RETHINK Retail is a leading media company covering the latest commerce trends and innovations for both Direct-To-Consumer and traditional retail channels through our award winning podcasts, research and periodicals.

Accountable for developing strategy and executing our global private equity partnership program working directly with a wide range of private equity firms of different sizes, geographies, and industry specializations. Designed and implemented programs and methodologies to uncover greater deal flow and improve vetting. Established well-defined processes for portfolio company performance assessments and opportunity gap identification. Developed triage programs for corrective action of underperforming portfolio companies in the areas brand positioning, marketing and marketing technology.

Global responsibility for all branding, marketing and public relations at Valtech across 5 continents with over 3000+ people. Valtech is a leading digital agency helping our customers not only transform their businesses but thrive in a connected, constantly evolving world.Highlights:* Manage a distributed global team of very talented marketers in 16 countries* Plan and administer a multi-million dollar marketing budget* Provide vision and direction while taking into account country and regional nuances across Americas, EMEA, and APAC* Develop and guide content creation, advertising, branding, events and other elements to drive hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue with tracking and KPI's of marketing effectiveness

Global responsibility for envisioning, planning, and executing Adobe's partner marketing strategy to build a world-class partner ecosystem around our solutions.• Worldwide responsibility for partner marketing across N&S America, EMEA and APAC.• Helped to organize, structure and grow Adobe’s partner ecosystem comprised of the world’s top agencies, advertising holding companies, system integrators and select technology providers (including Accenture, Deloitte, Epsilon, MRM, Razorfish/Digitas, Rosetta, SapientNitro, WPP, IPG, Publicis/Ominicom)• Developed joint go to market strategies with top tier partners resulting in Adobe revenues in excess of $100 million.• Oversaw the development and presentation of marketing technology educational materials to allow partners to quickly assimilate these technologies inside their agencies and articulate the benefits to their clients. Correlated industry best practices to the application of technologies to better facilitate success of associated services.• Created Adobe’s Partner Briefing conferences which grew to be the largest partner events in Adobe history. These events were held each year in the United States, London, Beijing, Sydney and Singapore to rally and inform our partner base in each region.• Responsible for brand voice and content across websites, email, social media, webinars, whitepapers, interactive publications, studies, brochures, and in person presentations.

The Society of Digital Agencies (SoDA) is a non-profit organization that serves as a voice for the industry in the areas of best practices, education and advocacy.• Founded SoDA with several other agency CEO's• Grew the organization to 47 agencies comprised of some of the world’s most respected digital agencies.• Developed relationships with sponsors and industry associations that helped to propel the fledgling organization forward to occupy a position of esteem and integrity well known in the marketing industry. • Created the annual Digital Marketing Outlook publication, which has been well received and become a staple resource used by both brands and agencies when planning their digital marketing initiatives.

IZEA is a next-generation, innovative social media marketing company. Its various properties have helped IZEA establish itself as the leader in social media marketing. The IZEA family of sites aims to empower everyone to value and exchange content, creativity & influence.• Helped to envision, found, grow, and raise venture capital for the company

I draw upon years of practical first-hand experience to help organizations and brands map effective strategies for capitalizing on the significant cultural and technology changes we are all challenged with.

MindComet is a leading global interactive agency and marketing consulting firm. They have implemented relationship building marketing, communications and eLearning solutions for many Fortune 500 companies including Coca-Cola, Tyco, Nextel, General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, UPS, Walt Disney and others. The MindComet team delivers an unparalleled combination of strategy, creativity and technology to produce solutions that deliver results for our client partners.

Directed business development at the agency and guided our strategic consulting group in charge of developing overall digital strategy for our clients.

Sprint E-Solutions was the consulting and internet services arm of Sprint corporation.• Managed a team of sale representatives and technical service personnel covering Sprint’s internet services including hosting, security, ecommerce, and custom development• Sold and understood complex technology products and service offerings and articulated how clients could use them to achieve sound business solutions• Handled in-depth analysis and technical planning sessions with a diverse Fortune 1000 client base• Closed sales and continued to maintain client relations and up sell additional services during the course of service delivery

• Reported directly to the CEO and Board of Directors and worked in close cooperation with them to maximize shareholder value and extend the brand into additional service offerings• Managed a team of sales, marketing and account management professionals• Responsible for brand identity and all marketing, advertising, press and public relations• Negotiated complex reseller agreements and compensation incentives

Developed and executed marketing and positioning strategies. Worked closely with technical teams to identify solutions and then define campaigns around multiple solution areas.