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Founder of GlassesEtc.com. Managed day-to-day, marketing teams, vendors, search management, affiliate, and high level CSR issues. Business acquired in Feb. 2018.

MortgageLoan.com is your all-in-one resource for the news and information you need to understand the mortgage process and get the best deals available on home loans and other personal finance products.Established in 1995, MortgageLoan.com has built a reputation as one of the best resources available for consumers who are looking to buy or refinance a home. Company was hit with major re-indexing by Google leading to layoffs including our CEO. I decided to focus on GlassesEtc.com which then took off...

-Head New York based business development and account management activities for syndication partnerships with media affiliates. -Collaborate with client executives and cross-functional stakeholders to craft value-added digital media strategies in alignment with client and corporate business objectives. Define client needs and structure/negotiate deals to meet core business goals. Assist in syndication product planning and development.Initiated syndication business, growing syndicated TV listing traffic to 6.7M page views each month with more than 250K monthly visits resulting from syndication referrals.-Captured syndicate contracts with Earthlink, AOL, New York Post, Miami Herald, Chicago Sun Times, various NBC affiliates, WorldNow, Tickle.com, Glam.com, x17online.com, and Voxant.Grew syndication traffic to 20% of total flagship site unique monthly visitors.

• Led a team responsible for strategy development and display media buying for Performics' clients on a CPM and CPC basis with a focus on clearly defined ROI goals• Clients included Bose, ADT, Safeway Vons, and others. • Also served as the senior strategy consultant for specific clients in need of help with their affiliate program

• Grew the JC Whitney affiliate program from $6.5million to $8million in the course of one year• Negotiated new partnerships to grow online distribution (ie: AOL and MSN)• Re-negotiated post-transactional agreements resulting in a 50% increase in post-transactional revenue (partners were WebLoyalty & UMG).