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Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

Austin, Tx, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Engaged by Madison Dearborn TMT Team to pursue attractive investment opportunities in the Information Services industry. Our efforts will have a special emphasis on Analytics, defined as the technology and intellectual property to ingest, aggregate and integrate information to solve business problems and opportunities. The focus will be on information and analytics in consumer-facing industries, broadly-defined. Role is bringing operator expertise and leadership experience to investment decisions, and subsequent plans to run and optimize businesses once owned by the firm. Also joining MDP’s TMT Services Advisory Group, which MDP leverages to enhance its investment strategy across each of its industry areas of focus.

New York, Ny, Us

Promoted to lead global growth and margin improvement across a $4B, multi-segment (“Buy” and “Watch”) business. Achieved significant margin improvement in every quarter in the role. Developing markets achieved revenue growth around 10%. Led a 9-member senior leadership team and staff throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Middle East, and Africa. Led many strategic shifts to achieve results including creating a new vertical effort around retailers, and a major restructuring of European business.

New York, Ny, Us

Added P&L responsibility in Latin America, Nielsen’s largest emerging market business, to leadership of North America. Led a change agenda that focused on segmenting critical countries, clients and products leading to 3X growth rate within 2 years despite entering when the business growth was below historical levels and performing below expectations. Achieving success required leading a major cultural shift, changing the talent model and the go-to-market. Handed over the business to hand-picked successor in two years who then led the region's further accelerated growth.

New York, Ny, Us

Joined the global leadership team during transformation from a public company to PE-backed portfolio company (with subsequent IPO in 2011). Role was running largest business in company, though one losing market share and facing severe pressure. Turned business around to healthy, growing enterprise through changes in technology strategy and complete revamp of go-to-market. Major secondary benefit was increasing business and client loyalty for US HQ clients’ businesses in other regions. Followed turnaround with a more transformative period moving from a data provider to an analytics business, driven both organically and via acquisitions. Business was 50% bigger at the end of this period.

Nuremberg, Bavaria, De

Recruited by a VC investor-led Board to reinvent a 2-year-old company that had churned though the investment quickly and was highly cash negative. Given one last $8M cash infusion, achieved cash positive status in 2.5 years. Performed major restructuring on costs, team products and services in order to create turnaround. Business was $45M with 200+ employees. Stayed on board after transition to new CEO. Company eventually sold to GFK (large global market research leader).

Recruited to lead a greenfield startup and transform a revolutionary consumer packaging innovation product concept into a viable business. Established business model, go-to-market strategy, and cross-functional team. Successfully licensed technology, co-launched an institutional product with SC Johnson, and generated interest from other major companies for direct-to-consumer launches.

New York, Ny, Us

Joined a turnaround team after D&B spin-off to reverse poor performances that had the business losing money in the US. Used Marketing head role to change product strategy, which enabled change in momentum. Partnered with new President, as de facto #2 executive in business, and led the business back to growth and profitability within two years. Major drivers of success stemmed from a strategic plan identifying new sources of revenue and competitive advantage.

Augusta, Georgia, Us

Chief Marketing Officer 1992 – 1994General Manager / Head of Sales – Consumer Division 1988 – 1992 Manager – Food Service 1986 – 1988Product Manager / Assistant to the President 1983 – 1986Recruited out of business school as one of the first employees in a new division, and progressed on the fast-track into executive leadership within 5 years. Part of early entrepreneurial culture and activities that were focused on scaling ingredient business, as well as finding successor products to NutraSweet. Final role, as CMO, was protecting brand and product through patent expiration.Played a major role at the company in revitalizing the Consumer Products division ($200M), which had stagnated. Launched successful food service channel business, reinvigorated retail revenues as head of Sales, and drove highest growth period relaunching consumer proposition and advertising.

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