Aunim Hossain

Co-Founder / CEO

Agent

Feb 2022 - Current (4 years 7 months)

The next generation tax firm for modern wealth.

VP Product

Cadre

Jun 2020 - Feb 2022 (1 year 9 months)

General Manager - Core Business

Cadre

Jun 2019 - Jun 2020 (1 year 1 month)

Director of Product

Cadre

Jul 2017 - Jun 2019 (2 years)

Lead Product Manager - Growth Team (Acquired by Navient)

Earnest

Feb 2017 - Jul 2017 (6 months)

Senior Product Manager

Earnest Inc

Aug 2016 - Jan 2017 (6 months)

Product Manager

NewsCred now Optimizely CMP

Mar 2015 - Aug 2016 (1 year 6 months)

Led the Product team for our Content business, responsible for generating $12+ million in annual revenue by creating and licensing content for Fortune 1000 brands such as Visa, Pfizer, IBM, and Verizon. Restructured the core business model between content providers and customers and built supporting software to generate ~$1 million of incremental annual revenue, increase margins by ~10%, and reduce client churn by ~9%. Managed team of seven developers to build upon Google Analytics Premium and Big Query to integrate natively into our software and analyze the underlying characteristics that make some content successful over other types. Collaborated with all stakeholders (customers, freelancers, providers, editors, developers, designers,

Venture Partner

NextGen Venture Partners

Sep 2014 - Current (12 years)

NextGen is the first network-driven venture firm. We back exceptional entrepreneurs through the collective power of the nation’s top founders, funders, and innovation executives. Our network accelerates the success of our portfolio by investing in companies that match the expertise, resources, and connections of our Venture Partners.

Founder and CEO

Tista Games

Jun 2011 - Mar 2015 (3 years 10 months)

Tista Games is the HBO of Games: a platform for regularly scheduled episodic games that keeps players engaged and monetizing for years, not just weeks. We distribute our games through the cloud (with no download required) and release new episodes like television shows: for example, on Tuesdays at 6pm. By using our episodic model and game development expertise, we can validate hits at 20% the cost of traditional game developers. More importantly, when we do have a hit, we can extend the content into several seasons in order to unlock ~4x the lifetime value of one game in comparison to traditional games. Served as game designer, product manager, and front-end developer for three original games, built in Unity. Raised seed funding and exceede

Product Manager

zynga

May 2010 - Aug 2010 (4 months)

Product Manager for FrontierVille, which launched on June 9th and peaked at over 8 million daily users. Managed launch process and growth from inception to scale. Responsible for originating and designing specs for features, working with developers, artists, and producers to integrate features into the game, and analyzing and presenting the results of feature changes. Awarded Product Management Excellence Award (fastest in company's history).

Associate

TPG

Jul 2007 - Jun 2009 (2 years)

Evaluated and executed investments on small teams for a $15 billion fund. Monitored and analyzed performance of select companies from our investment portfolio and advised management teams on operational and financial opportunities. Developed and conducted diligence training for sessions with new VP and associate recruits. Selected project experience: $49.0 billion buyout of TXU. Administered funding process for acquisition of the Texas utility. Created and presented original debt valuations, returns analyses, and negotiation tactics for investment committee. Analyzed contracts and led daily discussions with lawyers & accountants to draft schedule of funds distribution. Personally managed monthly performance review meetings with CEO an

TMT Analyst

Goldman Sachs

Jul 2005 - Jun 2007 (2 years)

Provided advisory services to Technology, Media, and Telecommunications clients in their pursuit of capital, mergers, acquisitions, IPOs, & divestitures. Selected project experience: $48.5 billion sale of BCE (announced but failed to close). Lead M&A advisor to BCE management. Helped draft and deliver fairness opinion to the Board. Performed detailed valuation analyses, examined the impact of leverage scenarios and foreign exchange returns, and structured around limited availability of Canadian equity. $11.5 billion Restructuring of Tribune Company. Exclusive financial advisor to Chandler Trusts for partnership unwind alternatives and various restructuring options. Developed unique option model to value portfolio.

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Co-Founder and VP of Product

Intuitouch Inc

Sep 2003 - Sep 2005 (2 years 1 month)

Co-founded and managed a consumer medical device start-up and designed its flagship product: a handheld, inexpensive consumer device using near-infrared technologies for early detection of breast cancer. Developed executive team of six professionals to manage product development, patent licensing agreements, applications for grant funding, clinical testing procedures, FDA approval processing, and marketing. Drafted and presented business plan and investment pitches to angel investors and venture capital firms.

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