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Boulder, CO, US

Boulder, CO, US

• Advise Luxury, Retail and CPG investors and management teams on acquisition/sale due diligence, product & brand development, global expansion, founder relationship management, and profitability improvement.
• Clients include LVMH, Estee Lauder Corporation, The Carlyle Group, Advent International and others.
• Advised Advent on their first beauty acquisition, Olaplex, resulting in $15B exit via public offering.
• Advised Advent on $700MM, 350-employee acquisition of Bare Minerals/Laura Mercier/Buxom brands from Shiseido. This
• Advised Estee Lauder Company on MAC entry in Sephora worldwide
• Investor and advisor in multiple early stage beauty, personal care and wellness brands.

Seattle, WA, US

• P&L ownership of multibillion-dollar luxury beauty business spanning 1P and 3P. Grew revenue 3x industry growth rate.
• Led Amazon to become a top 3 US premium beauty retailer (#1 prestige e-commerce pure play).
• Secured leading luxury brands including Clinique, Lancôme, Shiseido, and Dyson.

Seattle, WA, US

• Recruited to Amazon to advise Retail and CPG enterprises on digital transformation including modern data strategy, retail media network optimization, and privacy and security compliance.
• Advised enterprise ($1B+) customers in the health & beauty vertical, including Revlon, Estee Lauder Corporation, L’Oreal, Sephora, Procter & Gamble, Coty, Unilever, NuSkin, and Mary Kay.
• Drove 30%+ growth in client spend prior to being recruited to grow other parts of Amazon.

Boulder, CO, US

Voting board member of $8 Million nonprofit with a $32M balance sheet and 60 employees who support early childhood education and family services in Boulder County. Served on the Program Committee, the Culture and Communications Committee, and the Branding and Marketing task force for $30M capital raise.

San Francisco, California, US

• Co-founded and led this brand incubator from inception into a $500M business. Led deal negotiations and oversaw brand portfolio evolution to ultimately propel it into a $1Billion business.
• Negotiated acquisitions and partnerships; guided brands to achieve target profitability and growth
• Led due diligence, acquisition and founder integration of Ole Henriksen and Bite Beauty.
• Grew team to 200; creating multiple $50M-$100M+ brands.
• Restructured deals with Kat von D, Marc Jacobs, Elizabeth & James to improve profitability and long-term commitments. Negotiated distribution globally with Sephora, Harrods and Selfridges.

Van Nuys, CA, US

• Acquired, rebuilt, and rebranded prestige celebrity skincare brand under LVHM’s Kendo portfolio.
• Drove +250% sales increase in 3 years ($20MM to $50MM) with industry-leading profitability.
• Led brand from #10 to #4 skincare at Sephora, with 48% repeat purchase rate (highest at Sephora).
• Launched multiple new award-winning products; led effective sampling and merchandising.
• Led SKU rationalization and rebranding to elevate brand and reposition existing products.
• Created digital strategy/team, driving +67% increase in direct sales; on track to triple in 3 years.

Van Nuys, CA, US

Neuilly Sur Seine, Ile De France, FR

• Founded Kendo brand incubator. Secured $25M start-up capital from LVMH; hired initial team of 10
• Led South American expansion, building the business model, negotiating a joint venture with Latin American retail operator Grupo Axo, and acquiring Brazilian $100M ecommerce leader Saks.com.
• Advised Sephora Global CEO on brand repositioning; unified regions under shared global strategy.
• Led market research to create a new, innovative customer sentiment metric, “Love Meter” which improved customer satisfaction by 30% and increased average order size 12%.
• Restructured television go-to-market strategy; negotiated HSN exit and launched unique QVC deal for select Sephora brands.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Led $1B profit turnaround with CEO; +17% employee satisfaction; +8% retention.
• Created and drove adoption of tiered model for operating efficiently in diverse global markets

Redmond, Washington, US

• Under MSN, was appointed to the board to oversee Microsoft's interests in nineMSN, an Australian joint venture and the #1 web portal and e-commerce site.
• Negotiated JV, launched Monster.com.AU/NZ, served as board member to oversee MSN interests.
• During tenure, the board supported the operating team to grow the business from <$10M to $30M annual revenue; grew employees from 15 to 40; became #1 internet portal, email, and messaging.
• Led Microsoft’s $300M investment to create XtraMSN, a strategic partnership with Telecom NZ, and served as Board member, creating the #1 internet portal, search engine, email, and messaging.
• Interim COO MSN Japan. Hired new team, restructured distribution deals. +15% revenue growth.
• Restructured a lagging Spanish language/US Hispanic-focused online business). Increased revenue by 30% while reducing headcount by 60%.

Redmond, Washington, US

Launched ecommerce services; oversaw PR and analyst relations, and brand positioning.

Boston, MA, US

Advised enterprises clients in digital innovation, CPG, retail, financial services and telecommunications.

US

Advised enterprise clients in travel and hospitality, media, CPG, and retail.

Mba

Ab, Economics And Public Policy