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Giftbar (Acquired) Start-Up
Co-Founder and Board Member
01/2010 - 10/2016
Raised multiple rounds of funding totaling $4 million from Wall Street and VC investors. Managed company's P&L, product development, and sales processes. Built a semi-closed loop network, digital/mobile product, and white label digital offering. Became the largest digital gift card network representing thousands of high-end, small businesses and millions of their affluent consumers in 27 markets; successfully sold to West Coast family office.

Rain Marketing Corporate Strategy & Development
Managing Partner
06/2006 - 12/2009
Acquired and grew company to multi-million dollar direct marketing player that represented over 600,000 affluent consumers. Secured deals with large clients including: Macy's, Eddie Z's, Renewal by Andersen, and Airoom; representing 20% growth in new clients. Profits were used to start Giftbar.

Parson Consulting Management Consulting
Business Development Director
09/2003 - 08/2005
Recruited by Managing Partner to sell and manage financial consulting services to executives ranging from Mid Market to Fortune 100 companies such as Exelon (NYSE: EXC), Borg Warner (NYSE: BWA), Ultra Diamonds/Kay Jewelers (NASDAQ: SIG), Sigmatron (NASDAQ: SGMA), and Knowles. Achieved 100% of first year new client quota ($500k) while consistently receiving high satisfaction rates from all clients and maintaining profit margin requirements.

Yesmail (Acquired) Corporate Strategy & Development
Director of Business Development
04/2002 - 09/2003
Directly reported to SVP and assisted with successfully turning around business from an annual loss to a positive EBITDA resulting in an acquisition. Managed the Business Development team pre and post acquisition in structuring and securing co-marketing partnerships with large online players including Priceline, Forbes, and AutobyTel. Efforts resulted in the company's ability to market and resell approximately 100 million emails records.

ShopTalk (Howard Shultz Investment) Corporate Strategy & Development
Manager of Strategy
03/2000 - 03/2002
Maintained numerous responsibilities at $30M start-up backed by Maveron (Howard Schultz - Starbucks). ShopTalk was a retail coupon marketplace that integrated an e-commerce website and a proprietary mobile/IVR module; powered by nascent speech recognition technology. Original focus was developing a marketplace of small businesses and pivoted to a private label organization.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Finance
Senior Consultant - New Ventures
07/1997 - 02/2000
Assessed financial and strategic value of venture investments for Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, the largest health care insurer in the country that generated over $100 million in value.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Management Consulting
Consultant
08/1995 - 07/1997
Consulted to numerous hospital/health systems and physician organizations. Conducted due diligence, strategic plans, and financial feasibility projects for potential acquisitions and product line extensions.