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St. Louis, Mo, Us

Santa Clara, California, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

- Led the Recruiting function for a privately-held wealth management and investment firm with over 250 employees across four offices.- Hired over 100 new employees per year across all functions and levels during tenure at the firm. - Built, managed and mentored a small recruiting team. - Partnered with hiring managers on search strategy development and headcount planning. - Led the successful implementation of a new Applicant Tracking System (Greenhouse).- Managed all recruiting vendor relationships, including vendor selection and contract negotiation. - Helped run the Human Resources function for approximately one year during the search to find a new Head of Human Capital.

King Of Prussia, Pa, Us

- Leader in the Technology Practice of JM Search, a nationally-ranked executive search firm.- Specialized in working with high-growth companies backed by top venture capital and private equity investors including Accel, er, Bain Capital, Google Ventures, Greylock, IVP, Khosla, Summit, TA and Union Square Ventures. - Focused on C/VP-level searches in Digital Consumer and Enterprise, including Consumer Internet, eCommerce, Mobile and Social Media.- As the firm’s first hire on the West Coast, was instrumental in expanding JM’s capabilities, working with growth companies and their investors in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

- Conducted retained executive search assignments on behalf of Consumer Internet, eCommerce, Retail, Technology and other clients.- Led all stages of the executive search process, including research, phone screening, candidate interviewing and presentation, referencing, offer negotiation and closing. Supported business development efforts.- Completed searches across a range of C-level positions (including CEO, COO, CMO, CIO and CTO), as well as other roles in General Management, Marketing and Technology. Worked with a variety of clients ranging from venture and private-equity backed businesses to large, public companies.

Foster City, California, Us

- Managed full life-cycle recruiting efforts for several global business functions at Visa, including Corporate Strategy, Corporate Development, Processing, Product Management and Technology.- Led all stages of the search process including research, phone screening, candidate interviewing, offer negotiation and closing. - Completed over 50 searches annually across all levels of positions, including C-level, SVP, VP, pre- MBA and Administrative roles. Created Visa’s first formal MBA Recruiting Program. - Advised hiring managers on recruiting strategies, including evaluation criteria, competencies, compensation and employment trends. Sourced, negotiated contracts, as well as managed external recruiting firms hired by Visa to support search efforts.

New York, Ny, Us

- Conducted retained executive search assignments on behalf of Consumer Internet, New Media, Mobile and other clients.- Managed all stages of the executive search process, including research, phone screening, candidate interviewing and presentation, referencing, offer negotiation and closing. Supported business development efforts. - Completed searches across a range of executive-level positions in General Management, Marketing, Business Development and Product Management. Worked with a variety of clients ranging from venture-backed start-ups to large public companies.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Category Manager, Home Improvement (2004 - 2005) - Managed eBay’s Home Improvement categories, generating over $200 million in annual revenue. - Conducted extensive analysis to track category performance, created quarterly forecasts, monitored seller activity and formulated category growth strategies. - Coordinated consumer awareness campaigns, as well as implemented trade outreach and seller acquisition programs. - Executed detailed category structure enhancements and Natural Search page optimization. Manager, Internet Marketing, Affiliate Channel (2002 - 2004) - Senior member of five-person team responsible for eBay’s largest online marketing channel, generating annually over $150 million in revenue and more than half of eBay’s acquired new users. - Managed all analytics for the channel, as well as created strategic plans and budgets. - Worked closely with service providers to improve tracking, reporting and fraud detection. - Led affiliate recruitment, account management and optimization.Manager, Strategic Planning and Development (Summer 2001) - Integral member of three-person team responsible for formulating eBay’s corporate strategy. - Pioneered new approach to bottoms-up forecasting based on predictive category-level trends. - Diagnosed how eBay should respond to emerging technology platforms. - Presented to eBay’s CEO and COO.

San Francisco Bay Area, Us

- Monitored portfolio companies and executed investments for a ten-person venture capital firm with over $800 million under management focusing on early-stage information technology, health care and consumer companies.- Managed $50 million of investments in seven consumer portfolio companies. Worked closely with senior company management on recruiting, evaluating acquisitions, developing growth strategies and addressing performance shortfalls. Structured five follow-on investments. Actively participated in over 40 board meetings. - Orchestrated the sale of four portfolio companies valued at over $300 million. Supervised deal teams. Identified potential buyers. Led merger negotiations. Presented offers to company boards and the firm.

Completed equity and debt offerings as well as merger and acquisition transactions for consumer products, restaurant, retail and business services clients. Directly participated in fifteen transactions valued at over $2 billion.

Operated on client project teams for a strategic management consulting firm specializing in the food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industries. Evaluated acquisition opportunities, developed growth strategies and completed competitive assessments. Led the firm’s Associate Consultant recruiting program.

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