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New York, Ny, Us

Blackbird.AI protects organizations from narrative attacks and risk that cause financial and reputational harm. Powered by our AI-Driven Narrative & Risk Intelligence Constellation Platform, we enable organizations to proactively understand narrative risks and threats to their organization in real-time. Blackbird.AI has recently been named a Fast Company Next Big Thing in Tech for AI and Data, won the SINET16 innovation award and Fortune 20 Impact Award

New York, Ny, Us

With investment from Goldman Sachs, Night Dragon and WestCap, HUMAN Security, is a TIME100 Most Influential Company and TIME100 Best Invention of 2023. We are a cybersecurity company and a global leader in protecting enterprises from bot attacks, fraud and account abuse. The company safeguards more than 500 enterprises—including large internet platforms—across cyber security, ecommerce, advertising and marketing, verifying the humanity of more than 20 trillion digital interactions every week.I was responsible for the company's marketing and brand leadership initiatives at both the strategic and tactical level focusing on demand generation, digital marketing, content creation, media and analyst relations, corporate communications, and events to accelerate company growth.

Acquired by ReliaQuest, Digital Shadows is a cybersecurity company that minimizes digital risk by identifying unwanted exposure and protecting against external threats. Organizations can suffer regulatory fines, loss of intellectual property, and reputational damage when digital risk is left unmanaged. Digital Shadows SearchLight™ helps you minimize these risks by detecting data loss, securing your online brand, and reducing your attack surface. The company is jointly headquartered in London and San Francisco. To learn more and get free access to SearchLight, visit www.digitalshadows.com.I was responsible for the company's marketing and brand leadership initiatives at both the strategic and tactical level focusing on demand generation, strategic partner, channel, and digital marketing, content creation, public relations, analyst relations, corporate communications, and VIP event marketing to accelerate the company’s industry leadership in Digital Risk Management.Through these efforts, Digital Shadows was name the global leader in Digital Risk Protection in Forrester’s New Wave and helped drive significant company growth.

Fairfax, Va, Us

Acquired by Sophos, Invincea is the machine learning next-generation antivirus cybersecurity company dedicated to killing threats without impacting business performance. At Invincea, I created and executed on the marketing playbook that helped propel the company to be acquired by Sophos and additional investors for $150 million, be named a Visionary leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant Endpoint Protection and the Forrester Wave Endpoint Security.

San Mateo, California, Us

Acquired by Night Dragon, vArmour, based in Mountain View, CA, is a cybersecurity company that enables organizations to see, segment, and secure their virtualized and cloud assets as they transform to a multi-cloud world. The company was founded in 2011 and is backed by top investors including Highland Capital Partners, Menlo Ventures, Columbus Nova Technology Partners, Citi Ventures, Work-Bench Ventures, Allegis Capital, Redline Capital, and Telstra. The vArmour Distributed Security System is deployed at hundreds of organizations including a number of the world’s largest banks, telecom service providers, government agencies, healthcare providers, and retailers, and is leading the industry with a new patented, distributed approach to data security that allows organizations to deliver IT at the speed of business. Along with partners like Amazon, Cisco, HPE and VMware, vArmour secures many of the largest data center and cloud environments in the world. At vArmour, I was responsible for the company's Marketing and Brand leadership initiatives at both the strategic and tactical level focusing on demand generation, strategic partner and digital marketing, content creation, public relations, analyst relations, corporate communications, and digital/VIP event marketing to establish and grow the brand into the industry leader in data center and cloud security.

I founded ClereStory Marketing to help organizations create and execute on marketing and business development strategies to achieve brand leadership and business success. Companies included Briggo (acquired by Costa Coffee/Coca-Cola), Gravitant (acquired by IBM), Kimbia (acquired by Givegab), NetNearU (acquired by Viasat), and Pristine. I developed corporate messaging, strategic marketing plans, and implemented effective marketing elements including lead generation, digital marketing, branding, social media, website, collateral and content, product launches, events, press, analyst relations, and co-marketing with partners to surround their target audience

Acquired by Phunware, I Built the Digby brand into a mobile location and commerce leader and created partnerships with PayPal and AT&T. Developed and implemented a strategic marketing plan that supported major company wins at more than 50 top brands including Home Depot, Brooks Brothers, Cabelas, Tory Burch, and Bed Bath and Beyond

Dallas, Tx, Us

AT&T acquired Wayport where I was responsible for Marketing and Business Development activities for AT&T Wi-Fi Services including Marketing Communications, Product Marketing and Business Development (Consumer and Telecommunications Roaming). AT&T bought Wayport in 2008 for $325 million due to our strategic relationships with top brands and to offload data traffic onto the Wi-Fi network. A summary of my responsibilities there included:• Executive team member of AT&T Wi-Fi Services, leading brand, product, and business development efforts for the largest provider of public Wi-Fi and private-side applications in the nation• Established and maintained business relationships with Sony, T-Mobile, Qwest, British Telecom and iPass.• Created and implemented strategic marketing plan that drove significant consumer and business adoption.• Deployed effective marketing messages via social media outlets, promotions and public relations to consumers and vertical markets (retail, hospitality, healthcare, universities and stadiums) with measurable ROI.• Led co-marketing efforts with top brands including Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, McDonald’s, Marriott, and Hilton• Named as the marketing executive to help Wayport transition to AT&T after acquisition

Led corporate marketing, strategic marketing alliances and Wi-Fi roaming partnerships with top brands including AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft etc. I joined the company in 2001 focused on developing co-marketing and business relationships with strategic partners, significantly enhancing company profitability and increasing the visibility of the Wayport brand, that became recognized as an international leader in Wi-Fi Services for brands including the Four Seasons, Starbucks, McDonald's, and at other strategic venues including airports, and hospitals.Wayport enabled applications, location-based services and mobile devices on a single converged Wi-Fi network. Leading retail, hospitality and healthcare brands worldwide chose Wayport to gain the freedom to focus on their core business, creating operational efficiency and new business capabilities. My responsibilities at the company included:• Executive team member that built the Wayport brand into the leading provider of Wi-Fi hotspots for business travelers and consumers in strategic venues including retail, hospitality, and airports• Negotiated Wi-Fi roaming agreements and strategic marketing partnerships with AT&T, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, Microsoft, Intel, Nintendo, Sony, and Nikon that drove significant, high-margin revenue to company• Developed strategic marketing plans and implemented effective marketing messages, promotions, and brand engagement for consumers and vertical markets including retail, hospitality and healthcare with measurable ROI.• Company spokesperson to press, analysts, industry influencers, and bloggers • Played major role in winning top accounts including Starbucks, McDonald’s, Hertz, and IHOP that helped lead to Wayport’s $325M acquisition by AT&T in 2008

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Held a Worldwide Segment Manager role for the IBM ThinkPad 700 series where we brought the best in mobile technology to the market. Was promoted into an IBM Thinkpad North American Brand Manager role responsible for all IBM ThinkPad brand and market execution for corporate and consumer offerings. Responsibilities included: • Drove the marketing efforts and complete product set of IBM Thinkpads and Handhelds for North America that helped grow the business to more than $4 billion in annual revenue• Developed and implemented marketing plans to consumers and the enterprise and was the primary marketing contact for large enterprises including State Farm, NASA, Boeing, PWC, Deloitte, and Wake Forest University• Managed direct relationship between the North American ThinkPad Business Unit and the WW ThinkPad team to ensure smooth communication and facilitation of product launches• Led the product team in developing IBM ThinkPad laptop computers for enterprise and consumer markets that won significant industry awards for the ThinkPad 700 and ThinkPad T series • Trained and gaining feedback from the Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific geographies• Played the key interface to top press and analysts for new product launches

Tokyo, Jp

As the NEC Versa Notebook Product Manager, I managed product team in developing NEC Versa laptop computers designed for retail and business markets and was the primary spokesperson to partners, sales team, and press/analysts for product launches.

Montvale, Nj, Us

As the Sharp Notebook Computer Product Manager, I was the product team lead in marketing Sharp laptop computers designed for the consumer retail market and led the education and engagement efforts with channel partners and sales teams on product launches

Started out as a dishwasher when I was in high school and worked my way up to be General Manager/Head Chef within three years to manage a staff of eighty, inventory, promotions, menu, health/welfare, suppliers, and conferences for a 400-seat restaurant with more than $1M in annual revenues

Mba, International Business

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Finance