Helping Travel Management Companies, Lodging Content Channels and Corporations better serve travelers with 100% Duty Care-compliant professionally managed Serviced Apartments.Urbandoor's "business-first" unbiased high-tech platform makes it easy for travelers and agents to search, book, track and enjoy furnished Serviced Apartments from institutional owners; i.e., No Private or Vacation Homes.Built entirely on APIs, Urbandoor is designed to integrate. TMCs and channel partners can finally capture data and monetize transactions with little to no workflow burden.Sign up for Urbandoor and find comfortable, convenient and safe business apartments often at lower rates than a hotel.

In this role, I was responsible for all facets of business growth in N. America.I planned and executed all the efforts to establish and grow the brand in the US, including: - Sales: full funnel management, from prospecting to direct sales- Marketing: content development and curation of all marketing and sales materials, digital marketing, event/tradeshow planning and execution- Distribution: partnership development (e.g., American Express Global Business Travel Preferred Partner, Concur Expense, and other distribution partnerships)- Industry Relations: drove initiatives with the Global Business Travel Association and Mobility associations including Worldwide ERC and Forum for Expatriate Management. Presented at industry events around the US.Succeeded in evolving WWStay from an unknown entity to a recognized brand in the managed business travel community.

Developed and with the help of some strong teammates, established GBTA Media as a new line of business and revenue-generator, helping Business Travel Suppliers better market to Enterprise Business Travel Buyers around the world. Served as the digital sales and advertising Subject Matter Expert at GBTA.GBTA Digital Media included the GBTA Retargeting Ad Network, email marketing, regional targeting (Canada, Latin America, Europe), display, mobile, and social channels.Marketing solutions include B2B research GBTA content and webinars. GBTA continues as the industry leader in scholarly, credible B2B research content.Sold 85% of all print ads in Global Business Travel Magazine® (launched July 2012).

Earned the CNA as a personal mission to learn firsthand how to deliver care to seniors.

Sales representation and marketing execution firm, helping start-ups and early growth companies with business development, sales, content/messaging development and digital/print design.Clients included: Tripit, Front Porch, Simpler Media / CMSWire, TriplePundit.com, Toura, Friends & Neighbors Magazine.

Prospected and pitched publishers and institutions as possible clients for Toura's scalable, and cost-effective DIY mobile application platform.

Advertising sales and strategy for MotherJones.com & Mother Jones Magazine. Built and executed integrated online/print ad sales strategy. Spearheaded development and execution of first "co-op" vertical ad network, www.adprogressnetwork.com.

Performance advertising sales.

Helped build out performance marketing via new lead generation site ideas. Recruited buy side advertisers.

Recruited buy side advertisers for lead generation web properties Vinyl owned.Built and drove first non-EDU-focused lead generation business (credit repair) at Vinyl.

Led hotel, air and car supplier relations. Managed team of three.

Hired pre-launch as part of the Hotel team. Pitched and signed hotel brands, management companies and independent properties to provide preferential rates and inventory.Successfully expanded Airline partners by pitching and signing 19 carriers to the program.Drove the internal Hotel Market Expansion project to standardize the process of prioritizing and growing markets and partners. We succeeded in growing the original ~25 hotel markets to over 500 in less than a year.Built and managed the Hotel Help Desk and Inside Sales team, to both assist properties with questions, and to manage secondary and tertiary markets.Managed a team of eight.

Sold and managed consulting projects, targeting corporate travel and corporate procurement executives.

Managed multi-national travel agency accounts and sold GDS-direct agreements to corporations.