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California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area, CA, US

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Redmond, Washington, US

• Led integration of BlueTalon team, tech, customers, legal, finance, HR, India subsidiary, and operational systems into Microsoft
• Ensured 100% team retention of engineering and product talent
• Met or exceeded all other integration metrics and targets
• One of the smoothest M&A integrations according to Microsoft counterparts
• By prior agreement (at time of merger) left after integration goals achieved

Sunnyvale, California, US

• Joined as 4th employee; recruited, built, and managed world-class team of over 40 employees
• Raised $26M in Venture Capital across three financing rounds from investors including Maverick Capital, Data Collective, Signia Venture Partners, and Divergent Ventures
• Closed top blue-chip customers including a leading Wall Street bank, a major Central Bank, leading S.E. Asian Bank, G.E., Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Grew annual recurring revenue on track for 8-figure ARR at time of acquisition by Microsoft
• Built partnerships with top distributors including AWS, Microsoft, Dell EMC, Cloudera, Teradata, Accenture
• Secured top analyst coverage including Gartner “Cool Vendor” and coverage in every relevant report

Foster City, CA, US

• Sourced and evaluated new investment opportunities with a focus on mobile & consumer internet
• Participated in all aspects of investments including both tech team and full Monday partner discussions
• Worked with portfolio companies to help evaluate strategic decisions

San Francisco, California, US

• General Manager, MMO Studios (Mafia Wars and related games) (2009-2010):
• Led Mafia Wars, Zynga’s #2 franchise, to record daily active user (DAU) and revenue levels, while defeating competitive attempts to enter the crime genre. Responsible for full P&L; 100+ employees.
• Led Vampire Wars to secure (twice) the company Revenue/DAU record, plus achieve all-time record DAU’s.
• Led competitive analysis on the city-building segment, identifying it as the next big opportunity for Zynga and leading to a switch in strategy around the team that built CityVille.General Manager, Zynga Direct (Zynga.
• Ran RewardVille, Zynga’s network level “meta-game” and loyalty/rewards business; significantly increased engagement, retention, and brand affinity across all games and at a Zynga network level.
• Led initiatives that gained critical strategic leverage for Zynga during a period of intense partner negotiation.

• I LOVE working with amazing entrepreneurs to help them SUCCEED!Some portfolio companies:
• MixBook (social collaboration site for creating photo books) -- these guys are just awesome! www.mixbook.com
• Ustream.TV (online live streaming media site)
• Powerset (semantic search startup) – successful sale to Microsoft.
• Xoopit (social network & media turbo-charger for web email) – successful sale to Yahoo!
• UpTake (social travel discovery) -- sold to Groupon

US

• Sourced and evaluated new investment opportunities in internet, gaming, social networking, and other consumer tech/internet plays.
• Worked as a board and CEO-level advisor with portfolio companies to drive strategy and execution.

High impact consulting for venture funded start-ups. Developed business plans for several new startups.

St Louis, Missouri, US

• Closed $28MM venture capital round; led product strategy; brought in first revenues.
• Recruited senior management team; managed 80+ employees across three offices at peak.
• Led downsizing and retrenchment effort, renegotiated marketing deals saving $3+ million, oversaw two rounds of layoffs (unfortunate but necessary).Thanks to the dedicated work of Founder Bob Rosenschein and the team.

US

• Mapped out nascent electronic payments industry.
• Secured opportunity to invest in PayPal. (My biggest mistake ever: not doing it. The PayPal team is/was truly amazing.)
• Sourced deal for Mayfield’s investment in payment automation firm Clareon (acquired by FleetBank).
• Served as interim CEO of consumer marketing and entertainment startup; built team; recruited full-time CEO.

US

• Netcentives was the leading developer of loyalty and rewards networks and direct marketing programs.Chairman of the Board; Vice President, Business Development (1998-1999):
• Inked exclusive agreements with all of the top six U.S. airlines for use of their frequent flyer miles.
• Sold company’s first $1MM customer contract as well key portal deal with Yahoo!
• Guided strategy and company direction from inception until departure from Board in 2000.
• Active in IPO process, raised $70MM in NASDAQ listing; at its peak NCNT had a $3 billion market cap.Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer (1996-1998):
• Created business plan; raised $1.5MM seed funding from Draper, Infinity Capital, and angel investors.

Boston, MA, US

• Developed internet software strategy for a medium-sized computer hardware manufacturer
• Client realized an $80 million gain within six months as a result of our work

Mountain View, California, US

• Full P&L responsibility for $12MM/year business. Increased revenue by 200%, shipped 500,000+ units/year,and maintained market share of 75% in face of competitive price-cutting. Achieved highest-per-unit profits in.
• Managed product launch process; secured successful public relations (e.g., 5-diamond MacWeek rating); created campaign that increased sales 70%. Managed $2MM marketing and product management budget.
• Led product team to create two new versions on budget and on schedule. Led special “Microsoft killer” team developing innovative new features that successfully fended off attack by Microsoft Money.
• Drove joint TurboTax/Quicken product integration after Intuit acquired the #1 tax software firm.

Austin, Texas, US

Working for Oracle's Office Automation Group, I specified, designed, and positioned Oracle's document processing software and developed our go-to-market strategy.

• Software startup creating leading software titles for Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computers
• Released ten different games/utilities for Tandy/Radio Shack computers.
• All titles led their respective categories. Achieved solid profitability.
• Sold to Game Point Software.

• Authored tutorials on how to design and program computer Adventure games
• One of the magazine's top game reviewers.
• Designed and programmed the world’s first Scratch and Sniff computer game. (Yep, really!)

Mba

Certificate, Business & Management

Ab, Economics