An extremely ambitious, enthusiastic, and trusted business development, partnerships and sales leader with over 20 years of experience in the media & entertainment industry. Demonstrated expertise in metadata, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, with a proven track record of generating and delivering strong, sustainable growth and innovative solutions into the market. Skilled in managing customer and corporate needs while exceeding expectations of both.CORE SKILLS• Business Growth: Pioneered new ventures and innovative products, driving customer acquisition and revenue expansion through comprehensive, award-winning ML/AI-powered content supply chain solutions. • Thought Leadership: Recognized as a thought leader and industry speaker on leveraging ML/AI and metadata to optimize content supply chains, presenting at major events including NAB, IBC, AWS M&E Symposiums, and AWS re:Invent. • Customer-Centric Delivery: Clearly communicated and managed expectations while delivering innovative, ML/AI-powered solutions to optimize the content supply chain. • Strategic Problem-Solving: Applied design thinking and operational expertise to develop innovative solutions that leverage metadata and ML/AI. • Deal Orchestration: Coordinated cross-functional teams to develop complex commercial proposals, leveraging deep understanding of the M&E content supply chain. • Tech-Business Liaison: Bridged technical and senior stakeholder communication, drawing on extensive experience working with hyperscale cloud providers, including 10+ years with AWS. • Trusted Leadership: Rapidly established credibility across organizational levels, building on 20+ years of experience in the M&E industry. • Entrepreneurial Innovation: Developed new capabilities and offerings in diverse roles, consistently delivering strong, sustainable growth. • Data-Driven Strategy: Synthesized information to create compelling business cases that drove customer acquisition and revenue expansion. • Team Development: Built and mentored high-performance cross-functional teams to excel in digital transformation initiatives. • Global Expertise: Led international teams across US, EMEA, and APJ regions, leveraging global experience gained at AWS M&E Business unit. • Strategic Partnerships: Fostered alliances with cloud providers and ISVs for 15+ years, leveraging extensive partner experience to deliver comprehensive enterprise solutions.
Listed skills include Strategic Partnerships, Business Development, Digital Media, Strategy, and 24 others.