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United States

Consulting, advisory and seed capital services focused on growth companies and start-ups in digital, entertainment and technology.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

I am serving as a Strategic Advisor to Webtoon Entertainment—the leading technology platform and social network for storytelling. Webtoon Entertainment consists of Webtoon, the world’s largest digital web-comics platform, and Wattpad, the world's largest social storytelling network of readers and writers. With 175 million global (and largely Gen-Z) MAUs who spend 30+ minutes on the platform daily, and hundreds of thousands of Creators creating millions of stories (many of which have been adapted to series and films on Netflix, Prime and others), Webtoon Entertainment is truly democratizing storytelling.

Advising CEO and Founder building out a robust digital infrastructure, with value-added digital products atop it, to allow Eco to achieve its goals in the core business, and to unlock value more broadly. Overseeing deployment of MVP.

Jersey City, New Jersey, Us

Green Impact Exchange is a new capital market exchange bringing together environmentally-conscious investors and green-minded companies committed to a better future. I advise the founding team on all things digital product.

San Francisco, California, Us

Innovaccer is one the fastest growing and disruptive healthcare Big Data and Advanced Analytics startups in Silicon Valley. I have advised Innovaccer from their seed round, in which I led a strategic investment on behalf of G100 Companies. I also helped advise the CEO on series A fundraising, and provide ongoing advise on go-to-market strategies, partnerships and strategic marketing.

Brooklyn, New York, Us

Work & Co is a technology and design company that defines and launches digital experiences people love using every day. Our strategists, product managers, designers and developers engage with product teams at Apple, Google, AirBnB, Lyft, Disney, Epic Games, Equinox, Marriott, Aesop, ALDO and IKEA--among many others--from our studios in the US, Europe and South America, to design and build ground-breaking products.As Managing Director, I helped drive company growth through directing business development, building relationships at the C-suite level, supporting marketing strategy, overseeing M&A, expanding our partnership ecosystem, and defining new strategic capabilities and offerings.

New York, Ny, Us

G100 Companies is a unique business partnership that combines the world’s best C-level learning communities for the Fortune 1000 with a handful of premier professional services firms focused on solving the problems facing Fortune 1000 management teams.My role was to leverage my experience in innovation, branding, design and technology to expand the current suite of offerings across the G100 Companies portfolio and create new companies. I also conceived and developed new software tools, productized IP that came out of these entities and oversaw company-wide strategy. I oversaw strategic investments across the organization, and delivered 10X returns on our portfolio. Finally, I helped drive marketing across the organization as a whole.Simultaneously, I developed and ran G100 Companies' Big Data and advanced analytics operations. I rebuilt the analytics technology stack with state-of-the-art visualization and advanced analytics tools; I also directed business development and execution strategy and build relationships with key technology partners.

Corvallis, Or, Us

BigML offers a highly scalable, cloud based machine learning service that is easy to use, seamless to integrate and instantly actionable. Through a simple to use interface, users can quickly analyze their data and build predictive models without any prior expertise.I was a member of the Board of Advisors, and advise on product capabilities as well as customer needs and business development.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Method is a global, world-class innovation and design consultancy with clients like Google, Microsoft, Time Warner, BBC, Comcast, Samsung, Whole Foods, Nissan, Boxee and TED, among many others. I served as the Managing Director of the San Francisco office, Method's headquarters and original office, and in that role also served on the executive committee driving the strategy of the company. I was actively involved in projects with clients in a senior strategic and product management capacity, with a particular emphasis on media, IPTV and retail.Over the three years of my tenure, Method more than doubled in top-line revenue. Method was acquired in 2011 and is now an independent unit of GlobalLogic, a leader in software R&D services, which, in turn, was acquired by Hitachi for $9 billion.

MDL, a partnership with London-based design university Central Saint Martins, is the first business accelerator that takes a design-centric, user experience focused approach to innovation.

New York, Ny, Us

Headed the Innovations group at Initiative (now a part of MediaBrands), one of the premier media, marketing and digital agencies. Responsible for developing breakthrough campaigns for agency clients through innovative use of new technologies and platforms. During my tenure, we implemented some of the earliest and most memorable campaigns around branded content, mobile and social, including what is widely considered the first "takeover" of YouTube using YouTube's emerging "stars." We also funded the first project by what became Maker Media, whom I subsequently advised during the early days of the company. Consulted with fast-growing Interpublic digital agency HUGE on expanding its west coast presence and building out its brand and marketing practice.Clients included Home Depot, MillerCoors, Bayer, Cisco, Lionsgate, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Carl's Jr, LegalZoom and Trader Joe's, among others. During my tenure, Initiative was named Media Agency of the Year; I oversaw many award-winning campaigns that moved the needle for, and changed the overall thinking of, my CMO clients.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Headed Original Programming, Acquisitions and VC2 (user generated content) for Current TV, one of the fastest growing television networks ever. During my time at Current, we grew from under 10 to over 450 employees, and expanded from under 15 million homes into more than 60 million. I personally oversaw a staff of 100, and handled all program development, content acquisitions, producer outreach, and user generated content activities. I also served as lead for all major content partnerships; in this role, I headed discussions with MySpace (before the Newscorp purchase), YouTube (before and after the Google purchase), The Onion, Lonely Planet, Rolling Stone, Interscope, Vice, WSJ, AP, Reuters, ABC, CBS and BBC, among countless others. Current was acquired by Al-Jazeera in 2013.

Washington, Dc, Us

As Vice President of Program Development & Sales, I headed Nat Geo's efforts to expand what it did in television. My duties included developing program concepts, attaching producers and talent, soliciting and hearing pitches, and selling concepts to broadcast and cable networks.

New York, Ny, Us

Headed business development, creative development and sales for CBS News Productions and CBS Eye Too Productions, two production companies within CBS that created programming for networks including CBS, UPN, MTV, VH1, Discovery, A&E, History, TV Land, Court TV and Lifetime, among others. Amidst the worst advertising environment in decades, I doubled the client base and in the first year alone sold 150 hours worth of programming commitments (including output deals).

Served as Managing Director of Castling Group LLC, a venture capital/strategy consulting company that funded and helped grow new businesses in the media and retail fields. We worked with “offline” companies, marrying technology, human and financial capital with existing offline assets to form stand-alone technology businesses. Oversaw all day to day management, from hiring to investment decisions, and served as co-general partner for $30 million venture fund. Vetted all concepts and companies, conducted intensive due diligence, set valuations and negotiated terms. Developed business plans for new ventures and served as interim management in early stages of product development and hiring teams.

New York, Ny, Us

Strategic consultant to major media, technology, and communications companies for what was then Booz Allen & Hamilton, which in that period had the preeminent Media and Entertainment practice of all the major strategy consulting firms. Worked with senior executives of major diversified media companies during the early days of the Web on how to harness the power of technology.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Reported directly to the President of the Jim Henson Company. Brainstormed and analyzed strategic initiatives aimed at growing the company across film, tv, and interactive media.

Glendale, Ca, Us

Strategic planning for the then recently formed media company. Helped write business plans for all major divisions; supported COO and CFO in deal negotiations and investments.

Us

Assisted in the execution of corporate financings, strategic advisory work and mergers and acquisitions assignments for companies in the entertainment and mobile telecommunications industries. Ranked among top analysts in cohort.

Mba, Management

Ba, Social Studies