Investor / Operator / Innovator / Marketing & Business Transformation Advisor / Growth

Partnering with brands and businesses to utilize customer-centered design, informed organizational intelligence, and the right technology to achieve their business goals of better understanding and providing value to their customers; building better unified brand experiences across channels; creation of new digital best-of-breed products; and insights-driven organizational transparency via decision support systems.

Aiding a UX consultancy with their corporate growth strategies, sales & marketing operations, IP development, client pitch work, and new ventures.Select clients include: Jet.com, E*Trade, Blackrock, itBit.com, Chick-fil-A, Cox Media

Sold-in one of the largest digital transformation pilots CBS invested in to date — the creation of omni-channel viewer engagement for social good platform

Responsible for the creation and development of a new business practice and service model for OgilvyOne from scratch that specifically focuses on OgilvyOne's differentiated POV on eCommerce — aiding brands and retailers achieve accelerated time to customer value through the creation of an engagement ecosystem that supports the consumer journey.

Responsible for leading and growing the Marketing Technology Practice @ Ogilvy through sales pitches, building business line extensions, strategic partnerships, productizing services, and building intellectual property based on marketing technologies.

Sold in digital projects and oversaw various aspects of digital platforms, programs, and performance campaigns. Heavy sales pitching, digital strategy work mixed in with branding, strategic marketing, UX/IA and systems architecture.

SOLD.Software-as-a-service white-label social media / marketing SaaS platform that empowers marketers and media companies alike to monetize the social web.Created and managed the Client Services and Strategy Group - Built an organization that was sold to Gannett Corp within 8 months of hire.- Provided pre-sales/sales support for a Sales Group of 12 sales directors with 3 direct reports- Negotiated, sold, designed, managed, and executed strategic social media marketing plans, social network site development, and social insight programs for publishers and marketersSelect clients: P&G, Meredith Corp, Gannett Corp, Unilever, Sanofi-Aventis, Target, DirectBrands Inc., and General Mills.

Hired as a hands-on executive to build a new practice from the ground up by leading new business development on all digital work, provide managerial guidance to the JUICE executive team, and strategic stewardship across all client brand accounts. - Pitched and sold agency’s first multi-million dollar Direct-To-Patient (DTP) and professional interactive accounts worth $8MM. - Developed strategic solution delivery framework, support processes, vendor relationships, and sales material for the organization. - Architected strategic visions for all client brands and all related stratagems such as brand positioning, go-to-market tactics, sponsorship models, media plans, SEM, data modeling, and analytics.

Freelance project/product management work on technology initiatives for a strategic marketing consultancy providing the digital perspective on both topline and bottom line projects. Also responsible for pitching all digital-related new business.

Acted in the role of VP of Sales/Head of Product for the portfolio start-up wireless software company , nSeconds, Inc., focused on selling an enterprise middleware platform that connected users to all corporate information from any wireless-enabled device in real-time. Company and venture fund “folded” due to funding issues in May 2001.- Strategized and developed corporate direction, market/product positioning, pricing models, and tactical sales plan. Managed various aspects of the product development lifecycle with a focus on defining functionality requirements for complex XML/J2EE-based software product. - Oversaw the development of all customer-facing material including all MARCOMM and website design.

SOLD.Full-service digital agency and start-up accelerator. Worked with Fortune 500 and startups alike.Managed a 40-person multi-disciplinary (design/custom development) digital agency / accelerator generating $22M in total revenue until the company was sold in 1Q00. Grew organization with appropriate infrastructure from 6 people to 40 people in three locations – Cambridge, San Francisco, and New York City.- Built and sold over $900MM in transactional value for startups- Actively managed over 80+ multi-disciplinary projects in various stages of the value lifecycle from idea inception, market validation, branding, strategic fund raising, development, and execution. - Projects: branding, strategy, intranets/extranets, ecommerce, bespoke products, CRM/SFA package integration, legacy integration, B2B marketplaces, and C++/Java- based transactional systems.- Drove all aspects of solution development which includes project scoping/pricing, branding, conceptual design, information architecture, wireframes, user experience, interaction flows, navigational structure, nomenclature, system design, technical development, rollout support, and maintenance.Select clients: Intel, NASDAQ, Anheuser-Busch, Chanel, Engelhard, NFL, Digital/Compaq, World Trade Organization, Johnson & Johnson, Nickelodeon, Sun Life of Canada, Fidelity Investments, New Oak Communications, PaperExchange.com, and DataSage.

Sold new business and responsible for executional delivery. Managed project teams for various Fortune 500 clients in business process analyses, strategic transformation implementation planning, system design, and execution of custom client/server application development projects. Managed projects to an acceptable level of risk by balancing scope, time, cost and quality.- Defined and directed project deliverables, success metrics, and plan at the outset of project to appropriately frame client’s project. - Managed customer expectations through proactive management of project objectives and deliverable milestones, problem resolution, scope management, and team dynamics.- Collaborated with clients to produce functional requirements, data models, system architecture, information architecture, business process flows, technical requirements, and return on investment models. Select clients: Merrill Lynch, MBIA, Bank of America, WorldCom, Owens Corning, and Cooper Tire.