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Kirkland, Wa, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

Business, product, and marketing consulting. Currently leading Windows 11 Pro competitive strategy and execution. Research SME. Developing and executing strategies to increase Windows Professional sales to enterprise and SMB customers via OEMs, strategic partner channels, and Microsoft enterprise sales teams. Other projects include collaborating with the Windows and Consumer & Device Sales (CDS) teams on through-partner go to market initiatives for Windows for IoT, Microsoft SQL Server IoT (formerly known as Windows and SQL "embedded"), and Azure IoT technologies.

Responsible for strategy, business development, sales, account management, recruiting, HR, operations, and P&L management for Artech Consulting LLC. (formerly Vega Consulting LLC.), the Northwest regional branch of Artech Information Systems. Artech is a global staffing leader providing workforce solutions, consulting, and SOW-based project services to more than 75 Fortune 500 companies and numerous federal and state government agencies. Managed strategic partnerships with Microsoft, Expedia, Providence Medical Centers, and other regional clients.

Manage business development, strategy, planning, operations, account management, recruiting, M&A, marketing, and HR for this 150 person consulting and staffing firm. Grew revenues nearly 700% to more than $20M and co-led the sale of Vega to Artech Information Systems in June 2014. (Vega was subsequently renamed Artech Consulting LLC. in November 2017).

Business, product, and marketing strategy consulting. Projects included: Managed virtual team of 30+ to create and deliver Reviewer’s Guide for Microsoft Windows 7 operating system. Developed Microsoft Windows Client Product Management Playbook. Guided leading travel content aggregator on business pitch, financial model, and sales strategy. Helped a leading blog advertising marketplace prepare business for successful sale.

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Founding team member of this Madrona Venture Group backed company offering communication and collaboration tools that enabled leisure travelers to coordinate and share travel plans and experiences. Primary leadership role in all aspects of strategy, marketing, product planning, business development, fund raising, and M&A.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Lead strategic business and product planning for online content properties generating more than $800 million in display advertising revenue. Directly managed a team of 13 and guided several larger virtual planning teams focused on the creation and delivery of popular media experiences in Finance, Entertainment, Automotive, News, Video, Travel, Health, and various other categories. Drove execution of globally scalable product and content strategies and the development of annual revenue and budget forecasts.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Held various product management, product planning, and business development roles accross Microsoft Passport, .NET Services, My MSN, and the MSN publishing platform.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Member of Expedia's founding marketing & business strategy team. Developed the Expedia Travel Network - Expedia's initial foray into cruises and vacation packages. Negotiated and implemented more than 15 advertising/distribution deals with leading travel and financial services companies.

Developed business concept and co-designed, developed, and marketed proprietary software application (AUTO VAT™) designed to help corporations obtain value-added tax refunds. Raised equity capital. (Company was subsequently sold to KPMG in 2013.)