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Fuse Technologies is an embedded fintech solution that empowers creators and organizers to sell their tickets, hotel, and multi-day curated experience in a single transaction. The company raised $17.5M in seed capital led by QED, Launchpad, and Dream Ventures reaching a $120M valuation in less than a year from launching its product. Rob works with the CEO and Management team to leverage his experience and network in the Travel and Fintech areas, and to help Fuse continue to expand its business and offerings.

Travelport is a leading Global Distribution Service (GDS) providing technology solutions to travel agencies and providing access to airline, hotel and rental car content. Hired by the CEO to build out Travelport’s Online Travel Agency business (OTA) which expanded to include the largest offline TMC agencies. Currently manage a global team and have a full P&L responsibility for a $400M portfolio of business. • Built the Travelport Global OTA group and grew it to a $400M business consisting of 45 international agencies, covered by a 50-person cross-functional commercial and technical support team • Negotiated serveral deals valued in excess of $50M, including the largest new customer for Travelport in over a decade, growing the company’s global market share in the online space• Established a new “Enterprise Tier” with the mandate to provide enhanced service and ultra-engagement at the C-Level for Travelport’s largest and most strategic global customers and prospects • Consolidated key global requirements for tier-1 customers and proactively worked with the Product and Technology Divisions to deliver next-generation travel technology solutions for Enterprise customers• Integral part of the “Top-25” Travelport executive leadership team delivering company strategy and frequently representing Travelport at an industry level as a speaker and thought leader

Options Away leveraged the concepts of the financial industry to provide innovative solutions for travel agencies. Its TripLock solution allowed customers to lock in the price of a flight while they finalise their travel plans. The company was sold to Hopper in 2018 and now powers Hopper Price Freeze. • Founded Options Away and raised multiple rounds of venture funding to build a multi-lingual, multi-currency, cloud-based solution implemented across the US and six European countries• Created a set of complex algorithms to calculate the volatility of flight prices and to predict consumer behaviour within the travel planning process, leading to a set of Machine Learning, data science driven revenue management tools used by large Online Travel Agencies and Meta-Search travel companies• Built a team of 25 in Chicago and Barcelona and managed all aspects of the business including Product, Technology, Business Development, Marketing, Customer Service and Operations, while providing full P&L / financial reporting to the Options Away board and investors• Forged strategic partnerships and customer implementations with the largest industry players including American Airlines, Sabre, Amadeus, Expedia, Kayak, Berkshire Hathaway and eDreams Odigeo, reaching $5M in annualized revenues

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BGC Partners, a division of Cantor Fitzgerald, is a global interdealer broker providing hybrid voice & electronic services to global financial institutions. Hired by the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, expanded BGC’s position in the Futures Trading Technology space and built out the order routing business • Created multi-million-dollar revenue stream through the development of a Preferred Vendor Partnership program to deliver new trading volume to BGC’s electronically traded products• Overall P&L and management accountability for BGC’s global Independent Software Vendor business including the eventual strategic break-up of the division, spin-off of the ISV client-base and the integration of the core technology into BGC’s eBrokering and US Treasury trading businesses • Responsible for multiple strategic eBusiness initiatives including internal development and the analysis/ implementation of third-party technologies for BGC Brokerage use• Strategic advisory role for the full front-to-back workflow of electronically traded BGC products including trade-flow, clearing and Straight Through Processing for both over the counter (OTC) and listed products

GL TRADE serves the financial community with global technology solutions covering the full trading, order-routing, clearing and order management lifecycle. Following the sale of 4D Trading to GL Trade, appointed as MD to grow and operate GL’s North American operations• North American MD with overall P&L responsibility for $40M region covering US, Canada and Mexico • Managed a team of Sales, Client Services and Production personnel dedicated to regional expansion and ongoing management and technical support of over 40 institutional clients trading Futures, Equities and Foreign Exchange products• Responsible for relationships with key North American financial exchanges involving contract negotiations and the development of joint strategic marketing and growth initiatives• M&A support and company analysis for several GL acquisitions including full responsibility for the integration of 4D Trading staff and technology following the acquisition

4D Trading developed multidimensional visualisation software targeting investment banks and proprietary trading houses in the European and US markets• Successfully took the company through its initial stages of Venture Capital funding, growth and ultimately to a shareholder exit via a 100% sale to GL TRADE• Built a dynamic management team to cover sales, development and implementation, resulting in the release of a leading financial analysis tool used by Futures Traders in London and Chicago• Established partnerships with technology companies, system integrators and ISV channels in Europe and the US to enhance 4D’s product offering, support capability and sales reach

Hired directly by the CEO to create and implement a European strategy for a leading supplier of eLoyalty & eMarketing solutions in the US. Analysed the market to derive the strategic entry point for Netcentives into Europe, leading to the launch of the solution into the UK.

BizBuyer was a leading B2B marketplace for SMEs in the US. Recruited as part of the European launch group to manage the eCommerce team and to develop the supplier side of the B2B sourcing equation, building a complete offering across multiple product and services segments

Based in Toronto Canada, Netron is an IT Solutions company focused on accelerating e-business through legacy renewal. Launched Netron’s European offering out of London and grew it over a 5-year period to represent in a quarter of the company’s global revenue at only 10% of total costs.

Over a 5 year period held various internal consulting roles for one of Canada’s largest conglomerates, focusing on the implementation of new technology implementations for multiple divisions of the company. Delivered cost savings across the telecommunications, customer service, intermodal freight and accounting divisions.