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• Served several early stage and middle market private equity backed companies with interim leadership & corporate development to lead them to excellence. Examples include:
• Coversant, Inc., The company has an innovative internet communication platform technology (enabling IoT) and was acquired by a public company. Restructured the company, raised capital, greatly enhanced market presence.
• Wifi Rail, Inc. Led this promising technology company through financing and market expansion; secured a major contract with Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART); led an effort for BART to finance a larger portion of their.
• Abso, Inc. Guided the aggressive turnaround and sale of a technology enabled business services company for HR management software; focused the company on higher margin, shorter sales cycle business while improving.
• Duncan Media Group - Completed rapid acquisition and integration of four established publishing, advertising and social networking businesses.
• OpenOnline, LLC Led a turnaround by evaluating the company, proposing and implementing a revised strategy, replacing key leadership personnel, transforming the culture, and implementing a new market focus and metrics.

Brooklyn, NY, US

President for multiple companies in the Teamshares network, including: Custom Fireside Shops, Inc. and Sierra Home Alternatives, Inc.

Sacramento, CA, US

• Recruited to drive a major transformation effort to strengthen the core technology & infrastructure, drive organizational efficiency, and reduce costs. Core focus on the identification and improvement of critical.
• Manage a team of 7 direct reports, a full team of 103. Serve as advisor to the Founder & CEO on strategic direction and key business matters.
• Responsibility for: Technology, Strategic Business Applications, HR, Marketing, Corporate Services, Compliance, Legal, and Appraisal functions.
• Transformed much of the company infrastructure & technology applications to ensure operational effectiveness in alignment with the size of the organization. Hired 6 senior executives to strengthen the leadership.
• Revamped over 100 facility leases with improved terms and a $1 million reduction in deposits.
• Replaced all company insurance policies to improve coverage and save $3M annually.

Sacramento, CA, US

• Responsible for the dramatic turnaround of this SaaS technology-enabled business process outsourcing company that electronically managed collateralized loans and liens for the largest U.S. consumer lenders including.
• Grew revenue by 17X, improved EBITDA from zero to 24% of revenue, and improved customer satisfaction 2.3 to 4.9 (on a 1 to 5 scale).
• Reengineered the core system that the company operated on to allow for scalability, flexibility and productivity improvements; this became the system of record for several major lenders including Capital One, HSBC.
• Split marketing and sales activity, with a highly specific focus on different segments, to continue leadership with high margin, small lenders while successfully increasing business with large lenders.
• Built a world-class, three tiered customer support to process that effectively addressed the needs of both large and small lenders in a cost effective manner.
• Positioned the company as the undisputed industry leader, resulting in the sale of the company to American Capital Strategies (NYSE: ACAS) for $107M with a large shareholder return.

• Assisted the founders in start-up, and served as a member of the board of directors for this technology enabled business services company providing local marketing and customer relationship management (CRM) services.
• Transitioned from a board role to CEO; raised private equity financing, completed a go-to-market strategy, built the leadership team, grew revenue, and sold a majority of the company to private equity buyers.
• Developed and implemented a sales model that combined inside web and phone sales representatives with sales partners already selling to target customers.

Tokyo, JP

• Recruited to turnaround nine quarters of declining sales and profit margins for this struggling technology company; responsible for all aspects of the business from marketing, engineering, operations, sales, finance.
• Assumed full P&L responsibility of $750M in annual revenue, a $34M capital budget and a $150M operating budget.
• Led team of eight direct reports comprised of 1,900 employees and contractors in 15 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Australia.
• Created a clear vision and strategy consisting of a highly focused product offering that reduced product quantity by 80%.
• Orchestrated an aggressive reengineering and turnaround that reversed losses into profits, served as a catalyst for growth and expansion, and delivered double-digit revenue and EBITA growth.
• Gained consistent recognition from media and analysts receiving 131 prestigious awards for performance, innovation and quality.

Cupertino, California, US

Houston, Texas, US

Bachelor Of Arts, Business Administration

Executive Global Leadership Program