Work history
Chief Operating Officer
tags:
product marketing
• new media
• product management
• startup
• start-up
• executive
• strategy
• entrepreneur
• publishing
How would you describe your time at YUDU Media?
* Member of the Board of Directors for YUDU Media LTD
* Responsible for a company of 19 staff with annual revenues in excess of GBP1M
* Raised the profile of YUDU Media through thought leadership and speaking engagements
* Directed ongoing international roll out to achieve market leadership in all major markets
* Directed product development program resulting in roll out of 3 new products in 5 months
* Established beachhead in Boston, MA for North American growth strategy
* Delivered revenue growth exceeding 20% per month during first 5 months of FY2007
* Raised the profile of YUDU Media Ltd through thought leadership, speaking engagements and press interviews
* Speaking engagements included: Internet World London 2007 (Revolution Zone) and Russian Publishing Expo & IfraForum (Future of Publishing Forum).
* Thought pieces included Mad.co.uk Technology Weekly newsletter (June 18th 2007) and Welsh Recruitment featured article (Issue 12).... 
Independent Consultant
tags:
technology strategy
• people management
• crm
• project management
How would you describe your time at McGraw Hill Companies?
* Responsible for technology strategy during Salesforce.com pilot project
Director of Business Technology Solutions
tags:
project management
• technology strategy
• p&l
• people management
• it
• executive management
• corporate strategy
How would you describe your time at New York Times Company?
* Managed a staff of 7 direct reports, 50 staff and an annual development budget of $15M
* Advised Circulation Departments of NEMG on strategic and tactical IT initiatives
* Led strategic IT transformation initiatives that resulted in $1.6M in expense reductions
* Negotiated $15M Oracle contract as part of architecture streamlining and data warehouse initiatives
* Delivered $4M Campaign Management solution on time and budget to achieve Year 1 Circulation revenue increases of $10M and expense savings of $2M...
OneSoft
June 1999 to September 2001
Director
tags:
e-commerce
• international experience
• startup
• project management
How would you describe your time at OneSoft?
* Managed a global staff of 50+ with annual budgets of $5M and revenues of $35M
* Led team in developing next generation B2B sell-side e-commerce software application strategy
* Presented B2B product strategy to industry analysts to increase solution awareness
* Created corporate strategy for aligning with OEMs and Partners to deliver Onesoft OneCommerce
* Created European Professional Services expansion strategy and established European headquarters
* Maintained Fortune 500 client relationships for Eastern Region & EMEA Professional Services
* Chaired Customer Advisory Board with members including McDonald's Corporation, Black & Decker, Briggs & Stratton and DirectWines UK...
Manager
tags:
management consulting services
How would you describe your time at andersen consulting?
The CMAS group is a specialty within the Process Excellence Group. Comprised of world-class experts in modeling and simulation techniques, they applied these techniques to provide a powerful form of capability and process prototyping available in the industry at the time. These approaches allow clients to test the process and conduct "what if" scenarios - enhancing benefits, reducing delivery timelines and costs, and mitigating risk. This end-to-end business capability modeling is used to balance business performance and resource requirements and identify and manage implementation risks.
* Project Manager for US Postal Service (USPS) Year 2000 Initiative Program Management Office
* Built simulation models to assess business impact of Y2K systems failure
* Supervised remote teams during USPS system analysis data gathering phase
* Managed local team performing data analysis and remediation approach creation
* Defined complex business processes based on the functional architecture of an information system
* Provided eCommerce knowledge and leadership on project
* Led eCommerce reviews and assessments to aid the development of eCommerce strategies
* Transitioned remediation results to Y2K development team...
Project Manager
tags:
management consulting
How would you describe your time at american management systems?
Senior Associate - Business Process Renewal Knowledge Center (1998) Washington, DC
* Co-authored white paper on Process Benchmarking
* Assisted in JAD session planning and facilitation for Knowledge Centers Conference
* Developed methodology on using simulation modeling techniques on BPR projects
Project Manager (1996 - 1998)
* Co-Authored white paper on Simulation and Process Benchmarking
* Managed Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) Data Warehouse Project to improve availability and accessibility of financial data for reporting
CIO Magazine 1998 Top 50 Intranet Sites Award Winner
* Managed USPS E-Commerce Strategy Project to develop strategic technology vision...
key
December 1994 to August 1996
Project Manager
tags:
project management
• financial services
How would you describe your time at key?
* Managed team for Shareholder Services Call Center business process redesign
* Streamlined call center processes by implementing workflow and document imaging solutions
Education
MBA
How would you describe your time at london business school?
MBA concentration in Entrepreneurship and Strategy
MBA
How would you describe your time at columbia business school?
MBA concentration in Entrepreneurship and Strategy
Industrial Engineering and Management
How would you describe your time at Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst...?
Engineering
