Working with companies providing strategic partnerships and capital formation to increase value. Fundraising and business model development.

Co-invented and developed Social Rewards' primary product: 'Selfie with Me', a networked, green screen, experiential smart photo booth utilizing facial detection technology and retargeting capability. Sold major brand sponsorships and led marketing activations utilizing enterprise level influencer and social media marketing to clients including:• Walt Disney Studios (20th Century Studios, Lucasfilm, Marvel Entertainment)• Warner Bros. Discovery• Sony Entertainment• Paramount Pictures• Universal Pictures• Lionsgate Entertainment• Amazon Studios (United Artists Releasing, MGM Studios)• American Multi-Cinema (AMC Theatres)• Regal Entertainment• Gordon Ramsey’s Hell’s Kitchen Las Vegas• Los Angeles Dodgers• Anime Expo Los Angeles• Golden Globe AwardsNegotiated long term licensing deals to drive offline to online traffic through our interactive smart selfie booths and acquired content and assets from every major studio and major brands.Negotiated a strategic partnership between client Caesar’s Entertainment and client All Nippon Airways of Japan (ANA). Social Rewards was the second marketing agency to offer resale of Twitter advertising. Directed Internet Marketing and media buying to clientele in Las Vegas including:• Caesars Entertainment (Caesars Palace, Planet Hollywood, Paris Hotel, Bally’s)• MGM Resorts (MGM Grand, Luxor, New York New York, Excalibur)• Las Vegas Sands Corporation (Venetian Hotel and Casino, The Palazzo)• The Palms Resort and Casino• The Tropicana Las Vegas Casino Resort

Founded in 1999, SecureMac is a cyber security software company at the forefront of Macintosh system security and authors the award-winning security and privacy software PrivacyScan and MacScan. Advisory Board member and strategic advisor to the CEO. I've led company restructuring, merger and operations, built out Advisory Board, assisted in developing a pro-forma, developed a business plan and fundraising pitch deck and fundraising.

Organizer, management and Evangelist for the PubCon series of Internet Marketing conferences, the #1 Internet Marketing conference in the world focused on SEO, SEM and Social Media marketing at events in Las Vegas, Dallas, Austin, Boston, Orlando, New Orleans and London. Helped build the brand by cultivating speakers including keynote speakers. Assisted with merger negotiations with several prospects which finally culminated in the sale of the main forum property WebmasterWorld.com.

Advisory Board member working with Co-Founders Joe Fernandez and Binh Tran. Klout is an analytics company that measures influence on people, topics and trends across the social web using a complex data mining algorithm. Advised company on business strategy, helped raise angel and venture capital financing of over $30M and worked on influencer marketing campaigns. Brought together Social Media influencers with major brands such as Virgin America, MGM Resorts and Palms Casino. Klout was acquired by Lithium in March of 2014 for $200M and then subsequently acquired by Vista Equity Partners for $350M in May of 2017.

Helped develop and bring to market a new meta search engine, Fly.com, a start-up internally funded by Travelzoo (NASDAQ: TZOO). Led global marketing initiatives including Paid SEM, Organic SEO and Social Media Marketing for US and EU operations for both Travelzoo and Fly.com. Ran paid media spend in excess of $1M per month across domestic and international campaigns.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) / Pay Per Click Management (PPC) consultant to companies from start-up to Fortune 500 to increase Internet visibility through strategic search marketing campaigns including: • Ran enterprise level SEO (organic search) campaigns for major brands• Ran Pay-per-click management services for clientele across multiple disciplines• Provided influence over $100 Million in client internet marketing budgets• Worked with venture capital firms on search marketing investment due diligence• Participated in launch of search engine Bing at the Microsoft Search Summit Clientele included: Austin Ventures, Business.com, Caesars Entertainment, Clearstone Venture Capital, CreditCards.com, Education.com, Enterprise Rent a Car, Microsoft, MGM Resorts, MRM Worldwide (IPG), Quigo, Travelzoo, Tribune Interactive, UsedBoats.com, UsedCars.com and World Publications.

Helped grow UsedCars.com utilizing an integrated marketing approach resulting in a successful multi million dollar acquisition by Cobalt Automotive Group in November 2005 (13X multiple). A large percentage of our valuation was derived from natural / organic search listings and market penetration in the used car automotive market. Implemented a lead generation program selling automotive leads to major ecommerce players. As a result, this became the top revenue earning category for the company. Implemented contextual advertising program resulting in the 2nd top earning category. Increased overall traffic 4X to over 2 Million page views per month via SEO (search engine optimization).

Pioneered AutoWeb’s (formerly Autobytel) search engine marketing program. Conducted SEO (search engine optimization), keyword research, ROI analysis, search engine revenue conversion and ran Adobe Analytics for the Nation’s largest online new car buying service.• Generated $9.1MM of pure profit revenue during my two-year tenure• Increased web pages indexed in Google from 100 to more than 20,000,000• Increased natural keyword discovery from 4,500 to 300,000+ terms • Within one year increased search engine traffic 1304% across all web properties• Began with less than 1% of site traffic derived by organic SEO and at the end of my tenure, 14.3% of site traffic was generated via organic SEO (per Adobe Analytics)