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Sterling Heights, Mi, Us

Vayan, a portfolio company of Aterian Investment Partners, provides end-to-end quality solutions to OEMs and Suppliers across several industry segments – including automotive, commercial trucks, aerospace, defense, and others. The company serves as an extension of your team delivering technology-driven, end-to-end quality solutions that keep quality moving forward at 5 of the top 6 EV producers, 20+ OEMs, and 1,100+ suppliers.Working with Aterian and the Executive management team, I transitioned from an independent board director role into the CEO role to lead the next phase of company growth.

Sterling Heights, Mi, Us

Chatsworth, California, Us

Xytech, a Banneker Partners portfolio company, is the leading provider of end-to-end media operations for the world’s premier media, and broadcast entities. Recruited by Banneker Partners shortly after their acquisition to build a management team, professionalize the organization, improve operations, and lead the company's next phase of growth and new product development.I created new GTM, product development, engineering, and customer delivery departments that ensured 96% year-over-year customer retention, led a 3X growth of ARR bookings and a 20% increase in CARR in 2023, converted all sales from a perpetual license model to a 100% SaaS license model, and branded and launched the industry-leading Media Operations Platform.

Frisco, Texas, Us

Federos is a provider of AI-optimized analytics and automation software platform that is used by the world's leading telecommunications carriers, 5G network operators, cloud-based service providers and large enterprises. The company was private equity-owned and was sold to Oracle in December 2021.Recruited by Evolution Capital Partners to drive revenue growth and profitability, integrate acquisitions, develop new markets and expand go-to-market strategies. Refocused the business, accelerated growth and sold the company to Oracle for a 5X return on invested capital for our sponsor.▪ Restructured the organization, created a new management team and refocused the company on a common growth goal around the core software platform.-- Created a results-focused, rewards-based environment that accelerated new product development, rapidly drove revenue growth and maintained nearly 100% employee retention.▪ Grew product revenue by 8X and total revenue by 3X in under two years -- Reversed 2019 losses and grew EBITDA margins to 33%▪ Reduced customer churn and increased recurring revenue by 1.5X over the same period.▪ Established the SaaS framework and platform for the transition to a new license model -- Released significant new functionality to address digital transformation across major enterprises. ▪ Selected advisors, created the offering package, and led the company through the sale process to Oracle.

Burton, Mi, Us

Trialon, a portfolio company of Resilience Capital Partners, is a provider of test engineering and technical staffing services to the automotive and other manufacturing industries. Testing services include environmental, corrosion, vibration, and electromagnetic and radiation. In July 2022, Trialon was successfully sold to Element Materials Technology (Temasek), with a significant MOIC for Resilience Capital Partners.I worked closely with the President and CEO, the private equity sponsor and other board members to optimize the performance and valuation of this company, resulting in a highly-profitable exit.

New York, Ny, Us

The Switch (now TATA Comms Media) was a private equity-owned, international provider of managed, private-cloud video production and transmission services for the world’s largest broadcast, cable, OTT, government, enterprise and eSports content providers. The company has facilities in New York, Los Angeles and London, with a total of over 50 points-of-presence in secure datacenters around the world.Recruited by True Wind Capital Management shortly after their investment to develop new products and markets and lead the next level of growth of this $80 million company.▪ Rebranded the company and increased growth opportunities by launching 4 new services in new markets.-- Gained a leading position in event-based eSports, remote production, enterprise, social media and studio production segments.▪ Grew EBITDA by 80% over two years.▪ Closed over $32 million in new and recurring revenue contracts in fifteen months.-- Secured over 200 new customers, including many of the world’s largest media and tech companies.-- Grew the sales pipeline over 10X to $60 million.▪ Integrated 2 acquired companies and generated significant new revenue from both.▪ Restructured the organization, hired new financial, engineering, operations and sales management, rationalized operations and reduced fixed costs.-- Optimized operations to increase quality, deliver a more customer-focused service and improve profitability.▪ Implemented new financial systems and metrics and created new reporting systems.-- Created financial transparency, and implemented new ERP and CRM systems and a metric-based sales focus.

Roselle, Illinois, Us

Aero Communications / Fulton Technologies was a private equity portfolio company of Resilience Capital Partners. Aero provided fulfillment and engineering services to the broadband and wireless industries.I worked very closely with the President and CEO, the private equity sponsor and other board members to optimize this company prior to its sale.

Darien, Ct, Us

FanDistro helps artists leverage their fan base to create new fans and to distribute their music in a socially-aware way. Our platform allows artists to create and manage rewards for fans who promote the artist in their social networks.

ASC Signal Corporation (now part of Kratos Defense and Security Systems) was a private equity-sponsored, multinational designer and manufacturer of highly-engineered communications products for broadcast, defense, government and enterprise applications. The company had international operations in 14 countries on five continents, and was successfully sold to CPI who divested it and sold it to Kratos. Recruited as President and CEO by Resilience Capital Partners to turnaround, build and lead this $50 million distressed acquisition. Increased equity value from nearly zero and sold the company to CPI (a Veritas portfolio company) for 4 times invested capital in September 2015. Fully integrated the stand-alone division into CPI in 18 months.▪ Hired a new management team, restructured the organization and optmized operations. -- Increased revenue per employee by over 70% while reducing SG&A by over 25%. -- Established new quality, growth and profitability metrics and implemented company-wide programs to monitor and ensure success.▪ Led the company from a loss of $7 million to earnings of $8 million, enabling reductions in debt and continued investment in performance improvement. -- Combined 37% revenue growth and significant gross margin improvements with operating expense reductions to grow from a significant loss position to 16% EBITDA margins. ▪ Reduced leverage by 40% by using increased cash profits to pay off term and revolving debt.▪ Refined the market strategy and grew share through a focus on key target customers and segments. -- Expanded geographic reach in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. -- Refocused marketing and sales efforts on newly developing industry segments.▪ Took the company to market, managed the process with the advisors and completed a successful sale. -- Established the sale strategy, timing and target list, and oversaw all aspects of the process.

Austin, Tx, Us

Trusonic (now Mood Media) is digital music and messaging company that provides a customized, branded technology platform, music library and distribution service for retailers, hospitality companies and digital out-of-home advertisers worldwide.Recruited for the President role by the private equity sponsor to reorganize and lead the rapid expansion of the holding company’s only revenue-producing unit. Enabled a successful IPO, subsequent acquisitions (including Muzak and DMX) and the transformation into Mood Media.▪ Built a new management team, structured a new business plan, redefined market focus and implemented new marketing initiatives. ▪ Increased EBITDA by more than 30% in the first 12 months. -- Grew revenue by 25% and new customer locations by 30% while maintaining operating expenses. ▪ Secured ongoing growth with a 35% recurring services revenue increase in the second year.▪ Developed and released a new state-of-the-art technology platform. -- Launched the industry’s first completely solid-state device and associated web-based platform. ▪ Improved customer service response times and reduced churn by rebuilding and expanding engineering and customer service departments.

Juke Systems, Inc. was a developer of B2B and B2C mobile phone- and web-based software applications. Primary customers included mobile carriers, mobile phone users, and large corporations. As President and CEO, co-founded and led the start-up of an innovative software applications company. Developed the infrastructure, managed capitalization efforts, and led entry into the mobile phone application market. Sold the company’s software technology and all associated IP to Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: BITI).▪ Led development of the first mobile phone- and web-based software product for managing and displaying emergency medical information – from concept to commercial availability in eight months. -- Developed the concept, architecture and infrastructure; oversaw the patenting and trademark process; and established distribution through major mobile carriers. First to market with an industry-leading application, which became the mobile component of the Microsoft HealthVault™ platform.▪ Led development of a Java vending machine and content delivery platform products for MVNOs. -- Enabled 2.5 million annual transactions for sale and delivery of applications. -- Opened markets for MVNOs to generate new revenue sources and increase ARPU.▪ Took the company to market and completed a successful sale of the company’s primary technology. -- Identified targets, negotiated the sale and transitioned the technology to the acquirer’s platform.

InSight was a provider of international content delivery and bandwidth services for online and traditional media companies, and related services for the government, corporate and educational industries. Co-founded this broadcast and broadband streaming solutions and data distribution services company and led it operations as President and CEO. Architected a unique business model and established organizational infrastructures. Assembled a team of top performing leaders to navigate the company through highly competitive market. Led a successful exit.▪ Drove revenues from start-up to over $17 million in 3 years. -- Established the company’s media delivery strategies, digital service offerings and international services for broadcasters, online media, cable companies, and telecommunications resellers.▪ Captured and maintained a 20% market share in the company’s main business segment and leading market share in a smaller niche market segment.▪ Restructured following a satellite failure that caused the company to lose a majority of its capacity. -- Refocused services on profitable segments and quickly rebounded from the failure, resulting in a 7% increase in operating profit.▪ Completed the sale of the company and generated shareholder return of 14 times invested capital.

Issy-Les-Moulineaux, Fr

Globecast, a division of France Telecom, is a global leader in media delivery, telecommunications networking, digital video program origination, audio distribution and direct-to-home consumer satellite services.As the divisional President, led US and international sales, marketing, customer service operations, and product development through a staff of 75 direct reports and 150 indirect reports. Full P&L responsibilities for $105 million division. Reported directly to Globecast’s Chairman in Paris.▪ Reversed a $10 million loss and brought the business back to profitability in less than one year. -- Led a complete restructuring of the entire US division to rapidly restore eroding profitability. -- Recruited a top-tier senior management team to reorganize the service departments, which resulted in a reduction in customer churn from over 20% to less than 5%.▪ Refocused the sales organization and generated over $100 million in revenue in the first year. -- Restructured the product portfolio and drove $24 million in new revenue to grow above $100 million. -- Spearheaded an international sales effort throughout Asia, Europe and Latin America to increase Globecast’s global presence and fortify its industry leading position.