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• Initiated and led development of investment thesis, business plan, and P&L for $500M+ platform software carve out. • Collaborated with multiple private equity firms to select final sponsor with $35B AUM for due diligence and led engagement with the target. • Developing strategies and collaborating with start-ups and early-stage venture backed companies on new product development, commercial models, and go-to-market strategy and launch.

Austin, Texas, Us

Southlake, Texas, Us

• Owned and drove the innovation agenda and commercial strategy for a $220M R&D portfolio focused on technology modernization and digital transformation. • Led the tech transformation and cloud migration initiative, resulting in $55M annual run rate cost savings and $100M in avoided costs. • Developed strategy and led transformation of legacy architecture to a cloud-native, micro-services API platform and drove agile development practices to increase development velocity by up to 2X. • Spearheaded development of industry-leading Retail Intelligence suite powered by Google Vertex AI and proprietary machine learning models that improved airline yield by up to 30%.

Southlake, Texas, Us

• Drove transformation and led organization of 3,000 people in 150 countries to double historical growth rate and deliver the best year over year revenue growth +10%, and free cash flow +14.4% in more than 10 years. • Owned all aspect of the P&L to increase revenue from $2.4B to $3.0B, deliver $1B EBITDA annually, and expand global market share by 1.2 points. • Led a 44% reduction in R&D expenses while limiting the impact on development capacity to only -17%. • Spearheaded cultural transformation to increase accountability, ownership, decision making, and employee engagement resulting in the highest Net Promoter Score and business results across Sabre.

Southlake, Texas, Us

• Overhauled product development and go-to-market processes, resulting in a cutting-edge, customer-centric point-of-sale solution that improved productivity by 50% and drove $400M of new contract value. • Led strategy development for business unit resulting in Board approval of a significant cultural and operational transformation that led to a new operating model and decision rights framework.

Oakland, California, Us

• Led the transformation of the company's operating model reducing operating costs 40% while improving platform stability and customer satisfaction. • Recommended and executed a significant financial restructuring to exit unprofitable business segments, resulting in a reduction in cash burn by over 50% and leading to a successful exit.

• Pioneered a digital employment marketplace that matched job seekers with opportunities using a candidate centric algorithm based on behavioral competency assessment, leadership style, and skills. • Secured financing and negotiated terms with investors and led business development and negotiated strategic partnerships with SHL, Zappos, jcpenney, Novartis, and RAPP Worldwide.

London, Gb

• Owned P&L for UK credit card business, driving portfolio growth and and executing a turn-around strategy to grow loans from $3B to $4B and improve profitability by $100M. • Implemented initiatives to enhance process efficiency and the overall customer experience, resulting in a 90% reduction in operating costs per active customer. • Developed talent and spearheaded revival of employee satisfaction and engagement, attaining high-performing norms from prior lowest enterprise-wide scores.

• Drove digital bank concept from ideation to market launch and scale to a top 10 credit card issuer and resulting in a successful exit with an acquisition by Barclays. • Pioneered the development of a breakthrough technology solution to open new customer acquisition channels resulting in a dramatic increase in new account growth from 33% to 10X. • Owned P&L for strategic partnerships. Optimized Apple P&L to be Juniper’s most profitable and drove record-breaking growth of American Airlines to 500,000 customers and $700M in loans in year one.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Marketing, Organizational Behavior, Accounting

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Finance