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Miami Beach, Fl, Us

Dayton, Oh, Us

Houston, Texas, Us

Gubagoo, acquired by Reynolds & Reynolds Company in 2021, is the leader in automotive conversational commerce. Dealerships worldwide use our powerful digital retailing solution to activate the online car buying experience from their website, Google searches, WhatsApp, or Facebook. Our fully managed and hybrid live messaging service instantly connects consumers to dealers anytime and anywhere through rich live dealer chat, text, video, WhatsApp, and Messenger.•Directed the partnership strategy for the leading automotive conversational commerce platform. •Managed USD 1M+ ARR partnerships; directly reporting to the President and EVP of Product. •Recruited, trained, and supervised sales and support team based in Australia.•Promoted company at shows and events -earned Catch a Star award at NADA 2024.

Istanbul, Tr

100 Million+ user marketplace unicorn technology startup -Merged with OfferUp in 2020.•Led all US partnership activities from research to strategy to execution for USD 1B startup. Partners included SaaS resellers, chat technology platforms, inventory management systems, data providers, and top national automotive retailers (including Carvana, Vroom, US One, and ASMI).•Leveraged partner’s customer base, technologies, and 3rd party integrations to address early-stage product gaps, increase market access, and speed up sales -leading to 10X MRR growth in one year.•Headed cross-functional US and Spain teams; grew strategic partnership network by 25X.

•Launched eCommerce startup specializing in direct-to-consumer, marketplace (Amazon, eBay, and Groupon), and corporate IT sales.•Produced USD 500K+ Y1 revenue through effective supplier relations, platform management, sales, marketing, customer service, fraud prevention, and logistics operations.

Marlow, Bucks, Gb

•Negotiated, sold, and supported up to USD 1M+ annual eCommerce solution contracts to global brands including Google, Huawei, TCL, HTC, Gigabyte, Oppo, YoCam, Skyroam, and Yota.•Launched omnichannel customer engagement, payments, and logistics partner programs across 13 marketplaces including Amazon.jp, Amazon.sg, PCHome, Gmarket, Taobao, TMall, VIP, and eBay.au.•Championed localization projects (payments to logistics) increasing platform wide conversion by 3%.

·Led the screening and evaluation process for green tech and consumer product investment and partnerships opportunities·Developed corporate services and partnership sales opportunities resulting in 100K+ USD profit

·Slashed O3 and UV procurement cost 65% by reverse engineering the supply chain and directly negotiating with OEMs ·Directed Taiwanese semiconductor marketing strategy securing key contracts with UMC, AUO and TSMC ·Supported semiconductor and water treatment facilities management and operation teams with technical expertise

·Cofounded a start-up event management company ·Planned, marketed and successfully executed 12 successful 200-500 person for profit events ·Launched nationwide bilingual social media marketing and promotion campaigns

·Marketing a 25-megawatt solar panel production turnkey solution for a thin film start-up solar company·Signed 10+ USD multimillion MOU agreements with high value investors from Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, and Taiwan

Oxford Language and Computer Institute, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Jun ’10 - Apr ’12 ·Prepared adult students for GMAT, SAT, and TOEFL exams; reviewed and edited admissions materials Southern Taiwan Small and Medium Enterprise Incubation Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Aug ’07 - July ’08 ·Designed business training curriculum, ran entrepreneurial workshops, and translated for foreign visitors Schulte, Roth, and Zabel LLP - Intellectual Property Dept., New York, NY USA , May ’06 - Aug ’06 ·Translated and prepared Chinese business, legal, and engineering documents for legal discovery productions Taiwan External Trade Development Council, Tainan City, Taiwan, Sept ’04 - July ’05 ·Advised Chinese business executives on global trade opportunities and partnerships ·Empowered business executives to better develop sound relationships with western customers Various Textile Manufacturers, Shanghai, China, Mar ’04 - Sept ’04 ·Problem-solved sourcing and logistical issues for companies developing new operations in China ·Translated the negotiation process between Chinese and English speaking businesses

Bs, Policy Analysis And Management

Mba, International Trade And Marketing

Chinese Language Program, Mandarin

Transferred To Cornell University (2000), Political Philosophy And Law

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