Chuck Taylor

Experienced consumer internet executive with product, marketing and business development experience. P&L experience across enterprises ranging from early stage to $200 million.

Ability to develop growth strategies and operational plans that increase market share, improve margins and maximize enterprise value. Effective in communicating with investors, partners, advisors, media, customers, and employees. Demonstrated ability to boost organizational productivity through performance coaching, process re-engineering and change management.

Harvard MBA, Bachelors and Masters of Engineering in Operations Research from Cornell University. International experience.

Member of TopLinked.com

Chuck Taylor’s Specialties:

social networking, social media, recruitment advertising, online recruiting, consumer internet services, web 2.0, financial services, property & casualty insurance, strategy consulting, management consulting, general management, brand marketing, brand management, product marketing, product management, P&L management, operations management, strategic planning, process re-engineering.

Chuck Taylor’s Experience

CEO

Doostang

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

Doostang.com is an exclusive career network for elite young professionals. 1 in 4 recent graduates from the Top 30 U.S. universities is on Doostang. Featured in NYTimes, WSJ, Forbes, Time, US News & World Report. Founded in 2005 at Stanford and MIT, backed by Shasta Ventures.

What our members and recruiters are saying:

"The quality of job listings on Doostang is remarkable— it is truly a collection of the most desirable positions at the most reputable firms in the country." - Leena, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

"This is where I got my job at Morgan Stanley. You can't find these positions elsewhere!" - Jordan, Dartmouth University

"Doostang is where we go when we want the best candidates."
Kim, Senior Manager, Worldwide Recruitment and Executive Search, Time

"After posting on Doostang, there was no other reason to list anywhere else. Doostang had all of the qualified candidates that we could ever hope for." - Michael, Principal, Panorama Capital
Career Development Coach and Consultant

Self Employed

(Information Services industry)

May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

Provide career development coaching services for experienced business professionals, focusing on how to effectively promote yourself using online professional networks.
Class Officer

Cornell University Alumni Association

(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Program Development industry)

October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

Plan and implement class efforts and activities like Reunion, regional Class of 1991 events, and communications that help alumni socially and professionally connect with one another.
Advisor

Sports Byline USA

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

August 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)

Provide strategic advice to senior management of global multi-media sports talk network headquarted in San Francisco, California.
Advisor

Rhythm Village

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Performing Arts industry)

April 2005 — Present (4 years 8 months)

Provide strategic advice to senior management of company headquarted in Northern California that provides unique and powerful team-building events featuring African drum circles.
VP, Product and Marketing

Doostang

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

September 2008 — November 2008 (3 months)

Responsible for all product development and marketing activities for Doostang.com, an exclusive career network for elite young professionals. 1 in 4 recent graduates from the Top 30 U.S. universities is on Doostang. Manage all aspects of the community experience and recruitment advertising services.
VP Marketing & Business Development

Affinity Circles

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

July 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 2 months)

Affinity Circles is the leading provider of white label communities for college alumni associations seeking to promote career advancement opportunities among their members. Currently host 140+ communities with 15+ million members worldwide. Managed all strategic partnerships, demand generation programs and marketing communications. Published white paper on the use of social media to recruit qualified passive candidates, Winning the War for Talent.
Career Development Officer

Harvard Business School Association of Northern California

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Program Development industry)

October 2006 — February 2008 (1 year 5 months)

Conceive, develop and execute career development programs for Harvard Business School alumni living in Northern California.
VP Marketing

Affinity Circles

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

November 2006 — July 2007 (9 months)

Oversee Strategic, Product, Brand, Field and Direct marketing for leading provider of exclusive social networks for academic and professional associations.
• Lead market analysis and competitive research.
• Establish product positioning strategy and feature requirements.
• Drive go-to-market activities through direct and channel distribution partnerships/strategic alliances.
• Define company brand and value proposition.
• Lead all consumer and advertiser demand generation programs.
• Manage development of presentations, sales collateral, web site, public relations, and all other communications to support sales and corporate objectives.
• Manage participation in appropriate trade shows, seminars, other pertinent events.
• Work with strategic partners to develop and implement joint marketing programs.
• Serve as a key spokesperson for company.
Director of Product Marketing

Yahoo!

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; YHOO; Internet industry)

April 2005 — November 2006 (1 year 8 months)

Full Product P&L responsibility for HotJobs, a $100M+ Yahoo! property serving the online recruitment advertising market. Managed ten reports (8 Product Marketing Managers, 1 Program Manager and 1 Financial Analyst) tasked with identifying and sizing new product opportunities and launching products with maximum impact to consumers, customers and business partners. Deliverables include market assessments, product roadmaps, MRDs, and Go-To-Market plans.
• Launched multiple site enhancements to improve job search experience, improving job applies 20%+.
• Launched patent-pending crawler to aggregate corporate job listings from across the web, making HotJobs the first and only major job board in the industry to display both paid and free job content.
• Launched multiple product integrations with Yahoo!, including Yahoo! 360 social network job search and Yahoo! Instant Messenger job search.
• Evangelized product vision at industry conferences and customer sales pitches.
Product Manager

Progressive Insurance

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; pgr; Insurance industry)

October 2001 — April 2005 (3 years 7 months)

P&L responsibility for $165M nationwide marine insurance program with over $7.5B assets insured, sold through Internet, 1,800 telesales reps and 30,000 inpdt agents.
• Grew policy premiums by 100%+ and lowered combined ratio by 15 points during 36-month market recession. Improved competitive position from 7th to 3rd largest recreational marine insurer in US.
• Revised insurance policy to introduce new premium coverages, increasing average policy premium by 15%.
• Redesigned corporate website to streamline purchase process and improve rate accuracy, reducing cancellations on post-sale underwriting adjustments by 50%.
• Testified in front of state legislative committees on behalf of auto insurance industry to defend use of financial responsibility as underwriting factor.
• Developed national field marketing program with ESPN encompassing TV and print media targeting fresh water fishermen.
• Quoted as industry expert in recreational boating trade publications.
Consultant

Bain & Company

(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

July 1999 — October 2001 (2 years 4 months)

Provided strategic counsel to senior executives in the automotive, utilities, telecommunications, financial services and healthcare industries.
• Accelerated vehicle launch by 18 months for domestic automaker losing share in key market segment. Facilitated unprecedented cooperation between engineering, operations and product management functions, developing tools that reduced rework and optimized design decisions for total profit contribution.
• Increased new order fulfillment capacity by 67% for telecommunications firm losing $1M/quarter through process redesign and revamped sales strategy. Company later divested by parent for substantial profit.
• Identified potential M&A targets for regional health insurer seeking growth opportunities. Developed post-merger branding strategy to build consumer awareness.
Consultant

Strategic Decisions Group

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Management Consulting industry)

July 1997 — December 1997 (6 months)

Developed stochastic financial model for global energy company seeking to optimize NPV of $10 billion natural gas storage joint venture in northern Europe.
Operations Manager

Procter & Gamble

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; pg; Consumer Goods industry)

July 1992 — July 1997 (5 years 1 month)

Business Planner, 1996-1997 Oxnard, CA
Managed financial, operational and personnel planning systems for $300M paper products production facility.
• Prioritized and monitored business improvement initiatives across seven operating departments.

Operations Manager, 1995-1996 Albany, GA
Supervised 40 hourly employees producing $75M per year of consumer paper products. Managed $60M operating budget and $100M capital equipment asset base.
• Directed $15M process improvement initiative to increase production capacity by 85%, avoiding $100M capital expenditure and 3 months production downtime.

Process Engineer, 1992-1995 Albany, GA
Led process improvement initiatives in paper making operation running 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
• Reduced quality defects by 28% through improvement of dye delivery and color monitoring systems, saving $800K annually. Results adopted by all operating departments across division.

Chuck Taylor’s Education

Harvard Business School

MBA , 1997 — 1999

Activities and Societies:

Focus on General Management, Marketing and Strategic Planning.
Harvard University

MBA , Business , 1997 — 1999
Cornell University

MEng , Operations Research and Industrial Engineering , May 1991 — May 1992

Activities and Societies:

Taught senior-level computer simulation design course.
Published thesis on reducing retail supply chain inventory through improved demand forecasting.
Cornell University

BS , Operations Research and Industrial Engineering , 1987 — 1991

Activities and Societies:

Member of water polo team. Managed five-venue, $100K university athletic concessions operation.

Additional Information

Chuck Taylor’s Websites:

Rhythm Village

Chuck Taylor’s Interests:

Management consulting, career development workshops, career coaching, advising new ventures, new media technology, social media, social networking, marathon running (PBT 3:29), mountain biking, skiing, swimming, tennis, squash, golf, international travel. Volunteer youth sports coach.