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San Francisco, California, Us

Wholesail simplifies the Accounts Receivable process for wholesalers and the Accounts Payable process for their buyers. Our software integration with accounting systems allows for Wholesail to send automated statements, reduce lost invoices, reconcile online payments and establish frictionless payment plans for buyers. Our vision is to build a trading network to modernize payment and communication between wholesale buyers and sellers. Our initial industry focus is on building a network effect driven payment business amongst producers, distributors, restaurants, grocers and other retailers in the highly fragmented US food and beverage distribution market.

Marketplaces: SevenFifty (B2B marketplace for Beer, wine and spirits), Cheetah (B2B marketplace for restaurants/vendors)SaaS: Modern Treasury (payment operations platform), CaptivateIQ (SaaS sales commission software), Mode (Enterprise IoT platform), Onfleet (SaaS delivery management), VendorFlow (SaaS logistics communication platform), Nira (SaaS security / corporate access control)Restaurants: Tartine Manufactory / Tartine Bakery / Coffee Manufactory, Che Fico / Che Fico Alimentari, Mian & Chengdu Taste (Sichuan restaurant in Los Angeles)

San Francisco, California, Us

During my time at OpenTable I led a group of six product managers responsible for analytics, restaurant growth, legacy products, and the company’s flagship GuestCenter product.Notable accomplishments:Led a major iteration of the company's core reservation availability systems which allowed restaurants to maximize their limited seat inventory and accommodate more diners. The changes also enabled diners to book specific sections of the restaurant (for example the bar or patio). Less than a year after launch, this table category feature became the fastest growing new marketplace feature and contributed millions in incremental revenue for restaurant customers. Launched self-service on-boarding initiative and recruited the product and engineering team responsible for streamlining the on-boarding experience for restaurants.Developed the product, sales, and operations strategy to migrate 20,000 restaurants from the company's legacy Electronic Reservation Book to it’s cloud-based GuestCenter product and increased the monthly migration rate by 3X in one year. Integrated customer feedback and product engagement data into the product decision-making process. My team launched a new process to incorporate feedback from 40,000 restaurants and the 300+ employees that work with restaurants daily. We also developed a system to analyze product engagement on OpenTable’s legacy "Electronic Reservation Book" and determine which features were required for customers to adopt the new GuestCenter product.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Copilot was a revenue management analytics company focused on helping restaurants increase revenue.The product delivered easy-to-use email and web dashboards that showed critical business metrics benchmarked against nearby businesses. Owners and managers used advanced reports to identify problems and make operational and marketing changes that drove hundreds of thousands in increased sales. Before being acquired by OpenTable, the company grew to several hundred restaurants and several thousand users. We were most proud of the high engagement: 70% of Copilot restaurants used the product every day, 40% upgraded to the advanced product, and 85% endorsed or referred other restaurants. The company raised $3m from Alsop Louie Partners and Upfront Ventures and was acquired by OpenTable in 2014 for $15m.

Spent two years managing the campus associate program, recruiting associates from Caltech, UT Austin, Berkeley, and Stanford. I worked closely with portfolio companies Ness, Gowalla, and Crowdcast and have sourced several potential investments.

Grew up in a Los Angeles restaurant family and have over ten years of experience working every position.Spark Woodfire Grill: Ran the takeout and delivery business for two years ($1m/year) while in high school, managed the staff and worked on direct mail campaigns to promote the business. Rivera, Playa, Spark: Managed online marketing and advertising, tracking ROI through increases in online reservations.Test Kitchen: Built and managed the online presence for this four month popup restaurant, which garnered wide media attention (http://la.eater.com/tags/test-kitchen).

Bs, Business Administration

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