Co-Founder/President, GeniusRocket.com; Managing Member, Rock Ridge Ventures
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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- Co-Founder/President at GeniusRocket.com
- Co-Founder/Chairman at Carmun
- Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship (University of Maryland)
- Managing Member at Rock Ridge Ventures, LLC
- Past
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- Executive Vice President at ZG Ventures
- Various at AOL
- Senior Vice President / Divisional COO at America Online
- Associate General Counsel at America Online
- Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- Education
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- Harvard Law School
- Dartmouth College
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Adam Lehman’s Summary
Experienced strategist, dealmaker, investor and operating executive with record of success developing new business opportunities in both early stage venture and public company corporate settings. Functional strength and experience in strategic planning, corporate development, business development, general management/operations, investing (angel, venture and corporate), strategic transactions (M&A, joint ventures and partnerships), international business development and management, organizational and talent development, and business law/legal management. Deepest industry experience in digital media and technology, but with substantial experience working in and with other industries (including traditional media and entertainment, consumer goods and services, telecom and financial services).
Adam Lehman’s Specialties:
Leading corporate and business development teams, incubating early stage ventures, developing and executing M&A / strategic transactions, international expansion, business law/legal management
Adam Lehman’s Experience
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Co-Founder/President
GeniusRocket.com
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)
GeniusRocket is an online platform through which companies can develop fresh new advertising, marketing and other creative content by tapping into our creative community consisting of more than 5,000 creative professionals from over 60 countries. Learn more at www.geniusrocket.com.
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Co-Founder/Chairman
Carmun
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; E-Learning industry)
February 2006 — Present (2 years 9 months)
Carmun is an early stage venture whose mission is to use technology to transform the way people share, use and generate knowledge – making academic tasks easier and more rewarding and enabling powerful new communities of learning.
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Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship (University of Maryland)
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Higher Education industry)
June 2005 — Present (3 years 5 months)
Have served since Summer 2005 as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School for Business, incubating new ventures, mentoring regional and student entrepreneurs, and delivering entrepreneurship education programming.
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Managing Member
Rock Ridge Ventures, LLC
(Online Media industry)
April 2002 — Present (6 years 7 months)
Rock Ridge, led by Adam Lehman, is a private venture development company. Rock Ridge incubates and invests in new businesses, and provides a variety of corporate development and management services to emerging ventures. Rock Ridge is focused principally in the digital media and marketing sectors. Rock Ridge portfolio companies include GeniusRocket and Carmun (see above), NaturalPath Media, the leading sustainable and healthy living advertising network of more than 20 million monthly unique accounts, Goozex, the leading online platform and community for the exchange of video games, and Hook & Ladder Brewing Company, the fastest growing craft brewer in the country which gives back a "penny in every pint" to burn foundations and hospital burn units. Visit www.rockridgeventures.com for more information.
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Executive Vice President
ZG Ventures
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
December 2003 — January 2006 (2 years 2 months)
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Various
AOL
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Online Media industry)
January 1995 — March 2002 (7 years 3 months)
See "America Online" descriptions
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Senior Vice President / Divisional COO
America Online
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Internet industry)
January 1999 — March 2002 (3 years 3 months)
Led International Business Affairs & Development team, formulating strategies and business plans to expand and solidify AOL's presence in Europe, Asia and Latin America, and negotiating AOL investments, acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships to execute on these plans. In addition, managed operations for 150 person corporate business development unit, with oversight for recruiting, training, organizational development, planning/budgeting and other administrative operations.
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Associate General Counsel
America Online
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Online Media industry)
January 1995 — December 1998 (4 years)
Recruited, trained and supervised team of fifteen transactional attorneys responsible for structuring and negotiation of AOL commercial partnerships. Negotiated wide variety of content, marketing, advertising, with leading companies including Viacom, Sony, Yahoo, AT&T, Sprint, Amazon, Barnes and Noble and American Express. Developed first generation Internet content, marketing and advertising deal models and partnership policies.
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Associate
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
(Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Law Practice industry)
September 1992 — December 1994 (2 years 4 months)
Assisted in the structuring and negotiation of investments, mergers, acquisitions and financings.
Adam Lehman’s Education
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Harvard Law School
J.D., 1989 — 1992
Cum Laude, Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, HLS Drama Society
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Dartmouth College
A.B.,
Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Harry S. Truman Scholar (1987)
