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Austin, Texas, Us

Indeed's Corporate Development team is responsible for driving the short and long term growth of Indeed & Glassdoor in tandem with organic growth efforts. I work closely with multiple departments to identify and evaluate acquisition, investment and partnership opportunities. Every month, over 250 million people count on Indeed to help them find jobs, publish their resumes, process their job applications, and connect them to employer job openings.

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Led innovation and growth initiatives by evaluating and delivering partnerships to augment existing marketing, product or technology capabilities• Identified new technologies, business models, and start-ups to drive business growth. Crafted business plans, narratives, and pitches to executive management• Led pilot tests, end-to-end execution and operational management of new projects including flight status notifications, geographically-relevant advice, and new content partnerships• Provided input to the Corporate Development team’s acquisition strategy and on specific targets• Built out Expedia Group's operational capability map and highlighted areas to focus

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Developed blueprint for and led Expedia Group’s finance, payments, tax and legal infrastructure expansion strategy to grow 7 Expedia Group brands into new countries• Designed and built the process to manage prioritization and to accelerate the delivery of go-to market efforts across all new or under-performing geographies• Built corporate capabilities for new growth programs (geographic expansion, new business models, more efficient corporate workflows, new payment methods, business process excellence improvements, PMO, etc.)• Managed portfolio of up to 17 projects at a time with 23 assigned resources• Program leadership of cross-functional global teams of senior experts from product & tech, legal, treasury, risk & compliance, tax, accounting, HR, payments, financial systems to execute strategic projects• Project execution of key projects such as:- Reboot India program- Latin America Expansion (multiple projects)- Alternative consumer payments- 3DS and PSD2 launches- Supply payment improvements- Finance Transformation program

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Concur delivers SaaS Travel and Expense solutions for 50M users and 30,000 companies. Concur was growing at >15% CAGR and was acquired by SAP in 2014 for $8.3Billion.My role on the Corporate Development team was to manage product partnerships with 11 $150 Million Perfect Trip Fund portfolio companies, plan and execute Merger and Acquisition projects, Post Merger Integration (PMI) execution and Corporate Strategy. Researched, developed, and managed strategic partnerships, M&A, investments and corporate strategy research in travel distribution, global expansion, SaaS technology and internal operational improvements.• M&A:Planned, co-managed and executed the acquisition integration of the ConTgo, TRX and GDSX acquisitions in London, Bangalore, Atlanta, and Dallas. Completed TripIt earn-out work. Created the Concur M&A Playbook.• Major non-M&A Projects:- Managed project to launch the new Concur Government sales division resulting in >$80M ARR.- Developed innovation and growth programs to launch and build out the Concur App Center.- Project management of 2 Developer conferences designed to drive Concur API adoption. Ran successful shark tank-like business competitions with >150 applicants resulting in 2 winners each year pitching on stage in front of travel CEOs, industry analysts, investors, and journalists.- Launched Concur in eight new markets, delivering additional 10% growth.- Launched joint products with: Cleartrip, Buuteeq, Yapta, Evature, Table 8, Visage, Room77, Checkmate, Trover and Curb. Won two industry awards.- Launched voice travel search and virtual travel agent smartbot.• Skills:Mergers & acquisitions, partnerships, strategy, venture investing, business operations, launch planning, innovation teams, portfolio program management, product planning, product management, product requirements, product roadmap product launch of iOS/Android and SaaS products. Skilled at both strategic definition and tactical implementation.

Folsom, California, Us

Led marketing, business development and client management efforts for a leading boutique consulting firm based in California.

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb

Autonomy Enterprise Search became the UK's largest and most successful software business by 2009 focusing on enterprise search and knowledge management of unstructured big data using pattern recognition and Bayesian inference. Autonomy Software grew from a market cap of <$4 billion until purchased by HP for $11 billion in 4 years.• Marketing:- Field Marketing lead for North America and Asia- Marketing, advertising, PR project execution- Created industry verticals for marketing and sales operations- Operations execution for video analytics division, legal eDiscovery expansion and industry sales operations• Business Development:- Grew strategic partnerships with resellers (VARs), systems integrators (SIs), and legal firms- Project managed market expansion into South Korea, Japan and other new markets.• M&A:Assisted in partnerships or acquisitions with Verity $500M, Zantaz $375M, Meridio £20M, Interwoven $775M, & MicroLink $55MPromoted 3 times in 3 years

New York, Ny, Us

Home Box Office (HBO) is the largest U.S. premium television network. HBO also broadcasts in over 150 countries worldwide and produces shows like The Sopranos, Sex in the City and Game of Thrones.• Scope:Worked on the DIRECTV and Echostar (Dish) satellite TV business relationships increasing HBO brand value and subscribers by 22%• Sales Training and Sales Campaigns:Launched successful sales initiatives through sales and product training, content development, and incentive campaigns to drive brand awareness, lead generation, premium subscriptions, and retention of HBO channels via distribution partners. • Marketing and Events:Created and delivered custom media and marketing campaigns, sales trainings and special launch events. Presented multimedia presentations to cross-functional client teams totaling 30,000 representatives.Used creative problem solving to drive marketing operations for complex national and regional customer acquisition campaigns. Coordinated tactical execution between multidisciplinary groups (HBO Talent Relations, HBO Legal, IT, HBO Creative Services, HBO Research, and strategic partners).• Skills:Specialities include public speaking, audience engagement and training, client relationships, customer success, revenue generation, partnerships, contract negotiations, subscriber marketing and retention.Worked across operations centers in California, Texas, Utah, New York, Colorado, Idaho, Oklahoma and New Mexico. >50% Travel.

Spent a year traveling across 20 countries with my wife

Salzburg, Salzburg, At

The Salzburg Global Seminar convenes imaginative thinkers from different cultures and institutions, organizes problem-focused initiatives, supports leadership development and engages opinion-makers through active communication networks. Its purpose is to "challenge current and future leaders to develop creative ideas for solving global problems." Seminars are held at the Schloß Leopoldskron, a rococo palace in Salzburg, Austria.- Selectively chosen as an academic office intern to provide administrative and research support in the Vermont office (Sept 2002 - June 2004) and then program support at the Salzburg, Austria schloß (2004).- Facilitated conference seminars for government officials, ambassadors and world leaders in business and education.

Washington, Dc, Us

Worked in the Washington, DC office for the congressman representing my home district (WA-7th Seattle). I participated in a US State Department exchange with Korean staff in the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in Seoul for 1 month.

Mba, Dean'S List Scholar, Seattle

Business Strategy, London, Uk

Ba, Honors, Middlebury, Vermont

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