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Working with clients in the Media and Entertainment, Technology and Healthcare industries. Capabilities include IT Transformation, Engineering Services Management, Consumer Electronic Product Manufacturing, SOC processes (design, verification, validation and manufacturing), Operational Transformation and Optimization, Strategy, M&A, Product Development, Program Management, Financial Management, HR Program Development, Supply Chain Management, IP licensing, Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Negotiations, RFP management

Private Equity portfolio company. Worldwide leader in Stadium WiFi construction, design and installation services for public venues including Dodger Stadium, Hollywood Bowl, Oracle Park (SF Giants), Raymond James Stadium (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), LaVell Edwards Stadium (BYU) and eight different sports and assembly facilities at Stanford University.

Venture Capital funded nationwide smartphone trade-in program platform for the independent wireless dealer and retail distribution channels. Funded by one of the former Founders of Simple Mobile which sold to American Moviles (Carlos Slim) in 2013.

RED was founded by and completely funded by Jim Jannard, the iconic genius behind the founding and development of Oakley. As the COO I lead the company’s growth from start-up and less than 20 employees to profitability and over 450 employees in all aspects of the business except product design. I was directly responsible for management of the entire engineering team and the development process for multiple custom image sensors, custom processors and the creation of a product set of new cinema cameras that are now used in many motion picture, television, documentary and other image capture business including still image capture. My responsibilities also included direct management of all IT, supply chain, financial, administrative, legal, manufacturing, testing, quality, HR, customer service and sales teams responsible for generating and supporting all aspects of RED’s business activities.

Designed and developed innovative solutions for clients saving millions of dollars in annualized IT infrastructure and operational costs. Provided advisory services for Live Nation (based in Hollywood, CA) in the areas of IT infrastructure outsourcing to a global managed services firm and ticketing strategy. Managed the outsourcing of all IT services to a global service provider (from an internal group) at MTN, the largest pan-African wireless services provider in South Africa saving my client many millions of dollars in operating costs. Managed a team of consultants at PA’s client RED DIGITAL CINEMA CAMERA CO. which streamlined manufacturing, supply chain, customer service, HR and IT operations for 6 months before joining the RED team full time.

Private Equity funded business which got its genesis through the negotiated purchase out of bankruptcy in Delaware of a fiber optic network located in Mexico connecting Mexico City, Monterrey and Guadalajara. Led the team at InfoSpan which raised venture capital financing from investors in Dubai and Pakistan for InfoSpan’s business process outsourcing services start-up in Islamabad, Pakistan. Led the growth of the team from start-up to over 150 employees in Mexico, Pakistan and California.

Negotiated over $500,000,000 of telecom service contracts for the provision of IT services in India on behalf of Sterling Group as well as other associated business including internet services throughout India. Negotiated contracts in the US and Europe (France, Germany and the UK) of over $15M for Food and Beverage services and raw materials for Sterling Group’s India based manufacturing operations.

Leader of the development efforts for Covad’s international businesses including licensing of its proprietary OSS, joint ventures in Europe (Spain and France) and Asia (Japan and India) providing over $10M in license fee revenue to Covad.

Negotiated over $7B worth of acquisitions and sales of AirTouch businesses. Negotiated and won a license to provide service in the country of Hungary which is now worth many hundreds of millions of dollars to AirTouch’s acquirer, Vodafone.