KonnectONE, maker of Moxee-branded products, creates innovative and reliable connected products for mobile operators, enterprise customers, and consumers. We focus on Smart Phones, Tablets, Mobile Hotspots and IoT making great technology available to everyone.

Britain Consulting provides business development services based on years of experience in Wireless Communications and Digital Media sectors.

Evolved partner strategy, sourced new, strategic partnerships and managed overall deal efficacy for Microsoft's Digital Advertising partner portfolio across consumer services: Bing Search, Microsoft News, Outlook Mail and Xbox Live.Responsibilities included recruiting, developing and leading a world class, global team. Overseeing Bing Distribution & Syndication partnerships that generated multi-billion dollars in annual gross revenue. Directing 3rd party partnerships that drove Microsoft News revenue through native (Taboola, Outbrain, etc.) and display advertising including Verizon Media and AT&T (Xandr). Enhancing Bing's advertising value and performance through partnerships such as LiveRamp. Providing input on positioning, core value proposition, business model and external market perspective to various incubation projects within Microsoft advertising ecosystem.

Expanded responsibilities included browser product support and virtual reality content licensing. Set content licensing strategy, influencing product innovation across Edge, MSN and other emerging Windows products. Lead global team that implemented strategy. Generating recommendations and managing Strategy Approval for M&A activity within the digital media and advertising space.Results: Team successfully executed over 1,200 premium publisher partnerships. Drove top and bottom line growth through business model innovation including Native Advertising and other transaction-based partnerships that helped turn Microsoft News into a significantly profitable business unit. Signed content and marketing agreements to support Microsoft's VR launch including Baobab and NextVR.

Given expanded role to include international markets. Responsibilities included setting strategy and directing execution through global team of seasoned professionals to propel MSN business. Securing appropriate funding and headcount in operational support areas necessary to execute new business model. Directed business development in support of digital content integration across MSN and Bing services. Team focused on licensing content from premium publishers in over 50 markets and monetizing global audience.

Responsibilities included implementing strategy, prioritizing resources and directing US business development in support of the MSN and six Bing first party apps product teams.

Directed business development team in support of Bing, the next generation of search. Oversaw negotiations and management of multi-million dollar partnerships. Innovated on business models.

Managed the MSN Business Development team for US. Executed new product development strategy to generate new, niche brands with content experts in style and fitness. Negotiated cobranded services that generated over $50MM annual profit. Scouted, screened and drove strategy approval for potential acquistion in travel category (Farecast).

Established and directed regional business development team to support MSN/Live services across 12 markets. Core member of EMEA regional management team.

Managed partner strategy and negotiations for MSN Shopping and other channels.

Brandwise was a start-up in internet comparison shopping, bringing comprehensive product testing to a purchase decision funnel that connected consumers directly to local retailers. Investors were Whirlpool, BCG and Hearst. I focused on building retailer partner base prior to commercial launch.

Led applications development for Cellemetry, a BellSouth developed technology that enabled machine to machine communication via wireless, wide area networks (precursor of IoT). Applications included home security, site security, vehicle location tracking, railroad crossing monitoring and other SCADA services.

Created marketing and positioning for Cellemetry (a patented, wireless communications service used for remote monitoring and central control of machines) for commercial development and nationwide launch. Worked on other wireless incubation projects leveraging emerging technologies with existing wireless infrastructure (RAM, WISDN).