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Greater New York City Area, Us

OVERVIEW: Guide SaaS/related business unit and venture buildouts across data, martech, media, and technology. Facilitated high-value outcomes for Nielsen, WPP, Oracle, Spotify, MasterCard, Disney/ESPN and many other major, midsize and emerging firms.SELECT ENGAGEMENTS (2008-present): * Wharton Alumni Angels (2018-present) * Princeton Alumni Angels (2019-present) * B2B media data management provider (2022-present) * Data collaboration/cleanroom platform & audience data provider (2023-present) * Healthcare data/analytics platform - Advisor (2019-present) * Political/community social platform - Advisor (2021-present) * Digital audio ad platform - Advisor (2019-present) * Data/analytics martech/adtech provider - Strategic Advisor (2020-23) * Media intelligence data/analytics platform - Chief Business Officer; Strategic Advisor (2020-22) * Big data analytics platform provider - Go-to-Market/Product Strategic Advisor (2020) * Identity resolution data/analytics platform - Head Of Strategic Growth; Biz Dev & Product Advisor (2017-19) * Social video data/analytics platform - Product/Go-to-Market Strategic Advisor (2017-18) * Social media data/analytics platform - Interim-President; Product/Go-to-Market Strategic Advisor (2016-17) * Digital publishing/literary hub - Interim CEO; Advisor (2016) * Kantar Media - Strategic Advisor (2013) * Affinity Solutions - Go-to-Market/Product Strategic Advisor (2012-13) * Spotify/Echo Nest - Go-to-Market/Product Strategic Advisor (2012-13) * Mastercard - Strategic Advisor (2012-13) * Nielsen/Scarborough Research - Strategic Advisor (2012) * ESPN/Disney/Quaero - Strategic Advisor (2008) * Oracle/Datalogix - Strategic Advisor (2008)

Bradenton, Florida, Us

Garros Group LLC is a boutique investment bank and strategic consulting firm covering the intersection of data, technology and media. We identify industry trends and seek out promising, high growth company relationships in emerging, growth sectors within the broad universe of "technology enabled marketing services."​ Past clients include leading private and public companies in marketing technology, internet advertising, digital media, e-Commerce and data/information services. Our services encompass M&A advisory including sell-side and buy-side representation, capital raising, spinoffs/divestitures, strategic alternatives and business development/strategy consulting.Our principals bring deep industry experience and senior level perspective and leadership to all client engagements and relationships. We uniquely combine financial and transactional expertise with strategic and operational experience to drive client success.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Crafted and executed the strategic plan to monetize the firm’s audience data, analytic insights and other strategic assets across digital media.* Launched and led digital solutions business unit to become a multi-million dollar business unit within several years.* Led a cross-functional team to conceptualize and build new product solutions, execute and manage essential digital partnerships, develop go-to-market strategies, drive client sales and manage critical operational tasks.* Executed and managed essential digital strategic partnerships, including with, Nielsen, Acxiom, Oracle, 4INFO, Netmining, and MediaMath.* Member of Datamyx's executive leadership team that crafted and implemented other key company initiatives; positioned the firm for sale and sold it the new parent for $160 million.* Led sourcing and evaluation of acquisition and venture investment opportunities.

New York, Ny, Us

Successfully pioneered development of Nielsen’s audience targeting solution for digital marketing and advertising leveraging premium data sets, including, PRIZM segmentation, TV viewership and CPG purchase insights.* Built and led a cross-functional team to develop strategic plans, execute productization, establish partnerships and drive sales.* Sourced and executed strategic alliances with key adtech/martech platform providers, including, eXelate, MediaMath, Blue Kai, Datalogix, and Neustar.* Led sales acquisition of many data clients including digital platforms, marketers, agencies and publishers.* Collaborated with product teams to drive digital attribution solutions (Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings, Nielsen-Catalina), mobile, addressable TV, social media, audience measurement and advertising occurrence.* Teamed with corporate development to source, evaluate, and close acquisitions and venture investments.

London, London, Gb

Led development of new product and strategic initiatives, business development and mergers & acquisitions for a division of WPP’s $2 billion Taylor Nelson Sofres unit (now WPP/Kantar) * Developed new product methodological approaches for an online ad tracking solution and executed essential analyses * Sourced strategic partners for various product initiatives and negotiated agreements * Led marketplace, financial and other due diligence activities, and negotiated with several key acquisition targets

London, London, Gb

Built and led its online direct marketing product solution that innovatively leveraged offline geodemographic and behavioral data for this $200 million+ digital media unit of WPP * Led key operational activities for data products including ad targeting, data analysis and enhanced ad reporting * Executed product plans, requirements and roadmaps for data solutions that drove tens of millions in monthly inventory * Developed product plans, requirements and roadmaps for the firm’s other online publisher and advertiser solutions * Sourced, negotiated and closed strategic partnerships with major geodemographic data and online service providers

Ramsey, New Jersey, Us

Provided new product management, marketing strategy, financial modeling and new business development to large corporations and emerging ventures; sourced funding for new ventures and investments for private equity investors.Strategic engagements included, Evaliant (TNS/Kantar), Yodlee (Envestnet), Community of Science (Proquest), ISO (Verisk), Tranzact, LSSi (Neustar), Seisint (Lexis-Nexis), SAMBA Holdings, Qwest-Dex (Thryv), Traffic Audit Bureau (Geopath), Majestic Research (M Science), Mapquest (AOL), Hotjobs (Yahoo!), Dice, Boxtop Media, New Millenium (Nielsen).KEY ACHIEVEMENTS * Developed strategic business plan for multi-million dollar opportunity at a leading outdoor ad research company * Devised and executed a multi-million dollar cost saving ROI analyses for a large direct marketing service provider * Organized and moderated an outdoor advertising executive leadership summit to devise industry growth strategies * Executed marketplace analysis to drive lucrative revenue opportunities for a leading online employment service

New York, Ny, Us

For this $85 billion conglomerate’s American subsidiary, led corporate development, private equity (merger & acquisition), venture capital, strategic and market research activities; sourced, negotiated, performed due diligence and closed deals in various industries; designed in-depth industrial frameworks through intensive market research and strategic analysis to enhance corporate development efforts; oversaw analysts and interns in financial, marketing research, and technical analysis efforts; interfaced with numerous Sumitomo division heads to enhance their strategic initiativesKEY ACHIEVEMENTS• Successful in key merger and acquisition/buyout and venture investment roles covering $90 million of closed deals• Sourced, negotiated and evaluated over 100 M&A/buyout and venture investments across various industries• Created detailed investment targeting guidelines in providing strategic leadership for Corporate Business Development• Developed and presented in-depth strategic industry overviews for the media, market research, technology, publishing, transportation/logistics and other industries; executive leadership viewed these presentations as key strategic guidance

Successfully launched and transitioned leadership of this profitable cultural retail and services business* In guiding the venture to profitability, led strategic, financial, marketing and other day-to-day operational functions* Negotiated terms with product suppliers and other partners in providing hundreds of products* Implemented a successful e-commerce solution to dramatically expand the company’s sales reach* Developed and maintained the order processing Web site using FoxPro database tools, Web publishing and other software tools* Designed and produced the company's mail order print catalog* Led intensive surveys, focus groups, other key marketing research and strategic analyses to launch the venture

New York, Ny, Us

For this over $4 billion market research and information conglomerate, executed corporate business development, financial, research, strategic and other key activities; for over $3 billion in closed acquisition deals, developed financial models, executed market research, negotiated and completed key due diligence activities; interfaced with VNU business unit leaders to enhance their strategic efforts; engaged in strategic partnership negotiations with market research and related technology firmsKEY ACHIEVEMENTS• For a $100 million market research unit (including Competitive Media Reporting and Interactive Marketing Systems), led strategic analyses, long-term planning and other operational activities• For a $2.7 billion marketing research acquisition, created in-depth industry analysis and performed other due diligence• For a $650 million publishing/tradeshow acquisition, performed market research, financial and other due diligence• For the sale of a $88 million marketing research unit, provided sales strategy guidance and executed critical M&A functions• To enhance market research industry competitive position, led development of extensive strategic analysis tracking systems• Negotiated and executed due diligence to acquire a $30 million marketing services firm• Negotiated and executed due diligence for the acquisition of an advertising research firm

Ramsey, New Jersey, Us

Managed market research, analysis and other consulting projects for this marketing & information strategy consulting firm* Saved several million dollars for a Fortune 500 insurer via extensive market research and analysis of claimant behavior* For a regional bell company’s online directory efforts, performed extensive research and analysis* Saved a top U.S. telecom client millions by devising a marketing method to more effectively target business customers* Developed a detailed financial model for an entrepreneurial information advisory services venture* Wrote license agreements enabling additional revenue sources for branded information content clients like Zagat Survey

* Managed the company’s financial accounting, marketing and other key operational functions* Developed database management systems, designed and maintained local area networks, executed computer software training, and provided other pc-based business services to small and mid-sized enterprises

Falls Church, Va, Us

* Appointed to an elite group of engineers who formulated enhancements to Grumman's engineering processes * Awarded a Letter of Commendation for engineering contributions to the F-111/EF-111 aircraft modernization project * Designed mission critical software for the Navy’s E-2C surveillance aircraft* Conducted formal testing of mission critical software for fighter, electronic jammer and surveillance aircraft* Wrote software programs and developed rigorous test procedures to ensure the readiness of aircraft software

Bse - Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Automatic Speech Recognition Research

Mba - Entrepreneurial Management/Finance

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