Co-founded and built a startup company to innovate how local merchants can manage word-of-mouth as a marketing channel. DropSpot is a system to connect local influencers to local merchants.
Merchants can connect with DropSpot's network of local influencers to understand who is driving customer visits into physical stores through word- of-mouth recommendations.
Led product and project management the Trio Health platform, a healthcare start up company. Wore numerous hats, from onboarding data, to enhancement of the web platform, to managing partner relationships.
Created and closed new business for the Markit On Demand business, focused on the design, build, and hosting of web and mobile applications in the financial services industry. Drove new business strategies for Adhesion, MOD's ad serving and marketing platform.
Established a global project management and business analysis organization for Markit called Project Execution Services. As a part of the COO management team, built a centralized PMO capability and organization to service all of Markit. Defined best practices for project management and business analyst functions.
Established program/portfolio management and reporting practices, covering thousands of projects and supporting hundreds of product initiatives across the firm. Led the adoption of a centralized MIS tool to capture project information, manage project life cycles, and enable data-driven transparency across the firm. Defined and rolled-out an internal charge-back model for the Markit organization, to create fungibility and flexibility in budgeting and resources assignment, and drive capitalization definition.
Led teams to deliver web and mobile applications for clients of Wall Street On Demand. Delivered on a key test project that played in important role in the acquisition of Wall Street On Demand by Markit. As a part of the re-named Markit On Demand, built up a project management team to deliver projects on behalf of other Markit product initiatives.
Defined and managed Internet strategy and eBusiness for Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc., a Boeing Company. Created an online strategy for the Jeppesen enterprise. Won funding, developed the execution plan, and launched two large web properties: the new corporate web presence (jeppesen.com); and the new eCommerce channel (JeppDirect.com). Formed a business team to support a new line of business and drive eBusiness management best practices throughout the organization.
Director of Internet strategy for NASDAQ Corporate Clients Management responsibilities: http://www.nasdaq.net including NASDAQ Online, a financial web portal to support the CEO, CFO, board members and investor relations professionals at NASDAQ-listed companies.
Advised telecommunications clients on Internet strategy and business analysis. Sales force management practices, product mix analysis, venture investment assessment, web site development, business development for RBOCs, CLECs, DSL providers and start-up IP telephony companies.
Drove the development of the computer-telephony component of an award-winning web-based unified messaging platform, ThinkLink, through consumer-test phase prototype completion. Designed user-interface, created functional specifications, developed a content creation and management system, constructed recording studio, spearheaded quality assurance, served as voice talent. Played a key role in re-formulation of the company's business plan, financial projections, and the successful procurement of a half million dollars of seed capital through angel investment.