Steve Banfield
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Vice President of Business Development, Marketplace at Placer.ai
Location: Seattle, Washington, United States 19 work roles 2 schools
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Steve Banfield is listed as Vice President of Business Development, Marketplace at Placer.ai, based in Seattle, Washington, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Steve Banfield.

Steve Banfield previously worked as Advisor, Consultant, and Interim Executive at Independent Consultant and Chief Executive Officer at Simplata Technologies. Steve Banfield holds Mba from Harvard Business School.

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Technology executive with demonstrated success leading and the unique perspective having led through critical market transitions including the shift to on-demand video streaming, the rise of mobile gaming and the latest transportation mobility services. Extensive general management experience across the full company lifecycle and capable of scale from startups to multi-national corporations, managing hundreds of employees and revenues over $150 million. An empathetic, culture focused team builder, relentlessly focused on product design and crafting the customer experience while bridging existing business into new segments to deliver market defining services beloved by customers worldwide. I also actively advise startups and founders, and serve as a consultant for automotive and mobility companies of all sizes worldwide.

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Placer.ai
Placer.Ai
Vice President of Business Development, Marketplace
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19 roles · 39 years

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Vice President Of Business Development, Marketplace

Current

Santa Cruz, California, Us

Leading the commercial aspects of Placer.ai's data marketplace, from striking deals with partners, orchestrating their commercial launches, and ongoing partner management, to working with sales and renewal teams to maximize sales and customer success with partner data.

Oct 2021 - Present

Advisor, Consultant, And Interim Executive

Independent Consultant

Interim executive, consultant, and advisory board member for companies at all stages of growth enabling business acceleration through improved go to market, product and marketing strategy. ▪ SHARE NOW, as North American business development consultant working to identify and secure franchise partners in key markets.▪ Umlaut, as go to market subject matter expert focused on improving profitability and expansion capability for an OEM mobility client.▪ GIG Car Share, mobility service, providing go to market expertise for their expansion into the Seattle free floating car share market.▪ INRIX, leading transportation data provider, analyzed market and developed a new corporate strategy to reduce dependence on automotive business in favor of the growing smart cities and public sector opportunity. ▪ Early stage startups including HaloCar, PushButton Music, Maven Networks, FitCarrot, providing fund raising support, MVP definition and delivery, business development and market strategy.▪ Medio, mobile data analytics, as interim VP Engineering to create a technical culture capable of delivering key services on time and with high quality for critical carrier customers worldwide.▪ Frequency, streaming video aggregator, as interim VP Product Management defining the MVP.▪ Mixercast, social network advertising technology, as interim CEO.

Aug 2007 - Oct 2021

Chief Executive Officer

Simplata Technologies

Simplata Technologies was a spin out of Madrona Venture Labs focused on improving data privacy and security within business communication and collaboration apps. As CEO responsible for all aspects of the business including product strategy, design, fundraising and go to market.

Mar 2020 - Jul 2021

Ceo

Seattle, Wa, Us

ReachNow is premium mobility service that makes it easy (and fun) to get from A to B, created as a unique startup within the BMW Group. ReachNow was the first company in the world to provide both free-floating car sharing and ride hailing from a single fleet of BMW, MINI and BMW i3 EVs. In February 2019 ReachNow became part of the mobility services joint venture between BMW and Daimler.

Apr 2016 - Feb 2019

Chief Marketing Officer

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Chief Marketing Officer at INRIX responsible for global marketing and product strategy for the world leader in connected car services, providing transportation data and analytics to leading automotive and public sector agencies worldwide.

Feb 2015 - Apr 2016

Svp & Gm, Registrar Services

Rightside

General Manager for enom.com and name.com domain registrars, the world's largest wholesale registrar and the second largest registrar group providing domain sales, web hosting and cloud application services to consumers and small businesses.

Aug 2013 - Jan 2015

Chief Product Officer

Korrio

Responsible for all facets of Korrio's product platform design including process, research, specifications, user interfaces and user experience across both our club administrative and consumer social network features.

Sep 2011 - Nov 2012

Senior Vice President, Digital Strategy And Head Of Games Studio

Seattle, Us

Responsible for all elements of games production including securing content licenses, product definition, and marketing for mobile, console and social media games. Launched new mobile games based on TV and movie properties including 30 Rock and Harry Potter, increasing total mobile app downloads by 100x and revenue by 10x. Launched the first truly cross platform (web, social, iOS and Android) free to play ad-supported trivia game.

May 2010 - Sep 2011

Vp, Business Development

Seattle, Wa, Us

2001 - 2002 ~1 yr

Gm, Consumer Products

Seattle, Wa, Us

1998 - 2001 ~3 yrs

Director, Product Management

Narrative Communications
1997 - 1998 ~1 yr

Manager, Developer Relations

Redmond, Washington, Us

1995 - 1996 ~1 yr

Group Program Manager, Windows Multimedia

Redmond, Washington, Us

Program management leadership for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4

1994 - 1995 ~1 yr

Technical Evangelist

Redmond, Washington, Us

1992 - 1995 ~3 yrs

Programmer/Project Lead

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

1990 - 1992 ~2 yrs

Programmer

Ibm

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

1988 - 1990 ~2 yrs
2 education records

Steve Banfield education

Mba

Harvard Business School

Ba, Computer Science/Business/Political Science

Transylvania University
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What company does Steve Banfield work for?

Steve Banfield works for Placer.ai.

What is Steve Banfield's role at Placer.ai?

Steve Banfield is listed as Vice President of Business Development, Marketplace at Placer.ai.

Where is Steve Banfield based?

Steve Banfield is based in Seattle, Washington, United States while working with Placer.ai.

What companies has Steve Banfield worked for?

Steve Banfield has worked for Placer.Ai, Independent Consultant, Simplata Technologies, Madrona Venture Labs, and Reachnow.

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Steve Banfield holds Mba from Harvard Business School.

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