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Falls Church, Virginia, Us

The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) is one of the largest and most influential tech associations in the United States. The NVTC Board is made up of an exceptional group of C-level leaders in business and higher education.

Falls Church, Virginia, Us

This group is focused on creating connections and educating professionals that are driving the development, deployment, and use of cybersecurity technologies, solutions, and services. We conduct six private member briefings per year and hold an annual Cyber Summit and Awards.

Falls Church, Virginia, Us

Founding member of the NVTC Data Center and Cloud Community that has grown to over 300 members from 100 companies. I have served as a Leadership Board Member and as the Chair. Our mission is to provide a platform for member companies and employees to connect and collaborate to drive the growth and prosperity of member companies and promote the interests and global leadership of the region's data center, cloud and digital infrastructure ecosystem.

Ashburn, Va, Us

Telos is a global cybersecurity technology, services, and solutions company with 600 employees and $140 million in revenue. The company has been in business for 50 years delivering IT solutions to the U.S. Federal Government and allied nations. Since its IPO in 2020, Telos has continued to grow its government base and begun expanding into commercial enterprise markets. I was responsible for digital marketing and campaigns, market development, product marketing, events and tradeshows, and channel marketing. I left Telos as part of a corporate restructuring.

Ashburn, Virginia, Us

The Loudoun County Economic Development Advisory Commission (EDAC) is made up of 23 business leaders approved by the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. I have served as Chair, Vice-Chair, and as a Commissioner. The mission of the EDAC is to support the Loudoun Department of Economic Development and the Loudoun Board of Supervisors to promote the long term economic growth and development of Loudoun County in a way that is economically sustainable and results in the expansion of its commercial and industrial tax base.

REACH Advisory and Development specializes in developing growth strategies, executing marketing campaigns, and producing compelling content and messaging for information and communications technology (ICT) solutions including: cloud computing and services, data centers, cybersecurity, enterprise software and software-as-a-service, federal government systems integration, internet solutions and telecommunications, dark fiber networks, and renewable energy platforms.

Tokyo, Jp

Hired by RagingWire Data Centers to help the company grow nationally and globally from its California base. During my tenure, the company grew from $40 million in revenue to $240 million in revenue building data center campuses in Ashburn, Virginia and Dallas, Texas. We received industry awards for our brochures, website, and executive briefing program. The privately held company was sold to NTT in 2018. I continued in my role at RagingWire and joined the NTT global marketing team responsible for 140 data centers and services in 20 countries.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

$6 billion government contractor builds and launches an innovative cloud computing business unit.I was a founding executive at Harris Corporation's Cyber Integrated Solutions Group, an internal start-up with $300 million funding to build and bring to market a next-generation cloud solution engineered to meet the highest levels of performance, availability, and security leveraging Harris' patented trust technology. This role included a staff of 40 people in sales, operations, lead generation, channels, messaging, communications, product management, and solutions engineering. In less than two years the team developed and launch the Trusted Enterprise Cloud solution and generated $15 million in revenues. The start-up was shut down as part of a CEO change and strategic restructuring.

Reston, Virginia, Us

Internet solutions roll-up creates $50 million in new revenue streams.The Neustar Internet Infrastructure Services Group was a roll-up of four acquisitions and internal assets focused on improving the performance and security of the internet and SaaS applications. In this role I built a world class B2B marketing and business development operation of 30 people that included demand generation, integrated marketing campaigns, sales enablement, search engine marketing (SEM) and search engine optimization (SEO), telemarketing, channel partner support, media and analyst outreach, messaging, competitive analysis, and branding. Through these efforts, marketing went from generating 10% of leads for new wins to 60% in 20 months. I was recruited out of this role to be one of the founding executives at Harris Corporation's Cyber Integrated Solutions Group.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

$220 million internet industry icon repositions for new growth.Internap (INAP) was one of the first companies to build a successful brand and business in the internet era through its Intelligent IP network service. But the company had stagnated. I was hired to reposition the company as an information and communications technologies (ICT) solutions provider that included data centers, network services, cloud, disaster recovery, and managed services. Reporting to the CEO, I led INAP's marketing organization and programs worldwide including: go-to-market campaigns, sales support, marketing communications, press and industry analyst outreach, market planning and segmentation, partner/channel programs, strategic alliances, product marketing and branding. Our primary accomplishments were in the area of marketing communications and media outreach which were recognized with multiple awards for the corporate website, digital content, sales tools, and customer feature stories. I transitioned out of the role as part of a CEO change.

Monroe, Louisiana , Us

SAVVIS, a high-tech start-up, grows to $800 million and sells for $2.5 billion by launching new products, creating SAVVIS Federal Systems, and making strategic acquisitions in telecom, data centers, cloud and hosting.As Vice President Marketing, I was a key member of the leadership team reporting to the President that grew the company from a start-up to a global leader in application hosting, cloud computing, data center colocation, network, cybersecurity, and professional services. I managed a staff of 26 people responsible for go-to-market programs, industry vertical solutions, product marketing, sales enablement, SAVVIS Federal Systems, marketing communications and press and industry analyst relations. In 2011, Savvis was acquired by CenturyLink for $2.5 billion. In 2020, CenturyLink rebranded as Lumen Technologies.I was originally hired as Assistant Vice President Market Development to drive revenue and solutions in the Financial Services vertical with a focus on financial markets. The result was Savvis became the "Network that Powers Wall Street" and launched a highly successful line of Proximity Hosting solutions providing ultra-low latency network connections to servers of the major financial exchanges. Based on the success of these programs, I expanded into other industry verticals: healthcare, retail, media, and federal government which fundamentally shaped the company's go-to-market strategy, execution, and growth.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

One of the biggest corporate turnarounds in history.Led a global team of 20+ sales, marketing, and engineering professionals to build and execute sales strategies, marketing communications, business development, channels and alliances, and solutions for the banking, insurance, and financial markets industry segments. This area grew to become a $2+ billion portfolio of financial services solutions and the program was expanded to include all commercial industry verticals at IBM.Founding member of the marketing and strategy organization for a $6 billion global business unit focused on the insurance industry. Established the organization's first marketing disciplines and metrics targeting the largest insurance companies in the world. I created and delivered presentations and content for executive briefings at the Insurance Research Center, the first of its kind at IBM. These programs contributed to the unit being a top performer within IBM and establishing strategic relationships with clients.Managed an international $80 million business unit of 15 sales, engineering, and operations staff focused on a large, complex, multinational financial services company. Consistently met or exceeded all sales and customer satisfaction goals. Awarded the IBM Golden Circle recognizing the top 10% of IBM sales professionals.Managed high-performance team of 10 sales and technical professionals focused on delivering solutions to the higher education industry and state and local government. Met or exceeded all sales and customer satisfaction goals and was recognized each year for the 100% Club. Was selected to be a member of Executive Committee of the Minnesota High Technology Council advising the Governor and Minnesota State Legislature.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Marketing

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics