Adam Paulisick

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CEO @ SkillBuilder.io - Deploying AI Salespeople || CMU Prof: Human-Computer Interaction, AI/ML, Sales, and Entrepreneurship @ SkillBuilder.io
Adam Paulisick's Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, United States
About Adam Paulisick

Adam Paulisick is the CEO of Skillbuilder.io - deploying inbound AI Growth Agents within minutes thanks to more than 4 years of applied research anchored out of Carnegie Mellon University. Adam has spent well over 10 years as a Professor of Entrepreneurship (sales, marketing, and digital product design) at the graduate level of Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business, a lead Executive Education Instructor at CMU's School of Computer Science (#1 in the world), Adjunct in the Masters of Artificial Intelligence program, and Adjunct at CMU’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute (the first HCI graduate program of record). Prior to Adam’s focus on teaching at CMU, Adam was the Chief Product Officer at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) resulting from the acquisition of MAYA Design and was a Senior Vice President at the Nielsen Company post the acquisition of BuzzMetrics with global leadership roles based in the US and Europe. When not on campus Adam spends his time on his farmette where he hosts regular retreats and workshops for fellow serial entrepreneurs looking to quiet the world and distribute the future more evenly.

Adam Paulisick's Current Company Details
SkillBuilder.io

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CEO @ SkillBuilder.io - Deploying AI Salespeople || CMU Prof: Human-Computer Interaction, AI/ML, Sales, and Entrepreneurship
Adam Paulisick Work Experience Details
  • Skillbuilder.Io
    Chief Executive Officer
    Skillbuilder.Io May 2024 - Present
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us
    By 2025, 80% of B2B sales interactions between suppliers and buyers will happen in digital channels (Gartner) and 71% of prospects prefer to do solo research instead of talking to a person (Hubspot). It's a perfect moment for inbound AI salespeople to help capture that demand and scale - we build AI inbound salespeople in less than 6 hours via SkillBuilder.io.
  • Carnegie Mellon University School Of Computer Science
    Professor - Artificial Intelligence & Entrepreneurship
    Carnegie Mellon University School Of Computer Science Aug 2022 - Present
    Pittsburgh, Pa, Us
    An opportunity to support world-class technology leaders as part of the Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence and Innovation (MSAII) program. The program combines a rigorous AI and machine learning curriculum with real-world experience in identifying an AI market niche and developing a responsive product in cooperation with external stakeholders. I teach AI Innovation (Applied AI & Commercialization) and AI Venture Studio (building and deploying AI services that align to high tech and high growth funding).
  • Carnegie Mellon University School Of Computer Science
    Co-Founder & Lead Instructor, Cloud Advisor Program (Exec Ed)
    Carnegie Mellon University School Of Computer Science 2019 - Present
    Pittsburgh, Pa, Us
    An opportunity to deliver strategy, technology, and sales-related executive education to global CXOs and Managing Directors of leading institutions across 6 continents (virtual and in-person). The sessions focus on creating an advantage with cloud and AI/ML but are also blended with provocative methods of executive communication and largely organized around the idea of manifesting bold investments through the application of emerging technology.
  • Maad Labs
    Founder & Ceo
    Maad Labs Jan 2021 - Present
    Want to try some of our current experiments? 20-10-10 exercise that helps you find your professional purpose: https://www.maadlabs.io/20-10-10Creative commons design thinking with miro: https://miro.com/miroverse/profile/maadlabsSkillbuilder.io - A simple way to inventory and learn your best answers to your toughest sales questionsmaad labs is a do tank, not a think tank, that performs digital experiments, provides executive training, builds our own (largely AI/ML/Data) products, and consults with both venture-backed and large, multi-national companies bringing bold, audacious, and complex ideas, experiences, and technologies to market. We help organizations get future-proofed by leveraging impending technological disruptions.
  • Carnegie Mellon Tepper School Of Business
    Adjunct Professor - Entrepreneurship
    Carnegie Mellon Tepper School Of Business Oct 2013 - Present
    Pittsburgh, Pa, Us
    An opportunity to teach and advance commercial (sales) thinking at The Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which consistently ranks among the top business schools in the world.Teaching focus: B2B Enterprise Sales, Challenge/Provocative Methods of Selling, Digitally Assisted Sales, Persuasion and Influence Methods that drive behavior change of C-Suite Executives, Commercializing AI/ML, Commercially focused Human-Centered Design and Product Management.
  • Viralmoment
    Advisor (Sales And Product)
    Viralmoment Nov 2021 - Present
    Menlo Park, Ca, Us
    An opportunity to advise the CEO and CTO on effective go-to-market strategy for brand and agency activation with bleeding-edge (not just leading edge) machine vision-based social listening technology.
  • Blastpoint
    Advisor (Sales And Go-To-Market)
    Blastpoint Oct 2021 - Present
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us
    Leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning Blastpoint works with energy and utility companies, automotive manufacturers, local/regional/national government entities, and financial services firms (just to name a few industries) that need turnkey segmentation & persona building (without an army of data scientists), market entry planning, billing & collections optimization, sustainability planning (EV adoption et al.), and customer engagement optimization (lifecycle management). Blastpoint not only does the heavy lifting on the models but they bring a universe of discounted and free data already structured to work seamlessly with your data born out of Carnegie Mellon University.
  • Orita
    Advisor (Sales And Product)
    Orita Sep 2021 - May 2024
    New York, Ny, Us
    Orita is a machine learning-driven data confidence platform that cleans, validates, and unifies customer data BEFORE you make your BIGGEST decisions on spending, strategy, and products/services. With you Orita you can answer marketing questions: Is our LTV/CAC ratio in check?!? Is Sharon a loyal buyer? Should we give them a discount? Should we put them in the heavy loyal segment or that value-seeking segment? You can also answer Customer Service questions:Is this person costing us money to serve? Should we try and retain them? Can we upsell them?And a load of Operations questions: Is this promo abuse? Should we package different products together? Is this customer gaming online and offline sales?Orita can work with any data from any source. Read more here: https://www.orita.ai
  • Carnegie Mellon University
    Adjunct In The Human-Computer Interaction Institute
    Carnegie Mellon University Jul 2021 - May 2024
    Pittsburgh, Pa, Us
    The Master of Human-Computer Interaction (MHCI) program at Carnegie Mellon University is the first program in the world dedicated to preparing professionals for careers related to human-computer interaction, user experience design, and user-centered research.
  • Headstorm
    Chief Product Officer And Sr Partner @ Headstorm
    Headstorm 2019 - 2021
    Addison, Texas, Us
    Building digital products/services, data pipelines, and data marketplaces for the global 2000. Product/Design Thinking capability lead and founder of the Pittsburgh office (only Sr Partner outside of original founder/CEO)
  • Boston Consulting Group (Bcg)
    Chief Product Officer (Bcg Platinion || Maya Design Studios)
    Boston Consulting Group (Bcg) Jan 2018 - Sep 2019
    Boston, Massachusetts, Us
    As the Chief Product Officer (CPO) for BCG Platinion | MAYA Design I lead large corporate incubator engagements and end-to-end digital journey work that allows companies to become the disruptor and not the disrupted. Each day I get to shape how BCG leverages legacy technology, systems, people, and process to build new and improved products or services that help future proof an organization.
  • Boston Consulting Group (Bcg)
    Head Of Product (Bcg Platinion || Maya Design Studios)
    Boston Consulting Group (Bcg) Jul 2017 - Jan 2018
    Boston, Massachusetts, Us
  • Maya Design
    Chief Customer Officer (Acquired By Bcg)
    Maya Design Apr 2017 - Jul 2017
    Pittsburgh, Pa, Us
    Recruited by the CEO to lead and guide the commercial efforts of MAYA Design, a boutique design and build innovation lab focused on customer journeys and building proof of concepts with emerging technology while seeking a transaction to transition from legacy ownership.
  • Commerce Signals
    Chief Product Officer (Acquired By Verisk Analytics)
    Commerce Signals Nov 2015 - Feb 2017
    White Plains, New York, Us
    It's the era of data-driven marketing and advertising but that means we need technology to see if the data measured up to the claims. I'll be helping to put the pieces together so that data owners can feel great about how their data is being used while at the same time advertisers and agencies get real, timely feedback and guidance on how to apply data to their customer outreach/advertising - no more guessing. If you are a data owner or think your data has value to advertisers please don't hesitate to reach out (retail sales data, location data, redemption data etc), I'll be on the lookout for your email.
  • Fygment
    Cofounder And (Trouble) Maker - Inclusive Entrepreneurship Advocate
    Fygment 2014 - 2017
    Supporting and learning from a diverse set of makers and doers through programming that promotes inclusive entrepreneurship with hundreds of events.
  • Nielsen Catalina Solutions
    Senior Vice President: Marketing And Strategy (Nielsen Takes Controlling Share Feb 2016)
    Nielsen Catalina Solutions Jan 2015 - Nov 2015
    New York, Ny, Us
    Chief Cat Herder (CCH) may be the most accurate description but outside of that I looked after business development, go-to-market strategy AND execution, product marketing, sales support, public relations, and general process improvement related to getting channels and direct selling efforts to rock and roll in the market.
  • Nielsen Catalina Solutions
    Vice President, Marketing
    Nielsen Catalina Solutions Oct 2013 - Jan 2015
    New York, Ny, Us
    Ensure that consumer packaged goods marketers, brand managers, and agencies know that you can plan and measure media (TV, print, radio, digital, mobile, and direct) with offline sales data, in addition to what they already know about a household like age, gender and geography. Our technology is built on the premise that your past purchases are the greatest indicator of your future response to advertising; therefore, I help broadcast how the era of blunt, mass messaging is over and precision marketing is here. I am in your debt for opportunities to speak with the people who plan or depend on media to get customers or those pushing the boundaries for their clients to reach more of the right folks in any medium.Fair warning, though: I will make a voodoo doll of you if you send me emails about buying lists or outsourcing my IT department.
  • Nielsen Catalina Solutions
    Vice President, Business Development
    Nielsen Catalina Solutions Oct 2011 - Oct 2013
    New York, Ny, Us
    Lead the commercial effort in connecting media exposure to actual household purchase via a joint venture of The Nielsen Company and Catalina Marketing. Direct responsibility for major portal, publisher and mobile clients as well as accountability to continual process improvement, product development and strategic planning.
  • Qriously
    Chief Commercial Officer (Interim-Acquired By Brandwatch)
    Qriously Feb 2011 - Oct 2011
    London, Uk, Gb
    An ACCEL Partners company where I provided perspective on the commercial fit for lighter, faster and cheaper quant insights via a mobile or connected device. Established partnerships with major ad inventory providers and provided framework for using Qriously within agency, publisher, media and brand clients.
  • Nielsen
    Senior Director, Commercial Operations, Emea (Ipo Jan 2011)
    Nielsen Jan 2010 - Feb 2011
    New York, Ny, Us
    Responsible for driving effective commercial strategy and operations in EMEA resulting in new business growth, increased legacy account depth and better coordination amongst regional sales and account planning teams across The Nielsen Company's portfolio. Additional focus on process improvement, new product launches, training and regional business and corporate development.
  • Nielsen
    Director, International Sales
    Nielsen Jan 2009 - Dec 2009
    New York, Ny, Us
    A new role, reporting to the CEO, responsible for bridging the U.S. commercial teams to existing global markets (EMEA and APAC). Led complex contract negotiations for multinational prospects (and clients) and organized local support for major global initiatives in more than 25 markets.
  • Nielsen
    Director, New Business Development
    Nielsen Aug 2007 - Dec 2008
    New York, Ny, Us
    Championed the expansion of new business throughout the online and mobile media portfolio of The Nielsen Company with successful implementations of strategic and tactical plans. Lead a 5-10 person team in outreach efforts to the market (global 2000 organizations) and guided long-range plans to position the company in the marketplace.
  • Nielsen
    Business Development (Buzzmetrics Acquired By The Nielsen Company)
    Nielsen Oct 2006 - Jul 2007
    New York, Ny, Us
    ** Acquired by The Nielsen Company ** Responsible for creating and sustaining a new business development team in a startup environment. Recruited, organized and trained the team by providing decisive, action-driven leadership. Created new products’ sales collateral and orchestrated participation with significant industry events. Pioneered the development of new training methods to maximize the effect of delivering company information about an emerging industry (social media). Delivered 150+ custom presentations to senior executives at Global 2000 brands resulting in double the number of new clients from the previous fiscal year.
  • World Wide Outsourced Solutions
    Associate
    World Wide Outsourced Solutions Jun 2004 - Sep 2006
    Private equity/venture growth firm focused on the commercialization and development of a diversified portfolio of companies and product concepts in financial services (BPO), technology (B2B/B2C online), and entertainment sectors. Championed the market launch of Eppraisal (B2C) and growth of AMCO (B2B), leading providers of residential appraisals.

Adam Paulisick Skills

Start Ups Strategy Market Research New Business Development Business Development Entrepreneurship Analytics Marketing Strategy Product Marketing E Commerce Strategic Planning Management Online Advertising Marketing Account Management Product Development Sales Mobile Devices Contract Negotiation Strategic Partnerships Social Media Marketing Digital Media Competitive Analysis Crm Team Building Project Management Process Improvement Digital Marketing Mergers And Acquisitions Product Management Business Operations Advertising User Experience Digital Strategy Business Strategy Executive Management Social Media B2b Venture Capital Integrated Marketing Segmentation Online Marketing Mentoring Marketing Research Customer Insight Brand Management Salesforce.com Market Analysis Cross Functional Team Leadership Corporate Venture Capital

Adam Paulisick Education Details

  • Case Western Reserve University
    Case Western Reserve University
    Management (Minor In Data Structures)
  • Harvard Business School
    Harvard Business School
    Selling Skills And Sales Operations

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