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Revenue generation for early stage companies, identified untapped niche and vertical markets for products, and developed the marketing strategy and programs needed to capture market share for each product/market combination. Recommended optimal combination of partnerships, content marketing, social media, SEO/SEM, email marketing and online advertising to grow demand for a given product/market combination. Clients from diverse industries, including SAAS, mobile live streaming, medical devices, healthcare and POS, plus a range of biz models that spanned B2B, B2C and DTC.

Co-founder, SAAS combined contact management and email marketing that enabled professionals who generate business through their networks to track and email their contacts with personalized one-to-one communications.Developed a network of 100+ partners with interests in job-seekers and self employed consultants to grow traffic and paid membership. Created API for contact additions from third party developers. Nurtured & retained partners, subscribers and prospects with inhouse SAAS. Company closed in 2012.

This division was spun off after developing award-winning technology that controlled multiple Windows video displays from a single PC, “Citrix for Windows 95”. Negotiated and closed profitable OEM licensees in Europe and Singapore, and built an international distribution network covering the Americas, Europe, and Far East. Worked closely with product management and engineering to align product requirements for distributors and OEMs. More than 100,000 seats were sold through multiple channels. Domestically, two tier distribution was augmented by partnerships with selected terminal and display manufacturer's white-labeling the product.

Co-founder of this company developing real-time system software for POS & process control. Achieved profitability in less than 3 months; grew annual sales to $3 million in less than 3 years, and eventually put out more than 250,000 installations through direct, reseller and OEM sales. Chief rainmaker, built a nationwide reseller network by partnering with major software developers, including Medical Manager (now WebMD), Digital Dining, Teleflora and IBID. Negotiated and closed multiple OEM licenses with Phillips, Honeywell and Heuristics, and site licenses with Fortune 5000 companies including Baxter HealthCare, Rite Aid Stores, and IBM. Created 3rd party developer program and API for hardware and software vendors. Worked closely with product management and engineering to create API extensions requested by key developers, OEMs and major accounts. Employee retention, incentive and education programs created a motivated team and kept annual employee turnover below 5% over 9 years.