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Served as a contract analyst.See my latest 2019 Report at: https://www.phocuswright.com/Travel-Research/Market-Overview-Sizing/Travel-Advertising-in-U-S-and-Europe-Industry-Sizing-and-Trends

Served as co-founder and VP for bootstrapped startup Travora/Travel Ad Network (TAN) which was VC funded through three rounds from Rho Capital ($15M), Starvest Media ($15M) and Village Ventures ($4M). Travora/TAN became the largest online travel information audience worldwide (ComScore, 2012) outpacing Expedia's TripAdvisor. Under my direction as VP of Sales & Marketing, Travora/TAN captured 9% competitive market share of ALL online travel advertising revenues in just 3 years and became a "must travel media buy" among Fortune 500 clients and advertising agencies on Madison Avenue and worldwide.Travora/TAN won the INC Magazine's "Fastest Growing Companies in America " award for 2009 while capturing over $34 million in VC series A VC funding. I was twice named by New York Times as "A Person of Note in the Ad Industry" in (2007 & 2010).Travora/TAN is the next generation of travel media and information –– 300 sites and 35 million travelers strong. Travora/TAN offers exclusive publisher representation across all stages of the travel lifecycle. Publishers include the ever-inspiring LonelyPlanet, TripAdvisor, Rough Guides, Let’s Go, Not For Tourists, Vayama, Viator and Rand McNally. Exclusive representation means turnkey sales solutions for publishers and total access to a 100% Travel Qualified audience.AREA OF EXPERTISE• B2B digital advertising sales • Sales Pipeline Development • Strategic Sales • Research• Customer Relationship Management • Mobile • Vertical Advertising Networks • Social Media Strategy • Social Media • DMP • DSP • SSP • RTB • Sales Team Management • Performance Advertising Management • Syndicated Research Expert • Creative Sales Approaches • Executive Presentations • Vendor/Agency negotiation • Product Launch • Lead Generation • Project Positioning • Trade show collateral • Market Penetration

Directed leading edge newspaper.com Internet advertising sales dept. Implemented state-of-the-art salesforce automation that communicated with other business units throughout the entire company. Achieved record sales year over year. CLIENTS: Pac Bell, Ford, Acura, Toyota, American Airlines, Allstate, Avis, British Airways , Compaq, CBS SportsLine, Fidelity , GTE Wireless, Ikea, Jobs Direct, Sony, Marriott, Mexico Tourism, Nestle, NetGift, Nikon, Paine Webber, Sprint, Shell Oil, U.S. News & World Report, Kaiser Permanente, Lexus, Scudder Investments, etc..