Scott Kidder Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

I’m currently consulting as a contract COO / CFO with founders, CEOs, and executive teams that are at an inflection point.

Took some time off to recharge.

New York, NY, US

New York, NY

• I partnered with Brian (Founder & CEO as well as The Points Guy himself) as COO to bring TPG from a points & miles blog to the lifestyle media brand it remains today, helping over 10 million readers a month maximize.
• Led the team that brought the Chase Sapphire Reserve to market. Long before its Bloomberg Businessweek cover story, Chase offered TPG the exclusive on announcing and marketing the Reserve in the affiliate channel. TPG.
• Oversaw a complete redesign & rebuild of the aging WordPress infrastructure, website, and brand identity. The new site is notably faster, fully responsive, and even automated some tedious compliance functions, saving a.
• Created weekly KPI reporting framework to monitor business targets against performance. Worked with corporate parent to increase visibility and implement proper data & analytics around the conversion funnel for credit.
• Created Paid Marketing function from the ground up, initially single handedly to learn the function and later hiring and working with outside agencies. When I left, the Paid Marketing budget was in the seven figures.
• Created TPG Sub-Affiliate Program, offering media publishers the ability to monetize credit card content and leverage the TPG brand, while TPG’s bank partners benefit with earned media from top-tier publishers. I left.

Partnered with Anthony (Founder & CEO) to advise him on the business side of the boot-strapped music discovery startup, ranging from monetization & business development to finance & taxes. Oversaw P&L of Hype Hotel events at SXSW, entertaining thousands at one of SXSW Music’s largest venues with the support of sponsors like Taco Bell and Mazda.

New York, NY, US

• I was the Senior Executive reporting to the Founder & CEO responsible for Global Operations, including finance, financial planning & analysis, corporate legal, people & culture, facilities, and special projects. As.
• Oversaw Finance team which enhanced Gawker’s reporting and internal controls -- everything from a formal monthly close, regular KPI reporting to Management and audited financials to a proper annual planning and.
• Worked closely with Product Team on entire site experience, ranging from ad product to commenting.
• Negotiated and secured $15.5 million of debt financing ($8 million term loan to fund office buildout and $7.5 million revolver against AR) on favorable terms.
• Created People Operations functions from scratch, including building an in-house recruiting function, expanding internal communications, bringing payroll inhouse, etc.
• Led company offsites to Budapest in 2012 and 2014, bringing over 80 US employees together with the Hungarian team of 20+ for company meetings, breakout sessions, and a music festival on an island between Buda and Pest.

New York, NY, US

• Oversaw all operations in Editorial, the largest department by both headcount and budget. Oversaw Editorial marketing & promotion, events, community, operations, social media, data and analytics, finance/budgets.
• Worked with site Editors-in-Chief to create formal labor, freelance and T&E budgets -- and manage against them.
• Created editorial bonus program based on unique visitors.
• Centralized management of social media assets like Facebook and Twitter pages, and managed key relationships with social media partners including Twitter and Facebook.
• Partnered with Sales & Marketing team to leverage upcoming features and recurring sections that could be sold.
• Worked with Technology & Product team on editorial feature request backlog and managed communication with Editorial team.

New York, NY, US

• I was one of the first non-editorial hires at Gawker Media. I started part-time as a college student and ended up staying for a decade. My initial role was more or less a business-side generalist:
• Finance and Operations: Managed finance, HR, and operations on a day-to-day basis. Also managed implementation of ERP (NetSuite) across the company.
• Business Development: seeking out, evaluating, and modeling licensing opportunities. Manage existing partnerships.
• Misc: everything from managing global intellectual property in over a dozen countries to negotiating contracts with vendors.

• Founded when I was 13, Skidder Networks was the my first job and technology consulting company.Projects included:
• Consulting - Evaluate and negotiate with web development firms for six figure contract for private school
• Website Development - Developed websites for everyone from best-selling authors to political candidates.
• E-Mail and Internet Marketing - Developed and executed e-mail campaigns for retailers and ended up with measurable results and happy clients.
• Network Administration - Set up and maintained networks for small businesses. Also served as a network administrator for various organizations (ranging from companies with 10 employees to 400 employees) on an as-needed.
• Company Finance and Administration - Handled all business and legal needs, including sales, corporate accounting and taxes, legal agreements and recruiting subcontractors, and more. In 2008 (after graduating from.

New York, New York, US

• Performed various duties as assigned by producers and other staff.
• Duties ranged from the glamorous (research potential story ideas, conducting phone interviews, picking up tapes from Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model's penthouse apartments, etc.) to the unglamorous (reviewing tape.
• Selected to fill in as an assistant for a network executive

New York, NY, US

Provided desktop support for university VIPs and faculty over the phone and in person.

Baltimore, Maryland, US

Performed various duties as assigned, including technical support, network administration, and rollout of new machines.

Participated in a two week internship in many different areas, including: sales, internet, assignment desk, and other tasks in newsroom.

• I was a paid employee as a high school student in a top 25 TV market.
• Edited and reviewed news stories for posting on website
• Created new streaming video prototype
• Brainstormed sales opportunities with sales department
• Worked with assignment editor to make sure prominent stories in the newscasts were featured on website

Lead developer on a small team that directed the redesign of Data Processing Solution's corporate website.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Convergence Of Traditional And New Media

High School Diploma