, retail and hospitality brands and forty million consumer relationships and one billion dollars in consumer revenues. Provide operational leadership and commercial advice and knowledge to internal and external stakeholders. Evaluate and lead long-term strategic planning, introduction of new programs and regulatory actions. Implement continuous performance improvement measures to ensure efficient and effective delivery of software and solutions. Attract, develop and retain top management talent.

Cary, Nc

LEAP Media Solutions maintains an ambitious vision for enabling change in the newsmedia industry. A “shared services” model – where the technology investment required to support business transformation is allocated across multiple cooperative companies – represents an effective approach to addressing these challenges. For the shared services approach to be optimized, it incorporates superior professional services where the experience, expertise and human resource requirements are centralized and delivered to all collaborators in the most cost effective manner.LEAP delivers on its promise through the integration of state-of-the-art technology, best practice business applications and unparalleled expertise and experience. Formed in December, 2012 LEAP Media Solutions has quickly established itself as the leading full-service marketing solutions providing supporting media organizations across North America.

New London/Norwich, Connecticut Area

Director of Marketing / Audience Development for The Day Publishing Company, an independently-owned company uniquely operating as a split-trust, devoting its attention to operating the newspaper and supporting a charitable foundation, the Bodenwein Public Benevolent Foundation. Full P&L responsibility, including new business development, consumer revenue growth, brand portfolio management, database marketing, and audience development for twenty print and digital product lines across a three-county market in Southeastern Connecticut.Implemented new frequency and pricing strategy that achieved year-over-year double digit percentage revenue growth, and circulation gains for the first time in a decade. The Day and theday.com combine to reach 79% of adults in its primary market, ranking it highest in New England and among the top ten markets nationally for primary market net-combined readership.Conceptualized and project managed a new business model that unifies print and digital relationships into a holistic, web-based membership program, earning recognition from INMA, Carnegie Corporation, Independent Newspaper Group, Poynter, and other industry groups.

Director of Consumer Marketing for the New York Times Regional Media Group, based in Tampa, FL. Manage database marketing and customer relationship management programs, customer acquisition and retention activities, across the fifteen market media group.

B.A, Political Science; Law And Philosophy

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