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    Board Member
    Vigilent
    Feb 2014 - Current (11 years 4 months)
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    CEO
    Vigilent
    Feb 2014 - Jul 2019 (5 years 6 months)
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    Chief Revenue Officer
    Vigilent
    Jan 2013 - Feb 2014 (1 year 2 months)
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    ADVISOR
    X
    2012 - Current (13 years 5 months)
    Angel investor / advisor for multiple startups including Nexgate (acquired by PFPT), Menlo Security (IT security), Utility API (utility data platform), Turntide (software-driven motors), Satoshi Energy (clean energy for crypto mining), MetaConsumer (AI for digital media measurement), WorkReduce (outsourced ad ops).
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    CEO
    NM INCITE
    2010 - 2012 (2 years 1 month)
    San Francisco, CA 2010-2012 NM Incite was a JV between McKinsey and Nielsen that provided AI-powered social media data and analytics to large enterprise clients across multiple verticals. CEO * Led all aspects of a rapidly growing, profitable, 150+ person P&L * Collaborated with senior McKinsey partners to create and launch McKinsey's first ever joint venture * Identified emerging market need for new analytic products and consulting services; Built and launched new offerings which became a significant driver of revenue growth
  • Nielsen
    Executive Vice President, Sales & Client Services
    Nielsen
    2009 - 2010 (1 year 1 month)
  • Nielsen
    Senior Vice President, Sales & Client Services
    Nielsen
    2007 - 2009 (2 years 1 month)
    * Led global sales and client services for $140M telecom vertical; Improved sales morale and performance by overhauling performance management, creating training programs and simplifying compensation plans; Leveraged data and metrics to shorten sales cycle, address performance gaps and improve revenue forecasting * Collaborated with account VP's to build strong client relationships (VP and CXO) and integrate Nielsen data into critical operating processes, resulting in multi-year data subscriptions * Led initiative to create new wireline & cable data products that resulted in $8M in new revenue * Recognized as one of the "top 200" Nielsen leaders out of 35,000 employees; Selected to attend Nielsen's Global Leadership Program
  • Nielsen
    Vice President, Sales & Account Management
    Nielsen
    2003 - 2007 (4 years 1 month)
    * Led key account team that sold over $40 million of data subscriptions over a four-year period; Exceeded sales targets every year * Developed extensive contacts (manager to C-Level) and used understanding of wireless carriers' strategy, marketing, operations and engineering to drive adoption of Telephia data, resulting in several multi-million dollar subscription renewals * The Nielsen Company acquired Telephia in 2007 for $440M
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    Founder and Board Member; President
    BLUE WIRELESS, INC
    1999 - 2001 (2 years 1 month)
    ; VP Sales and Business Development (2001-2002) * Co-founded company; Conceived original business concept; Raised $7M of venture financing; Created investor presentations, business plan and financial models * Negotiated and closed commercial agreements with major carriers and auto manufacturers as well as reseller agreements with distribution partners * Led effort to sell company to AtRoad (now part of Trimble, NASD: TRMB)
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    Manager - Telecom, Information, Media & Electronics Consulting Practice
    ARTHUR D. LITTLE, INC
    1997 - 1999 (2 years 1 month)
    * Managed strategic and financial consulting engagements for a variety of companies in the telecommunications sector * Created the business case for a Japanese consumer electronics company to launch a US mobile carrier * Built the financial model to value the mobile and wireline assets of Telebras to support its privatization
  • KPMG
    Consultant
    KPMG
    1996 - 1997 (1 year 1 month)
    - Telecommunications Consulting Practice * Advised clients on strategy and finance in the mobile, satellite and telecom equipment sectors
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    Sales Manager
    PROBAT-WERKE GmbH
    1990 - 1994 (4 years 1 month)
    (1992-1994); Sales Engineer (1990-1992)
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    Sales Engineer
    Innotec Group, Inc.
    1989 - 1990 (1 year 1 month)
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    Member of the Technical Staff
    HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO., Santa Barbara Research Center, CA
    1987 - 1989 (2 years 1 month)
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    MBA Business
    The Anderson School at UCLA
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    MBA Fluent in Spanish
    Pontificia Universidad Católica in Santiago
  • UCL
    BA Chemistry
    UCL
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    Recognized as one of the "top 200" Nielsen leaders out of 35,000 employees; Selected to attend Nielsen's Global Leadersh
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    Graduated top 2% of class; Dean's List, all quarters; Member Anderson Business Honor Society