Rebecca Bennett

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CEO and Board Member; Portfolio Director and Business Advisor; Former Editor-in-Chief @ LAUNCH!
Lake Forest, CA, US
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Lake Forest, California, United States, United States
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About Rebecca Bennett

WHO AM I• Entrepreneurial & innovative visionary of the future, bringing ideas of disruption to build winning companies.• Design operating frameworks & products around sustainable winning strategies for the now, next, and beyond.• Transformation specialist driving visions into profitable operations.• Strong leader influencing all company stakeholders towards a singular direction with the right motivational tools.INTERESTING FACTS• 3x founder• Founded the AI tool to help write the first ISO & ANSI standards paper• Worked for and advised over 35 companies across Technology, Media, Communications, Professional Services, Consumer Goods, Health, State Governments, Finance & Investing, Education, Research, Legal, Entertainment, Venture Capital, Real Estate Development, and Food & Beverage.• Led development, alliances, and teams in the functional areas of Product, Marketing, Finance, Sales, IT, Engineering, and HR• 4x award recipient for exceptional work and innovationWHAT I DOI start, transform, and turn-around businesses. I help companies reimagine their work, workforce, and business. Advised businesses from the Consulting Big 4, to top industry players in media, consumer goods, and health to advising small startups. My broad experience across multiple industries can bring you creative partnerships and strong go-to-new-market plans.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS• Designed digital and sustainability strategy for billion dollar health organization• Nationally recognized and published for transformation of investment company• Built multi-million-dollar digital properties • Brought in Zero Touch, Operational Excellence, and Sustainability programs into Consulting Big 4• Led the team that solved supply-chain forecasting issue for major global retailer during COVID• Stood up national operational resiliency and agile transformation programs• Led full stack technology transformations and mergers, driving millions in cost savings• Developed top-rated intern program driving upskilling and talent acquisition strategyWORK WITH MELAUNCH! is an end-to-end advisory firm, meaning we’ll take you beyond the assessment and planning stages and help facilitate implementation and sustainability because we stand by our work. We excel in bringing you the latest market insights, help you think in new ways, strengthen and bring in new capabilities, and increase the likelihood of successful implementations with proven strategies and deep industry experience.

Rebecca Bennett's Current Company Details
LAUNCH!

Launch!

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CEO and Board Member; Portfolio Director and Business Advisor; Former Editor-in-Chief
Lake Forest, CA, US
Website:
launchitspot.com/future-of-work-products
Rebecca Bennett Work Experience Details
  • Launch!
    Ceo And Board Member; Portfolio Director And Business Advisor; Former Editor-In-Chief
    Launch!
    Lake Forest, Ca, Us
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  • Local Socal Magazine
    Partner
    Local Socal Magazine Nov 2023 - Present
    "LoCal SoCal Health" is a local health magazine that reaches 20,000 health-oriented homes and growing. We are unique in that we are the only advertising health magazine in Orange County. Our mission is to inspire and educate the community to live healthier lives while supporting their local businesses. LoCal SoCal is an AUM company under LAUNCH!'s PE division. Visit LoCalSoCalHealth.comROLE• Formulated the business strategy, operations, and go-to-market plans.• Building B2B sales pipeline of advertisers, achieving over 6k leads in first month.• Established operational, municipal, and non-profit partnerships to accelerate scale and establish brand.• Standing-up operations, building out technology infrastructure and team.
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  • Launch!
    Ceo & Board Member; Former Editor-In-Chief
    Launch! Jun 2017 - Present
    WHAT IS LAUNCH!?We are a business advisory and venture capital firm built on innovation. We don't just build companies, we build leaders. Our mission is to help companies launch and build their future, from startups to large corporations looking to transform. We do this by helping business owners and leaders paint the strategic vision of their future and then provide a blueprint and counseling on how to get there. We help you to think in new ways, bring in new capabilities, and increase the likelihood of successful implementations with proven strategies and deep industry experience. What makes us different is our fierce exploration of what's seemingly impossible by bringing the freshest collective of relevant viewpoints from leaders on the edge of the new future to the table. We pride ourselves in our track record of helping leaders make winning bets early and then maximizing them from every angle. Visit LaunchItSpot.com to learn moreHIGHLIGHTS• Developed and drove the vision for LAUNCH!, turning a business publication into an advisory firm for leaders.• Built out the venture capital arm, managing all aspects of AUM in PE portfolio, from company selection to performance management.• Advisor to small & mid-market business owners, facilitating strategy sessions, GTM planning, and delivering business and growth plans.• Oversee go-to-market tech and marketing strategy, hiring and training programs, design and implementation of sales pipelines and processes, and the financial books for AUM companies.• Lead interviewer and face of the LAUNCH! brand, performing exclusive interviews with leaders around the world, across industries, in LAUNCH!’s podcast series on iTunes and other major platforms.• Matured the publication's operations by introducing content and marketing automation and optimization with SEO & data analytics; and building out new channels and a best-in-class production operation. This quadrupled organic viewership of the publication over 2 years.
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  • Ey
    Senior Consultant
    Ey Aug 2020 - Jun 2023
    London, Gb
    LEADERSHIP• Headed a broad variety of projects, guiding CXOs through transformations from operational readiness and implementation to adoption and sustainability, ultimately bringing advanced capabilities & organizational maturity. • Led engagement planning, structuring, client engagement, team resource management, development, and performance reviews. Many of my recruits were hired, and mentees promoted.• Built and nurtured positive working relationships with clients, by providing high-quality deliverables and communications.EXPERTISE & EXECUTION• Advised offices of CIOs & CTOs at Cognizant, COX, Baylor, Nike, State of North Carolina, EY Global, Acosta, GE Health, Sempra, McKesson, and Keurig-Dr. Pepper.• Performed operating model, technology/data, and business maturity assessments against industry benchmarks, redesigns to optimize business operations and technology to align with corporate strategies, agile transformations, implementations & integrations, IT project management, UX design, and business process redesign.• Quickly navigated complex client environments across diverse industries and identified business challenges. Evaluated corresponding risks + opportunities to make strategic recommendations and facilitate business unit alignment. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT• Brought in over half a million in revenue via commercial business development, proposal writing and presentation, product development, and thought leadership.PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT• Helped build the Art-of-The-Possible service offerings for the tech strategy practice as well as new IP programs expanding practice capabilities.
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  • Ernst & Young Global Consulting Services
    Senior Consultant
    Ernst & Young Global Consulting Services Aug 2020 - Jun 2023
    Nassau, Bahamas, Bs
    HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS:o KEURIG-DR.PEPPER PORTFOLIO PLANNING• Led portfolio planning redesign leading to refreshed 3-year business outlook and framework + governance model for transformation planning.o KEURIG-DR.PEPPER EDI MIGRATION• Successfully took over and led a formerly failed EDI (electronic data interchange) migration initiative, overseeing all workstream leads, accelerating $100,000’s in cost savings, and reduced risk exposure.• Engagement project became a gold-model for both KDP and EY on effective agile project management, rapid change management, and cross-vendor team management.o NIKE GLOBAL FORECASTING & DATA GOVERNANCE• Resolved complex forecasting and data issues related to COVID and legacy technical debt.• Enhanced global demand forecasting by improving data governance and visualization, leading to an accelerated and more agile global planning process as well as better quality forecasting. This enabled Nike to optimize their inventory orders increasing the efficiency of their operating capital.o BAYLOR UX + OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY + DATA GOVERNANCE• Directed an initiative to resolve provider and employee dissatisfaction with UX of web portal.• Identified opportunities and plan to meaningfully reduce provider abrasion, onboarding times, and workloads.o COX AGILE PRODUCT DELIVERY PROGRAM• Designed & piloted an Agile program and playbook for Dev-Ops to accelerate product delivery model of this $19 billion+ company. Program and playbook were later rolled out across the organization impacting 50,000 employees.o EY GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION OFFICE• Stood up EY’s Transformation Office & 2023 $2 billion investment roadmap charged with strategic planning & performance realization.• Responsible for full transformation life-cycle from strategic planning all the way through to performance realization.• Drove technological innovation through designing, budgeting, and launching new Operational Excellence, RPA / Zero Touch, & Sustainability Programs.
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  • Eiva (Like A Chatgpt For Enterprises By Launch!)
    Founder-Ceo
    Eiva (Like A Chatgpt For Enterprises By Launch!) Jul 2019 - Jun 2023
    As a leader and pioneer in the Future-of-Work, the EIVA team is helping companies prepare for their future with AI, marrying technology with people. We offer AI strategy consulting services and build AI solutions. We are currently addressing the $420B knowledge transfer problem in the workplace with EIVA, which is an AI-driven chatbot that pro-actively builds organizational knowledge through knowledge-sharing rewards in order to help employees to make better informed decisions and work more efficiently. Our mission is to empower an organization's employees by connecting them to knowledge & mentorship through EIVA. EIVA is an AUM company under LAUNCH!Learn more about how EIVA can help your company: https://launchadvisorygroup.com/solutions/• As the visionary of EIVA I brought a team together to help architect the emerging technology, pioneering new industry applications for NLP, conversational artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).• Validated product-market fit through customer discovery, defined competitive position through deep industry integration, formulated pricing strategy and go-to-market plan, developed marketing-mix, and managed P&L and pro-formas.• Demonstrated ability to build a team and MVP through creative financial strategies and motivational leadership.• Established a top-rated intern program that allowed students to hone their entrepreneurial skills through out-of-the-box methods, one-on-one counseling, and a unique hands-on experience.• Collaborated and partnered with industry, research, and educational experts while running several pilots of this emerging tech to validate use cases, refine adoption approach, and contribute findings to the AI ethics conversation.
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  • Cityfit
    Founder & Board Member
    Cityfit Jan 2014 - Jun 2023
    CityFit is a top-rated, one-of-a-kind personal training service in Orange County, CA. Living healthy, active lives can add as much as 30 additional years of quality life – and that’s what we’re about, we’re here to help you live your best long-game. We provide health and fitness services designed to boost your longevity. From personal and sports training, fitness and nutrition assessments, to health coaching, nutrition planning, as well as gym design and building. CityFit approaches your health and fitness from a holistic perspective. We’ve been helping people reach their fitness goals and live younger since 2014. Certified-personal-trainers will hack your body and work with you to create a customized health and fitness program for any stage of life that meets your individual needs and goals.
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  • Investor'S Business Daily
    Head Of Project Management
    Investor'S Business Daily Nov 2016 - Jun 2017
    Los Angeles, California, Us
    Investor’s Business Daily provides stock lists, investing data, stock market research, education and the latest financial and business news to help investors make more money in the stock market. IBD was an unprofitable newspaper without a strong digital backbone. The company needed to digitally transform in order to continue to remain relevant in today's market. They lacked a data-driven project selection process, formal project management, as well as cross departmental stakeholder alignment.HIGHLIGHTS• Led digital and cultural transformation of large media entity, converting it from an unprofitable traditional print company to an agile, profitable, multi-platform, machine-intelligent, and data-driven digital content leader• I drove incremental 8-figure revenue streams across digital products giving IBD one of its most profitable years in its 33-year history through responsibility to compose annual roadmap and management of 90+ project portfolio (Global Newswire)• Increased revenue per subscriber by 25%, raised unique visitors by 200%, and eliminated millions in re-occurring back-end upgrading costs through organizational, operational, and systems change management as well as PMO establishmentROLEDriving digital projects from start-to-finish including marketplace and business analysis; finding opportunities to connect product, marketing and editorial on initiatives to maximize impact; implementing innovative product features and technological capabilities, such as social login; building a high performing team and fun culture; and transforming legacy infrastructures for subscription management, customer relationship management, billing, and e-commerce into a synchronistic model that can scale into the future.
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  • Fox (Film, Tv & Sports)
    Associate Project Manager, Digital Ad Solutions & Network Engineering & Operations For Broadcast Tv
    Fox (Film, Tv & Sports) Mar 2012 - Nov 2016
    New York, Ny, Us
    Digital and broadcast performance of network brands didn't fully meet performance potential. Costly reoccurring errors were cutting into the company's top line and high risk exposure threatened revenues.ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Improved top-line digital portfolio performance for over 10 networks, including #1 ranked show “American Idol,” by establishing a data-driven Business Process Improvement Program. It utilized six sigma techniques to systematically reduce ongoing costs by millions and enhanced productivity and agility of a team of over 100 union engineers• Won award for creating Fox’s 1st ever enterprise-wide customer service platform expanding viewer engagement and designing new cutting-edge technologies for streaming, driving a 25% increase in EBIT during tenure• Co-headed Operational Resiliency and Risk Management Program for the entire Digital and Broadcast Division including Superbowl programming, achieving an overall 99.97% success rate on testing• Promoted x2s, expanding responsibilities across team and 2 departmentsRESPONSIBILITIESWorked under the VP of Broadcast Operations. Oversee the implementation of tech advancements and the development of digital and linear projects, driving them through key milestones from planning to post-launch. To plan, organize, secure, manage, lead, and control resources to achieve specific project goals. Help manage and refine operations, create SOPS and policy, diagram workflows, and strategize, propose, & implement operational improvements.
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  • Fox (Film, Tv & Sports)
    Ad Ops Coordinator
    Fox (Film, Tv & Sports) Jul 2011 - Feb 2012
    New York, Ny, Us
    MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Improved top-line digital network portfolio performance via tactical operational agility improvements informed by data.• Enhanced human capital by spearheading employee rewards and cross-training programs, notably improving month-over-month performance and operational agilityRESPONSIBILITIES & OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Worked under VP of Operations in Digital Media Department• Proposed and carried out team quarterly retrospectives on team portfolio of ad campaign performance to provide definitive key learnings and action items.• Enabled management to more accurately forecast and set better-targeted goals by introducing new KPI metrics to track.• Created initiative to keep team updated on trends and state of business with monthly internal insights and statistics to enable them to make informed decisions.• Worked in a team setting to support digital ad operations and analytics. Pulled and analyzed customized reports for clients and collaborated on large projects.• Synthesized data into insightful analysis for internal and external clients for online ad pacing, inventory, billing, forecasting, and customer targeting strategy.• Recommended and obtained new feature requests to make third-party reporting system more relevant to business needs and user-friendly.• Improved client experience and remediated communication issues department-wide by improving campaign order forms.
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  • Fox
    Upfronts Administrator
    Fox May 2011 - May 2011
    New York, Ny, Us
    Helped organize this major TV pilot distribution event for buyers coming from all over the world.
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  • Westfield Mall Office
    Market Analyst Consultant
    Westfield Mall Office Mar 2011 - Mar 2011
    Westfield Mall was planning on opening a couple new locations and was not sure where to expand to.I researched best locations to open new mall through analysis of area and demographic parameters to identify greatest revenue opportunities.At the end of the engagement I presented several strategic geographic options for Westfield mall executives to focus their search and make their selection.
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  • Conde Nast Magazine/Fairchild Fashion Group
    Interim West Coast Office Manager
    Conde Nast Magazine/Fairchild Fashion Group Dec 2010 - Dec 2010
    Helped the Publication Director of Women's Wear Daily with prepping the team for issue creation and distribution as well as finalizing content calendar and strategy for upcoming fiscal year. I stepped into this role to cover for Office Manager's maternity leave.
  • West Side Stages
    Marketing Intern/Senior Marketing Coordinator
    West Side Stages Feb 2010 - Oct 2010
    SITUATION: Westside Stages had just reopened their doors and was lagging in their marketing strategy, mostly relying on repeat customers rather than expanding market share.ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Analyzed customer markets and created and implemented targeted marketing strategies such as SEO, social networks, and newsletters, which expanded client base. • Enhanced corporate credibility and recognition through strategic changes to company website by highlighting past successful productions• Organized company public-facing events and scouted projects for COO.• Assisted on production of music video for Play n' Skillz ft. Snoop DogRESULT: Within 8 months I put in place a new strategic marketing plan that built greater brand presence, brought in 800 new leads, increased SEO ranking, created a social presence, and engaged current customers in a film community forum to provide additional value to current customer base.
  • Fox Networks Group
    Ad Ops Digital Media Analyst
    Fox Networks Group Mar 2010 - Jun 2010
    Century City, Ca, Ca, Us
    • Worked under VP of Operations in Digital Media Department• Approved, paced and tracked campaigns online ad campaigns for some of worlds most recognized brands while working with client’s budgets in a team based environment and meeting target goals and deadlines• Created a presentation as a proposal to demonstrate the necessity for standardization of ad templates for the National Geographic website to bring in more revenue and better coordinate communication
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  • Vintage Capital Group
    Due Diligence Associate
    Vintage Capital Group Nov 2009 - Jun 2010
    Us
    Performed due diligence on acquisition candidate companies and compiled quarterly performance reports on portfolio companies for Managing Partners and VP of major private equity company.
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  • Walt Disney Imagineering
    Consultant
    Walt Disney Imagineering Mar 2010 - Apr 2010
    Glendale, California, Us
    SITUATION: Walt Disney was looking to line up new theme park attractions. The Imagineering team was also looking for new talent that could be involved in the development of these projects.ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Performed research to determine market potential for new film-based, theme park attractions.• Developed and presented a proposal to more effectively select talent for internship program.• Teamed with HR to manage recruitment and event logistics for Imagineering competition to source attraction ideas.• Successfully transitioned Disney to new HRIS system in project coordinator roleRESULTS: The Imagineering team was able to finalize their selection for their next theme park attractions as well as hire new talent for the development, which led to the launch of 3 new attractions in 2012 - Celebrate the Magic night-time show, Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars rollercoaster, and the Barnstormer junior rollercoaster.
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  • S.G. Empire
    Business Manager
    S.G. Empire Aug 2007 - May 2009
    SITUATION: This international real estate development company was making a new investment in the Argentina property market and they wanted to ensure an ultimate return on investment.ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Began as an assistant then promoted to manager to supervise major development project, increasing their investment by more than $350,000 (250%) over a term of 9 months.• Managed development project including bids, negotiated labor contracts, invoicing, budget tracking, labor scheduling and on-site management.• Successfully navigated cultural nuances and Spanish language, developing effective relationships with buyers, contractors, and government officials.• Conserved building resources by suggesting designs that maximized space and value with limited materials such as shared walls, community facilities, and beautification projects. RESULT: As a result, we were able to complete development of the new investment in less than 1 year and put it into operation. All properties passed quality control and inspections and were successfully rented. The development was eventually sold with a strong ROI which gave the company the ability to expand their operations in Argentina to several more developments.
  • Congressional Office Of Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
    Congressional Intern
    Congressional Office Of Ileana Ros-Lehtinen May 2004 - Aug 2004
    • Assisted in all facets of political campaign marketing for the first Hispanic woman in congress, leading to her re-election in 2004.• Built community relationships and alliances, maintained constituent CRM and a pulse on constituent issues.• Assisted over 300 immigrants in filing for citizenship

Rebecca Bennett Skills

Marketing Project Management Operations Management Digital Media Advertising Entrepreneurship Television Online Advertising Entertainment Brand Management Social Media Management Pmp Six Sigma Analytics Broadcast Team Management Crm Film Production Start Ups Business Strategy Organizational Design Technology Integration Leadership Development Culture Change Content Strategy Product Management Employee Engagement Coaching Innovation Development Business Process Design Business Process Improvement Human Resources

Rebecca Bennett Education Details

  • Usc Marshall School Of Business
    Usc Marshall School Of Business
    Mba
  • University Of Miami
    University Of Miami
    Communications And International Relations
  • Simplilearn
    Simplilearn
    Lean Six Sigma Green And Black Belt
  • Simplilearn
    Simplilearn
    Certified Business Analysis Professional (Cbap)
  • Institute Of Project Management
    Institute Of Project Management
    Project Management
  • Simplilearn
    Simplilearn
    Project Management
  • Ucla Extension
    Ucla Extension
    Design & Creative Writing
  • Ucla
    Ucla
    Motion Pictures

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