John Baross Email & Phone Number

United States

Boston, Ma, Us

Consulting Alternative: Collective Next LLC helps Fortune 500 C-Levels and other senior leadership with identifying and executing transformational changes ... less expensively and faster than traditional outside consultants. Besides facilitating the uncovering of key opportunities, clients say our approach accelerates impact. How? Our proven methodology of over 2 decades enables differentiated internal alignment (vs. change imposed from outside).

New York, New York, Us

Business Development for two Mazars Practices: 1 - FINANCIAL SERVICES (https://www.mazars.com/Home/Industries/Financial-services) A - Audit and Advisory Support for BROKER-DEALERS B - Advisory Support for FBOs and COMMUNITY BANKS to ensure they are ready for scrutiny by regulators (BSA, AML, Consumer Compliance, as well as CFPB scrutiny, SEC approved NASDAQ Board Diversity Rule, etc.). Advisory services also span Industry Disruption, FinTech, Audits, M&A, Risk Management, Cybersecurity/Data Protection, Cloud Migration, ERP Transformation, Sustainability, Micro-services, Corporate Social Responsibility and more. 2 - TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS (https://www.mazars.com/Home/Industries/Transport-logistics) Advisory services for Founders, Owners, C-levels and other leadership across the entire T&L supply chain to help navigate the unprecedented challenges the pandemic era is having across this industry (pain and opportunity) spanning automation, technology enablement, changing laws for remote working, soaring costs, labor shortages, and sustainability to M&A, succession planning, audits, benchmarking and more). Operating in >90 countries, robustly connected throughout these industries with expertise, resources and services, Mazars helps senior leadership with business and growth strategies to help optimize profitability and shareholder value. john.baross@mazarsusa.com

New York, Ny, Us

FINCCLUDE: Financial Inclusion Now Carrier Commerce Leading a Ubiquitous Digital EconomyFounder & President of non-profit FINCCLUDE (fincclude.org), global knowledge-community/ crowd-consulting/ rapid-response-unit/ proactive industry association serving Telco-Carrier Commerce industry (the quiet giant of FinTech advancing Financial Inclusion [FI]). (i.e.: Carrier operated Mobile Money, Direct Carrier Billing, Carrier Payments Banks, Carrier Mobile Financial Services, Carrier Crowd Funding, & >150 others in >185 countries). Unveiled at Global Carrier Billing Summit, London, FINCCLUDE's membership is made up of industry C-levels & leaders with expertise, insights & commitment to helping improve lives of the unbanked. Complimentary to the BMGF funded AFI (Alliance for Financial Inclusion), we both find & share FI success-knowledge: AFI for Policy makers, FINCCLUDE for Ops leaders to help global colleagues & partners advance FI faster to improve lives sooner:1) As a rapid-response unit: Found success-knowledge for Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) & 5 Ugandan MSOs hours after news of economic chaos after UCC abruptly ordered disabling of mobile money platforms before elections2) Provided UNHCR & partners success-info & insights on bringing DFS/MFS to refugees in Rwanda3) Proactive ideation - global Humanitarian Relief Aid Charter4) Planning with DCB sector C-levels to deploy a gold standard for consumer billing to further enhance industry reputation5) Advised ITU on Digital Financ'l Svcs & Digital Fiat CurrencyFINCCLUDE also helps the financially included advance up through financial literacy & levels of financial sophistication, further impacting lives in global economy, dovetailing w/UN & G20 strategic imperative of ubiquitous long term sustainability.

Tampa, Fl, Us

Invited to join Advisory Board to help guide and grow USF's FinTech Program. The objective of program is to provide executives with an understanding of the financial and technological disruption occurring today and offer guidance to harness these powerful forces in a responsible way via an in-depth look to gain a broad understanding of global markets, strategic management, FinTech, digital transformation, and customer strategy.

IT Midas is an IT consulting, project management and staffing solutions company with expertise in contract staffing and direct hiring. IT Midas provides IT talent ideally suited for start-ups to Fortune 500 clients, delivering HR solutions that satisfy clients’ unique staffing needs.Responsibilities include making breakthrough engagements, understanding client's unique IT resource needs and representing IT Midas’ professional staff augmentation IT solutions. Focus is predominantly on domains of FinTech, Financial Services and Technology including growth areas of AI, ML, Big Data, Cloud, APIs, Video collaboration, Cryptocurrencies, Smart Cities, Cybersecurity, P2P and more.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

(http://iksula.com) Successfully hunt and negotiate deals with new clients including Wal-Mart of the Midwest: "Meijer" which has ~$15B in annual sales and is one of the top ranked private companies (per Forbes), Bed Bath & Beyond and others.Lead business development planning and execution into Internet Retailer Top 500 and Second 500 Online Retailers.Building strategic partnership network of select companies serving key aspects of online retail ecosystem (including likes of Canada Post) to strengthen Iksula's consultative thought leadership for clients and prospects doing their due diligence on requirements outside of Iksula's sweet-spot (which serves to also strengthen Iksula's distribution).Speak at global online retail industry events (i.e.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5o_9jKpndo).Leading planning on establishing Iksula Americas Inc. subsidiary.Member of Iksula Board of DirectorsIksula background: One of India’s fastest growing eCommerce solutions companies, Iksula’s leadership team is made up of proven veterans from eBay, CitiBank, TCS (Tata Consulting Services), Amdocs Qpass Digital Commerce, AT&T, Taj Online (India’s largest gifting portal) and California Software Labs. Pioneering solutions for the constantly evolving world of commerce, Iksula’s current focus is: • Strategic and tactical marketing consulting for online retail web site traffic growth and enhanced sales conversion ratio performance. • Generating new business development deals primarily in the US and India.• E2E eCommerce solutions spanning catalog engineering, image editing, editorial content, channel management, price tracking, social media, integration with payment providers, crowd sourcing and more.

Edison, New Jersey, Us

Head up global sales for Datamatics Global Services' Online Retail Solutions (ORS) LOB, supporting Online Retailers, Web Merchants, Shopping Portals, Manufacturers, Auction Sites and more. Less than 6 months into fiscal year '09-'10, negotiated multi-million dollar deals with Internet Retailer Top 500 companies ivgStores, B&H Photo and NBC Universal (hunted acquisitions) and Mercantila (farmed) [representing ~75% of ORS LOB Revenue objective] during current Great Recession economy. Also leading DGSL's push into Social Media by launching and becoming the #1 followed eCommerce Twitter page out of >120 eCommerce-themed pages on Twitter. In addition, rapidly expanded ORS solution-suite from just 3 to 17 solutions spanning key aspects of the eCommerce ecosystem (via identifying and negotiating multiple partnerships). Based in Mumbai, India and with offices in the USA, Europe & Asia, DGSL is a 30+ year old company with almost 4,000 employees and associates, founded and chaired by the person many consider to be the father of India's outsourcing industry, offering a holistic suite of outsourcing solutions spanning on-site/onshore to hybrid and offshoring, with competitive economic models (http://www.datamatics.com/Services_OnlineRetailSolutions.htm).

Chesterfield, Mo, Us

Business and Strategic Development, Strategic Partnering, Digital Media and eCommerce solutions. Conceptualized and engineered partnership with BSG (http://www.bsgclearing.com/), then leveraged that strengthened ecosystem to outmaneuver front runner competitors to secure a breakthrough million dollar deal with AT&T Wireline (a new "logo" for Amdocs) for the AT&T ConnecTech initiative - a new direct competitor of BestBuy's GeekSquad.

Won $5M+ licensing deal with TelMex after prior colleagues were eliminated from RFP. Built national sales team selling to Global Fortune 500 companies selling both premium digital content and/or physical goods to online consumers. Also conceived and negotiated multiple strategic partnerships that expanded Click&Buy's reach via partners with large consumer bases or via alternative online payment options (i.e.: Javien, BSG, Green Dot, Western Union).

Dallas, Tx, Us

Ran strategy, business development, sales and project management for launch of several eCommerce initiatives designed to harness growth opportunities by leveraging overlooked AT&T assets (i.e.: direct billing relationship with millions of households) and core competiencies (i.e.: vCommerce/Merchant Settlement infrastructure for 900 business) that successfully pivoted into eCommerce by partnering with AT&T Labs. Successfully launched ClickAT&T Trial and AOL Recurring Billing Trial.

Master'S Degree, M.S. Management

M.S. Mgmt Credits Transferred To Gsu Masters Degree Program After Promotion & Relo To At&T Hq In Nj, Management

M.S. Mgmt Credits Transferred To Gsu Masters Degree Program After Promotion & Relo To At&T Hq In Nj, Management

M.S. Mgmt Credits Transferred To Gsu Masters Degree Program After Promotion & Relo To At&T Hq In Nj

Bachelor'S Degree, Marketing (Strong Emphasis In Finance)