Todd Gailun

Past

• Director at Armstrong Ventures
• Product Manager, Broadband at Pfizer
• Director of Business Development at 8minuteDating

• Product Manager - VoIP and IP VPN Programs at Ericsson
• Assistant Global High Yield Telecom Analyst at Morgan Stanley

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Education

• Georgetown University - The McDonough School of Business
• The Hotchkiss School

Connections

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Industry

Internet

Todd Gailun’s Summary

Passionate about the dynamics underlying networks (neural, biological and social), the "creative destruction" being unleashed by competing wireless platforms, and the innovative business models taking aim at the Mobile Internet, Todd Gailun has an eclectic background committed to monetizing technological networks.

Having participated firsthand in Nextel's and Amazon's high yield financings, managed the product launch of Ericsson's VoIP and IP VPN programs while based in Stockholm, and pioneered the "speed dating" concept - foreshadowing "social networking" - with 8minuteDating, he seeks to leverage these unique perspectives to focus on the evolution of Social Networking and Virtual Worlds morphing onto the nascent Mobile Internet.

As a self-described systems thinker, he continues his education on the interplay between technology and humanity by collaborating with Life Science Ph.D.s from Yale, NYU, Columbia and Rockefeller, among others, to create a unique "salon" where entrepreneurial scientists create biotechnologies, and start-ups, in in collaboration with New York City's preeminent venture capitalists.

Todd is an maniacal spinner and cyclist, training to ride L'Étape du Tour, finishing this year at Hautacam. When not on a bike or engaging with people, he can be found reading, and looking at art, attempting to make sense of the human condition.

Todd Gailun’s Experience

• Director

  Armstrong Ventures

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Real Estate industry)

  2006 — 2007 (1 year )

  PRIVATE EQUITY EXECUTIVE SEARCH
  - Originated, executed and completed global, retained searches for The Carlyle Group and HSBC, among others.
  
  - Presented strategic opportunities to chief investment officers on how to enter new product/geographic markets.
  
  - Advised, evaluated and recruited professionals to fulfill clients' global product strategies.

• Product Manager, Broadband

  Pfizer

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PFE; Telecommunications industry)

  October 2003 — January 2006 (2 years 4 months)

  - Managed Broadband deployment to Pfizer's 12,000 person sales force; my team and I achieved industry-leading 90% penetration.
  
  - Developed/maintained relationships between ISPs, the Managed Service Provider and Pfizer's sales force.
  
  - Collaborated with software developers to roll out software upgrades, including wireless networking capabilities.
  
  - Joint-ventured with Hughes Satellite Corp. to provision satellite links for rural connectivity.

• Director of Business Development

  8minuteDating

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Events Services industry)

  2002 — 2003 (1 year )

  -- Lead NYC business development for the online/offline dating pioneer, which competed against Match.com and eHarmony.
  
  - Identified and brokered strategic media and business partnerships to generate greater brand awareness.
  
  - Evangelized and instituted new advertising campaigns to attract the uninitiated from competition like eHarmony.
  
  - Advised graphic designers on website functionality/design, incorporating innovative online and offline marketing strategies.

• Product Manager - VoIP and IP VPN Programs

  Ericsson

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ERICY; Telecommunications industry)

  2000 — 2002 (2 years )

  NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE DIVISION
  - Developed and commercialized VoIP (Internet Telephony) and IP VPN (Virtual Private Network) applications.
  
  - Collaborated with hardware/software engineers, and IBM, to articulate the design, development and sales "roadmaps."
  
  -Delineated application specifications, and edited white papers to strategically clarify the value proposition.
  
  - Analyzed the European/SE Asian carrier and enterprise market for sales opportunities for Ericsson's AXI 540 Edge Router, and created a VoIP and IP VPN sales channel.
  
  - Built and maintained the financial sales model for the IP VPN solution and the VoIP offering, to be sold in conjunction with the AXI 540 Edge Router, or as stand-alone solutions.
  
  -Marketed both the hardware and software technologies to incumbent (ILEC) and CLEC carriers, as well as enterprise users.

• Assistant Global High Yield Telecom Analyst

  Morgan Stanley

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MS; Financial Services industry)

  October 1997 — February 2000 (2 years 5 months)

  GLOBAL HIGH YIELD TELECOM RESEARCH
  - Researched and wrote industry reports analyzing paradigm-shaping issues such as: "Indefeasible Rights of Use" (IRUs) in the "Optical Fiber" sector, and "Advertising" in the "Online Retailing" sector.
  
  - Maintained financial models producing company reports on: LOW EARTH ORBITING SATELLITES (LEOS): Teledisc, Iridium and Globalstar; BROADBAND WIRELSS: Winstar, ART, Teligent; OPTICAL FIBER NETWORKS: Level 3, Qwest, Viatel and Global Crossing; CLECs: Covad, Jazztel and Northpoint.
  
  - Select transaction due diligence - (1) Amazon.com's $1.25B, 4 3/4% Convertible Notes for infrastructure build-out, and (2) Nextel's $1B, 5 3/4% Convertible Sr. Notes for strategic investments, working capital and capital expenditures.

Todd Gailun’s Education

• Georgetown University - The McDonough School of Business

  Bachelor of Science , 1993 — 1997

  Activities and Societies:

  Varsity Crew, Delta Phi Epsilon Professional Foreign Service Fraternity

• The Hotchkiss School

  1989 — 1993

Additional Information

Todd Gailun’s Interests:

Cycling; Windsurfing; Surrealist/Dadaist art; Literary artists: Richard Powers, Thomas Pynchon, Douglas Hofstadter and Michael Frayn; VInyasa Yoga