Public market CEO, seasoned executive and innovative company builder with deep experience in both pivotal Fortune 500 C-level positions and founding and growing breakthrough startup companies. Developed and built significant consumer brands in diverse categories including online education, search engines, digital media & advertising, eCommerce and alternative health & fitness. Have spent more than two decades in Silicon Valley bringing powerful new ideas and companies to life. Created and built important innovation brands that help change the world, improve people's lives and deliver significant value to all stakeholders --- Knowledge Adventure, Jump Start, Ask Jeeves, Yoga Works, Apollo Group, University of Phoenix, Generation Tux and zTailors. Have a deep passion for and skill at taking ideas, companies and concepts from the frontier of new markets and creating unique new businesses models and consumer experiences. The wilder and bolder the idea, the better. Have successfully managed all aspects of company building, marketing, product development and innovation. Created multiple winning products, technologies and new services in online learning, digital media and advertising. Successfully overseen major marketing platforms and brands, running multi-hundred million dollar advertising and digital media operations to grass roots, start up marketing and publicity teams. Have successfully managed significant turnarounds of billion dollar operations with global teams and resources as well as turnarounds of smaller companies. Have raised over $500M in financings from angel, venture strategic and public market IPOs and secondaries. Successfully led, acquired and integrated over 50 companies with values of over $1BN. Companies I have led and/or started, have realized over $2.5BN in value through strategic acquisition and public market exits.