Experience

HelloWoofy.com | Smart Marketing for Underdogs

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder + CEO

  • Aug 2016 - Present

  New York HelloWoofy.com is a smart marketing platform for small business owners, or “underdogs”, to use patented generative AI (11,115,356) to create, schedule and post marketing content to multiple mediums or channels at once. • Achieved a $23: ~$1000 CAC to LTV/Cart/Investment ratio • Obtained sales to capital raised ratio of $1:$1.6 . • Generated over to $1M in sales to date • Increased total API calls to over ~80M • Expanded customer base 21,900% • Raised over $1.8M in pre-seed… Show more HelloWoofy.com is a smart marketing platform for small business owners, or “underdogs”, to use patented generative AI (11,115,356) to create, schedule and post marketing content to multiple mediums or channels at once. • Achieved a $23: ~$1000 CAC to LTV/Cart/Investment ratio • Obtained sales to capital raised ratio of $1:$1.6 . • Generated over to $1M in sales to date • Increased total API calls to over ~80M • Expanded customer base 21,900% • Raised over $1.8M in pre-seed funding through a robust network of investors and self financing (backed by funds 1517 and Quake Capital and investors Tim Draper, Steve Hayden, etc). • Found corporate partners (including Fortune 500 companies, such as Amazon and Google) resulting in over $250,000 resources. • Revenue generating with over 16,000 B2B members and users • Directed a team of software engineers, designers and a legal/finance professional. • Supervised design efforts for graphics, UI and UX for mobile/desktop app. • Successfully led a "turn around" effort with limited resources from concept to full product launch. Show less



SelfTact.com: Smart Selfies for Networking 📸

• Mobile Computing Software Products

• Founder + CEO

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  New York, United States 👉Part of HelloWoofy.com Incubated an application designed to ease the lead gathering process at events using selfies. With a virtual “rolodex” of contacts, a user can scroll through, email, text and see where they met to close prospects in one click. SelfTact is used as a lead magnet for HelloWoofy.com. iOS and Android Apps.



EmojiData.ai

• United States
• Advertising Services

• Founder + CEO

  • Oct 2019 - Present

  Greater New York City Area 👉Part of HelloWoofy.com Incubated an API for SaaS platforms to embed patented generative AI (11,115,356) technology. The API focuses on generating content with the perfect emojis, hashtags and text based on various forms of input. 80M calls over 4 years of usage. #autosuggest #autocomplete #smartcompose #generativeAI



WordData.ai

• United States
• Software Development

• Founder + CEO

  • Oct 2019 - Present

  Greater New York City Area 👉Part of HelloWoofy.com Incubated an API for SaaS platforms to embed patented generative AI (11,115,356) technology. The API focuses on generating content with the perfect emojis, hashtags and text based on various forms of input. 80M calls over 4 years of usage. #autosuggest #autocomplete #smartcompose #generativeAI



Wrkbench.io

• Founder

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2016

  New York, NY Wrkbench was a startup designed to help creatives visually collaborate on projects and manage tasks using a limitless whiteboard. The tool had the ability to place sticky notes, audio notes, PDFs, images and more directly onto pages and assign tasks to other members of a team. Think “Prezi for project management”. • Led a diverse team from napkin idea, wireframe to production app. • Raised $1.1M in seed funding through tech investors/VC. • Managed a team of software engineers… Show more Wrkbench was a startup designed to help creatives visually collaborate on projects and manage tasks using a limitless whiteboard. The tool had the ability to place sticky notes, audio notes, PDFs, images and more directly onto pages and assign tasks to other members of a team. Think “Prezi for project management”. • Led a diverse team from napkin idea, wireframe to production app. • Raised $1.1M in seed funding through tech investors/VC. • Managed a team of software engineers, designers and support staff. • Created initiatives on branding and corporate culture within startup. • Led graphic design, user experience and user interface efforts for mobile SaaS app. Show less



TheBizDen

• United States
• Higher Education

• Showhost and Event Planning Director

  • Sep 2011 - Sep 2015

  New York, NY Show and Events • Raised over $2k in ticket sales and sponsorships for NYIT School of Management. • Managed a team of student volunteers for event planning and hosting. • Oversaw social media presence for NYIT Business School. • Facilitated PR and partnerships for university with local tech companies, journalists and general communications industry.



Fuelbrite.com (Social Media Agency)

• Founder

  • Oct 2012 - Sep 2013

  New York, NY Social Media Agency for Startups • Consulted 6 tech and lifestyle companies generating over $10,000 in revenue. • Maintained blogs and created content (visual and writing based) for clientele. • Successfully pitched journalists for PR on behalf of agency clients (interviews and content published on Yahoo!, Entrepreneur.com etc.).



People Ideas & Culture / PI&C

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Jun 2012 - Sep 2012

  New York, New York Worked with founder and mentor, Domenico Vitale, on various assignments ranging from copy to art to strategy and beyond.