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New York, NY, US

New York, New York, US

Revolutionary GenAI powered spatial computing (AR/VR) content generation platform. Spatial computing for Creators by Creators.

New York, NY, US

Sero Partners is a New York based consulting and advisory practice, providing fractional support to early-stage startups including: Go-to-Market Strategy, Product-Market Fit, Human Capital, Finance & Administration and Fundraising Support in access to capital via our VC, High Net Worth and Family Office networks.

New York, New York, US

Hopscotch is an all-in-one payments platform where businesses can connect, transact, and grow together.

New York, New York, US

• Raised $10M in Seed funding from high net worth and venture capital firms, launching a fee-free and real-time B2B payments platform, building a community network where small businesses connect, transact and grow..
• Scaled team to 30 in eighteen months, on-shore and off-shore, with oversight and management of Administration, Finance, Operations, People, SDR Enablement and Support
• Demonstrated early platform traction and success, achieving KPI target goals in quarter post launch including: 1,000+ account sign-ups with a 36% activation rate

OhWaiter is a next-gen hospitality platform utilizing AI Chatbot technology for ordering, adapting to how customers prefer to communicate now: through text.

Los Angeles, California, US

The only data platform built for video. Founded in 2013 and trusted by leading global brands, IRIS.TV technology turns video-level data into deeper understanding.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Early Seed employee wearing several hats across the entire business that scaled to 300+ employees. Stewarded exponential growth in agency transformation through the adoption of next generation cloud-based software.
• Hired and trained the initial agency holding company Account Director team supporting the agency Local TV media business. RFP flow volume through Hudson MX, BuyerAssist for agency holding companies including: Dentsu.
• Drove sell-side partnerships and platform adoption, heading our relationships with Broadcasters, Station Groups and Rep Firms, signing seven figure deals for API integration, facilitating electronic receipt of Digital.

New York, New York, US

• Partnered with Nicola Formichetti, former Diesel Artistic Director to secure $3M Seed funding for global launch of Nicopanda, a gender neutral designer apparel and accessories brand targeted to Millennials. Secured CAA.
• Built-out internal wholesale Sales, Marketing, Product Development & Production and Finance teams creating necessary infrastructure to support scaling business, defining and instituting operational and work flow.
• Grew Tier 1 & 2 specialty and department store wholesale sales 3x year-over-year from $1M in ’15 to forecasted $3M+ in ‘16, increasing doors from 15 at launch to 75+ globally in one year

San Mateo, CA, US

• Built a successful buy-side agency business from the ground up, complementing existing sell-side publisher business that provided creative agencies, media agencies and brands a data driven dynamic ad serving platform.
• Partnered with Atlas, a Facebook Company, to enable personalized rich media and video ad serving, tracked and measured across the entire Atlas Ad Serving and Measurement Platform on Facebook
• Built a defensible revenue concentration within the Automotive and Pharmaceutical verticals, providing agencies and brands an ad serving technology allowing online Flash ads to dynamically render as HTML5 on mobile.

• Raised funding to launch an online video ad network, differentiated through in-house contect production capabilities. Grew revenue to $18M in three years and successful exit by acquirer Alloy Digital. In two years, DBG.
• Oversight and day-to-day management of business functions including: Account Management, Administration, Finance, Operations and People
• Concepted, produced and distributed award winning branded entertainment for advertisers including: Diet Coke, Sprint, Ford, Walmart and Intel. Talent secured for programming included: Rihanna, Weezer and Kiefer.

Mountain View, CA, US

• Managed and responsible for sales team integration of Klipmart and Doubleclick Rich Media & Video Sales post acquisition to successfully drive sales of combined organization from $18M to $38M, positioning the.
• Launched a Central region sales office in Chicago to capture significant market share in video ad serving. Revenue grew from $500K to $4M+ in under two years.
• Responsible for the transition of Klipmart’s international business to Doubleclick, highlighting upside growth opportunity, particularly in Asia with sales over $2M annually

• Successfully built and managed Sales and Business Development teams to exponential year-over-year revenue growth from $1M to $12M, ultimately positioning the company for successful exit through Doubleclick’s.
• Launched Klipmart business in Europe, Asia and Latin America, leveraging Yahoo! and MSN’s global footprint to drive adoption of Klipmart’s video serving technology in respective global markets.
• Established Klipmart’s Publisher Preferred program, essentially allowing agencies the ability to pass along Klipmart serving costs to publishers, effectively increasing media buy.