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New York, New York, Us

datafuelX is a leading analytics and technology provider specializing in multi-currency, cross-platform optimization for the television industry. The company was created to help sellers and buyers extract greater value from their data and transform advertising by enabling media, agencies, and brands to engineer better outcomes. With its full-service SaaS platform, M3, datafuelX is constantly innovating to drive improved revenue management for publishers, more precise results for advertisers, and a satisfying viewing experience for consumers.

Niceville, Fl, Us

The Special Operator Transition Foundation (SOTF), formerly Your Grateful Nation, is a non-profit organization committed to transitioning Special Operations veterans into their next successful career. As a Mentor & Advisor, I provide career, job-search, interviewing, and Human Resources expertise & guidance to Fellows within the organization.

Topwater is an advisory service, providing strategic guidance, and business support to drive growth and crystalize next-generation opportunities for our clients within the Media landscape.

Culver City, California, Us

Culver City, California, Us

Launched by Fox, Turner and Viacom, OpenAP is the television industry’s first open platform for cross-publisher audience targeting and independent posting. Recruited by and reporting to the Board of Directors today consisting of Fox Group, WarnerMedia, NBCU and Viacom.

New York, New York, Us

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

SunOpta, Inc. (NASDAQ:STKL) is a leading global company focused on natural, organic and specialty foods. The Company specializes in sourcing, processing and packaging of natural and organic food products, integrated from seed through packaged products; with a focus on strategically significant vertically integrated business models. The Company's core natural and organic food operations focus on value-added grains, fiber and fruit based product offerings, supported by a global infrastructure. www.sunopta.com

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Jet Edge International (www.flyjetedge.com) a Bard Capital Company, is a leader in full-service global private aviation. As both an owner of large cabin private aircraft and a manager of third party owned aircraft, my mission was to optimize the performance of one of the fastest growing and most diversified state-of-the-art large cabin and super mid size private jet fleets.While originally retained to focus on exploring an acquisitions strategy, I redirected my efforts at Jet Edge, on integrating new systems, processes and staffing to drive and support the rapid growth the company has been experiencing.

Pleasanton, California, Us

Working with the Chief Executive Officer, I developed and implemented acquisition/integration strategies yielding three transformative transactions to help establish a new high growth segment of their business, corporate incentives. Blackhawk Network (NASDAQ:HAWK) is a leading prepaid payment network, which supports the distribution of gift cards, prepaid telecom products and financial service products across a global network. Blackhawk’s digital platform supports prepaid across a network of digital distribution partners including e-tailers, financial service providers, and mobile wallets.

Mersin, Turkey, Us

Axis Teknologies is a professional services firm with an expertise in wireless engineering solutions and projects that enable carriers, network operators, equipment manufacturers and infrastructure providers to speed to market with next generation wireless solutions and services.

Arklow is an investment manager headquartered in New York and managing a portfolio of investments in public and private companies. My role was to assist in the evaluation of potential investments and to provide functional expertise in overseeing the management of private companies and evaluating management of public companies in which investments are made.

The company was founded to deliver original video entertainment to consumers, along with more effective ways for companies and advertisers to promote their goods and services to a new and growing web audience. PersonalScreen Media was one of the innovators in that new paradigm, to allow audiences to be active decision makers - not passive receivers - of the how, when and where they are entertained. Our first project was nominated for a Emmy Award in the area of New Approaches.

Viewpoint Corporation was a premiere Interactive Media Company, providing graphical platform solutions and online advertising technology to Fortune 500 clients such as General Electric, IBM, Sony, Toyota, Lexus, Honda, Pepsi, Yahoo, Samsung and Microsoft. Company also creates and distributes innovative consumer search and photo products based on its proprietary technology. Recruited out of retirement by the Board of Directors to turn-around this publicly held company, with cumulate losses totaling over 250 million dollars. In two years time, managed to prevent imminent company closure, stabilize company financials, and introduce new revenue-producing products in Search, Online Advertising, and Photo Management as part of a first-ever period of sustained growth for the company. Efficiency, productivity and new product initiatives during tenure resulted in six consecutive quarters of growth and positioned the company in the fastest-growing segments on the Internet.Company merged in 2007 with DG FastChannel.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Founded in 1983, Starlight Children's Foundation is an international nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to helping seriously ill children and their families cope with their pain, fear and isolation through entertainment, education and family activities.

We provide discrete support to select clients, whose business interests are at risk. The mission is typically to leverage corporate assets, to protect value and establish a stable state, where longer-term options may be pondered. Our focus is on strategy, governance, knowledge flow and asset/capital deployment.

A cross section of leading technology companies joined to form the Technology Access Action Coalition (TAAC) to counter proposed government intervention that would inhibit innovation and growth in the technology industry. Our role was to act as a unified organizing and education force in Washington, for the industry, based on the common belief that “innovation, bridled only by the consumer and their spending should be the main force driving the industry”, not new government regulation.

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Reported to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of this publicly held, $ 2.8 billion, 7,000 employee, global high tech services and infrastructure provider. Vanstar services spanned the gamut from architecting and deployment through migration and enhancement of the corporate computing platform. Directed key business operations which included; Consulting, Sales/Marketing, Services delivery, Logistics/Distribution, Information Systems and other corporate functions. Drove company technology and partnership direction.Formally retired to pursue personal interests on September 1, 1998. Company merged with Inacom Systems in late 1998 and finally the company merged with Compaq Computer/HP in 1999.

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Re-engineered organization to fit new direct business model resulting in a reduction of thousands of redundant associates and closing of hundreds of facilities.• Managed aggressive roll up strategy with leverage of efficiencies in all business lines and supported by a new enterprise information system.• Integrated major infrastructure functions such as: operations/assembly, customer services, procurement and dispatch services resulting in greater efficiencies and lower costs.• Directed management re-engineering initiative to allow for future backend scalability.

Fine/Studio Arts, General

Business Administration And Management, General

High School Diploma

10 Day Meditation Program