Jim Mccarthy Email & Phone Number

Jim McCarthy receives rave reviews on the lecture circuit because of his innovative workshop format and authentic delivery. Audiences from Ecuador to New York City deeply appreciate Jim’s unique perspective – as a Stanford MBA, internet pioneer, happiness expert, and person living with a cancer diagnosis. Jim applies his experience as a TEDx Speaker, and author of "Live Each Day: A Surprisingly Simple Guide to Happiness." His highly interactive talks provide immediate, practical lessons while reinforcing the main goals for your meeting. Bring him to your next event to share his secrets on happiness, purpose, and success.Previous clients include a leading global pharmaceutical firm, Amazon, Pocket, CBRE, Kiva, YPO / WPO, Pley, Dream Careers, WebDAM, 1-Page, True Ventures, SY|Partners, Brit+Co, Tatari, Lifestreet, Elementum, Patreon, X Seed Capital, General Assembly, Menlo Ventures, Fluxx, and the South Bay Association of Realtors, as well as alumni associations from Stanford, Harvard, and Northwestern. Client testimonials: "Jim's Happiness Workshop was a tremendous experience. I highly recommend to others that they do this!" - Heidi Roizen, Venture Partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson "Thoroughly enjoyed Jim McCarthy's Workshop, which introduced new, thought-provoking lessons. Already find myself adopting several of the practices every day. Highly recommended for anyone looking for an impactful and self-reflective session." -- Brian Rumao, Chief of Staff to the CEO, LinkedIn Learn more here: www.jimmccarthy.com

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Maven Ventures is the first incubator and seed fund focused exclusively on consumer Internet and mobile startups with hyper-growth potential.

San Mateo, Ca, Us

Drawbridge is a cross-device advertising platform, backed by Sequoia Capital and Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield and Byers. Acquired by LinkedIn in 2019. As employee #11 and the second business hire, I was responsible for: * Establishing all processes around mobile ad campaign insertion orders, optimization, reporting, and dashboards,* Working with engineering to continuously improve our products and processes, * Monitoring all cash coming in and going out, overseeing the accounting firm, and preparing analysis for Board presentations,* Hiring eight key people in various business roles,* Negotiating and executing deals with third parties, and* Helping the company go from $0 revenue to a very strong run rate.

St Louis, Missouri, Us

I served on the Board of Directors of Announce Media, which was a social media / ecommerce engine which later took Answers.com private.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

* Consistently recognized for developing outstanding leaders as part of high performance teams.* Was Director of Optimization Analytics at BlueLithium. Yahoo acquired BL in October 2007. Promoted in 2008 and received highest possible ranking in annual performance review. Received “You Rock!” award from EVP in September ’09 for Smart Ads team efforts. Promoted in 2010. * Part of due diligence team for Yahoo acquisition of Dapper, a dynamic display ad technology company, in 2010. Lead successful integration of Dapper operations team while still achieving the Q4 Smart Ads team revenue goal. Success of integration was described as “unprecedented”. Team ran first Smart Ads campaign on Yahoo Front Page, 3-23-11.* Lead organization responsible for incubating and implementing innovative display advertising solutions, such as Smart Ads, Search Retargeting, and Audience Match. This resulted in the creation of ad operations teams for these products, based in Omaha, Nebraska. In 2010, the group handled the operations for more than $80 million of revenue, or 104% of goal. These teams have become the model for additional operations teams within Yahoo’s display ad business. * Previously managed group of engineers responsible for automating manual tasks within Yahoo’s display ad teams. * Lead “Tiger Team” approach to optimizing display campaigns on the Yahoo! Ad Network, which was rolled out across the company as a best practice. Achieved 156% of goal, worth $19.7 million of incremental revenue, in H2 2008.* Grew BlueLithium Optimization Analytics team from three to 12 people, helped with successful integration following Yahoo’s acquisition of BlueLithium for $300 Million in 2007.

San Mateo, California, Us

* Managed NexTag's CPM display advertising business. * Managed the business development and account management teams for NexTag's merchants in the US. Responsible for identifying merchants, negotiating agreements, closing sales, retaining accounts, and coordinating with other functions such as product management in order to grow the business profitably.* Previously managed NexTag UK business development and account management team, helped open London office in 2005.* Promoted from Manager to Senior Manager within first year.* Promoted from Senior Manager to Director within second year.

* Doubled percentage of sales leads sent to field. Greatly increased new pipeline. * Managed team of telemarketers, IT experts, and external vendors; established processes which track performance and ROI.As Senior Marketing Manager: * Performed market strategy analysis used by top management. * Defined and executed strategy to reach U.S. government market. Got company on GSA schedule.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Managed online marketing and email campaigns for web's largest shopping destination. • Led concept, creation, media selection, execution and performance tracking for approx. 1 billion ad impressions. Managed opt-in email campaigns. Improved click-thru 5x for Holiday 2000 campaign. • Trained team members on best practices, lessons learned.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Assisted Yahoo's head of global Commerce. Coordinated business planning, budgeting, competitive analysis, headcount, recruiting, coaching.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Led cross-functional, international teams in roll-out of Yahoo! Auctions in 18 countries in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. • Held overall responsibility for strategy, localization, training, revenue model, business development, user registration, functionality, data feeds, user interface, quality assurance, customer service, PR & marketing, legal, and ongoing implementation. • Rapid launch in Japan helped Yahoo win world's second largest online auction market.Led cross-functional, international teams in roll-out of Yahoo! Autos, Real Estate, and Careers in 8 countries in Europe.• Launched 6 months ahead of schedule. Achieved 100 million pageviews in first year.• Created and coached best practices and process for international roll-outs adopted by rest of company.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Led cross-functional team in creation of Yahoo! Real Estate, from concept and strategy through launch and growth. • Created new pricing model worth $3.4 million. Grew traffic 416% in one year. Grew listings 389%. • Conceived and implemented new revenue models, pricing structures, user interface, functionality, customer service, and data feeds for Yahoo! Autos, Yahoo! Personals, and Yahoo! Careers.• Presented analysis of major trends at leading industry trade shows and seminars.

San Jose, California, Us

* Created joint marketing programs between Mercury News and Contra Costa Newspapers.* Led team of 23 people from Sales, MIS, and Finance at SJMN and CCN. Met deadline to implement new billing system for critical joint recruitment advertising program. * Worked as product manager to develop and launch "Auto Showcase" successfully.

Us

Developed global firm's marketing workshops for worldwide launch of telecom products. * Managed three project teams (12 engineers) to identify technology strengths, position product, segment international market, and define channel approach.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Developed new business through telecom sales worth $1.8 million annually.

Cold called, negotiated sales and oversaw implementation of voice mail and phone systems.

Published articles in English and Spanish in Financial Times, Advertising Age, The European, International Management, Media International, Euromarketing, and La Gaceta de los Negocios.

Taught English to business executives. Helped design and implement curriculum.Provided one-on-one instruction.

Mba, Marketing, International Business

Political Science, Economics

Ba, Politcal Science, History, German

German, Politcal Science

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Education record