Cindy Sperling Email & Phone Number

Randolph, NJ, US

Rockville, Maryland, US

New York, NY, US

Electragram www.electragram.com, founded by Graydon and Anna Carter, is a digital messaging and events management platform that transforms online communication into something highly memorable, stylish, and meaningful. Electragram's combination of high-touch functionality and sophisticated design supports businesses that want to drive deeper customer.

Partnering with Founding teams and Investors at early stage start-ups (Pre-seed, Seed, Series A). We enable Founders to focus on the vision, product development and relationship building as we manage all aspects of company operations by setting up and/or optimizing the Finance/Accounting, HR, Legal/Admin and IT functions. We also sit side by side with the.

New York, NY, US

Acquired by Luminary September 2023 https://www.linkedin.com/company/weareluminary/

New York, NY, US

• The Cru helps women achieve their personal and professional goals. Individuals apply to become members of The Cru and an algorithm matches them with 7-9 other women in their time zone. Those women become a Cru and they.
• Partnered with the Founder/CEO to set the Company strategy, priorities and operating budget.
• Co-led effort in raising Seed round of $1.75m, during global pandemic.
• Integral in growing applicant wait list 400% and increasing paid subscribers 350% in one year.
• Implemented a proactive integrated, disciplined, and “no surprises” approach to organizing and running the business.
• Managed operations, customer service, marketing, social media, HR, legal and finance/accounting.

New York, NY, US

• Managed operations, customer service, HR, finance/accounting at a start-up in hyper-growth mode.
• Spearheaded the recruiting, hiring and training of management and team members across all departments, growing the company from 25 to 75 people in just 6 months.
• Drove initial company-wide strategic planning, forecasting and KPI reporting.
• Helped define and reinforce more purposeful company culture.

Amherst, New York, US

• Strategic Financial Solutions is a leading financial consultancy that helps people in difficult economic situations understand their options and then formulate and execute a strategy to deal with their debt. For over a.
• Early executive in a financial services firm at the beginning of hyper-growth. Critical team member that helped increase revenue 500% with high scaling margins.
• Managed Operations team that grew from 50 employees to 250 employees and includes an active call center servicing 25,000 financial services clients.
• Co-Managed. with CEO, Marketing, HR, Finance, Accounting and IT.
• Helped introduce and champion “The Rockefeller Habits” throughout the organization which drove the creation of a multi-year strategic plan, Company priorities and a regular rhythm of daily and weekly team meetings to.
• Created and maintain dozens of critical Operating KPIs that drove key management decisions.

New York, NY, US

• Managed efforts around potential M&A activity including assessing competitive landscape, vetting of opportunities identified, and due diligence.
• Helped manage and formulate strategy for audience development including SEO, Social Media, Distribution Partnerships and Mobile.

• Identify, negotiate, perform due diligence and execute early to mid-stage venture investments within the digital media, technology, wireless and Internet entertainment industries.
• Manage and lead many areas of the investment process including developing operational and financial valuation models, negotiating deal terms, conducting in-depth management, company, competitive and industry due.
• Served as key team member for initial and follow on investments in Huffington Post (sold to AOL), Associated Content (sold to Yahoo!), Thumbplay (sold to Clear Channel), Danger/Sidekick (sold to Microsoft), Goodmail.
• Serve as a board member for Sportnet, as a board observer for BuzzFeed and Thumbplay and as an active member of the investment team for the Huffington Post, Associated Content and Goodmail Systems.
• Actively work with portfolio company management on financial plans, financial dashboard creation and analyses, board and investor presentations, common stock/409A valuations, creation of option plans and granting of.
• During 2000-2001, participated on the team that managed Softbank Inc.’s international venture activities in Europe, UK, India, Latin America and Emerging Markets. Gained substantial experience in international.

• Member of the team that executed on the reorganization of Ziff Davis for Softbank, resulting in the ultimate divestiture of all business units.
• Served as a key member on the team that spun out ZD Events as a public company, sold ZDTV to Paul Allen’s Vulcan Ventures and sold ZD Marketing Intelligence to Harte Hanks.
• Actively participated in deal sourcing, structure, terms and due diligence on strategic acquisitions for the ZDNet business unit.
• Asked to join the Softbank, Inc. team along with other senior management of Ziff Davis once the business units of ZD were substantially sold or spun out.

• Evaluated potential acquisition candidates including review of sales materials, development of financial models for valuations (DCF and LBO), creation of pro-forma financial statements, and market research.
• Worked with local, on-site management of subsidiary companies to analyze results of operations. Responsibilities included identifying industry trends and potential risks or opportunities, annual plan analysis, capital.

• Corporate Recovery/Turnaround Consulting:
• Prepared complex integrated financial models and conducted operational review in consultation with management of a $300 million recreational vehicle manufacturer and a $200 million apparel manufacturer, to support.
• Assisted in the creation of several proprietary valuation models including an Earnings Multiple Model, Discounted Cash Flow Model, and Recent M&A Activity Model.
• Performed numerous company and industry valuations which included identifying comparable companies, industry trends and issues and financial strategies.