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NewEdge Capital Group, a Barron’s Top 100 RIA Firm and Forbes’ America’s Top RIA Firm, has over $55 billion in client assets serviced and supports over 400 financial advisors servicing several thousand households, family offices, and institutions comprising of more than 75,000 client accounts.

New Orleans, Louisiana, US

Collaborating with CES clients to synchronize technology with their business objectives, with a key emphasis on cultivating innovation and fostering a positive corporate culture.

Greater New Orleans & Gulf South Region, US

A Technology Solutions company with over two decades of experience working with progressive and rapidly expanding organizations in various industries, producing exceptional results.

New Orleans, Louisiana, US

Privately owned loyalty tech company that enables travel & lifestyle bookings ($4B in annual bookings).- Propelled revenues from $8M to $24M+ averaging a 25% EBITDA, achieving profitability in 2014; cut 100% of $4.5M debt by Q4 2016.- Mobilized teams to build a platform that yielded 500mm in annual searches, produced >140,000 hours in custom development.

New Orleans, Louisiana, US

- Grew new business 20% YOY and optimized the performance of the management team to meet growth projections. - Navigated contract renewals with supply & distribution partners, including Delta Airlines, Air Canada, Amtrak, Marriott, Alaska Airlines, KLM, Air France, Eurostar, Citi Group, Mastercard, and American Express Travel.

Community-based travel start-up that connects travelers with each other by simplifying complextravel information and providing options organized by an individual user’s lifestyle and preferences.- Partnered with CTO to develop a travel platform using Ruby on Rails to support a community-based booking solution. - Prepared budgets and oversaw capital.

Hotels.com provides discount hotels, last-minute hotel deals, and reservations featuring hotels for special events and rates for sold-out dates.- Opened and ran organizational operations allowing for new revenue streams in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America.- Served as part of the Hotels.com due diligence team; successfully integrated five.

- Retained as the only TravelNow.com executive following the $47.4M acquisition by Hotels.com.- Held full P&L accountability and assumed reins of division that generated ~30% of Hotels.com annual revenues while seamlessly integrating both companies' B2B programs.

Hotels.com acquired TravelNow.com, a provider of discounted hotel rooms, rental cars, and airfares, in 2001.- Post-acquisition, assumed the helm to transition TravelNow.com's 12,000+ affiliates into the Hotels.com portfolio while guiding the organization through 3.5x growth - from 30 to 250 personnel with a comprehensive people and culture strategy..

- Created a scalable sales process that grew affiliate marketing partners from 7,000 to 12,000 in 12 months.

Recruited to play key role in startup travel incentive house by one of its founding partners and former vice president of Maritz Travel Company. Developed and managed new and assigned accounts and programs. Established and maintained corporate client relationships. Researched, evaluated, and created destination agenda for both incentive and business group.

St. Louis, MO, US

Coordinated all aspects of pre- and post-sales programs, including budgets and profitability. Played key role in maintaining client relationships with major travel accounts.

St. Louis, MO, US

Held full accountability for on-site operations of travel programs, and management, motivation, training, and scheduling of up to 115 staff members. Served as key liaison between office and clients; kept clients current with program development, operations, and billing. Interacted with executive management of fortune 500 companies.

St. Louis, MO, US

Directed on-site operations of global incentive and business meeting travel programs; coordinated hoteliers and suppliers and kept clients well informed.