Miles Lennon

Current

• Product Manager at UpCompany Inc.

Past

• Co-Founder at Textworks, LLC
• Summer Analyst at Banc of America Securities
• Intern - Private Equity at Clearbid Capital

• Intern - Planning at Draft FCB

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Education

• Columbia University in the City of New York
• Staples High School

Connections

100 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog

Miles Lennon’s Summary

The two years of experience I've had in the internet industry vastly understates the amount I've learned. From starting and liquidating a business to managing product at a well-funded and highly ambitious top tier internet start-up in New York, I've gained experiences well beyond my years. I've got a lot to learn but have a lot to offer.

Over the next few years I'm looking to work with deep-thinking, hard-working and innovative engineers and business partners to build revolutionary products and thriving businesses. I want to maximize creativity and ingenuity within the realm of what is commercially viable.

Miles Lennon’s Specialties:

-Product planning and strategy for web-based applications
-Project management
-User experience design
-Data processing logic
-Agile development
-Business plan composition
-Investor presentations
-Fund raising
-Getting in the door
-Recruiting and networking

Miles Lennon’s Experience

• Product Manager

  UpCompany Inc.

  (Internet industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  At UpCompany, Inc. I work directly with the CEO to drive the product vision and strategy and manage the product life cycle for the company's data-intensive core product Rakedin.com, which aims to be the world's largest business information website.
  
  After compiling the roadmap, I conduct research, corral details, produce mocks, and write business requirements mostly using agile best practices. I also enjoy pairing with the CTO to prioritize features, schedule iterations, plan releases, implement efficient processes, and assist in the non-technical aspects of managing the engineering team.
  
  Relevant experience: User interaction design, information architecture, data models, data disambiguation, data processing logic, MySQL query building, statistical methods, financial analysis

• Co-Founder

  Textworks, LLC

  (Internet industry)

  March 2007 — March 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  Textworks was one of the most valuable experiences I've had in my life.
  
  • Co-founded and raised capital for a start-up that aimed to launch a mobile platform for real-time communication and coordination, but wasn't able to meet its objectives.
  
  • Gained valuable fund raising experience pitching to several well known venture capital firms including Highland Capital Partners, Branson Venture Capital (Virgin USA), Northbridge Ventures, and CKR Ventures
  
  • Composed a 35-page business plan for the Boston College Venture Competition, earning 2nd place, $3,000 and exposure to a panel of venture capitalists

• Summer Analyst

  Banc of America Securities

  (Public Company; BAC; Investment Banking industry)

  May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)

  Investment Banking Summer Analyst in the Global Industries Group
  
  • Conducted private and public company valuation analysis based on public comparables and discounted cash flow analysis
  
  • Contributed to the generation of supportive quantitative analysis for transaction ideas or strategic opportunities such as M&A, equity offerings and buybacks
  
  • Prepared pitch books consisting of industry research, company profiles, multiples charts, stock price charts and other quantitative and qualitative analysis
  
  • Attended and acted as sole analyst on deal team for various pitches

• Intern - Private Equity

  Clearbid Capital

  (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Investment Management industry)

  September 2006 — December 2006 (4 months)

• Intern - Planning

  Draft FCB

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IPG; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 2006 — August 2006 (3 months)

  Internship in Planning and Market Research

Miles Lennon’s Education

• Columbia University in the City of New York

  Bachelor of Arts , Economics and Mathematics , 2004 — 2008

  Activities and Societies:

  Delta Sigma Phi, Inter-Greek Council, Order of Omega Society, Columbia Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs

• Staples High School

Additional Information

Miles Lennon’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog

Miles Lennon’s Interests:

Design: I'm interested in simple but elegant, visually appealing but rigorously scientific, economical but unique. I'm fascinated by the ways in which design can influence behavior which in turn can boost efficacy or increase efficiency. Product: I'm interested in search, community building, and SaaS multi-platform applications. I strive to build products that make people think it should have been their idea. I'm also eager to teach people what they didn't know they wanted to know. Profit: I'm interested in being P+L focused from day one and never losing sight of the business objective. I want to maximize creativity within the realm of what is commercially viable. Other interests: MMA, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, running, blogging, theorizing

Miles Lennon’s Groups:

Blue Venture Community, Delta Sigma Phi, Columbia University Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Club

•    Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity
•    Columbia University Alumni Network
•    New York Venture Community
•    Conflux Festival

Miles Lennon’s Honors:

1st place - Boston College Venture Competition (2008)
2nd place - Boston College Venture Competition (2007)
Columbia University GS Scholarship
Minerva Honor Society
Order of Omega Honor Society
Greek Man of the Year (2007)
Order of the Sphynx (2007)
Order of the Gordion Knot (2008)
Order of the Lute (2007)

Miles Lennon’s Contact Settings

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• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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