
VP, Business Development at PocketGear, Inc.
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

VP, Business Development at PocketGear, Inc.
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
Results oriented executive with a passion for developing and managing high growth online and mobile media, marketing, communication and technology businesses.
Unique and disruptive opportunities in the Internet and mobile industries where I can apply my general management, business development, strategy, and sales skills to drive revenues and profitability are always of interest to me.
Deep domain experience in online, mobile and converged media, products, services, and technologies - distribution and revenue models, search, mobile, lead generation, device OS, platform & developer programs, and related technologies - in direct to consumer and business to business markets.
sales, business and product development, strategy, distribution, contract negotiation, partnership management, business planning & operational management, forecasting & budgeting, hiring & recruitment, service delivery, media, wireless, Internet, mobile, social, local, search, new media, advertising.
(Internet industry)
June 2009 — Present (6 months)
Leading provider of mobile content and digital media application storefront solutions for service providers, OEM’s, media companies, and consumers.
(Internet industry)
June 2006 — March 2009 (2 years 10 months)
Beecoz is a simple and easy way for people to find and share information about local businesses. (Local, Social, Search)
(Privately Held; Wireless industry)
July 2001 — February 2006 (4 years 8 months)
Part of management team that helped turn a start-up operation (Pinpoint Networks) in to a globally recognized industry leader delivering search and mobile application storefront solutions to many of the worlds largest mobile operators, oem's, and media companies.
(Public Company; XCIT; Internet industry)
July 1996 — December 2000 (4 years 6 months)
Led and managed business development, channel management, sales, and product teams in search, advertising and ecommerce for Excite Mobile, Excite.com and the Excite@Home network of media properties.
(Public Company; Newspapers industry)
February 1990 — July 1996 (6 years 6 months)
BS , Business , 1985 — 1989
Council for Entrepreneurial Development, Founding Member of NC Spark