Operating executive and consulting leader who guides SaaS/data/analytics business unit buildouts and M&A/investments. Have driven valuable product, go-to-market, and investment outcomes for Nielsen, WPP, Spotify, Sumitomo and many other major to emerging enterprises.HIGHLIGHTS ▪ Venture Buildouts: Guided hundreds of new venture and product solution buildouts. ▪ High-Value Outcomes: Facilitated tens of millions in revenue and billions in market value. ▪ Executive Leadership: Founded/led ventures; served on 20+ executive leadership teams/boards. ▪ Strategic Alliances/BD/Partnerships: Drove hundreds of strategic/business development deals. ▪ M&A/Corporate Development: Executed strategic plans, diligence, negotiations, and oversight for billions of dollars of closed transactions.NOTABLE BUILDOUTS ▪ VNU/Nielsen: Prototyping online/web advertising expenditure tracking. ▪ WPP/24-7 Real Media: Pioneering onboarding consumer attributes to digital IDs (pre-adtech). ▪ Oracle/Datalogix: Guiding early adtech data onboarding platform buildout. ▪ Nielsen: Launching/scaling monetization of key datasets (PRIZM, CPG, etc.) across adtech. ▪ MasterCard, Spotify, Deluxe & others: Driving data/analytics monetization buildouts.RECENT COVERAGEData strategy/monetization; marketing/media measurement; data collaboration/data clean rooms; identity resolution; ID verification; data privacy; media intelligence; CTV/streaming video; mobile advertising; and other relevant aspects of the data, martech, media, and tech.CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT/M&A/INVESTMENTS ▪ Drove corporate development/strategic planning efforts at Nielsen, Sumitomo, and other firms. ▪ Executed strategic plans, diligence, negotiations, and process oversight for billions of dollars of closed transactions. ▪ Sourced/drove/supported hundreds of opportunities for operating enterprises and investors.SUCCESS KEYS ▪ Cross-Functional Leadership: CxO, product, strategy, data/analytics, sales, marketing, and finance roles. ▪ Deep Expertise: 20+ years guiding buildouts and go-to-market execution across data, media, and tech. ▪ Reasoned Judgment: Varied perspective from exposure to numerous business models in dynamic ecosystems.BACKGROUND & PASSIONS ▪ Spent initial 5 years as a Northrop Grumman software engineer. ▪ Earned a Princeton University BSE degree in electrical engineering & computer science; and Wharton Business School MBA degree in entrepreneurial management/finance. ▪ Remain passionate about family, community, technology, playing soccer, sports, gardening, cooking, and music.
Listed skills include Cross Functional Team Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Marketing Technology, Product Innovation, and 46 others.