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Canada

New York - San Diego - Toronto - Sydney

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

At Near, I spearheaded a 6-month consulting engagement to optimize their sales structure and processes, driving significant improvements across the board:🔹 Exceeded Targets: Our efforts resulted in surpassing company targets, achieving record-high sourcing numbers.🔹 Enhanced Fulfillment: Accelerated fulfillment rates and improved sourcing metrics significantly.🔹 Sales Structure Optimization: Revamped sales strategies and messaging, resulting in a more efficient and effective sales process.It was a pleasure working with such exceptional LatAm talent, witnessing firsthand their commitment, drive, and abilities that are on par with North American personnel. I wish them all the best in their future endeavors. About Near:Near connects U.S. businesses with exceptional remote professionals from Latin America, handling hiring, onboarding, payroll, and retention. They provide motivated, retention-driven talent that reduces turnover and saves up to 70% on costs. With a pre-vetted talent pool and a 97% placement success rate, Near fills roles within 21 days, all with transparent pricing and no hidden fees.

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🔹 Go-To-Market Strategy for an AI Product:- Collaborated with the CEO to crystallize product value, targeting, and competitive positioning.- Orchestrated a comprehensive go-to-market blueprint, rooted in deep market research, elucidating opportunities and refining market entry strategies.🔹 AI Roadmap Development & Implementation:- Crafted a tailored AI progression strategy, aligning product aspirations with market needs and technological capabilities.- Identified potential AI integration challenges, offering strategic insights to ensure seamless product development and deployment.

At Bubblr, I steered our mission to reshape the digital landscape, focusing on ethical technology and user fairness:🔹Led Bubblr's entry into OTC Capital Markets via a reverse takeover, starting at over $3 USD/share.🔹Upheld stringent regulatory compliance, reporting to SEC and FINRA, enhancing public market reputation.🔹Championed capital-raising initiatives, securing over $3M USD through PPM, and strategizing for a potential $20M USD raise.🔹Cultivated strategic alliances with financial stakeholders and reinforced investor trust with clear communication.🔹Prioritized open governance, promoting feedback-driven innovation.About Bubblr:As Ethical Web AI (OTCQB: BBLR), we're dedicated to creating a digital world that values genuine content, user data privacy, and fairness.

Toronto, Canada Area

At Syntegrity Group, I capitalized on my extensive expertise in business development to catalyze corporate growth and drive strategic client engagements. My tenure was marked by remarkable achievements that underscored both my leadership and prowess in solving complex challenges.🔹 Strategic Leadership: Elevated business development, resulting in a transformational go-to-market strategy for the US, which surged from inception to $7M revenue within three years.🔹 Exceptional Performance: Routinely surpassed expectations, culminating in an impressive track record of achieving an average of 140% above annual targets.🔹 Sales Infrastructure Mastery: Architected a new dual-tier (inside and outside) sales framework, embedding systematic processes, and insightful reporting tools, enhancing pipeline management.🔹 Client Engagement Excellence: Forged and nurtured strategic relationships with elite clientele like USAA, Synopsys, Georgia Pacific, Koch Industries, Realogy, IEEE, and more. 🔹Demonstrated proficiency in navigating high-stakes negotiations with Fortune 500 C-Suite executives, clinching deals valued between $250k and $1M.🔹 Team Development: Championed a vibrant, high-performance team, curating a talent pool that consistently delivered exemplary outcomes.

🔹Promoted Rapidly: Elevated from Senior Manager to Director within a mere four months, acknowledging exceptional leadership and performance.🔹Sales Process Optimization: Spearheaded the implementation of sales forecasting, leveraging uncovered sales metrics to predict revenue and adjust strategies.🔹Client Acquisition & Retention: Successfully on-boarded key accounts, including Bank of America, TELUS, Cundari Agency, driving substantial business growth.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Philosophy

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