Investor/President
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
Former Investor/President of award-winning, Dallas-based social data analytics company MutualMind, Inc. with global partners/customers including IBM, Walmart, American Airlines and Hilton Hotels. Providing real-time, high-definition visualized social media data, we became the standard for IBM’s Social Engagement Centers powered by MutualMind for nearly 100 conferences, customer engagements and strategic IBM business centers around the world. MutualMind powered American Airlines’ Social Customer Care operations at their DFW HQ. A similar system was later deployed for Hilton Hotels’ customer service operations center. MutualMind served the data analytics needs of over 150 customer brands either directly or through nearly a dozen service providers in over ten countries. Unlike nearly all of its competitors, MutualMind was built from the ground up with minimal capital investment (<$1M). Therefore, because the company was not able to scale fast enough, we were eventually acquired by Chicago-based marketing research firm Shapiro+Raj in 2016. Before MutualMind, my consulting company worked with and made investments in tech start-ups, including MutualMind and several others. Prior to that, I worked as VP Sales with Fidelis Security Systems, at the time, a struggling data security company, helping the CEO implement a new sales strategy resulting in 300% growth in one year and raising a $22 million VC investment. My investment company, also participated in this and Fidelis was later acquired by General Dynamics.Other executive roles include VP Sales for a multi-national Corporate Account Team, VP Federal Sales and VP Biz Dev in the areas of data and telecom networks and cyber security. I earned a BBA from The University of North Texas and an MBA from Hardin-Simmons University.Specialties: High-Tech Entrepreneurship and Investments: Data Networks, Telecom, Cyber Security, Social Media Analytics and Mobility; Thinking out-of-the-box with LOTS OF ENERGY!
