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Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Chief of Staff to the CEO

Spicewood, Texas, Us

Lottery.com is an online platform for distributing lottery tickets and other games of chance. I was responsible for driving the CEO's and the President's agenda for designing and implementing partner distribution strategy. I built a pre-sales function from scratch to support Sales Executives in initiating monetization deals, delivering compelling demos and selling value instead of features.

Austin, Tx, Us

As the founder of BoardMaps, a next-generation solution for Board and Executive meetings, I led the company's product incubation, development, and sales efforts. With my sales expertise, I grew our annual recurring revenue to over $10 million, with more than 100 enterprise customers in 17 countries, with most of our customers being banks and financial institutions.BoardMaps became a unique and essential tool for driving board and executive meetings and operational and project team meetings. I led the creation of a solution that streamlined the process, allowing managers to create Matters to organize and securely share information related to issues. Meetings are set up to document Decisions through active discussions, either in person or remotely, or through written consent. Resulting Action Items are then assigned owners, so the team can monitor the status of implemented and pending actions, leading to no stagnation or negative progress between meetings.BoardMaps bridges the gap between document systems and project software by guiding resolutions of Matters and Decisions through follow-on Action items. This allows boards, committees, executives, and project teams to significantly improve accountability as imperatives and objectives discussed and decided upon during meetings are completed.I raised three rounds of private and venture capital funding and sold the business to a strategic investor. With my expertise in product development, revenue, and profit growth, enterprise software, and fundraising, I am proud to have founded a company that represents a new dynamic in managing high-performance organizations by streamlining communication, driving action, and achieving desired outcomes.

Kyiv, Kyiv, Ua

Sourced and executed investments in Telecommunications, SaaS, and Agriculture – leading to $180m of invested capital. In this role, I demonstrated my ability to identify and lead growth opportunities, foster partnerships and drive M&A activities.In addition to my investment expertise, I successfully exited three investments to strategic and next-round financial acquirers with an IRR exceeding 60%. I also took a hands-on approach to the back office, recruiting and managing the CFO and CIO and overseeing all back office teams.I also established board processes and served as Director and Chairman for four boards. As a result-driven leader, I was also responsible for building and managing internal processes at the Fund, ensuring that the organization operated smoothly and efficiently.

As a founding partner in a captive private equity/venture capital fund owned by Alfa Group, I had the opportunity to lead investments in 7 companies across diverse industries such as Kollangon (digital broadcast TV), Alternet (Wi-MAX service), Electro-com (broadband over power lines), Yutec (industrial equipment), SJ Labs (IP Telephony), MCC Technologies (construction materials), and a wireless service company. I was responsible for deal flow origination, building a robust pipeline of 300 deals through effective efforts and personally managing the fund's telecommunications and energy practices. My expertise and drive for results were demonstrated through my successful fund leadership.In addition to sourcing deals, I also achieved impressive returns, exiting from 3 deals with returns exceeding 80% Initial Rate of Return (IRR) and securing next-stage investors in 2 deals. As an active board member, I was crucial in advancing strategic planning and successfully recruiting top-level managers. I also established formalized board processes to improve the performance of each portfolio company and drive business development.

Designed and implemented new system for investment planning at all Alfa Group companies. Represented majority shareholder in 4 Boards.

Boston, Ma, Us

As a Senior Associate Consultant in the Boston office, I was fortunate to work on strategy development projects for some of the world's leading Fortune 100 companies across various industries, including Telecommunications, IT, Consumer Goods, and Financial Institutions. Under the mentorship of brilliant business leaders, I successfully completed over 15 projects, showcasing my strategic planning and problem-solving expertise. My projects included working with a Regional Bell Operating Company in the telecommunications services sector, a computer hardware vendor and a CAD software vendor in the High Technology industry, a wireless equipment vendor in the Telecommunications equipment sector, a global credit card company, and a retail banking group in the Financial Services industry, a footwear retailer and a leather clothing retailer in the Retail sector.

Mba, Business

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Counseling Psychology

Ba, Mathematics

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Finance