Darren Wan Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

The Operators Guild is an exclusive, invitation-only network for the world’s foremost leaders in company building within high-growth and tech sectors. Spanning over 20 chapters globally—including SF, NY, LA, Austin, Denver, Toronto, Vancouver, Seattle, Chicago, Miami, London and more -- it serves as a collaborative hub for sharing best practices, solving common challenges, and fostering investment in the operational community.

Consult to executives with business strategy, products, marketing, finance, and business development. Mentor and advise early stage start-up companies on strategy, fundraising, and investor relations. • Butler Hospitality: Initially served as a consultant in the VP of Operations role, developing and executing a scalable playbook for F&B operations; later transitioned to full-time COO• Metropolis Collectibles / ComicConnect: Led organizational restructuring to streamline operations and enhance efficiency and effectiveness• Bidsquare: Projects included analyzing customer bidding behavrior data, revamping new user onboarding experience and implementing NPS benchmark

ComicConnect and Metropolis Comics is an online retailer and auctioneer of vintage comic books, original comic art, and pop culture memorabilia. The company holds numerous record-breaking sales and has an excellent reputation for our vast expertise in the field of comic books, original art, and graded video games.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Phamily (Jaan Health Inc) is a social-mission based corporation that provides a SaaS platform with artificial intelligence to empower healthcare providers to actively engage with high volumes of their Medicare chronic care management patients in a manner that improves healthcare outcomes and enable providers to significantly increase their earnings thru more electronic communication with patients between visits.

New York, New York, Us

Led the startup from seed stage through Series B and oversaw the growth of operations from 2 locations in New York City to more than 20 locations across 9 cities with over 750 employees.Butler is a VC-backed startup ($50m+ in funding) founded in 2018 to modernize the hotel industry through the deep understanding of guest experiences. The Company uses a hub and spoke model to acquire and monetize rooms and deliver high quality F&B experiences to traveling guests.

New York, New York, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Easy Pairings empowered restaurants to find staff faster and cheaper. Our solution reduced the industry standard time-to-fill by 80%.• Built the two-sided marketplace to over 250 restaurants and 75,000 job seekers• Conceived the overall vision of the company and the supporting strategies which included defining the product vision, positioning, and roadmap along with relevant milestones• Built, managed, and motivated a homegrown team as well as a remote team of contractors • Designed and optimized the operations and procedures of the entire customer lifecycle including marketing, sales, onboarding, and retention• Determined and tracked critical KPIs for continual improvement • Oversaw and directed fundraising, investor relations, budgeting, human resources, culture, and PR

Founded and managed the 110-seat upscale Chinese restaurant• Created a brand rated highly by Zagat and OpenTable, and rated Bib Gourmand by the MICHELIN Guide• Delivered compounded annual sales growth rate of 24% • Oversaw the recruitment, training, and performance of 30 restaurant team members• Built comprehensive training program for front of house staff and achieved employee retention rate of 50% compared to industry standard of 83%• Managed all financial operations including budgeting, analysis of monthly profit & loss statements, payroll, inventory control, and tax filings• Planned and executed venue design and construction build-out including licensing and permitting

Apical Services performs renovations for residential and commercial projects in New York City area.• Developed and implemented systems and controls to allow the company to efficiently perform multiple projects at a time resulting in 100% growth in annual revenues• Actively managed multiple $1M+ projects from negotiations through completion• Directed a team of 5 project managers and their respective staff (approximately 75 employees)• Responsibilities included blueprint reviews, bidding and negotiations, customer relations, subcontractor selection, material purchasing, project scheduling and budgeting, change order processing, and quality control

Mommy Chic was a design and retailer of maternity and children clothing.• Identified, evaluated, and established business partnerships to improve and expand sales distribution channels • Managed the overall operations of the three company-owned retail stores (NY, CT, and MA) • Negotiated leased-department shop agreement with Saks Fifth Avenue that was expected to increase annual sales by $1 million and strengthen brand name of clothing label• Planned and executed EDI trading partnership with Nordstrom• Analyzed and projected the financial performance of the company in comparison to established goals and assess and communicate issues affecting profitability

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

• Performed fundamental research of international companies for potential inclusion in portfolios with approximately $20 billion in assets under management• Analyzed, valued, and covered equities in Europe and Japan’s retail, telecommunications, media, internet, and pharmaceutical sectors and communicated investment recommendations directly to Portfolio Groups• Conducted in-depth financial statement analysis, forecasted earnings, and created five-year valuation models

New York, Ny, Us

• Participated in training program geared towards risk management and compliance within a Global Financial Institution• Analyzed trading, risk management, legal requirements, credit processes, and exposures surrounding the Foreign Exchange, Equities, and Investment Banking Audit divisions• Developed and recommended procedures to the Department Head and Global Team Leaders on how the Firm should approach managing the risks involved with utilizing the Internet for business activities

Mba, Strategy, Finance, Accounting

Bs, Business, Economics

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