35
years

Years of Experience

5/18

Member Since


Experience

 
Bridge Consulting, Inc. Management Consulting
CEO
06/2015 - Present
Founder and Principal leading client development and delivery across the M&A life cycle. In 2018, led integration for the $215m sale of The Weather Channel to Entertainment Studios. Bain and Blackstone owned The Weather Group. In 2016, led the divestiture of the network from The Weather Group's digital assets in compliance with terms of $2.4b sale to IBM.

Verint, Inc. Corporate Strategy & Development
VP, Strategic Operations
10/2011 - 06/2015
Led integration of GMT, software company I helped grow from $2m to $10m and 20 to 70 staff in five years. Led diligence, integration planning and managed day-to-day integration of KANA software, $514m purchase, $120m revenue, 1,000 staff into Verint ($800m revenue, 3,500 staff). Built and led PMO over 18 month integration.

GMT Corporation Operations
VP, Professional Services
08/2006 - 10/2011
Contributed to 5x global growth from $2m to $10m, quadrupling customer base to 200 over 5 years by building management team, growth strategies and creating opportunities for capital. Led award-winning professional services. Industry leading 98.5% client retention.

Brickstream Corporation Start-Up
Director, Client Services
06/2003 - 08/2006
Developed value prop for customer data generated by stereo camera tracking technology in brick-and-mortar, leading formative consulting at Walgreens, CVS and Lloyds TSB, managing staffing to service promise and removing biases from customer service management. Created repeatable methods for installing, training and reporting system results and built out services and consulting department from 2 to 10 professionals to service clients, quadrupling firm revenue. Helped raise $21m VC.

Bridge Consulting Management Consulting
Founder and Principal
06/1995 - 06/2003
International retailing and logistics consultancy.

Kurt Salmon Associates Management Consulting
Senior Manager
06/1989 - 06/1995
Senior Manager, strategy and operations.