Cliff Sharples Email & Phone Number

Mercer Island, WA, US

After a long, great career in technology, media, and consumer Internet, I am venturing to Portugal to start the next great hospitality brand. My wife and business partner Lisa and I bought a small, boutique hotel and 3 acre plot of farmland we are developing into a small vineyard, located in Ericeira, Portugal. Nestled in the hills above Europe's top surf.

New York, NY, US

Mercer Island, Washington, US

Fexy is solving the $1.7 trillion dollar question, “what’s for dinner tonight?” Fexy’s proprietary Relish platform is a could-based B2B/B2C marketplace that streamlines the digital food ecosystem and takes the stress out of deciding what to eat, planning meals, buying food and cooking recipes for US households. The technology connects any online recipe.

US

Purchased Serious Eats and Simply Recipes as part of a digital food roll-up strategy.Grew revenue 4x and profitability 10x.Sold to IAC in September 2020.

The Mercer Island Schools Foundation provides resources to the Mercer Island School District to help develop and implement a shared vision of educational excellence for Mercer Island students. Funding supports key initiatives such as:Maintaining appropriate class sizes throughout MI schools by funding teacher positions not supported by State.

Seattle, Washington, US

Serve as an advisory board member for an early stage business in the social networking space. Duxter is a fast growing platform offering digital game enthusiasts a place to network with like-minded people as their gaming persona (as opposed to their real persona), connect and watch semi-pro and pro gamers, earn points to purchase a growing catalog of.

Brooklyn, New York, US

Helping Cheezburger become the #1 Digital Humor destination and create a whole new social hunor platform for consumers and advertising partners.

Traveled the world with my wife Lisa and our 5 children. Follow the trip and all our antics at: www.projectequator.com

Worked on several new business initiatives including the addition of consumer reviews, traveler digital initiatives and several business development projects. Also created a new business initiative called HomeAway Real Estate, including the integration of an acquired business, business plan development, product development and team development.

Acting as senior executive running operations, strategy and organzaition for a healthy living brand delivering the future of fitness and nutrition to individuals and corporations.Learn more at: www.kinetixliving.com

US

Created and built Cranium Direct, a new division designed to capitalize on the media assets of Cranium, drive customer passion and loyalty, and create a direct to consumer e-commerce business.

US

Co-founded the first online shopping trade association and served as the organization's founding chair person for 2 years. Continued as a board member and we sold the organization to the National Retail Federation.Shop.org is the network for retailers online. Its 600 members include the 10 largest retailers in the U.S. and 70 percent of the Internet.

Created one of the first e-commerce models on the Internet in 1995, pioneering the blending of content, community and commerce for a specific vertical market opportunity.Raised $110 million for Garden.com in 5 private rounds of funding and an initial public offering in September of 1999.Built and managed a world-class organization of over 300 employees.

Management consultant for technology strategy practice. Provided clients with integrated business process reengineering and advanced technology planning for rapid strategy development and implementation.Lead the development of the firm’s business extension into electronic commerce and the Internet with healthcare and insurance clients.Developed strategic.

Round Rock, Texas, US

Reported directly to the Senior Vice President and Director of Marketing and Operations for Dell’s international business. Performed due diligence on acquisition targets, resulting in negotiations that created incremental revenue in excess of $100 million for Dell International.

Formulated and executed five-year strategic plan analysis for multi-national conglomerate consisting of 11 companies with $550 million in sales.Authored competitive and market analysis sections for major product lines including wide area networking products, modems, and local networking cards.Audited operations and international product offerings.

Member of initial management team for venture-backed start-up. With over $1.2 million in seed capital, company was designed to pioneer a new distribution channel in the auto industry through the creation of massive, full-service facilities.Designed and managed operations for test market event, covering 60 square acres, included $21 million in inventory, 60.

Responsible for operations of electronics firm specializing in digital instrumentation Developed new product line that generated $4 million in sales.

Msa, Mba

Bs, Information Systems

Semester, General Mountaineering Leadership

High School Diploma, 1982