Providing consulting services for media companies and companies trying to successfully transform from a legacy past to a digital future. Building value for boards and other stakeholders through consulting or by acting as interim CEO. Equally adept at finding cost reduction opportunities and realizing top line growth through improved revenue generation. Particularly skilled at outsourcing and variabilizing legacy and non core functions in order to create company-wide focus on core functionality.

Recruited by Owner of Emigrant Bank to lead their acquisition of Golf Magazine and golf.com. Successfully completed the acquisition while reducing the price by 20% versus the original bid. Established and managed a six month transition services plan with Meredith Corp ensuring continued operations and the safe transfer of assets while we built an independent operating environment for all digital and publishing assets. Served as interim CEO for one year after purchase. Accomplishments include the complete relaunches of both the magazine and the digital platform, the expansion into e-commerce and online education/training, 30% growth in advertising sales in year one, the recruitment of the staff required to operate the standalone business and the development of a clear audience development strategy. Assisted in training the full time ongoing CEO.

Recruited by private equity owners to turn special interest magazine and book business around, by establishing a broader content distribution footprint, improve ad sales and sponsorship, use video more extensively. Executed the transition form highly inventoried position in e-commerce to a drop ship based program. Authored a turnaround strategy that included rationalizing the brand portfolio to secure operating capital, refinancing debt, reducing staff and automating processes. Reduced annual operating costs by 32% by outsourcing non-core operations and centralizing core business functions.

Recruited by CEO and private equity owners to assist in the transformation assets from a collection of independent and disparate events into a world class sports league. Authored and executed a first of its kind strategy for streaming international contests live while serving ads specific to each global region into the stream. Evaluated and partnered with technology partners capable of supporting key functionality. Hired key staff members including, VP Ad sales and sponsorship, COO/Counsel, digital analytics personnel and marketing team. Secured half a dozen primary sponsors for the league in its first year of operations including Samsung, Jeep and Pacifico beer.

Engaged by Gannett senior management to author a white paper on the state of the sports industry and provide strategy for USA TODAY Sports brand within that ecosystem. Ultimately hired to run the newly established USA TODAY Sports Media Group to leverage all Gannett Sports assets (local and national/broadcast and print). Reversed declining print revenues while expanding digital footprint. Structured the new entity as an LLC within Gannett to maintain operating and financial flexibility. Acquired three companies in the first year to create scale, improve digital capabilities and secure state fo the art tech platforms. Launched first ever 100% social media platform in sports called "For the Win" with great fanfare and success. Delivered the fastest growing business unit within Gannett for three years running. Honored as one of the "Top 5 Digital Sports Media Companies" by Sports Business Journal (2013).

Recruited by the Board of Directors to lead Westwood One through a restructuring that included the securing of $100 million investment form a global capital firm, the restructuring of a corporate debt facility and the buyout of CBS Corp as a partial owner and distribution partner. Established Westwood One as a completely independent public company and served as its first ever CEO. Created an operational environment for the assets outside of CBS, Hired an executive team capable of operating the company and reduced operating costs by $30 million annually by centralizing common functionalities.

Recruited by Time, Inc Senior Management to position Time 4 Media for sale. Hired executive team, halted revenue declines and improved the digital and video capabilities of the company. Reduced operational expenses by centralizing common functions and eliminating unprofitable work.Managed an auction process with Macquarie Bank that resulted in a sale to Bonnier Corporation for 11x EBITDA

Hired to improve the brand recognition of Rodale within the advertising community with the hopes of improving advertising and sponsorship sales. Served as a member of the company's executive management team and as board member for the company's joint ventures around the world (UK, France, Spain, Germany, South Africa, Italy). Put several magazine titles on the Adweek Hot list for the first time and for each year at company. Successfully launched Best Life and Women's Health brands. Established digital relevance of all brands by expanding content distribution partnerships with MSN and others.Secured publishing rights to South Beach Diet Brand, Al Gore's book, An inconvenient Truth, Pete Rose's Autobiography "My prison Without Bars". Grew top line by 25% and bottom line by 300% during tenure.

Spent 8 years managing ad sales for the pre-eminent sports media outlet of the time. Grew revenue by over 25% every year during tenure. Received Magazine of the Year accolades from Advertising Age in 1996. Managed the relationships between SI and all of the professional sports leagues resulting in significant new revenues and content distribution opportunities for SI. Served on the launch teams for both SI Kids and SI for Women. Co produced the first ever daily magazine for the 1996 Summer Olympics with IBM as sponsor.