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Falmouth, Ma

Provide real estate advice, marketing and transaction support to clients selling and buying residential real estate on Cape Cod.

North Falmouth, Ma

Gets Out, Inc. provides residents and visitors information on local events and attractions, while giving local organizations an easy venue to connect with their local community and promote their business. Responsible for all aspects of the business, including website development, database management, marketing and sales, lead generation and corporate branding.

56 Highfield Dr. Falmouth, Ma 02540

Responsible for managing operations and development of an historic cultural museum and mansion. Re-branded the institution from a restoration project to a vibrant, community cultural center, while increasing sustainable revenue by 60% and doubling membership.

Manage intellectual property portfolio, financial regulatory requirements, and shareholder relations. Develop licensing opportunities.

Founded a product and technology development corporation, grew product business organically, sold product and brand for cash and royalty.Key Contributions:• Founded a proprietary product and technology company in the frozen food industry; Author of four patents, three issued and one pending.• Successfully sold into industry leaders, including Wal-Mart, Aramark, and CenterPlate• Developed a national brand with an aggressive PR campaign, representing the Company in many TV, radio and press spots; TV coverage produced over 40,000 hits to the corporate website after airing.• Negotiated sell side transaction of proprietary product line and intellectual property. Managed due diligence and contract negotiations. Received cash and royalty on intellectual property.• Recruited and retained a highly skilled staff of C-level industry leaders and individual contributors• Raised and negotiated equity and debt financings from institutional investors and angels.• Designed and built a manufacturing operation using proprietary processes; cost and efficiency monitoring; reduced product unit costs 60% over a 3 year period.• Developed a national frozen distribution network; Frozen product shipments guaranteed anywhere in the country within 10 days. • Negotiated key supplier contracts, authored intellectual property filings, managed website, and prepared all financial regulatory filings and quarterly reports.• One of four finalists in Small Business Association of New England innovation competition

Directed Quantum’s worldwide high end disk marketing campaign and technology strategy, and led its new product and technology development team.Key Contributions:• Team leader of two high end disk drive development programs, directing over 150 engineers and support staff. • Successfully sold to the high-end industry leaders, IBM and EMC, for the first time, exceeding all prior product revenue levels for the division.• Delivered the highest gross margin and the first profitable operation in the history of the Division• Managed the development team’s business relationship with its Japanese manufacturing partner, improving overall initial quality to industry leadership;• Managed the new product and technology roadmap. Presented to all strategic customers, including Dell, IBM, Compaq and EMC. Successfully aligned core market driven requirements with differentiated product features to maintain industry leadership position.

Founded new OEM business, Led division and Corporate finance organizationsKey Contributions:• Wrote the Strategic Plan to enter the disk OEM business, leading the start-up which added over $500 million in annual OEM revenues in less than three years.• Managed the Division’s product and technology strategy that put the Division’s first internally developed OEM product on the cover of PC World.• Developed the national marketing campaign branding Digital as a leading OEM supplier; Won Best Booth Award at Comdex in Las Vegas.• Led worldwide public relations campaign, raising awareness of Digital’s new initiative; presenting technology and product capabilities to industry analysts and the press, as well as leading press conferences across Asia Pacific.• Participated in the negotiation, due diligence and sale of the OEM business to Quantum Corporation.• Selected by the CFO to lead a worldwide finance initiative changing the reporting of software revenue and currency hedging transactions, after an SEC inquiry associated with unexpected financial results.• Responsible for forecasting worldwide revenue to the Executive Committee, and determining the business underpinnings for variances and changes in projections.• Led the financial strategy that improved the financial performance of the Low End Disk Division, resulting in a $25M quarterly profit swing, earning the “Turnaround of the Year” award from the Executive Committee. Eliminated underperforming product lines, improved manufacturing efficiency, simplified supplier strategy.

Mba, Finance

Education record

Mba, Finance & Accounting

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