Experience

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  Launchpad Venture Group

  • Member

    • Jan 2013 - Jan 2018

    Boston-based angel investment group providing funding and advice to early stage companies based in the Boston area

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  Alderbrook Consulting

  • Greater Boston Area

  • Principal

    • Jun 2011 - Jul 2017
    • Greater Boston Area

    Working with early stage companies and providing assistance to investors with underperforming assets. Significant engagements include investigating technology and business models for providing video service for a multi-town municipal startup in Massachusetts, assisting MCV Cable in Guam with improved marketing and cash flow management to facilitate sale to Japanese acquirer, and providing expert witness testimony for Vectren Communications.

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  BCM

  • United States
  • Telecommunications
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Senior Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer

    • Sep 2009 - Jun 2011

    Backchannelmedia provides an advanced television advertising service that embeds interactive "Clickable Moments" into TV content and advertisements that connect viewers directly to programmer or advertiser-specified locations on the Web.

  • Consultant

    • Apr 2009 - Sep 2009

    Assisting Backchannel in setting up their first joint market between broacasters and cable operators.

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  NuLink

  • Operations Consultant/Director

    • Nov 2007 - Mar 2008

    Assisting Halyard Capital with the acquisition of NuLink, their first broadband cable operation, and the logistics of setting it up as an independent operation.In 9 months changed out all critical IT systems including billing, accounting and phone, designed and constructed needed additional facilities, upgraded existing product offering and added telephone and on-demand video services.

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  Sigecom, LLC

  • President and CEO

    • Jun 2002 - Dec 2006

    Competitive broadband services company owned by The Blackstone Group. Appointed CEO to turn the company around operationally and financially to prepare it for sale. Sold to Wide Open West, November, 2006.During my tenure Sigecom improved revenues 18% and cash flow (EBITDA) 47%. At sale Sigecom had the best operating metrics in the competitive broadband space, with over half its customers taking voice, video and data service. We had also established a strong commercial business accounting for 20% of company revnues and serving enterprise-level customers such as Bristol-Meyers and Vectren Energy Delivery. as well as small and medium businesses.

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  American Broadband, Inc.

  • Vice President, Product Strategy & Marketing

    • 2000 - 2002

    Part of founding management team of this competive broadband service startup funded by Great Hill Partners. One of the first companies to plan an all-digital network.

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  Dove Consulting

  • Senior Consultant

    • 1997 - 2000

    Marketing and strategy consulting, primarily to the broadband communications and Internet sectors.Major engagements included guiding the planning and processes to integrate 130 separate acquisitions into Multicanal - the largest cable MSO in Argentina, and work with Boeing to develop the first-ever in-flight Internet service.

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  CableSoft

  • Founder, President & CEO

    • 1995 - 1997

    Founder of this software developer for interactive television services. Major investors included General Instrument Corporation (Motorola) and cable industry financial guru Paul Kagan. CableSoft was acquired by Open TV.

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  Alderbrook Consultants

  • Managing Director

    • 1989 - 1995

    Founded this strategic consulting practice with national network of associated consultants. Clients included the top 5 cable MSOs, national broadcasters, and new cable networks.Led a joint project for Microsoft, Intel and General Instrument which developed a reference platform for advanced interactive cable television terminals. Introduced successful early ITV services in Europe and South America.

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  American Cablesystems

  • Senior Vice President, Marketing & Programming

    • 1986 - 1988

    American Cablesystems was a leading cable MSO, acquired by Continental Cablevision in 1988, and now a part of the Comcast system American Cablesystems doubled subscriber growth rates and increased penetration by 9 points, with revenue/homes passes among the highest in the industry. In its last year won 6 national Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) awards for marketing excellence.

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  Parker Brothers Games

  • Senior Vice President, Marketing

    • 1974 - 1986

    Parker Brothers was the maker of such world-famous brands as Monopoly and Nerf toys, brands now owned by Hasbro.Highlights include, 8 consecutive years of sales and share growth in games. Took Parker into Childrens' Books and achieved the 6 top-selling childrens' titles in the US in year 1. Expanded into Childrens' music in following year. Awarded RIAA "Gold" album for our first release. Named Marketer of the Year by the Boston chapter of the American Marketing Association.