Global Technology Executive
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Vice-President, Product Management at Deutsche Bank
- Owner at TNL.net (Sole Proprietorship)
- Past
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- Vice President, Applied Innovation at HSBC.com
- Partner at Moveable Media
- Senior Technical Adviser to the CEO at Boo.com
- Director, Marketing and Strategy at Net Quotient
- General Manager, Online Properties at Earthweb
- Founder and General Manager at Internet.com
- Online Liaison, Internet World at Mecklermedia
- Webmaster, YPN and Research Editor at Michael Wolff & Co.
- Education
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- The George Washington University - School of Business
- University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
- Lycée Français International de Washington (Lycée Rochambeau)
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Tristan Louis’s Summary
Tristan Louis is an experienced technology executive who has helped develop and implement successful internet strategies for companies big and small.
A technology visionary with a keen business sense, Mr. Louis has a long track record of translating global business visions into detailed internet strategies that have generated several billions US dollars in new value for the businesses he’s been involved with.
Tristan Louis’s Specialties:
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
* Long experience in planning and developing strategies, managing complex deals, and closing business opportunities.
* High level of creativity, flexibility and adaptability to different business and market environment.
* Strong project management capabilities, with a specialization in managing global teams in multiple locations.
Tristan Louis’s Experience
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Vice-President, Product Management
Deutsche Bank
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DB; Banking industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)
I am responsible for developing the product strategy for next generation internet-based offerings in the global transaction banking division.
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Owner
TNL.net (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Internet industry)
January 1994 — Present (15 years 11 months)
TNL.net is an experimental site in new internet technologies. It is also a repository for general information about myself and for my writings about the internet and technology industry.
Since 1994, it has been recognized as an important publication which has been quoted in mainstream publications like Business Week, the New York Times, the BBC, CNN, etc... -
Vice President, Applied Innovation
HSBC.com
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HSBA; Internet industry)
August 2001 — November 2007 (6 years 4 months)
Worked in the applied innovation group, which investigates new technologies and new market opportunities. As part of this job, I worked with different stakeholders in the organizations to formulate business plans and make recommendations on technology solutions that reduced cost, increased revenue, or improved customer experience.
In previous roles in the organization, I was responsible for centralized content management system, extensions to it, and search and index. This includes management of our global content strategy, SEO/SEM/Search strategy, and all related software and hardware centralized content management and search platforms within the group.
Overall responsibilities included P&L responsibilities for global service division supporting internal customers across 78 countries and three major business lines: retail banking, business banking, corporate and institutional banking. -
Partner
Moveable Media
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
January 2000 — July 2001 (1 year 7 months)
Moveable Media was created in January 2000 to provide Internet and technology strategy consulting services to Fortune 1000 companies. Significant clients included Coca-Cola, Microsoft, AOL Time-Warner, and Nokia.
Significant accomplishments included presentation of a complete technology strategy for Coca-Cola, integration between AOL and Time-Warner, and involvement in the development of set top boxes for Nokia.
The company's intellectual assets were sold to a private party at the end of July 2001. -
Senior Technical Adviser to the CEO
Boo.com
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
August 1999 — January 2000 (6 months)
I lent my Internet expertise to this new startup, working as interim CTO and back-end architect for the company.
During my tenure there, Boo fixed its back-end system, managed to launch a site that seemed unlaunchable within 10 weeks of my arrival due to strong project management. However, I was not able to convince the CEO that the front end needed to be redone.
I was also instrumental in hiring a new CTO for the company and working on general technology strategy. -
Director, Marketing and Strategy
Net Quotient
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
February 1998 — August 1999 (1 year 7 months)
Overseeing of all marketing and communications strategies for the company.
Development of two brand identities: one for Metaphoria, our software product group, and one for our consulting services.
Development of multiple direct marketing campaigns to promote our products and services.
Redesign of the company's online presence and of its complete image.
I was instrumental in the launch of Metaphoria DTS 1.1, the first java-based application server, at JavaOne and the subsequent spinoff of the company from its parent.
Helped rewrite business plan and prepare the company for sale. The Metaphoria unit was sold to Information Architects, and the consulting unit was sold to The Formula Group. -
General Manager, Online Properties
Earthweb
(Partnership; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
February 1997 — February 1998 (1 year 1 month)
Responsible for advertising rates, marketing, positioning, partnerships and long term strategy. Among some of the partnerships I was directly responsible for are Developer.com's relationships with Netscape, Microsoft, Sun, and IBM.
Development of new business model merging electronic commerce and editorial content.
Responsible for the acquisition of JARS, which was the leading competitor to Gamelan.
Note: EarthWeb went public on NASDAQ based on the plan I had designed for them during my tenure there. The properties I had built for Earthweb were sold to Internet.com in December 2000. -
Founder and General Manager
Internet.com
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; JUPM; Internet industry)
August 1995 — February 1997 (1 year 7 months)
Turned around company's reputation in the online world through creation, from the ground up, of one of the top web sites on the Internet.
Pioneered concept of licensing online content to other sites and offline media.
Developed equations to calculate cost of acquisition of online resources and return on investment.
Responsible for all decisions including budgeting , advertising rates, editorial direction, technological investments.
Recruited and managed a staff of 45 people, including development team and national sales force.
Handled all communications with other Mecklermedia divisions (magazines and trade shows).
Had full P&L responsibilities for the site, and managed to bring it to profitability.
Note: The company changed its name to JupiterMedia and stock symbol to JUPM. -
Online Liaison, Internet World
Mecklermedia
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; MECK; Internet industry)
May 1995 — August 1995 (4 months)
Reorganized CompuServe forum held by the magazine, increasing revenue by 1000%
Launched web site for the magazine, creating original content for the web.
Reported on late breaking news and worked with editor-in-chief to reduce delays in breaking news.
Wrote one of the most popular columns for the magazine (according to reader's survey)
Note: Due to my success in this job, Alan Meckler, the CEO of the company put me in charge of the web operations (internet.com), which were spun off as a public company after Mecklermedia, the parent company of Internet World, was sold to Penton Media. -
Webmaster, YPN and Research Editor
Michael Wolff & Co.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Media Production industry)
October 1994 — April 1995 (7 months)
Created new online business unit, based on content from best-selling Net.Books Series
Handled all aspects of technical development of Your Personal Network (YPN), which became one of the top sites on the web during my tenure.
Wrote web site reviews for Net.Money, Net.Sports, Net.Trek, and Net.Tech
Developed chapter by chapter outline for Net.Tech.
Tristan Louis’s Education
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The George Washington University - School of Business
Masters Certificate , Project Management , 2005 — 2006
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University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
BA , Journalism, Political Science , August 1990 — May 1993
Also completed enough credits for minors in mathematics, computer science, and French.
- Activities and Societies:
- Editor in Chief, Sliced Bread
Contributor, JAFA News
Member, French House
Member, Unitas
Member, International Student Association
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Lycée Français International de Washington (Lycée Rochambeau)
Baccalaureate , Economics, History , 1989 — 1990
I was following the French educational system.
- Activities and Societies:
- School Newspaper, YearBook
Additional Information
Tristan Louis’s Websites:
Tristan Louis’s Interests:
internet, internet technology, internet companies, web 2.0, syndication, social networks, social media, RSS, podcasting, blogs, wikis, widgets, micro-payments, micro-loans, micro-transactions, virtual worlds, virtual currencies, metadata, RDF, SEO, SEM, search engines
Tristan Louis’s Groups:
PMI, Linkedin
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Doing IT for Good
Tristan Louis’s Honors:
- Multiple awards for properties I developed at HSBC.
- Multiple awards for Internet.com, iWorld, Earthweb, Developer.com and TNL.net
- Nominated as one of Fortune magazine's "30 technology people under 30" in 1995
- Manager of the winning east coast team in the 1999 "Cool Site in a Day" contest at the Web 1999 conference
- Credited with being one of the initial architects of podcasting
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