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California, United States

Palo Alto, California, Us

CloudSphere – Comprehensive IT Visibility. CloudSphere’s market-leading IT visibility platform offers unmatched insights for managing large, complex IT environments. With the growing complexity of IT management across cloud, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments, CloudSphere’s Knowledge Graph becomes the single source of truth to support reliable generative AI automations.

Ultrata’s Intelligent Memory Fabric (IMF) architecture creates a massive, dynamic memory pool available to all CPU’s connected to the pool, enabling in-memory compute on data intensive AI and ML applications. Working with the company on go-to-market strategy & execution, business development and corporate development.

Campbell, California, Us

Aiqudo pioneered the voice space, creating a voice AI platform to voice-enable the mobile app ecosystem. Aiqudo combined the ease of natural language voice commands with the power and utility of mobile apps - what the digital assistant experience should be. Successful exit to Peloton 2/21

Quixey takes mobile search to what it should be: one tap to action. Stop searching, start doing.

Creating value through intensive management attention. We invest/advise/acquire consumer web & mobile companies at the extreme poles of the lifecycle - either startups poised for rapid growth or public co. spin-offs in need of turn around & revitalization.

Recast Zed after devastating smartphone market disruption. Established Silicon Valley presence to focus on tech leadership centered in US. Recruited CTO candidates to pivot away from irrelevant walled garden platforms. Recruited high profile board members to position company for US IPO. Halted precipitous decline in ringtone business (>50% y/y declines to <10% declines), restored broken relationships with carrier customers. Completely revamped key management team: GM, technology, finance, bus dev., business intelligence, HR. Pivoted business away from ringtones to launch game apps leveraging content management assets in digital music.

Bellevue, Washington, Us

Key leader of highly successful turnaround team. Developed corporate strategy, executed via strategic acquisitions & divestitures, successfully transforming InfoSpace from Dot.com has-been to leading player in two new, high growth industries. Transformed low revenue mobile business into largest mobile content business in North America with acquisition of Moviso, doubling revenue every year for 3 years to peak of $200M. Acquired Switchboard.com to double INSP local search traffic and >2X revenue by layering INSP monetization onto SWBD traffic, creating highly profitable leading player in local search. Built strong deal flow network of top tier VC, PE, & banking relationships. Drove complex three-way divestiture process, resulting in sale of mobile business unit for more than 10X purchase price & local search for more than 4X purchase price. By creating market leaders out of unloved assets, INSP generated ~ $1 billion of value for shareholders

Seattle, Wa, Us

Drove strategic partnerships that accelerated Real to industry standard streaming platform. Focused disparate individual contributors into coordinated unit with clear strategic mission. Managed group to exceed both revenue and strategic objectives. Created partner support unit to ensure successful execution of deals, including dedicated dev. resources, co-selling & co-marketing plans to drive $25M+ revenue

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Led all merger & acquisition activities: sourced, evaluated & negotiated transactions that readied company for IPO. Acquisitions completely transformed company profile/focus from network constructor in small markets with no revenue to operating & selling in major markets; generated majority of $50M run rate revenue. Successful IPO with $1B+ market cap. Assembled & led cross functional project teams to launch new strategic business opportunities including Internet & next gen communications services

Chief Financial Officer of venture capital unit. Managed all financial and administrative functions of venture operations. Responsible for internal reporting to Chairman and Advisory Board and external communications with limited partners

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Advised clients on various aspects of corporate, partnership, and individual taxation, including financial analysis, projections, and transaction structuring. Planned and performed audit engagements

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