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Seattle, WA, US

Helping marketplace and SaaS platform startups with marketplace dynamics and operations, business and product strategy, growth and channel development, branding, Trust & Safety, fundraising, recruiting and organizational alignment.

Supporting strategy and fundraising for this VR content studio focused on concerts.

Portland, Oregon, US

Supporting Radious, the marketplace for flexible workspace, in strategic decisions.

San Francisco, CA, US

Advised on platform monetization strategy and how to build pillars of a marketplace to expand from a SaaS platform to a marketplace for this Andreessen Horowitz funded series-C startup in the food distribution industry. Worked with CEO and his leadership team as he raised a $25M Series B led by Tribe Capital and continued to accelerate growth and raised.

San Francisco, California, US

Worked with Remind Coaching team and exec team on tutoring marketplace strategy and operations. Helped with marketplace mechanics and operational scaling, branding and acquisition, org design and hiring, supply-side enablement and management, customer experience, and coaching team members.

Waukesha, WI, US

Advised on marketplace dynamics, including business and product strategy development for fsxmarket.com. Company was acquired in January 2022.

San Francisco, CA, US

Advised on business and product strategy for this Andreessen Horowitz funded series-A EdTech startup.

Bend, Oregon, US

Supporting marketplace founders with strategy, operations and fundraising.

Westchester, Illinois, US

Partnered with consulting firm RevelOne on engagement with Ritchie Brothers (RBA), the world's leading marketplace for used heavy equipment, to help make their marketing organization and its operations and capabilities best in class. Reviewed company operations and strategy, and then combined two Marketing orgs (one from acquired IronPlanet) and designed.

San Francisco, California, US

Interim Head of Operations focused on growing team, scaling ops, and improving customer experience.

Santa Monica, US

Worked with founder on event ticket marketplace strategy and fundraising. Helped guide founder from idea to $5M GMV and a $2M seed-round. Founder the pivoted to Hang, a Web 3.0 brand loyalty platform which raised a $16M Series A from Paradigm.

San Francisco, CA, US

Worked with founders on business and product strategy, operations and fundraising prep. Supported a $11.5M Series A led by Initialized Capital.

San Francisco, CA, US

Worked with founder-CEO on raising $11M Series A, and then helped develop team and marketplace, ramping from $4M to $10M in annual GMV.

Costa Mesa, CA, US

Ran marketplace for rental construction equipment, growing it from $100K to $6M in annual GMV.

San Francisco, US

Led marketplace operations and product for the AirBnb of meals where anyone can operate a supper club and host paid meals at their house or other venue. Led focused efforts to increase annual GMV from $150K total in 4 cities to $1M in San Francisco alone.

Led sports-focused community platform for out-of-market team fans (e.g. Red Sox fans outside of Boston), securing $460K in angel funding and ramping monthly unique visitors from 40K to 500K.

Developed the Dinner Club app, a personalized restaurant recommendation and discovery app.

New York, NY, US

Product Executive for team of 16 leading the company's Product Strategy, Product Management and User Experience Design efforts for both StubHub and eBay Tickets.Focused on integrating primary ticketing partners, increasing the liquidity of community-based ticket marketplace and developing products for an API/services platform. Helped increase StubHub.

San Jose, CA, US

Developed and managed eBay and PayPal’s global shipping platform, enabling more than $40M in annual revenue and 50 bps increase in eBay transactions. Responsible for business and product strategy, partner negotiations and management, revenue and international expansion. Partners included: the US Postal Service, UPS, Freightquote.com, Pitney Bowes, Canada.

San Jose, California, US

Business Development Associate assisting on sales in the midwest region and oil and gas sector.

• Targeted partnerships with ASPs, Q&A sites, and providers of language translation, news content, and database and search technologies.
• Negotiated partner contracts, including strategic integration, slotting fees, ad and e-commerce revenue shares, and exclusivity.

• Negotiated the conversion of a $10MM loan to a Chilean railroad to a private equity position.
• Managed a $130MM cross-border purchase/leaseback of locomotive power to Brazilian mining firm CVRD, in conjunction with GM Locomotive.
• Assisted Toshiba in marketing linear motors to the Canadian transportation firm Bombardier, which was involved in a consortium building a major New York City light rail project for JFK Airport.

• Designed market-entry strategies and recruited new clientele for this start-up US consulting firm working with foreign firms targeting the Vietnamese market, including the State of Oklahoma, Kysor Industrial.
• Helped arrange third-party financing for $45MM in telecom deals for Hughes Network Systems.

New York, New York, US

• Drove membership for non-profit engaged in educating US professionals on culture and business of Asia.

• Started manufacturing and marketing firm, selling specialized glassware to micro-breweries and brew-pubs, including the Boston Beer Company (Sam Adams).

Mba, Corporate Strategy And Entrepreneurial Studies

Ba, International Relations