Chris Marshall Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

We leverage Walmart's extensive delivery network to deliver products from a merchants' store to your door.My team is responsible for 4 key areas of the GoLocal business:1. We onboard clients to the Walmart GoLocal platform. 2. We establish channel partnerships to make client onboarding easier and faster.3. We work closely with account management teams to grow and maintain client relationships.4. We work with product to inform the roadmap, and help roll out and train associates and clients about new features.

We leverage Walmart's extensive delivery network to deliver products from a merchants' store to your door.As Director of Launch, my team onboards clients to the Walmart GoLocal platform. We ensure their eCommerce website connects to our driver network, to enable same day/next day delivery to consumers.

Led our New Verticals Merchant Selection and Success team, scaling the operation from hundreds of merchants to tens of thousands in just over 2 years.Built the foundations for our retail, alcohol, grocery and convenience businesses, including selection strategy, sales operations, onboarding and activations.Responsible for merchant selection and onboarding strategy, product operations, identifying, advocating for, and operationalizing merchant facing products including inventory and loyalty integrations, item and order management, resulting in over $40M in incremental annualized revenue.

Greater Chicago Area

At Zumper, we are revolutionizing the rental leasing experience to make it as seamless as booking a room online. As General Manager, I am responsible for the Chicago market. Our goal is to help landlords lease out their properties faster than anyone else, and for renters to find their ideal home at the click of a button.

Greater Chicago Area

The Graide Network is an education technology platform that connects K-12 teachers to qualified teaching assistants at universities across the country. Our “Graiders” provide hand-crafted, personalized, feedback and grades on student writing. Research shows that students learn more through effective feedback and, by partnering with teachers, we can multiply their impact on learning in the classroom. Our platform increases the volume, frequency and depth of feedback, without requiring teachers to invest more of their own time outside the classroom. The incredible support of our Graider Network engages students, improves learning outcomes, and provides data and insights to educators like never before.www.thegraidenetwork.com @graidenetwork

Greater Chicago Area

Shiftgig is a technology company built to connect millions of shift workers with millions of gig jobs. In the Experiential division of Shiftgig, we focus on using our tech platform to provide staff for experiential marketing, trade shows, festivals, conventions, and other large events nationwide.• As General Manager of Experiential, I was responsible for a national division grossing over $9M annually, with a team of 20 people managing clients, events and thousands of contractors across the country. • I managed sales, operations and partnerships to ensure our growth and success. We helped major marketing agencies and brands to deliver high quality brand ambassadors for diverse national campaigns.• In just 6 months, exceeded every monthly sales goal and led our team to record months of revenue and contribution profit. This resulted in the highest grossing, most profitable year ever for the Experiential Marketing group.• I managed, and hired, a diverse team with experience ranging from entry level to director. Re-defined, and streamlined roles and operations to improve efficiency, and reduced costs by over 20% while growing the business.• I worked closely with product, engineering and marketing teams to incorporate feedback, improving our technology platform and recruiting efficiency, allowing us to meet growing client and business needs.

Greater Chicago Area

An on demand parking and car care service. Luxe is more than a parking app. We aim to make one of the most painful parts of owning a car and traveling to the city not just easy, but enjoyable. From seamless drop off and pickup, to services like refueling, oil changes, and even late night rides home.• As General Manager, I am responsible for the management and growth of the Chicago market, including annualized P&L over $3.5 million and 200+ employees.• I grew the business 8x and improved gross margin from negative triple digits to positive in just 10 months.• I guided the city through multiple strategic changes, including acquisition and integration of a local valet company and launching and integrating an on-demand rental delivery business for Hertz.• Planned and oversaw the conversion of over 100, 1099 contractors to W2 employees, as a result, decreased valet acquisition spend by 5x and reduced overall employee costs while increasing wages and improving performance• Tackled regulatory issues by working closely with the city, to navigate new and existing licensing processes, to make sure we could operate successfully. As a result, we were granted one of Chicago's first Emerging Business Permits.

Greater Chicago Area

At Cultivate Labs, my focus is making sure our business runs smoothly and continuously explores new opportunities for growth. This includes managing projects, tracking metrics and projections, and identifying how we can continue improving to be more successful.We help organizations use crowdsourcing internally. Leverage the untapped knowledge, wisdom, and experience of your people through prediction markets and internal Kickstarter style crowdfunding campaigns to improve the decisions you’re making every day.• Managed the progress and direction of client projects and technology development for two new SaaS enterprise crowdsourcing products; a prediction market forecasting solution and idea management/crowdfunding platform• Managed company P&L over $1.5 million annually and 13 employees. Performed financial modeling, product pricing, client contracts and proposals, forecasting and invoicing• Sold and delivered our second largest account. Grew the project from a pilot to our first multi-year commercial client• Measured and communicated key company metrics on health of the business, and identified strategies for improvement ranging from sales and marketing to product development

At Inkling Markets (acquired by Cultivate Labs), my focus is making sure our product and customers are successful. This includes managing projects, tracking metrics and projections, and identifying how we can continue to improve.

Greater Chicago Area

William Blair is a leading mid-market investment and financial services firm that manages over $54 billion in assets. My role is to interpret the needs of the business and formulate innovative technology solutions to support and grow the enterprise. My responsibilities extend through all project stages from brainstorming through implementation.I have a proven track record of leading and delivering solutions to Fortune 500 companies and now apply that expertise every day at William Blair. Prior to Accenture, I received a Bachelor’s degree in General Engineering, with a concentration in control systems, from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.Specialties: Smart Grid, Mobility, Technical Architecture

Chicago

Co-founded a couple’s date night subscription box service. I was responsible for building the e-commerce platform for ordering and delivery of our productManaged operations of the business including: financial modeling, processes, marketing and optimizing our product costs to increase margin and revenue

Visualization and Analytics Platform Development:- Led the development from concept to delivery of Accenture’s Smart Grid analytics and visualization application at a major Canadian utility- Managed local and offshore development teams to set up infrastructure and deploy multiple client versions- Worked with senior business stakeholders in the energy industry to translate requirements and guide engineers in the development of new functions in the product- Developed key relationships with a vendor partner to incorporate their technology to deliver a state of the art visualization and analytics platformNoSQL/Emerging Data Platform Research:- Researched the state of the art in NoSQL data platforms and presented findings that helped define Accenture’s research and development agenda in the space.Mobile Development Projects:- Developed iPhone and Microsoft HealthVault integration for personal and payer healthcare management- Designed mobile architecture for access to backend enterprise resource planning systems from a BlackBerry device- Developed a wireless media delivery system for a touchscreen wall display via Bluetooth to mobile devices- Designed geospatial mapping and location based service applications for an industry leading map data provider- Developed J2ME mobile phone software, database, and web interface for a camera phone proof of concept- Helped develop mobile .NET application for the 2010 U.S. Census Mobile Address Canvassing ProgramNext Generation Mobile Workforce Technician:- Led the development architecture for SaaS mobile workforce management system- Assessed geospatial service vendors for integration with the applicationNext Generation Bank Branch Technology:- Developed next generation branch banking technologies focusing on RFID and touchscreen interfaces to transform the sales experience in a service branch- Worked with a global team to develop and deploy products at client and research sites in Europe, India, and U.S.A.

Developed First of its kind J2ME Mobile Application for capturing field evidence in a law enforcement setting and recording it to a database for access through a web interface.