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Bring hands-on interim strategy, operational, and financial leadership to companies and educational organizations and advisory services to investors. Frequently retained to facilitate Boards and ELTs in evaluating strategic options and agreeing on strategic direction and priorities. Quickly deliver meaningful impact by identifying opportunities to link strategy to effective execution, optimizing operations, and driving strategic growth opportunities. Actively partner with ELT and investors.Key Engagements:TOP 20 RESEARCH UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Senior Strategy Advisor for Board as part of creation of new long-term strategic plan and preparation for change in institutional leadership (18 month engagement)WEBMD (KKR/ INTERNET BRANDS): Interim BU GM for Health Services Business and Strategic M&A Advisor after $2.8B acquisition of WEBMD (10 month engagement)VIRTUAL ED-TECH START-UP (focusing on K-12 space): Interim COO & CFO (retained by investors; 5 month engagement)KNOWLEDGEHOUND: Interim COO & CFO, Strategic Partnerships, Fundraising, and M&A Advisor (multi-phases; 12 month engagement)UBERMD: Strategic and Fundraising Advisor. Facilitated building network of 5,000+ specialist physicians for market platform (ongoing Advisory role)

Drove digital innovation for American Greetings Interactive businesses ($100+M in combined revenues). resulting Launched new mobile and e-commerce products to offset maturing subscription businesses. Led team selecting, implementing, and optimizing multi-million-dollar investments in new e-commerce platform and CRM engine. Tapped by President of American Greetings to build direct-to-consumer e-commerce fulfillment capabilities in 5 months to support key retail partners such as Wal-Mart, Target, and Amazon, delivering $250+M in incremental party goods revenues by year 3.

Turned around struggling e-commerce business, transforming BU in just 6 months. Acquired 500,000 new customers and tripled internal manufacturing capacity. Drove repositioning and rebranding effort to optimize $20M operating budget. Successfully implemented tools and processes for customer interactions on social media. Resolved supply chain weaknesses to reduce quality errors to goal of 0.05% or less.

Formerly Sister to Sister Foundation (CEO). Stabilized private foundation focused on women’s heart health with a $20M endowment and programs in 20+ cities nationwide. Reinvented organization into a cutting-edge, research-driven technology-enabled platform to pilot and scale the most successful peer-reviewed behavioral change programs. Leveraged business development skills to construct a formidable network of high-profile partners, including academic institutions, government agencies, and pharmaceutical companies. Raised $10+M in new funds to support transformation.