Doug Bennett Email & Phone Number

Durango, CO, US

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, US

Executive responsible for management of all financial aspects of company including GAAP compliance, external audit, cash management and investor relations. Executive in charge of managing engineering efforts to build out next generation computational fluid dynamics software used by company to design products. Artificial Intelligence / Machine LearningI.

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, US

Responsible for all day to day operations of startup company during pursuit of FAA certification of products for use on commercial aircraft..Provided executive leadership on three rounds of funding. Established process and documentation for project management, financials and legal framework for all company pursuits.

Durango, CO, US

• Hired to take a traditional media business and transform into a media business ready to take on the next 25 years. A business capable of growing beyond traditional boundaries and build new audiences, revenue streams.
• Executive in charge of leading transformation of business from traditional media to a business ready for next 50 years.
• Executed 4 acquisitions of digital media companies.
• Launched new video channels 4CornersTV.com & 4FlagTV.com focused on 25-40 year old demographic. Currently “go to” channel for reaching millennials with reach of over 30% of target market.
• Formed startup organization (Adsperity) in Austin, TX to build out mobile ad design technology. Product launched in October 2015. Software for creating, publishing and measuring mobile advertisements.
• Launched (Dorado) Southwest lifestyle magazine and supplemental website & app. Based in Phoenix, AZ Generates over $500k in revenue after only 2 years.

Strategic Consulting, including business plan & sales strategy development. Strong knowledge of overall management, digital, product management, finance and mobile UberMedia - Identify, build and execute revenue strategy around recently launched mobile ad platform for Idealab company. Work with product development, marketing, sales and operations on.

Santa Ana, California, US

• Led $43M division that drove the majority of growth in the company’s revenue. Enterprise leader on driving mobile and social media strategy for company
• Key executive in developing partnership with Yahoo that generates over $4 million
• Key executive in fostering business relationship with Google that led to several beta projects which today represents over $3 million
• Revenue growth of over 35% CAGR over past 4 years
• EBITDA margin growth from break even to 24% in 3 years
• Architect of tablet computing product and go to market strategy. Current product recognized as industry leader in alternative efforts to drive new audience

Santa Ana, California, US

• Led division representing majority of revenue growth for company. Implemented new technologies, created new web-sites, developed new revenue strategies, restructured sales and centralized functions. Responsible for all.
• 27% growth of Interactive revenues at a time newspaper and broadcast television ad revenues declining
• Developed stand alone sales organization to focus on new advertisers for business. This group generated 75% of new customers to business
• Played key role in content strategy – niche sites, mobile, video and social media. This effort changed focus of business to one of audience acquisition instead of a portal based on brand
• Utilize experience from digital background to fast track transition of media business to an interactive focus – grew interactive revenues from 3% of total ad revenues to 12%

Santa Ana, California, US

• Hired to not only drive increased accountability through analytics but also provide veteran leadership in transitioning to a digital business
• Led group responsible for all aspects of Finance, IT and magazine group for $950M media business specializing in newspapers, broadcast television stations and magazines
• Provided leadership role in 5 merger and acquisitions representing $24 million
• Restructured all finance and operations across business to provide more efficiency and cost savings. New reporting requirements included product scorecards, daily sales, rankings, MBOs and operational metrics
• Primary contact with investment banks involved in debt structure of company.
• Key executive providing leadership of Bain Consulting cost reduction plan that generated in excess of $50M in savings

Indianapolis, Indiana, US

Member of Board of Directors for online health services portal. Business was venture capital funded.

• Senior executive responsible for day to day operations with full P&L responsibility of public company
• Played major role in re-establishing National Lampoon as the pre-eminent creator of irreverent comedy material in film, television, print and online media
• Executive Producer on all National Lampoon Network programming which included 8 weekly shows for a total of 150 shows per year
• Developed publishing program for print and online which generated 12 titles per year
• Key manager in development of strategy to re-energize National Lampoon brand in all media types including launch of broadband video channel and college television network. National Lampoon Network was largest college.
• Public company highlights included Preferred Stock fund raise, secondary public stock offering, road show, movement from bulletin board to AMEX, analyst contact, oversight on audit, 10Q, 10K, stock split and complete.

Member of Board of Directors for online wallet business. Company was a venture funded business.

• Led all day to day operations of digital publishing company with 375 employees. iUniverse provides technology to companies used in the creation of content in a format that allows for multiple distribution methods ie.
• Built professional management team in a start up company
• Moved company to include a revenue focus without reducing importance of engineering to company
• Managed private equity fund raise of $17.5 million inclusive of document creation
• Responsible for oversight of CFO and treasury functions
• Developed budgets and analytics as well as new MBO program to drive results

Austin, Texas, US

Provided industry knowledge and led project to provide management focus on revenue generation and audience engagement. Clickability provides content management and content sharing tools for publishers

• Executive with operating responsibility for VC funded internet based company. Company grew from a revenue base of $500k in 1999 to over $5 million in 2000. Customer base included Forbes, Alta Vista, Hoovers, Visa, ABN.
• Drove creation of sales organization in business to business selling model. Organization grew from zero to 10 sales people
• Raised $32.5 million in private placement funding
• Managed document preparation and bank selection for a Filed S1 SEC document for public offering. Due to market conditions in April 2000 decision was made to suspend S1 and stay private
• Implemented complete business model change from ad/sponsorship to licensing/service fee based business once it was determined original business model was faulty
• Provided CFO role to company until person hired prior to road show for public offering

Complete revenue, financial and operational responsibility for publishing business. Primary areas of business included, computer books, internet sites, software and game strategy guides. The revenue base was over $200 million generating significant profit with a headcount of over 500 people. This business has strong brands in the technology and consumer.

Led divisions responsible for all software and web-site development. This division represented nearly all of the growth year over year in revenues for Macmillan. Established division as primary distributor of all company owned software inclusive of parent (Viacom).