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An innovator at heart with a relentless passion for continual improvement. I co-founded and sold two companies and am passionate about hiring great people and creating great culture. In corporate America I continuously delivered breakthrough business results in leadership roles for teams both in turn-around and scale up environments. Currently focused on delivering hyper-growth and transforming the In-Store Retail Media and Data & Analytics industries at Quad. Always looking to network, learn and improve. Highlights include: Founder/CEO of DART Innovation (8 years)- Built a company catalyzing the expansion of digital Retail Media into the physical shopping environment- Successfully established and grew supplier relationships with major CPG companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble and American greetings. - Established in-store digital signage and IoT networks at 3 top-10 US retailers- DART became the in-store digital Retail Media infrastructure provider at one of the world’s top-5 largest retailers- As CEO led company from MVP to Scale-Up to Exit - Acquired by Quad, a publicly traded top-20 global integrated marketing services company with $3BB in annual salesMarketing Leadership Roles at P&G (10 years)- Reversed decline and delivered 119% IYA turn-around growth for Oral-B Chile business unit- Developed in-store mapping system that transformed P&G’s negotiations with retailers, and was rolled out across Latin America business unit - Led Pampers US Hispanic Business to highest growth rates since tracking began- As global Franchise Brand Manager of Pampers, led a portfolio expansion that generated over $600 million in annual incremental sales for our developed markets portfolio (+20% incremental growth on a $3BB business achieved in just 18 months) - Grew the Pampers Swaddlers sub-brand to be large enough to be a Fortune 500 company- As head of Shopper Marketing on the P&G Walgreens business, won 5 Effies (effectiveness in marketing), 4 POPAI OMA’s (outstanding merchandising awards) and was selected as one of Shopper Marketing Magazine’s “20 People to Watch”. Enabled a management-requested marketing staff headcount reduction of 50% while still delivering 2 consecutive years of sales growth. Co-Founder at Tixers (2.5 years)- Co-founder of sports and entertainment e-ticketing company- Identified and capitalized on market opportunity to generate value for season ticket holders - Took company from idea to exit in 2.5 years, while working on it as a part-time side hustle