Vice President & General Manager
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Thomson Reuters's mission is to "help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world."Summary:Transformed Thomson Reuter’s online professional legal education strategy by integrating multiple start-up acquisitions into a cohesive business unit with multiple product lines and revenue streams. *Led senior management decisions involving business vision, strategy and operational execution for ~$28M online legal training and compliance business. *Managed financial planning process; responsible for full P&L for 10+ years.*Drove significant top line growth while expanding margin and increasing operational effectiveness.*Transformed business model centered on alliances with non-profit/for-profit partners.*Implemented new business vision and coordinated corresponding brand strategy, value proposition work and online marketing initiatives for new global markets and verticals.*Managed content, sales, marketing, operations and new product development functions for all business lines and brands.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS: - Consistent double-digit sales growth in excess of 20% (‘10 - 49%, ‘11 - 53%, ‘12 - 23%).- Consistent revenue growth in contracting market (’10 – 4%, ’11 – 6%, ’12 – 10%, ’13 – 4+%, ’14 ~ 8%).- Double-digit OI margin growth (’10 - 44%, ’12 – 255%, ’13 – 35%).- Created award winning front-end customer strategy and segmentation.- Launched first fully accredited continuing legal education mobile application.- Led Thomson Reuters’ global learning platform consolidation; including initial ideation, requirements building and specification documents.
