Milan B. Email and Phone Number
Building cool (and useful) stuff with AI, solving big/novel problems and doing it all by the beach with a great team.Extras: Avid runner, former NCAA athlete (basketball and track & field), multi-sport recruit (basketball, track and crew) and little league dabbler (baseball & soccer).
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Head Of Distributor Development, FieldBall CorporationSanta Barbara, Ca, Us -
Head Of Product, Agi Verticals (Sports, Business) & Proactive/Visual ServicesAmazon 2024 - PresentSeattle, Wa, UsSingle Thread Leader (STL) for product organization owning proactive and visual services for Amazon AGI. Single Threaded Owner (STO) for sports and business categories and corresponding product/engineering/business teams for both Amazon Alexa and Amazon AGI. -
Head Of Sports, Amazon Alexa & Amazon AgiAmazon 2023 - 2024Seattle, Wa, UsSingle Threaded Owner (STO) of sports product, knowledge, engineering and business for Amazon Alexa & Artificial General Intelligence, globally.Also responsible for: Video Product / Strategy and the Alexa/AGI Business & Finance CategoryRelated Topics: Natural Language Processing (NLP), Knowledge Graphs (KGs), Large Language Models (LLMs), Training/Grounding/Rendering, Multi-Modal Design, GenAI and Conversational AI -
Head Of Sports, Amazon AlexaAmazon 2021 - 2023Seattle, Wa, UsLeading product, knowledge, engineering and business for all things sports for Alexa AI at Amazon.• Sports Emmy: Outstanding Interactive Experience, Live Event Coverage (TNF)• Devices & Services Award: Outstanding Cross Team Event Coverage & Execution (Winter Olympics) -
FounderBall 2019 - PresentBall's original mission was to increase adult sports participation by creating more engaging and inclusive options to get back in the games they love(d) or never got around to learning in their youth. While that aim remains true, Ball is currently focused on developing products that solve the biggest frustrations of youth and adult athletes as they train in the sports they love. -
Mba Admissions CommitteeUniversity Of California, Berkeley, Haas School Of Business 2019 - 2021Berkeley, Ca, Us -
Director, Distributor Development, Field & Regional Chain MarketingThe Kraft Heinz Company 2018 - 2019Chicago, Il, UsFoodservice GM directly managing $1.3 bln+ P&L, marketing budget of $5 mm+, 3 marketing teams and a field, regional chains and distributor sales team of 100+.• Developed and executed turn-around plan to deliver 2018 Revenue & Margin for owned P&L vs. PY to 2% Growth for previously declining business• Led the analysis and development of the 3-5 year Global Strategic Plan for BU – collaborating with BU function heads -
Associate Director, Pizza, Non-Commercial, Category Marketing & Consumer InsightsThe Kraft Heinz Company 2017 - 2018Chicago, Il, UsFoodservice Reported directly to EVP & President of Global & US $3 bln+ BU. GM managing $610 mm+ P&L, 4 marketing teams (20+) and 2 sales teams (25+), with indirect oversight within transportation, manufacturing and R&D functions. • Over delivered 2017 Revenue & Margin for owned P&L vs. AOP by 4% and vs. PY by 10+%• Additional cross functional responsibility over brand maintenance, licensing, new product innovation / development, value engineering, portfolio optimization and pricing architecture -
Director, Strategic Development & Product ManagementSears Holdings Corporation 2016 - 2017Chicago, Il, UsConnected Solutions / Wally Labs (IoT)Reported directly to BU President - 1 of 5 leads for team of 50+ for newly acquired, high growth subsidiary• General Manager of services business (wally rapid response), also oversaw sales channel development, partnership management and corporate integration -
Head Of Loyalty Program ManagementSears Holdings Corporation 2016 - 2016Chicago, Il, UsApparel (K-Mart and Sears)Worked directly with Corporate Executive Leadership Teams on $4.6 bln+ combined BU• Managed channel and segment insights/analysis across all brands in order to improve performance (customer retention, basket size, power of mix, demand generation) via - promotions, campaigns, targeted communication and offer & assortment optimization -
Head Of Strategic Transformation InitiativesSears Holdings Corporation 2015 - 2016Chicago, Il, UsConsumer Electronics / Connect Solutions (IoT)Reported directly to BU President of $1 bln+ BU, within highly matrixed organization, in turn-around environment• Developed and managed BU strategic initiatives resulting in $85 mm+ EBITDA improvement YoY -
Senior Leadership ProgramSears Holdings Corporation 2015 - 2016Chicago, Il, Us• MBA Leadership Program sponsored by the Chairman & CEO -
Strategic AdvisorNugg 2015 - 2016Marina Del Rey, California, Us -
Senior Analyst, Investment BankingD.A. Davidson Companies 2013 - 2014Great Falls, Montana, UsSports/Active Lifestyle Group (#1 in US at the time)• Built financial models, performed ad-hoc analysis, assisted in management of deal process, deal structuring and due diligence - in the advisory of public & private companies on transactions including - divestitures, M&A and equity & debt offeringsSelected Transactions:• Fairness Opinion and Sell-Side Advisor to Costa Inc. (NASDAQ:ATX) on $272 mm sale to Essilor International (ENXTPA:EI) • Sell-Side Advisor to Outdoor Research on $44 mm sale to YoungOne Holdings Co Ltd. (KSE:111770) -
Analyst, Business Development & StrategyUbs 2011 - 2012Zurich, Ch• Athlete Wealth Management
Milan B. Education Details
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Yale UniversityMaster Of Business Administration (Mba - Silver Scholar) -
University Of Southern CaliforniaPolitical Science -
Western Reserve AcademyDiploma
Frequently Asked Questions about Milan B.
What company does Milan B. work for?
Milan B. works for Ball Corporation
What is Milan B.'s role at the current company?
Milan B.'s current role is Head of Distributor Development, Field.
What schools did Milan B. attend?
Milan B. attended Yale University, University Of Southern California, Western Reserve Academy.
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