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Portland, Or, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Clive Capital's mission is to help you build wealth and passive income by investing in private equity opportunities. We do the heavy lifting of analyzing deals, building powerful relationships in the industry, and managing the underlying assets to deliver you outsized, risk-reduced investment returns which generate cashflows, tax benefits, and wealth creation.

Foster City, Ca, Us

+ Managed team to enable successful go-to-market strategies for suite of SAAS products focused on real-time, multi-dimensional analytics and optimization + Assessed TAM, competitive outlook, pricing and packaging for the new Ad Insights and Subscriber Insights product lines+ Coordinated joint marketing efforts with Adobe Primetime (OVP), Sony and Yahoo (customers), EdgeConnex (technology partners) to release white papers, case studies, press releases, and other collateral

London, England, Gb

- Managed team of solutions and product marketing specialists to develop thought leadership, enable successful go-to-market strategies, and coordinate partner marketing with technology providers- Designed GTM strategy and managed rollout of Ooyala’s next generation real-time analytics platform, Ooyala IQ, by coordinating with cross-departmental leadership teams and serving as advisor to Ooyala’s Executive Management Group on roll-out strategy- Coordinated joint marketing effort with Microsoft on proof-of-concept for deploying Microsoft Azure Media Services and Elemental transcoding platform as part of Ooyala’s new Live platform

London, England, Gb

- Drove strategy and roadmap for next generation of online television analytics products, including real-time dashboards and revenue optimization solutions- Responsible for competitive analysis, pricing and ROI modeling, product positioning, go-to-market strategy, and product lifecycle for monetization and analytics product portfolios- Launched products which helped place Ooyala as a top ranked video platform for analytics (named Top Online Video Innovator by Frost & Sullivan, Best Video Analytics Solution at Brave Awards)- Company SME for online video advertising and product liaison with ad providers

Cupertino, California, Us

- Designed and led productization of the first iAd creative management portal for internal users and creative agencies to manage ad units for production, analyze pre-flight performance and analytics, track the certification workflow, and serve as an interface to new ad server- Designed and managed rollout for the iAd Advertising Reporting Portal, a real-time online analytics solution for all iAd for Brand clients in the US and EMEA- Led productization of external analytics solutions including events tagging standardization for third party providers, and strategy and roadmap for innovation in analytics- Designed and managed rollout of Apple’s iAd Gallery app to showcase iAd ads and features

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

- Led Mobile sponsored listings team in the Yahoo!/Microsoft search transition for North America- Designed and managed the implementation of a patent-pending HTML 5 display ad platform to instrument delivery of ads based on user/property triggers and to measure user engagement, ad effectiveness, and ad unit selection for optimizing ad performance and user experience in real-time- Managed iPhone rich media (Javascript, CSS) campaigns/templates for Dreamworks, Fidelity, and Disney, yielding $15 eCPM, 7x improvement to CTR, and unique pre- and post-click analytical insights such as user-ad interaction, ad effectiveness and effect on user experience- Directed the deployment of paid listings program to EMEA, APAC, and LATAM regions, yielding 2000% increase in RPM, 900% increase in coverage, and a 80% increase in CTR

San Jose, Ca, Us

- Managed the product roadmap, creation of MRDs and PRDs, outsourced development team, and marketing and distribution strategy for iPhone and Windows Mobile platforms, winning 2009 MacWorld Best of Show, #2 Free Social Networking app in AppStore behind Facebook- Created PRDs and TUI process flows for Pinger’s asynchronous voice communication service. Managed rollout to over 20 countries, including integration of VoIP provider VoxBone and SMS delivery providers Clickatell and BulkSMS- Created PRDs and TUI flows for the Pingercast voice blogging service. Clients included the Barack Obama campaign, Lions Gate Films, EMI, Warner Bros Records

- Oversaw the product lifecycle including: development of the business case and identification of market requirements; conceptualization of a differentiated product offering; creation of MRDs, PRDs and preliminary design concepts; and implementation of the product roadmap- Led market opportunity analyses to evaluate complementary technologies for partnership licensing and integration including location-aware technologies, mobile barcode scanning solutions, IVR solutions, and car navigation systems- Established a channel partnership and alliances program to identify, develop, maintain and grow strategic sponsors to maximize the lead-generation, customer acquisition, and qualification process- Simultaneously sourced, managed, and prototyped Web crawlers, a consumer website, and an Affiliate search API while exceeding project milestones and applicable metrics and sourcing internationally from India, Egypt, Romania and Russia

Montreal, Qc, Ca

Positioned candidates in the telecommunications and technology industries for growth through strategic mergers, acquisitions, and private and public financings.Accomplishments:-------------------------- Structured cellular tower company SpectraSite, Inc. as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) to leverage tax benefits of REIT status and positioned company for eventual acquisition by American Tower Corporation- Rendered financial advice to private equity firm General Atlantic Partners regarding an acquisition of a RFID concern, providing valuation analyses based on competitive and industry dynamics and corporate projections- Led an execution team in creating financing models and related spectrum maps to ensure SEC and FCC compliance with consolidation in regional wireless telecommunications providers- Worked on over $2 billion of M&A and financing activities

Sydney, Nsw, Au

- Co-founded the Strategy group with responsibilities including: coordination of competitive research; development of product and services; development of partnership opportunity assessment and integration strategy; recruitment, staffing and mentoring; and coordination with sales and marketing of marcom strategies and authoring responses to RFPs- Managed the product requirements documentation for the Honda USA motorcycle division’s member extranet including: a ROI analysis; member usability focus groups, technical assessment with Honda’s Customer Care and technical teams; and coordination of Marcom strategy with internal marketing divisions- Developed strategy for a supplier extranet and its integration with an existing mainframe ERP solution for the U.S. and Hong Kong offices of Keeco, Ltd.

Jackson, Wyoming, Us

- Developed the online strategy and product plan for Autoland USA, including: refinement to its partnership strategy to incorporate an opportunity matrix and to restructure its deal sheets; creation of detailed financial budget and forecast models; and coordination of marketing and content strategy, CRM, technical architecture and development teams to deliver upon the plan- Redefined Toyota Financial Corporation’s Web strategy, including the design of a system for automating loan/lease credit processing and approval, the management of the requirements definition and RFP process for an eBill Presentment and Payment (EBPP) solution, and integration with legacy AS/400 and mainframe systems- Managed the $6 million sales and distribution module deployment of the SAP R/3 ERP system for Equity Marketing including requirements definition, data migration, and implementation- Managed the product requirements definition, RFP and software selection process, and deployment of a $2 million worldwide rights licensing system for New Line Cinema