Experience

Hotshot Inc.

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • May 2014 - 9 years 8 months

  New York Hotshot creates short, practical videos and related resources to teach legal and business skills to lawyers. We help firms deliver modern, effective training in an affordable and scalable way. Our subscribers include some of the largest law firms in the US, and we were recently named most innovative legal ed company at Above the Law’s inaugural innovation competition.



Thomson Reuters

• Canada
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Managing Director, Practical Law

  • Jan 2013 - May 2014

  New York P&L responsibility for the US business of Practical Law, which was acquired by Thomson Reuters in January 2013. Led a team of 350 people in editorial, sales, marketing and operations.

• SVP Sales and Marketing

  • Apr 2010 - Dec 2012

  New York Head of sales and marketing and board director for Practical Law's US business. Oversaw a fifteen-fold increase in sales, helping develop the business into a market leader with 85% of the AmLaw 200 and set the stage for its acquisition by Thomson Reuters in 2013.



Dow Jones

• United States
• Online Media
• 700 & Above Employee

• Managing Director, Online Financial Solutions

  • Jan 2007 - Feb 2010

  New York In charge of strategy and operations for a business that provides financial information to consumer websites including E*TRADE, Charles Schwab and CNN Money. Led the sale of the business to Interactive Data Corporation in 2009.



Factiva, A Dow Jones Reuters Company

• Regional Sales Manager

  • May 2004 - Dec 2006

  New York and San Francisco Sales manager for the North East region, responsible for new sales and account management. Seconded to San Francisco for six months to turn around the underperforming West sales region.

• Global Account Executive

  • Sep 2001 - Aug 2004

  New York Managed relationships and negotiated contracts with Factiva's largest global accounts, including IBM, Morgan Stanley, and the Federal Reserve Bank.

• Manager, Office of the CEO

  • Jun 1999 - Sep 2001

  Princeton Worked alongside the CEO of Factiva on the integration of the merged Reuters and Dow Jones businesses. Responsible for the global implementation of Factiva's customer relationship management system.



Thomson Reuters

• Canada
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Marketing Manager

  • Sep 1997 - May 1999

  London, United Kingdom Responsible for pricing and strategy projects for the Reuters Business Briefing product line. Member of the Reuters deal team for the Factiva joint venture.

• Graduate Trainee

  • Sep 1995 - Sep 1997

  London Assignments in different parts of the Reuters financial and corporate businesses as part of the International Marketing graduate training program. Focused on marketing communications, data analytics and project management.