Michael Downs

Current

President at SalesGen Corp

Past

Senior Vice President at Vendare Media
Executive Vice President at Magex Ltd.
Vice President at ToyTime Inc.

Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton
Manager at Accenture

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Education

Beijing Language and Culture University
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
University of Colorado at Boulder - Leeds School of Business

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Connections

165 connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Michael Downs’s Summary

STRATEGY & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE

• Accomplished business developer with 16 years experience including a decade spent growing marketing, advertising and digital distribution businesses in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

• Functional expertise in strategic planning, business development, product management, online advertising and sales. Known for results-driven leadership, successful partnerships, creative problem-solving and detailed financial management.

• Scaled startup to 5,000 sales leads per month, created strategy for $100M advertising business, launched Asia’s first Rights Management and Europe’s first email payment services, made first $1M sale at 25 and earned a Wharton MBA.

Michael Downs’s Specialties:

Ad Operations & Network Management, Affiliate Marketing, Blog & Social Media Marketing, Business & Corporate Development, Competitive Analysis, Consumer (B2C) & Business (B2B) Advertising, CPA, CPM & CPC Campaign Management, Display Advertising, Ecommerce, Email Marketing, Interactive Media Planning & Buying, Lead Generation, Portal Negotiation, Project Management, Sales Management, Search Engine Marketing (SEO & SEM), Strategic & Financial Planning, UI Design, Web 2.0 Application Development

Michael Downs’s Experience

President

SalesGen Corp

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

May 2005 — Present (4 years 8 months)

Online financial products marketing and lead generation business. Client advertisers (and investors) primarily from the consumer products, finance and insurance industries. Partners include display, search and email publishers.
Senior Vice President

Vendare Media

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

July 2004 — April 2005 (10 months)

Head of Vendare's corporate and business development functions. Responsible for strategic planning, M&A and corporate-level business development for this diversified online marketing services firm.
Executive Vice President

Magex Ltd.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Financial Services industry)

May 2000 — May 2002 (2 years 1 month)

Responsible for customer- and partner-facing business functions including sales and business development. Helped launch Europe's first online music (DRM) and person-to-person payments services.
Vice President

ToyTime Inc.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

March 1999 — March 2000 (1 year 1 month)

Responsible for evaluating, negotiating and implementing key partnerships including online marketing, technology and fulfillment relationships with companies such as AOL, Microsoft and ClientLogic.
Associate

Booz Allen Hamilton

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; BAH; Management Consulting industry)

August 1997 — May 1999 (1 year 10 months)

Developed and implemented sales growth and expense reduction programs for institutional clients including Viacom, the NBA, the NAA and Lucent.
Manager

Accenture

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ACN; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1989 — July 1995 (6 years 2 months)

Marketed, sold and implemented global equity trading and portfolio accounting systems to large asset managers including Capital Research Management Company and Capital Guardian Trust. Accenture was formerly known as Andersen Consulting.

Michael Downs’s Education

Beijing Language and Culture University

N/A , Mandarin , 2003 — 2004

Intensive Mandarin study at China’s top-ranked language school. Passed HSK level 3 exams (high school).
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

MBA , Finance, Competitive Strategy , 1995 — 1997

Masters degree in Business Administration. Double major in Finance and Competitive Strategy. Advanced study projects in Technology Sector M&A.
University of Colorado at Boulder - Leeds School of Business

BS , Finance , 1984 — 1988

Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Beta Gamma Sigma (highest scholastic honors).