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New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, United States

- Led the negotiations for the acquisition of CrossCap (company I had co-founded) by Volaris Group a subsidiary of publicly traded Constellation Software with market cap of $70B- Managed Sales and Marketing team- Closed deals with Macy's, Under Armour, Beyond, Crocs, Sally Beauty, Avantor Science, Ottobock and several enterprise brands- Defined and executed plan for 30% YoY revenue growth- Implemented partnerships to accelerate sales growth and leverage 3rd party sales teams- Hired marketing and lead generation resource for growth hacking- Utilized B2B marketing tactics to create awareness, increasing market share and growth- Developed sales plan, quarterly and annual forecasts and streamlined Revenue Operations

New York, New York, United States

- Closed enterprise sales deals with several fortune 500 companies like Walmart, Kroger, Sephora, Scotia Bank, ULTA and BetClic- Transitioned to share vision and insights on product- Championed RFP responses, sales presentations and IT security due diligence for new customer acquisitions- Developed prototype mobile App for iOS using Objective C and hired a software engineer to develop platform- Commenced data science initiative using python with Scikit-Learn ML algorithms to develop models and recommend plan based on historical activity

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Managed Product and Engineering teams- Set the product roadmap and identified priorities for innovation and engineering- Championed enterprise sales initiatives- Collaborated with Enterprise client IT departments in getting platform approved for Security and Reliability- Liaised with client and CrossCap legal teams for business terms on contracts- Engaged with customers in understanding needs and directed the product team- Responded to RFPs and presented platform and workflows to transform marketing operations within enterprises

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Headed Product, Engineering & Customer Success teams- Focused team to transition platform to SaaS based model- Leveraged open source Application & DB Servers to reduce capital cost for deployment- Managed 3 product managers and a total of up to 20 engineers- Lead on RFP responses and customer presentations- Collaborated with Enterprise client IT departments in getting platform approved for Security and Reliability- Liaised with client and CrossCap legal teams for business terms on contracts

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Managed the software engineering team -Technical lead for all sales presentations- Championed RFP responses for enterprise platforms and presented solutions to clients-Worked with clients to understand challenges and designed a platform to manage Marketing for large enterprises.- Designed & developed Algorithms to address complexities in planning and allocation of marketing resources helping clients increase market share and profitability at the same time reduce costs- Applied for Government Scientific Research & Experimental Develop grants and successfully secured funding for several years

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Co-founded company to head up the design and development of an enterprise software platform- Managed Engineering team of 5 to develop a platform and release an image annotation software product.- Architected platform using J2EE and defined interfaces - Designed and engineered a protocol to transfer files between C++ client and application in Java- Developed extensions in C++ to integrate Quark & In-Design with platform, used socket based framework and designed a protocol on TCP/IP to transmit file data rapidly. Used SOAP a web services framework to communicate from a C++ client with a Java/J2EE server

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

- Liaised with Software Engineers, Systems Engineers to ensure products are conforming to standards- Engaged in acquisition of new business software for the enterprise- Acquired automation software for QA Team

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Co-founded company with my Masters Of Engineering class mates to develop Mobile applications software. - Consulted with a startup that was positioning to develop a mobile telecommunication network in Toronto.- Developed a mobile application platform using J2EE and WML delivering services like Email and Calendar for users that wanted access to their emails on their phones

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Montage was a consulting company that worked with several customers providing consulting resources to help with engineering and business process transformation.- TD BANK: Worked with the engineering team to help with the development for their web and moblie banking platform. Developed on a J2EE framework and using an IBM WebSphere environment.- Chapters: Led the process of estimation, design, management and development of a Rewards program for the retailer. Managed a team of 3 developers and 1 designer for the software. I developed the C++ windows service that would process data files received nightly from a FTP server and load the rewards data into the Microsoft SQL Server. Also assisted on the web front-end development with HTML, JavaScript and VBScript to display the rewards data.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Part of a software engineering team that designed and developed a medical imaging software for a network of hospitals- Developed a windows service in C++ for client workstations that leveraged TCP/IP sockets to receive high resolution medical imaging files from servers- Developed a monitoring and remote control tool on a windows service in C++ to help with managing and resetting client workstations during failures.- Developed web-based monitoring tool in Java to monitor all workstations and signal issues - Developed a web-based scheduling software in VBScript & JavaScipt to manage the schedules of Radiologists within the hospital network.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Internship Systems Analyst role worked within the IT team- Applications support- Procurement of hardware and software- Upgraded desktops and laptops- Trouble-shooting hardware, software and operating system issues

Mba, Masters Of Business Administration

Meng, Telecommunications

Basc, Electrical Engineering

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