
San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area
* Presently CEO of Market Metrix LLC (www.marketmetrix.com)
* Founder Equiglobe LLC, Global management consulting and investments
* President & COO, MarketLive, Inc.
* Barra Inc. (NASDAQ: BARZ) Chief Operating Officer, included:
---Board of Directors, Alacra
---Acting President, FEA
* Buylink Corporation, CEO and President
* Quote.com, CEO and President (sold to Lycos)
* Hambrecht & Quist, Corporate Finance (Vice President))
* Stanford University, BS Math and Computer Science
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Market Research industry)
June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
I'm CEO of Market Metrix, a software, data and consulting company that helps Hospitality companies make memorable experiences for their customers and meaningful engagement for their employees.
We have over 100 clients in 70 countries and provide Customer Metrix and Employee Metrix hosted software solutions and provide a global benchmark for ranking Lodging brands, Airlines and Car Rentals along several customer satisfaction dimensions called the Market Metrix Hospitality Index. Clients include JetBlue, Kimpton, Rosewood, Sol Melia, and other great brands around the world.
Check out www.marketmetrix.com and get in touch if you'd like to learn more or think a partnership might be of mutual benefit.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2003 — June 2007 (3 years 10 months)
Own and manage a small management and finance consulting company focusing on companies in need of operational scaling.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2004 — January 2006 (1 year 8 months)
President and COO of ecommerce software provider MarketLive Inc. MarketLive has 150 middle market retailers, catalogers and brand manufacturers who use our Intelligent Selling suite of products to drive over $2 billion in transactions annually. Sequoia Capital invested in the company in January 2004.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; BARZ; Capital Markets industry)
September 2001 — September 2003 (2 years 1 month)
Recruited by the CEO to re-join this then-public investment technology firm to execute more aggressive expansion and partnering, including mergers and acquisitions.
§ Responsible for Product Management, R&D, Software Engineering, QA, Data Management, and Program Management. Created and led Business Development.
§ In January 2003, appointed as President, FEA Inc., after we acquired this 40 person energy analytics firm in Berkeley.
§ Board Member of Alacra, a business information services company in New York, backed by Barra and Flatiron partners.
§ Barra was sold to Morgan Stanley for over $800 million in April 2004.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
November 2000 — July 2001 (9 months)
§ Secured bridge financing and repositioned this online retail b2b exchange as a business software provider. Identified the new CEO upon departure to rejoin Barra Inc. Company was ultimately sold. Hummer Winblad was the lead investor.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
February 1999 — December 1999 (11 months)
§ On the board of directors since November 1996, I was recruited as CEO to re-focus the strategy of this internet financial information pioneer.
§ Refocused on institutional and subscription services, improving revenue. Installed support organization and focused product development and strategic accounts.
§ Solicited venture funding, ultimately negotiating a sale of the company to Lycos.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; BARZ; Financial Services industry)
February 1992 — February 1999 (7 years 1 month)
Barra is the recognized leader in institutional portfolio risk management solutions. From 1992 to 1999, Barra grew from $26 million at IPO to $150 million in revenue, from 230 to 850 people in 15 locations worldwide. Our stock price rose from a low of $3 to $23. Barra appeared five times on Forbes Best Small Companies list, twice on the Honor List.
§ Recruited in 1992 as Director of Operations after to turn around software development. Promoted to Chief Operating Officer six months later.
§ Expanded role to include strategic reorganization, moving from a consulting to market/product-focused strategy.
§ At different times, all functions except finance reported to me. Deployed full spectrum of management and planning infrastructure, incorporated in a balanced scorecard.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Investment Banking industry)
June 1987 — January 1992 (4 years 8 months)
Vice President, Corporate Finance
§ Reported to the Managing Director of Corporate Finance, who became the CEO.
§ Staffed on M&A and IPO deals for technology and biotechnology companies. Took lead execution responsibilities on several deals, including Barra, Inc.
§ Responsible for Associate/Analyst recruiting, information and marketing systems.
BS , Mathematical and Computational Sciences