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We have a unique product that mimics the human body’s natural CO2 release, attracting bedbugs (and Mosquitos) without harmful pesticides and sprays, costing hundreds of dollars less than traditional treatments and offers best in class trapping and control.Patented device, initial lab tests completed (with US “Room test” coming in April), prototype built, industry peer reviewed, 10 unit run scheduled, US Fundraising started (DM me if interested), manufacturing options on the table to scale. Launching our first product December 2021

Global innovation practice focusing on internal / external: competitive analysis, research, strategic partnerships, digital transformation, M&A, executive alignment, technology foresight, scouting, startup analysis and market entry, structured introductions, roundtables and curated programming. Highlighted projects : Global Banking - CEO group deep-dive into modern customer journey. Global Health Technology - Opportunity analysis for data strategy. Global Investment Group - Start-up analysis. Clients: Startup acceleration - Educational Development - Non Profit Advocacy - Insurance - Global Logistics - Media - Television - Advertising Technology - Digital Publishing - eCommerce - Retail - Robotics.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

swissnex is an initiative of Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), managed in cooperation with the Department of Foreign Affairs.Lead a department focusing on corporate development - foresight - Strategic partnerships - new technology scouting - startup analysis and market entry (Innosuisse) - trend analysis - structured introductions – POC’s - partnership building - global technology transfer - roundtables and curated programing. Bringing a deep understanding of the US and Swiss startup / corporate / venture / academic landscape, with direct experience on how to develop and translate opportunity to global organizations - including senior executives, boards and government delegations.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Negotiated the purchased of ReadWrite from Say media.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Wearable Tech and Internet of Things Hardware Accelerator. Consulting cleint then interim CRO

San Ramon, California, Us

Vufind is a Deep-Learning service for maximizing eCommerce conversion based upon realtime customer actions. A computer vision engine that pre-processes etail catalogs to deliver meaningful visual-similarity recommendations to shoppers.

Lead early stage North American product launch and team growth for Global SaaS Social Media Publishing, Monitoring, Analytics and Team Management platform. Acquired by Clarabridge, Inc., the leading provider of Customer Experience Management (CEM) solutions for the world’s top brands.

Say media acquired my company and I joined as Publisher - reaching an audience of 100M US pet owners with Dogster & Catster as its anchor tenants.Created framework for on-boarding and integrating new media properties/teams. Developed in market sales team strategy and go-to-market sales strategy as the company shifted from a network to a premium content driven ad strategy.

The Revenue and Operations partner on founding team. We reached millions of dog and cat owners, built and monetized incredible products and services and became the #1 resource to pet owners online. Adept at developing strategic partnerships and closing deals. Expert at starting, building and running, sales and business development teams. Generated several million dollars in revenue over 8 years of working with over 400 leading brands, organizations and technology companies. Deep understanding of the Agency, Publishing/Media and Platform business including advertising technology. Built an Ad Network on top of a publishing group that reached 20M monthly visitors. Acquired by SAY Media

New York, New York, Us

Field Sales for Mortgage Group. Packaged multiple products to a very diverse Broker set. Created pitch models mapping group specialties to Citi's offering.

Early stage online community development. Virtual 3D world development. Worked with Bruce Damer / 3DMD and Adobe to help build the Adobe Atmosphere developers community.Stanford lecture with Larry Lessig on early online community growth phenomena and rules of conduct.

Bachelor Of Laws (Ll.B), Law Degree

Masters, Law (Ll.M)