Deborah Uri

Current

• Consumer Internet Executive at Self employed

Past

• General Manager, On-line Dating at Yahoo! Europe
• Corporate Development at Yahoo! Europe
• Principal Consultant at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (Gemini Consulting)

Education

• Columbia Business School
• Tufts University

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Industry

Internet

Deborah Uri’s Summary

Senior consumer internet executive. Strategically-minded operational leader with a proven track record at one of the Internet’s most well-known brands. Have worked through all stages of the business lifecycle: start-up, growth and investment, turnaround to profitability, and downsize and closure. Assumed responsibility of an under-performing European premium service business and turned operations around within first 6 months to one of the strongest performing, tightly managed businesses in Yahoo! Europe (y-o-y revenue growth 65% while rest of portal grew at 35%); maintained more than 50% profit margins. Able to manage and lead in complex, rapidly changing environments. Functional at all levels in an organisation as team player & leader. Recognised for being results-driven, a very quick learner, dedicated, highly analytical, business-minded, an outstanding communicator, and well respected professionally throughout the European Internet industry.

Deborah Uri’s Specialties:

Pan-EU Internet
Marketing (direct, crm, brand, pr)
Strategy and M&A
Management across multiple countries and functions
P&L responsibility
Business planning

Deborah Uri’s Experience

• Consumer Internet Executive

  Self employed

  (Internet industry)

  May 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

  Provide clients business strategy advice and analysis, especially in the areas of product marketing.
  
  Projects:
  - Due diligence advisory to invest in one of Europe's biggest online subscription businesses
  - Product marketing for one of Europe's largest MMOG sports sites
  - Marketing and product strategy for a UK financial social media site
  - Brokered deal between client and world's leading widget publisher
  - Authored online video and games strategies for one of EMEA's largest Internet portals

Deborah Uri’s Education

• Columbia Business School

  MBA , Finance , 1997 — 1999

• Tufts University

  American Studies 1989 — 1993