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Memphis, TN, US

Memphis, TN, US

Serve as the Chairman of the Board and chair of the Compensation Committee.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

Serve as a member of the Audit Committee and the Finance Committee.Deluxe operates as a “Trusted Business Technology” company serving Small Businessesand Financial Institutions in four businesses: Payments, Cloud Solutions, PromotionalSolutions, and Checks. Historically, has done $2B in Revenue with 25% EBITDA margins.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Served as a member of the Compensation Committee and the Environmental, Health and Safety Committee before relinquishing these positions to become Chairman of the Board of Frontdoor, Inc.

Kansas City, MO, US

• Restructured H&R Block from a series of disparate businesses to a focused, operating company against tax preparation and assorted financial products in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and India.
• $3 billion in revenue, 30% EBITDA margin, member of the S&P 500, with a $6.5 billion market cap and a 3% dividend yield.
• Improved EBITDA margin by 4 points, bought back 33% of shares, increased dividend by 60%, and doubled the share price during my six-plus years. Outperformed the overall S&P in a 0-1% growth category and maintained an.
• Stabilized H&R Block during my six-plus years there from a company which had five CEOs in five years before me and built an outstanding management team. Proudest of the cultural transformation to a company with a.
• Innovations included the interest-free loan (Refund Advance), H&R Block with Watson (our collaboration with IBM), H&R Block More Zero (a superior offering to Turbo Tax), and the highly-acclaimed ad campaign “Get Your.
• Devoted enormous energy to Investor, Franchise, and Government Relations (an imperative given our business), as well as Media appearances.

Kansas City, MO, US

• Orbitz, Inc. (member of Audit and Compensation Committees)
• Pacific Sunwear (member of Nominating & Governance Committee)
• Och-Ziff, Inc (member of Audit and Compensation Committees)
• H&R Block, Inc. (member of Audit Committee)Started on H&R Block Board in August 2010; the other three Board seats were 2008-2011.

San Jose, CA, US

• Led eBay Marketplaces, eBay’s flagship operation, trading $25 billion in goods and services and achieving a record $2.6 billion in revenue.
• Responsibilities centered on running ebay.com, the company’s largest and most profitable division.
• Responsible for all elements of the business-community management, policy, product and category launches, marketing, and ultimately the entire P&L.
• Led affiliated eBay Marketplaces businesses including StubHub.com, Shopping.com, Rent.com, Half.com, Bay Express and Stumble Upon.
• Led the acquisition of StubHub in 2005 which has become a major growth engine for eBay. Upon close, installed the first management team and ran the business until my departure in 2008.

San Jose, CA, US

• Ran the fastest growing business of eBay. Grew revenue from $350 million when I took over to $1.0 billion at the end of 2004.
• Built the management team in Europe from start-up individuals to executives who knew how to scale a business. Completely professionalized systems, best practice sharing, and financial reporting. eBay.de and eBay.co.uk.
• Also led significant acquisitions in China, India, Germany (classifieds and autos), and completed the acquisition of our business in Korea. Built strong relations in South America with Mercado Libre in which we.

San Jose, CA, US

• Worldwide functional leader for Marketing with primary responsibility being CMO for ebay.com.
• Established the operating principles and stood up the organization and Marketing functional areas when no significant structure or capability previously existed.
• Organized around online marketing, category marketing, brand marketing and advertising, a direct-to-consumer function, community relations and public relations.
• Launched first broad marketing campaign in 2002 behind the brand, and was among the first companies to build advanced online marketing models to take advantage of the explosion in Search.

• Head of Sales and Marketing for this first mover in the burgeoning Internet Appliance arena.
• Positions included all marketing responsibility (Advertising, Web, Public Relations, Direct Marketing, etc.), as well as Direct (phone and web) and Retail Sales functions.
• Managed call center with 175 phone reps and 26 marketing and sales professionals.
• Immediately generated demand far outpacing supply with backorders of three months and retail opportunities at Walmart, Target, and Best Buy placed on hold.Left company when position eliminated to reduce cost.

• Head of Marketing for $8.0 billion system sales international division of Tricon, reporting to the President of International.
• Brand stewardship and marketing responsibility for KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell brands internationally as well as serving as Chief Marketing Liaison to franchisees and joint ventures abroad.
• Direct reports included: VPs of International for each of the three brands, VPs of Research and International Advertising, and 16 Business Unit Marketing VPs and directors from around the world as dotted-line reports.
• Controlled global marketing fund and new product-development process.
• Served as Chairman of the International Marketing Board and owner of Consumer P&L.International division evolved into a Tricon star with profits doubling from 1997 to 2000 due to consistently higher same-store sales.

Purchase, New York, US

• Head of Marketing for world’s largest pizza chain and the third largest restaurant company in the world. Reported to the CEO.
• Led all aspects of marketing including: Advertising, Media, Product Development, Store Design, Research, Public Relations, Field Marketing, and Pricing.
• Managed 120 professionals and a budget of $260 million. System sales of $5.0 billion.
• Restocked the product pipeline to ensure 3-year growth plan led by launch of Totally New Pizzas in May 1997 and The Edge October 1997. Continuous same store sales growth for 2.5 years since these launches.
• Restructured pricing reducing complexity and enhancing value.
• Streamlined agency network to two from nine increasing impact and reducing cost.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance, General And Marketing

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Economics