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Head of Distributor Development, Field
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Ball Corporation
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Head of Distributor Development, Field
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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Milan B. is listed as Head of Distributor Development, Field at Ball Corporation, based in Santa Barbara, California, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Milan B..
Milan B. previously worked as Head of Product, AGI Verticals (Sports, Business) & Proactive/Visual Services at Amazon and Head of Sports, Amazon Alexa & Amazon AGI at Amazon. Milan B. holds Master Of Business Administration (Mba - Silver Scholar) from Yale University.
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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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15 roles · 16 years
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Head Of Product, Agi Verticals (Sports, Business) & Proactive/Visual Services
CurrentSingle 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.
2024 - Present
~2 yrs 6 mos
Head Of Sports, Amazon Alexa & Amazon Agi
Single 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
2023 - 2024
~1 yr
Head Of Sports, Amazon Alexa
Leading 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)
2021 - 2023
~2 yrs
Founder
CurrentBall'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.
2019 - Present
~7 yrs 6 mos
Mba Admissions Committee
2019 - 2021
~2 yrs
Director, Distributor Development, Field & Regional Chain Marketing
Foodservice 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
2018 - 2019
~1 yr
Associate Director, Pizza, Non-Commercial, Category Marketing & Consumer Insights
Foodservice 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
2017 - 2018
~1 yr
Director, Strategic Development & Product Management
Connected 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
2016 - 2017
~1 yr
Head Of Loyalty Program Management
Apparel (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
2016 - 2016
Head Of Strategic Transformation Initiatives
Consumer 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
2015 - 2016
~1 yr
Senior Leadership Program
• MBA Leadership Program sponsored by the Chairman & CEO
2015 - 2016
~1 yr
Strategic Advisor
2015 - 2016
~1 yr
Senior Analyst, Investment Banking
Sports/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)
2013 - 2014
~1 yr
2011 - 2012
~1 yr
3 education records
Milan B. education
Master Of Business Administration (Mba - Silver Scholar)
Yale University
Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science
University Of Southern California
Diploma
Western Reserve Academy
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What company does Milan B. work for?
Milan B. works for Ball Corporation.
What is Milan B.'s role at Ball Corporation?
Milan B. is listed as Head of Distributor Development, Field at Ball Corporation.
Where is Milan B. based?
Milan B. is based in Santa Barbara, California, United States while working with Ball Corporation.
What companies has Milan B. worked for?
Milan B. has worked for Ball Corporation, Amazon, Ball, University Of California, Berkeley, Haas School Of Business, and The Kraft Heinz Company.
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Milan B. holds Master Of Business Administration (Mba - Silver Scholar) from Yale University.
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