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Bellevue, Wa, Us

Advisor helping strategic accounts adopt 5G Advanced Network Solutions (ANS) and identify the appropriate Public, Hybrid or Private Mobile Network option to meet their needs for the low latency, high speeds, reliability and control they need to unlock their data's potential. Evangelize upcoming cloud based security and network management services. Focused on State & Local Government and Education (SLED) customers and partners.

Business, Cultural and Digital Transformation and Innovation consulting services to provide end-to-end solutions to help businesses simplify and accelerate achieving their digital transformation vision. Using a value-driven approach to deliver transformative results that drive business growth and enhance customer experiences.

Redmond, Washington, Us

As pragmatic futurist and senior digital transformation and business development executive at Microsoft, I collaborate with the C-suite of the top automotive, mobility & transportation partners, customers and clients to unlock $100M+ strategic partnerships to drive large scale disruptive transformations, create new revenue streams, and re-imagine business models leveraging AI/ML, IoT, AR/VR, and cloud.I work with organizations to reimagine and transform their customer engagement, employee experiences, business models and operations, empowering them to reach their digital aspirations.Particular areas of focus include Mobility as a Service (MaaS), Electric Vehicles (EV), Autonomous Vehicles, Smart Cities, and Sustainability.Represent Microsoft on WBCSD, the World Business Council for Sustainability with a focus on a Mobility Decarbonization project which gathers stakeholders from mobility, energy and real estate sectors to align strategies, and shape a collective pathway to a fast electrification.

Digital Transformation Consulting │ Content Creation │ Alliance Negotiation │ Business Development Serve as Interim executive and Advisory Board Member for promising young ventures and mature enterprises in the US and abroad. Services include strategic leadership, creative funding, digital transformation, opportunity identification, business development, and alliance negotiation and channel partner development. The digital consultancy has a private equity focusRepresentative engagements include: CybersecurityKazuar Advanced Technologies, Interim VP Americas – Oversee US launch of Israeli venture.Secure Content Creation in the CloudOneSimple, Advisory Board Member – Provide technical guidance and executive introductions for proprietary command/control solution for media industry.Unified Interface for the Digital WorkplaceOneVuex, EVP Strategic Alliances and Advisory Board – Provide global business development. Helped secure strategic partnership with Microsoft; currently raising a $12M funding round. Board Advisor Strategic AlliancesBoard Member and Technology Advisor, ICARO Media Group, a digital media technology company for global telecoms and media companies, (2019 - Present)Strategic InvestmentsPacific Royalties – Strategic investment executive for company providing innovative investment vehicles utilizing revenue royalties as an alternative to debt and equity.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Pipeline Development │ Cloud Consumption Growth Pipeline Development │ Customer Success │ Partnership CreationAs a result of successful Justice and Public Safety video in the Azure Government Cloud initiative, asked to take over management of all federal and local government recruit evangelism activities. Engaged with Microsoft One Commercial Partner (OCP) Team to successfully close deals, grow pipeline 9X to 150+ partners and generate $20M in cloud consumption revenue. Drove a Build-With, Go-To-Market-With, Sell-With motion to engage the Microsoft remote sales teams to ensure customer success by supporting solution providers including Forensic Advantage, L3 Mobile, Amano McGann, Emergency Reporting, Nice Security, Abilis, Follett. Served on CityNext Team to drive smart city initiatives.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Strategic Partnership Development │ Channel Launch │ Mobile Application Development │ Content Creation in the Cloud │ Marketing Plan ExecutionBuilt a cross divisional matrixed team to drive Microsoft’s Media and Entertainment Recruit Evangelism program including:· Overseeing the development and successful launch of the first Xbox media channels for Sony, Fox and Paramount Pictures· Development launch and promotion of dozens of Windows apps with Sony, Paramount, Fox, Pandora, iHeart Radio and GoPro· Led Microsoft’s Content Creation in the Cloud program through proof of concepts with Adobe, Avid, Red, Arri, 5th Kind and other key industry influencers and solution providers.The results included several industry and Microsoft firsts:→ Multimillion-dollar Disney deal negotiated for the development, launch and promotion of new games on Windows devices with feature parity with iOS and Android→ Microsoft’s largest movie promotional partnership ever with Paramount for the Star Trek: Into the Darkness. David oversaw the development of the cross-platform app with Paramount, Microsoft and 3rd party developers and coordinated the deep marketing team engagement.→ Sony’s 1st original Crackle channel television series and first original movie launch, one week exclusive on Microsoft (Xbox Live, Phone 8, Windows 8) prior to deployment on PlayStation→ Initiated a strategic cloud partnership with Avid to develop a multibillion-dollar content creation market and set the stage for Microsoft as a contender competing against Google and AWS.

Digital Product Development │ Global Leadership │ VC Guidance │ Start-up FundraisingDrove business innovation, digital product development and funding initiatives. Served in the US and abroad as Chief Innovation Officer, CEO, VP Business Development and COO for companies diverse as ESPN, Sportz Ventures and Barnes & Noble.. Provided VC guidance and fundraising for several content and technology startups. Representative engagements include:► BARNES & NOBLE’S STERLING PUBLISHING: Developed a digital transition plan to guide the company beyond e-books and away from print. ► ESPN: Development and launch of X-Games branded media player and social media strategy to broaden demographic and counteract the graying of the brand► THE WONDERFACTORY: Initiated and closed deals with media companies, publishers and brands for this boutique web design and development agency with a focus on branded online experiences for client roster featuring ESPN, e*Trade and Fox.► FULLTURN MEDIA: Brokered syndication and licensing deals for one of web’s largest consumer-facing medical library► OBVIOUS TECHNOLOGY: Raised funding and cut costs for provider of IP-enabled set-top box technology, later sold to Sony► ENTRIQ: Repositioned pay-per-view and subscription content provider by formulating a differentiation approach for content► TRANSMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS: Structured strategic content deals for a European content provider

Multimillion-dollar Merger Leadership │ Business Development & Strategic Alliances│ SaaS and Cloud Platforms │ Contract NegotiationSenior core executive team member responsible for the $1B public market spin out of more than $1B of Intel intellectual property in DRM and content protection, capital and its Intel Digital Services Division (reverse into public shell) merged with Excalibur Technologies Corporation to form Convera and build out its multimedia/semantic, Software as a Service search, cloud platform. The deal included ten year, $100+M contract with the National Basketball Association (NBA) to develop and distribute enhanced broadband programming and interactive game broadcasts, as well as alliances with KPMG and IMG.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Developed and executed a strategic imperative to make PC an integral component of the sports fan experience. Identified and closed $42M in 14 equity deals to build a multi-hundred-million-dollar business vertical in two years.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

As Technical Director, managed a multidisciplinary cross-divisional design team to develop a $15M next-generation, modular environmental building control solution for lighting, video, signage and theme park elements that could be ‘sponsored’ to offset costs and contribute to the bottom line. As Director of Corporate Sponsorship, developed sponsorship programs and secured $2.5M commitment in 90 days.

Managed and executed multimillion-dollar government contracts for this IBM partner and pioneer in public sector interactive kiosk networks around the world.

Co-launched and built successful commercial/music video production company, growing revenues from zero to $5M. Created videos for stars as diverse as John Denver and Donna Summer.

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Business Administration, Economics, And Marketing

Executive Education Program - Iasa/Northwestern University, Managing Technological Change In Media + Entertainment