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Denver, Co, Us

Envisioning a world where every college graduate feels equipped to secure a role that puts them on the path to achieve their full professional potential. My team and I equip our clients, typically upperclassmen and recent college graduates to position themselves authentically, with focus and intention, for a confident career launch. In collaboration with our clients, our team of recognized subject matter experts provides a curated framework, actionable insights, and personalized resources that empower them to unlock their full career potential.

Denver, Co, Us

As a member of the technology leadership team, work closely with product management and other business stakeholders in optimizing the rhythm of the business to enable scale while driving growth oriented strategic change.• Lead the transformation of product planning governance, including the introduction of tooling platforms (e.g., Jira, Jellyfish) and processes that provide data driven insights and enable alignment to key outcomes• Drive the evolution of key success metrics including agile productivity, CAPEX optimization, resource allocation and business outcome measurement resulting in a favorable variance of $7M in software capitalization.• Champion the adoption of efficient, repeatable, and predictable Agile Program Management processes to drive sustainable, predictable and optimized SDLC, and increased cross-organizational collaboration and alignment

Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Us

As a member of the executive leadership team, owned the strategy, planning and delivery of products and services. Drove strategic initiatives that delivered 17% YoY growth. Positioning the company for a successful exit in Q1 2023. • Created product roadmaps that enriched the product offering by removing friction from the subscription process• Building and leading an efficient, data driven, and collaborative product team focused on delivering customer value • Implemented efficient, repeatable, and predictable product/development and GTM processes that enable increased velocity, transparency, and focus, resulting in increased cross-organizational collaboration and alignment• Introduced formalized bi-directional feedback loops between Product Management and key internal stakeholders• Launched iOS App serving the job seeker audience exceeding target utilization, engagement, and rating KPIs • Implemented data visualization tools, multi-variate testing processes and best practices• Designed and implemented prioritization methodology thus ensuring focus on most important initiatives

New York, New York, Us

As a member of the leadership team, led the definition of strategic plans and execution of operational programs and product initiatives focused on achieving both short-term and long-term business goals including the $100M Dice brand.• Championed customer driven, pragmatic product innovation and agile execution that enabled business transformation and returned the business to growth• Recognized and nurtured talent, built and led a high performing cross functional organization including Product Management, UX/UI, Analytics, Digital Advertising Solutions, Product Support and SEO• Accelerated delivery of industry leading web and mobile solutions leveraging machine learning, semantic search/match, and predictive analytics capabilities• Introduced innovative strategies and revenue models that enabled business model transformation and growth• Dramatically increased customer utilization and improved NPS by addressing customer pain points and enhancing customer success programs including product training and support• Implemented robust customer centric product strategies, roadmaps, agile processes, and data driven innovation—ensuring alignment with customer pain-points and key business OKRs/KPIs

Contributed to product and brand marketing by crystalizing the value of a complex technology for customers and strategic partners. Identified and facilitated introductions to strategic alliances. Newzmate core offering includes a content marketing cloud for global news organizations. Delivering personalized content, automating revenue opportunities and increasing engagement.(Acquired: Piano.io October 2018)

Greenwood Village, Co, Us

As interim Chief Strategy Officer inclusive of Product Management and Marketing responsibility, provided strategic insight and leadership to the global leader of content categorization and malicious detection data solutions serving the AdTech, Cyber Security and Big Data Subscriber Analytics markets. • Championed executable strategies that enable optimal product expansion, accelerate market penetration and deliver scalable profitable growth.• Spearheaded capital raise efforts including identification and solicitation of prospective equity and debt sources, creation and delivery of investor presentations resulting in a $2.75M capital infusion• Identified and pursued strategic alliances that enabled scalability and accelerated market penetration• Analyzed trends, competitive dynamics and market pain points to evaluate, quantify and prioritize product portfolio expansion • Drove marketing efforts to increase brand awareness and deliver material increases in lead generation performance. Including relaunch of corporate website, expansion of natural and paid search efforts, pursuit of robust lead nurturing and content marketing programs

As Managing Director, led the RogueMedia organization which is a boutique strategic consulting firm that specializes in defining business solutions that maximize digitally driven opportunities. RogueMedia helps industry leaders transform and start-ups thrive by creating actionable strategic plans that deliver results and by guiding clients from concept through to execution and ongoing evolution.• Deliver strategic insight and collaborative guidance for a boutique consulting practice that provides executable business, product and go-to-market strategies harnessing the power of digital trends to enable revenue growth and market expansion• Drove business strategy expansion for a Big Data (DaaS) start-up; identified incremental revenue and partnership opportunities extending the core business proposition into AdTech (DMP) and increased valuation; company recognized as Gartner Cool Vendor and Red Herring US 100 finalist• Developed business plans and capital funding pitch decks; facilitated VC introductions and spearheaded successful capital raise efforts for technology start-ups

Denver, Co, Us

Promoted into chief Product Management and Business Development role for the holding company of MediaNews Group (Digital First Media) representing over 225 media properties across 18 states including The Denver Post and San Jose Mercury News. • Responsible for introducing pragmatic product management methodologies and the subsequent launch of a company-wide digital product portfolio, and vendor, channel partner roster; enabling industry leading revenue and digital audience growth via web, mobile, tablet and social media products • Developed and launched a comprehensive company-wide mobile strategy including rollout of ~200 smartphone news content apps and 35 iPad applications; delivering over $6M in annual incremental revenue• Secured vendor and partner relationships that extended and accelerated results; delivering annualized incremental revenue of $5M and cost savings of ~$900K via negotiation of optimal economic terms • Championed company-wide utilization of a consistent digital product portfolio delivering content distribution and monetization resulting in annual digital revenue of $165M and audience growth to 46M monthly unique visitors• Launched company-wide standardized KPI metrics for unified digital audience and digital product performance measurement focusing on engagement and monetization

Denver, Co, Us

As Chief Digital Officer for the Denver Post, led the company’s digital transformation via the introduction of multi-media publishing and advertising products coupled with cross-functional organizational optimization. • Expanded content distribution and advertising delivery via digital channels inclusive of programmatic solutions, maximizing audience growth and monetization. Achieved 8M monthly unique visitors and 60M monthly page views, and digital revenue growth of 120% to $70M• Leveraged mobile adoption trends; launched mobile websites, and apps for news, niche, and e-commerce. Achieved mobile monthly page views of 14M and 240K application downloads• Launched comprehensive Social Media programs resulting in Denver Post receiving national attention for achieving industry leading Social Media driven audience, engagement, and monetization results• Built and led high performing cross-functional teams including: Marketing, Product Management, Product Marketing, Software Engineering, Business Development, Analytics, Project Management and Ad Operations; recruited top tier talent, coached/mentored incumbents, and established measurable performance goals • Implemented operational efficiencies including: cross-training and cross-utilization of technology resources, outsourcing ad design, identification and implementation of vendor/partner solutions, pragmatic product management and transformation of traditional ad operations to multi-media programmatic ad operations

Led a multi-divisional business including SaaS and Digital Media with cross-functional and multi-national teams of 200 employees including Product Management, Marketing, Software Engineering, UX/UI, IT, and Sales; achieving $45M in top line revenue while delivering industry leading products and services• Championed the evolution of a start-up solution provider into a professionally managed company focused on delivering best-in-class solutions that enabled print publishers to employ digital sales strategies• Led international expansion contributing $20M in incremental revenue; opened, staffed, and managed offices in Amsterdam and Melbourne as well as three U.S. based offices

Redmond, Washington, Us

General Manager of Atlas Search, with $30M P&L responsibility for the Search Engine Marketing (SEM) business unit of Atlas Solutions a leading global provider of SaaS digital marketing platform (AdTech) technologies and services within the aQuantive holding company. Atlas Search contributed $1B toward the aQuantive $6B valuation.(aQuantive Acquired by MSFT for $6B: August 2007)• Achieved 53% year-on-year revenue growth and 17% increase in market share while maintaining profitability targets. Eliminated channel conflict, clarified brand strategy and increased synergies within business units by consolidating redundant brands into a single cohesive product offering• Increased site visits by 18% and prospect conversions by 30% by launching comprehensive marketing programs; dramatically improved client satisfaction and increased customer retention by 13% • Negotiated on behalf of roll-up holding company aQuantive with major search engines that included Google, Yahoo! and MSN

Provided advisory services for an angel investor focused on early stage organizations offering web or wireless solutions; responsible for opportunity and market analysis, business plan creation and revenue modeling• Increased client competitive awareness and enabled client to proceed with strategic objectives by translating strategic vision into actionable business plans

Us

As COO led a cross functional team in business plan and revenue model creation, implementation of operational strategies, processes and systems, and go-to-market strategies for a SaaS offering delivering customer acquisition and loyalty programs to the small to medium sized business (SMB) market• Virtually eliminated audience acquisition costs by securing key strategic relationships that positioned the organization to reach an automatically enrolled consumer base of over 80M consumers. Evaluated technology solutions and secured an exclusive worldwide license to “best-in-class” software• Positioned organization to surpass year-one revenue target of $12.5M; exceeding defined sales targets by 50%

Singapore, Singapore, Sg

As chief Product Management and Operations executive, developed and executed strategies, delivery, and evolution of products, and the creation and implementation of operational processes that optimized service delivery for this online travel services and SaaS provider. (Acquired for $326M in March 2000)• Established market-driven models for establishing product strategies and life-cycle plans for a products that served 4M registered customers. Expanded product portfolio with a SaaS corporate travel management solution contributing incremental annual revenue of $1.5M; launched the travel industry’s first wireless travel information and reservation tool• Optimized ROI by designing and implementing company-wide business practices, project management processes (PMO), benchmarks and metrics; reduced annual costs by over $500K by implementing data sourcing solutions• Facilitated the March 2000 acquisition of TRIP.com at a market premium of $326M by championing strategic partnership opportunity analysis, due diligence, negotiation, and integration

Us

As business unit general manager of a leading global travel distribution company, led a cross functional (Product Management, Product Marketing, Sales and Partner Development) and geographically diverse team in the introduction and evolution of market leading online travel products and services. Leveraged digital trends and the commercialization of the Web in the delivery of innovative travel marketplace solutions including the hospitality industry's first online cruise and tour reservation systems• Pursued emerging industry, market, and technology trends by defining, developing, and managing “the life-cycle” of innovative e-commerce products and services; launched the hospitality industry’s first integrated consumer facing SaaS B2B2C travel reservation tools delivered as white label solutions for international airline carriers• Achieved distribution targets and positioned the company to realize incremental annual revenues of $210M by defining, developing and launching global sales, and marketing programs serving Fortune 250 corporations• Delivered annual costs savings of $2.8 million via global business process re-engineering and organizational restructuring efforts

Ms, Management

Mba, International Business

Ba, Business Administration, Computer Science