Experience

Rapidmooc

• France
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Strategic Advisor & Business Development USA

  • May 2021 - Present

  Us explained in one minute: https://youtu.be/q4ivkZZHn0s Helping this fast-scaling, France-based company expand its US footprint at the enterprise and educational level (Learning and Development and Online Education). Rapidmooc is a plug & play, self-serve video booth/studio that lets anyone make professional quality videos in minutes! Create educational content for sales training, product demos, MOOCs, e-learning courses, tutorials, expert interviews, and blended learning content. The user-friendly video studio allows you to record a presentation without technical assistance and delivers a ready-to-use video requiring zero post-production. Over 500 businesses, universities, and schools are using Rapidmooc, including Volvo Trucks, UPS, Redlands Unified School District, University of Oxford, L'Oréal, Sorbonne University Paris, Allianz, EDF Energy, Lloyds Bank, Diptyque Paris, Safran and many others. Show less



Axioned

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Business Strategy Advisor USA

  • Jun 2015 - Present

  Formerly 'PRDXN'. We're now "Actioned" but with an "x"! I work together with the agency founders and senior team across 3 continents to develop new client business opportunities in digital and tech. AXIONED exists to help organizations grow by operationalizing responsible solutions to their technology & business challenges. Core competencies: We give life to new web and mobile app products by helping our client partners get from "idea" and/or proof of concept, to MVP, Version 1.0, and beyond; towards ongoing scale and growth. Digital User Experiences: Axioned also supports the launch and ongoing enhancement and maintenance of digital user experiences designed to optimize brand reputation and support lead generation/CTR’s. Learn more at www.axioned.com. Show less



Televerde Foundation

• United States
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisory Board Member

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Proud to be on the advisory board of the Televerde Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides “a path forward” for currently and formerly incarcerated women. Televerde Foundation’s mission is to help currently and formerly incarcerated women join and successfully grow within the global workforce. Through its PATHS reentry programming, the Foundation provides training, education, and personal and professional development programs that enable participants to develop the skills necessary for a meaningful and rewarding career and successful community reintegration. Televerde Foundation’s vision is a world with equal opportunities for all to be successful in the global workforce. The Foundation is built around its core values to: Empower Others, Be Accountable, Pay It Forward, Courageously Improve and Develop Resiliency. As a growing nonprofit, we are actively looking for workforce development partners supportive of #SecondChances, corporate sponsors who believe in #FairChanceHiring and volunteers of all kinds. If you’re interested in getting involved, we would love to hear from you at: info@televerdefoundation.org Show less



Saint Louis University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mentor and Advisor - Transformative Workforce Academy

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  Volunteer advisor and mentor for justice-involved job seekers with SLU's TWA Second Chance Employers Job Fair. See https://second-chance-slu.web.app. In turbulent economic times, companies need a workforce that is loyal, hardworking, and increases their bottom line. Hiring justice-involved talent promotes self-sufficiency for individuals, success for companies, growth for our economy, and public safety for our region. Volunteer advisor and mentor for justice-involved job seekers with SLU's TWA Second Chance Employers Job Fair. See https://second-chance-slu.web.app. In turbulent economic times, companies need a workforce that is loyal, hardworking, and increases their bottom line. Hiring justice-involved talent promotes self-sufficiency for individuals, success for companies, growth for our economy, and public safety for our region.



Kazi

• Belgium
• Human Resources Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Strategic Business Advisor USA

  • Nov 2016 - Apr 2023

  "Happy Jobs"! Kazi is the online talent mapper and "matchmaker" for highly educated college and university graduates, existing market talent, and corporate/organizational recruiters. Through its proprietary portal, via APS or your ATS, Kazi focuses on identifying the talent behind the resume and mapping job and career expectations on both sides--to help better align candidates with jobs, all within a fitting work culture and environment. Kazi is an essential pre-selection tool for highly skilled job seekers, employers and intermediaries, and provides actionable insights to employer brand managers. Kazi enables students and other talent to "self-assess" and "self-explore"--helping them identify what they really want in a job. Fact: 1 in 2 new workers are looking for another job within the first year of employment. Why? Because of wrong, unaligned expectations from the start, and a culture mismatch between talent and employer. With Kazi, these mismatches can be perfectly avoided. See www.kazi.co. Show less



Business & Technology of Greater New York

• United States
• Events Services

• • Jun 2016 - Jul 2021

  Through our bi-monthly Meetup Community "fireside" chats (and now, because of Covid-19, webinar panel discussions), we engage business and technology leaders of Greater New York and nationally to discuss management and technology best practices and opportunities. See: https://www.meetup.com/btgnewyork/. Please join us for our next event this April 22 (Thursday). Our last event (Feb. 11): https://www.meetup.com/btgnewyork/events/275825426/This one was fun, too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyjH19TXw7s&feature=youtu.be#technology #management #Leadership Show less

• • Jun 2016 - Jul 2021



The Pearl Dream Inc

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisory Board Member

  • Jul 2015 - Sep 2018

  DreamAfrica™ is a digital African-themed platform that delivers engaging and educational family friendly ebooks, audiobooks and videos/animations as featured in “The Next Africa,” by Jake Bright and Aubrey Hruby (McMillan, July 2015). We seek to address the lack of global distribution and access for African and, in general, diverse digital content for children at home, in the classroom, and on the go. DreamAfrica™ is a digital African-themed platform that delivers engaging and educational family friendly ebooks, audiobooks and videos/animations as featured in “The Next Africa,” by Jake Bright and Aubrey Hruby (McMillan, July 2015). We seek to address the lack of global distribution and access for African and, in general, diverse digital content for children at home, in the classroom, and on the go.



Startup52

• United States
• Investment Management

• Advisory Board + Communications Advisor and Mentor.

  • Jun 2015 - Jun 2018

  COMPLETED OUR THIRD COHORT (Dec. 2017 thru Feb. 2018). WATCH FOR NOTIFICATIONS FOR FUTURE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS ON OUR WEBSITE www.startup52.com. Startup52... The startup suite for founders, entrepreneurs and startups, Startup52 is an intensive tech and innovation platform for solving global problems and challenges entrepreneurially. We create intellectually stimulating environments at our Startup52X Accelerator and Bootcamps, to help our participants identify global problems, share ideas, find solutions and launch successful enterprises. Run by world class experienced mentors and experts, our programs are engaging, collaborative, and project-based, all while focusing on the individual’s success. Our goal is to solve some of the world’s pressing needs by turning viable ideas and solutions into profitable social, environmental or technological enterprises, globally. I presently serve on the Advisory Board of Startup52, as well on the advisory boards of several "graduating"​ startups including www.WeDreamAfrica.com. Show less



Marty Weiss and Friends

• Advertising Services

• "Friend" (Business Development and Marketing)

  • Jul 2015 - Aug 2017

  Helped lead/drive business development, marketing and relationship building for NYC-based, design-centric ad agency. Also involved in client communications and brand strategy development. Check us out and see some of our "friends", too, at www.martyweissandfriends.com. About Marty Weiss and Friends... Marty Weiss and Friends is founded on the belief that no matter how much business may change, the value of great ideas never does. We love ideas. We love design. We love working with great people. Whether it’s our clients, or our talented group of friends and collaborators. More than anything, we love brands. We love finding out what makes them tick, finding their strategic centers of gravity, and creating overarching brand ideas and designs. Then executing these ideas in ways that excite consumers and inspire action across any and all platforms. Whether it’s launching brands like A|X Armani Exchange, Sauce Restaurant or Sobieski Vodka, or re-envisioning venerable brands such as Grand Central Terminal, Rose Tarlow Melrose House, Briggs & Riley Travelware, or City and Country School, we’re in business to move your brand forward. Our network of friends and collaborators includes creative and brand strategists, designers, writers, digital thinkers and developers, researchers, and more. It’s a flexible approach that gives us an efficient way to access all the multi-disciplinary resources your brand needs. Because at the end of the day, we truly believe that creativity doesn’t happen in a box. It happens in a circle. Give us a shout and lets grab a coffee, or a beer, or a martini. We get by with a little help from our friends... Show less



KitchenNY

• Managing Partner, Co-Founder

  • Jan 2014 - Jun 2015

  Co-founded NYC-based brand communication agency. Clients: St. Joseph Aspirin, Brussels Airlines, Walkers Shortbread, BOLD-Organics Pizza, TrustedFamily, ExKi, The Cookware Company, BelCham and more. Co-founded NYC-based brand communication agency. Clients: St. Joseph Aspirin, Brussels Airlines, Walkers Shortbread, BOLD-Organics Pizza, TrustedFamily, ExKi, The Cookware Company, BelCham and more.



Ceradini Brand Design, Inc.

• Brooklyn, NY

• Director of Marketing and Growth

  • Oct 2010 - Mar 2013

  Headed new business efforts for Brooklyn-based package design and branding agency. Worked with team to land business from a range of brands including Benjamin Moore, Nestle, Anheuser-Busch InBev, NOW Foods, Sweet Breath, Jel-Sert, Ecover and more. Headed new business efforts for Brooklyn-based package design and branding agency. Worked with team to land business from a range of brands including Benjamin Moore, Nestle, Anheuser-Busch InBev, NOW Foods, Sweet Breath, Jel-Sert, Ecover and more.



Sponge

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Marketing and Growth

  • May 2009 - Sep 2010

  Sponge. A Laboratory of Fresh Thinking. Sponge is an idea-centric ad agency located in the River North area of Chicago. Sponge helps companies/brands discover their relevant edge. Client partners include AutoZone, Cracker Barrel, Sears Optical, Sears Holdings, Denim6, Ferrara Pan Candy Company, CallOne, Serta, Moji, Chicago 2016 (Olympics bid) and more. Sponge... ideas expanded, ideas absorbed... Sponge. A Laboratory of Fresh Thinking. Sponge is an idea-centric ad agency located in the River North area of Chicago. Sponge helps companies/brands discover their relevant edge. Client partners include AutoZone, Cracker Barrel, Sears Optical, Sears Holdings, Denim6, Ferrara Pan Candy Company, CallOne, Serta, Moji, Chicago 2016 (Olympics bid) and more. Sponge... ideas expanded, ideas absorbed...



Duval Guillaume (a Publicis Groupe agency)

• General Manager

  • May 2005 - Feb 2009

  Worked with co-founders and Board of Directors of a 220-people, $30 million-in-revenue full-service ad and digital agency based in Brussels, Belgium to open a New York City office as part of its international growth plan. Duval Guillaume was European Ad Agency-of-the-Year 2003; is a Top 20 Gunn Report Agency 3 out of last 5 years; and since April 2006 a member of the Publicis Groupe of Agencies. NY office was profitable in 2nd full yr. My role: Incorporated the NYC agency, opened office in landmark Flatiron Building, hired staff, started marketing the agency’s work/people, went after new business and sweat a lot! Accounts won: The Topps Co. (Bazooka Bubble Gum, Baby Bottle Pop, etc.), Prestige Brands (Murine), Coca Cola Company (Diet Coke Plus), Alessi, Neuhaus Chocolatier, Kagome all-natural juices, Le Pain Quotidien, Newmark Knight Frank, US Navy (projects), Georgia-Pacific (project), Nutrition21/Iceland Health, Cervelo Road Bikes (project). Team player within agency network, e.g., successfully helped transition profitable Topps confections digital business to sister agency, Publicis Modem, in competitive review, working closely with key business development, account and digital creative and technology teams. Show less



Pedone

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• SVP Director of Business Development

  • Apr 2000 - May 2005



Trone

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• SVP

  • 1999 - 2000



CMG Communications

• Director of Business Development

  • 1996 - 1999



Citigate Albert Frank

• Greater New York City Area

• SVP

  • 1984 - 1996



Bank of America

• United States
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Loan Officer

  • 1981 - 1984



London Tower Hamlets - London Towers

• London, England Metropolitan Area

• Shooting Guard

  • Dec 1980 - Jun 1981

  Starting #2 guard for London Tower Hamlets basketball team 🏀, precursors to the London Towers in the UK BBL. Averaged 23.7 PPG and 4.0 assists. My dad talked me out of staying on longer. Silly dad! Starting #2 guard for London Tower Hamlets basketball team 🏀, precursors to the London Towers in the UK BBL. Averaged 23.7 PPG and 4.0 assists. My dad talked me out of staying on longer. Silly dad!