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Durham, NC, US

Durham, NC, US

• Created and own the company’s first cohesive product roadmap for a full-stack platform of multiple SaaS web and mobile apps, as well as several complementary technology and marketplace programs.
• Driving the growth strategy and objectives of the company on the development of two native mobile apps (Growers and Growers Retail) where all previous tech was web-based.
• Designed and integrated a first-of-its-kind brand-agnostic, technology-enabled rewards and incentive program for Southern States, Mercer Landmark, Valent, BASF, Novonesis, The Mill, etc.
• Reorganized the product and engineering teams to increase productivity by over 50% and profitability by over 40%.
• Integrated and managed a 14-person off-shore team into our product and engineering organization.
• Scrapped and replaced a methodology that over-relied on status meetings, review meetings, and daily updates to reduce time to delivery of features and programs by over 80%.

Raleigh-Durham, NC, US

• Owned the roadmap of a full-stack technology platform of web and mobile apps, including B2C with over 1 million users, B2B with over 1,000 customers, internal for over 500 employees and franchise, white label, and.
• Built over 50 new app features and enhanced functionality vertically within the automotive industry including repair and parts sales, and also horizontally into any mobile, on-demand service or marketplace.
• Developed strategic partnerships with startups and Fortune 500 companies, including Amazon, Ford, Shell, Turo, Goodyear, Firestone, RepairPal, Safelite, TireRack, Carvana, and others.
• Worked with the CEO and CTO as the initiating team for all new business strategy.
• Dotted line oversight of software engineering, hardware, strategy team, data services, operations, and customer support and success on the development of our products, altogether ~50 people.
• Achieved a number of milestones as a member of the executive team, including growth from four locations to 50+, strategic fundraising of over $50 million, annual revenue growth from $2 million to $60 million with.

Durham, NC, US

• Co-developed and patented the first commercially available Natural Language Generation/Generative AI platform.
• Co-led Automated Insights from its inception through $11.5 million in VC funding and its acquisition by Vista Equity Partners in 2015. Remained in role to 2017 and as advisor to 2018.
• Built and led product team, data science team, sales engineering team, implementations team, innovations team, and technology partnership team, in total 40+ people out of ~75 with multiple management layers.
• Led implementations including Yahoo Fantasy Football, NFL.com, Associated Press, Edmunds, HomeSnap, GreatCall, AllState, and dozens of other enterprise customers.
• Additional duties included creating and managing Vista PE portfolio relationships.

Durham, NC, US

• Founded and bootstrapped ExitEvent through profitability in six months and acquisition in three years. Remained CEO and on the board until Capitol-owned American Underground absorbed the brand in 2017.
• Developed several automated features, including startup profile pages, investor views, news tracking of startups, and double-blind service provider and mentorship offerings.
• Launched daily news site that quickly grew to an impressive readership, with 5,000 DAUs and $10K monthly ad revenue at its peak.
• Held monthly events that attracted up to 300 entrepreneurs and investors from as far as 200 miles away.

US

• Founded and ran technical and management consulting firm.
• Notable customers: Toyota, The City of Raleigh, Motricity, BoostSuite, Adena Studios, WedPics, iContact, TechMedia, Lulu, and many more.

Greenwich, CT, US

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Industrial And Systems Engineering

Microelectronic Engineering