
President, Internet Decisions, LLC
Greater Atlanta Area

President, Internet Decisions, LLC
Greater Atlanta Area
Executive and consultant with extensive experience in research consulting, the media and Internet industries and technology management.
Market intelligence with a specialty in competitive intelligence including industry, company and market research; M&A diligence, strategic planning, business planning, account planning and project management. Excellent writer and seminar leader; also available for speaking engagements.
(Privately Held; Information Services industry)
January 2005 — Present (4 years)
Internet Decisions is an Atlanta-based research services and strategic planning firm. We assist companies and organizations with a variety of information and strategic consulting services including competitive intelligence, vendor analysis and other types of market research.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Apparel & Fashion industry)
June 2004 — December 2004 (7 months)
Managed e-Commerce fullfilment services for specialty apparel and promotional products for clients including Office Depot, Haverty's, Sports Authority and Verizon.
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; CXR; Internet industry)
January 2001 — June 2004 (3 years 6 months)
Responsible for content, technology and strategic partnerships for group that supported more than 80 radio station and personality websites.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
May 2000 — December 2000 (8 months)
An incubator that assisted Internet and other technology-based businesses with raising venture capital and private equity funding.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
October 1996 — May 2000 (3 years 8 months)
Previous Position at this company: Vice President, Operations
(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Newspapers industry)
September 1982 — October 1996 (14 years 2 months)
Previous Positions at this company: Deputy Business Editor, Assistant Business Editor, Business Writer
Bachelor's, Journalism, 1979 — 1982
Master's, College of Liberal Studies (Media Studies)
Davenport Fellowship, Economic Journalism
Entrepreneurial issues; worked with Innovations Publishing in 2007 to publish a compilation of expert interviews entitled "Raising Capital When You Don't Have a Silicon Valley Address. A second compilation of interviews will be published in fall 2008; the working title is "Entrepreneurs and Innovation: Creating Value With Emerging Technologies."
Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals, Association of Internet Researchers, National Federation of Independent Business, Technology Association of Georgia, University of Georgia Alumni Association