Benchmark is a SaaS platform for email marketing, marketing automation and CRM to help businesses everywhere ignite relationships with their customers.

I help founders and CEOs of early stage companies in software, payments and fintech tackle important growth challenges including:• Company strategy and go-to-market strategy• Product management and development process• Building teams and scaling operations• Monetizing payments

Balto's B2B SaaS pioneered real-time guidance for contact centers, using AI to help agents say the right thing on every single call, automatically score 100% of calls, and alert managers for coaching moments.Hired as the first product leader to build the team and drive the product strategy and roadmap.• Launched two new products that generated $1 M in ARR in the first 5 months• Built the product team from zero to 13 in 1.5 years

Key member of the senior management team that:• Scaled revenue from $1 million to $170 million• Acquired and integrated six companies• Ranked on Inc. 5000 8 years in a row• Awarded St. Louis Top Workplaces 2 years in a row• Earned top GlassDoor ratingsI built and led the product management and marketing teams and helped grow Clearent into a leader at the intersection of software and payments. I played a key role in acquiring and integrating six companies in three years, including five vertical SaaS companies.

I managed product management, marketing, and operations, including customer onboarding, customer service, technical support, and customer success. I integrated and restructured operational teams after the company’s first acquisition to deliver better customer outcomes and reduce costs.

I built the product management and marketing teams from scratch and contributed significantly to other areas including strategy and acquisitions. Clearent’s proprietary payments platform helped it become one of the fastest-growing payment processors and merchant acquirers.

After Network Solutions acquired MonsterCommerce, my role expanded to manage a 15-person product management team responsible for nearly all of the company's products and services, including e-commerce, search engine marketing, hosting, web design, SSL certificates, and domains.

Hired to lead a new product management group for the company's e-commerce SaaS software and related products. MonsterCommerce enabled small businesses to create and run online stores.

Product manager for mature and new software products in the Quicken family. Started as a Product Manager and earned promotions to Senior Product Manager and Group Product Manager. Developed market-driven product strategy, wrote requirements, contributed to marketing, and served as spokesperson for PR activities.As PM lead for Quicken, the #1 personal finance software with 15 million customers, drove release of Quicken 2004 product line, which generated the highest revenue in four years. Led release of Quicken Rental Property Manager version 2.0, which demonstrated significant sales growth and received enthusiastic customer feedback.

Evaluated potential acquisitions with respect to the company's growth strategy. Communicated company strategy and financial performance to institutional investors and sell side analysts.

Participated in a variety of financings and strategic transactions for software, communications, computer systems and semiconductor companies.