David E. Bradford
SVP, Finance and Marketing, FluentWorlds & QuikLearn.AI at FluentWorlds- Claim this Profile
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Fluentworlds
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United States
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E-Learning Providers
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1 - 100 Employee
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SVP, Finance and Marketing, FluentWorlds & QuikLearn.AI
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Aug 2013 - 10 years 5 months
Greater Salt Lake City Area FluentWorlds is currently: -- The Highest-Rated Subscription-based App and Language Training App on the iTunes Store -- We've had over 500,000 downloads to date and month-over-month revenues are scaling -- Mobile App is profitable with Subscriber Acquisition Cost less than Customer Lifetime Value (LTV>CPS) -- App includes the world's most sophisticated pronunciation perfection module that does speech recognition as well as syllable-by-syllable analysis and feedback for… Show more FluentWorlds is currently: -- The Highest-Rated Subscription-based App and Language Training App on the iTunes Store -- We've had over 500,000 downloads to date and month-over-month revenues are scaling -- Mobile App is profitable with Subscriber Acquisition Cost less than Customer Lifetime Value (LTV>CPS) -- App includes the world's most sophisticated pronunciation perfection module that does speech recognition as well as syllable-by-syllable analysis and feedback for English language learners -- Pronunciation perfection module was built by the "father" of original speech recognition used in Siri who also led the development of the Amazon Echo. -- www.FluentWorlds.com for more info Part of original team that built The V.I.E.W. (Virtual Immersive Educational World) - a best-in-class 3-D online learning platform for corporations and educational institutions. Involved in all aspects of the business from high-level strategy, financial analysis and modeling, product management, and sales and marketing. FluentWorlds is the world's first 3-D language learning app that combines real-time 3-D online language training with a 3-D language learning mobile app. Over 12,000 downloads to date. Integrally involved in all aspects of FluentWorlds from strategy to product management to sales and marketing. Part of core team that took this product from inception and ideation through full release and growth phase. Show less
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CEO/Founder
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Aug 2013 - 10 years 5 months
Greater Salt Lake City Area "CreoVirtus," Latin for "Creating Value." Goal of firm is to solve big strategic problems in companies or large organizations with innovative solutions to generate significant value creation for clients. Provide corporate strategy, strategic planning, venture capital advisory, corporate finance, big data & analytics, and management consulting services to companies, primarily focused around sectors such as IT/Software, Digital Media, Social Media, Mobile Tech, Cloud/SaaS and Venture… Show more "CreoVirtus," Latin for "Creating Value." Goal of firm is to solve big strategic problems in companies or large organizations with innovative solutions to generate significant value creation for clients. Provide corporate strategy, strategic planning, venture capital advisory, corporate finance, big data & analytics, and management consulting services to companies, primarily focused around sectors such as IT/Software, Digital Media, Social Media, Mobile Tech, Cloud/SaaS and Venture Capital/Private Equity. Consulting and advisory engagements include: - Board of Advisors role providing corporate strategy, go-to-market, and venture capital advisory services for company who has developed an innovative new facial recognition app for enhanced security online and in mobile space. - Strategy advisory engagement supporting fund formation with proposed $100 million private equity/buyout fund focused in the consumer electronics space - Corporate strategy and brand strategy for apparel company looking into brand extensions and adjacencies expand revenue growth and product line - Venture capital advisory and corporate strategy support for high-growth, cleantech company who provides end-to-end solution for small-to-medium size businesses and governments to significantly reduce and optimize long-term energy costs and enhance low-cost energy production -- through such methods as LED, solar, and wind. - Economic development related advisory services provide to high growth, integrated communications/VOIP (voice over IP telephony) companies consider strategic options and pursuing economic incentives as part of their company growth strategy. - Provide overall corporate strategy, product strategy, and go-to-market and business development/revenue generation services to innovative eLearning company providing a significant new interaction and engagement platform to the corporate training and education markets. Show less
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University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business
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United States
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Higher Education
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300 - 400 Employee
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Adjunct Instructor
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Jan 2015 - Mar 2016
Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area Taught Entrepreneurial Strategy class first as guest lecturer then as adjunct faculty.
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Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity
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United States
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Government Administration
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director, IT & Software Economic Development & TCIP University Tech Grants Program
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Sep 2011 - Apr 2013
Salt Lake City, Utah (1) IT/Software Cluster Director: -- Developed comprehensive, data-driven strategy plan for Utah economic development from the IT/Software sector - plan regarded by others as the "most significant contribution to economic development strategy in 10 years" by long-time economic development colleague; this strategic planning framework has been a significant contribution to cluster-based economic development strategy planning at GOED. -- Led rollout of strategic planning model to… Show more (1) IT/Software Cluster Director: -- Developed comprehensive, data-driven strategy plan for Utah economic development from the IT/Software sector - plan regarded by others as the "most significant contribution to economic development strategy in 10 years" by long-time economic development colleague; this strategic planning framework has been a significant contribution to cluster-based economic development strategy planning at GOED. -- Led rollout of strategic planning model to other sectors such as aerospace and defense, manufacturing, and outdoor products. -- Demonstrated thought leadership on strategic point of view of the IT/Software sector by sharing it and advocating for it across several key strategic partners in economic development in Utah. -- Developed and have begun to execute point of view for a comprehensive marketing plan for the IT/Software sector in Utah to raise profile of the sector and drive better awareness and engagement by companies inside and outside of Utah. (2) Director Technology Commercialization & Innovation Program: -- Directed the deployment of $2.2 million in seed funding grants to university-based technologies seeking to commercialize in Utah. -- Made significant enhancements to program deal generation, deal vetting, and decision-making process, including leading optimization of web-based application and review process back-ended by Salesforce.com. (3) Utah Governor's Economic Council: -- Named as representative to the Governor's Economic Council committee on increasing entrepreneurship, innovation, and investment in Utah. -- Key player in supporting amendment to federal stimulus SSBCI funds to recommend deployment of $4 million of Utah allocation to seed and early-stage venture capital investing in Utah, including screening and recommendations on fund candidates. -- Developed 11-year comprehensive data set and analysis of all VC investments in the U.S. to support analysis of potential for new Utah Fund of Funds. Show less
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ventureBlue Capital
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Entrepreneur in Residence
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Feb 2011 - Mar 2011
Worked on mobile app for corporate training within a disciplined "lean startup" methodology; ran agile development process (daily scrum, minimum viable product, stand-up mtgs) in combination with supporting general sales/business development and product management for the company.
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Chief Operating Officer (Part-Time)
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Aug 2010 - Jan 2011
Granada Advisors is a middle-market strategy and financial advisory services provider.
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Walmart
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United States
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Manager, Merchandise Finance and Strategy
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Feb 2008 - May 2010
After about 1.5 years at Walmart, I was promoted by joining a U.S. Strategy team and later a Merchandise Finance and Strategy team where I had the opportunity to work on complex, long-range strategic development and financial analysis, as well as strategy planning where I had the opportunity to support merchandising senior vice presidents and their VP's and teams in their strategic planning processes.
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Manager, Capital Investment Analysis (Treasury); Manager Real Estate Finance
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Aug 2006 - Feb 2008
In my initial role at Walmart, I worked in the treasury department and then in Real Estate Finance where I was involved in capital investment analysis for the Walmart U.S. Real Estate program.
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Founding Director
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Sep 2005 - Apr 2006
One of seven founding student directors for MBA student venture capital/private equity fund (Cougar Capital) where I was also the research team leader for fund's first investment which later yielded a 300+% IRR for the fund after the company went public. I also participated in the fundraising process and early networking efforts with venture capital firms in Salt Lake and Silicon Valley.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Summer Intern - Finance
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May 2005 - Jun 2005
Spent approximately two months working as summer intern in a finance area for Hewlett-Packard where my main project was to conduct a profit pool analysis of an industry HP was working to penetrate -- work was under the primary guidance of a strategy professional at HP.
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Summer Associate
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2005 - 2005
I worked as a summer associate for about two months conducting due diligence on potential investments and ultimately reviewed, recommended, and helped with investment structuring, in a deal that was later done by the fund after I left the firm.
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Manager, Strategic Alliances; Associate, Business Development
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Apr 1999 - Apr 2002
Found.com (later Found, Inc.) was a retail-focused software company that provided technology to large, national retailers to enable them to better integrate their online business with their "brick and mortar" retail store networks. Over several funding rounds, the senior executives raised over $45 million in venture capital and other funds from Accel-KKR Private Equity, Bain Capital, and others. The company was eventually acquired by CRS Retail Solutions.
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Political Operations Field Manager
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2002 - 2002
Boston, MA I worked on the full-time paid staff for the Mitt Romney for Governor Campaign for about five months helping to put together campaign events.
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Education
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BYU Law School
Juris Doctor, Law -
Brigham Young University - Marriott School of Management
Masters of Business Administration, MBA -
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