Experience

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  Matchstick Ventures

  • Boulder, Colorado, United States

  • Striker

    • Jan 2022 - Present
    • Boulder, Colorado, United States

    Mentor startups by advising founders, sharing expertise and making connections for Matchstick portfolio companies.

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  Verblio

  • Board of Directors

    • Nov 2014 - Apr 2024

    Verblio provides a critical piece of the puzzle for content marketing and SEO by creating high-quality content for businesses and marketing agencies. Through our network of 3,000+ U.S.-based writers, Verblio offers unique flexibility, speed, and access to a wide-range of subject matter expertise and writing styles. Verblio was named as a top-five Fastest Growing Private Company in its category by BizWest for both 2015 and 2016.

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  Galvanize Inc

  • Mentor

    • Dec 2016 - Feb 2022

    Galvanize is an education company that blends the lines between learning and working. We create easy access for anyone who has the aptitude and drive to succeed with technology, especially in data science, engineering and entrepreneurship. Our campuses are home to instructors, students, startups and others who are dedicated to level up their skills.Advisor and mentor for member companies of Galvanize, offering guidance and strategy on topics such: finance, product, sales and marketing strategy, key hires, organizational structure, and general management/scaling.

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  BitsBox

  • Member Board of Advisors

    • Nov 2014 - Feb 2022

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  MergeLane

  • Mentor

    • Nov 2014 - Feb 2022

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  Techstars

  • Mentor

    • Jul 2014 - Feb 2022

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  The Founder Institute

  • Mentor

    • Jun 2012 - Feb 2022

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  Alpin, Inc.

  • Boulder, CO

  • Board Member

    • Jun 2017 - Nov 2019
    • Boulder, CO

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  KidsTek

  • Denver, CO

  • Board of Directors

    • Jan 2016 - Jul 2017
    • Denver, CO

    Promoting Digital Literacy for High Needs Colorado Schools Through Technology Education

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  SendGrid

  • Vice President of Revenue

    • May 2010 - Nov 2014

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  3Dconnexion - a Logitech Company

  • Senior Director, Sales and Marketing Americas/OEM WW

    • May 2007 - Apr 2010

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  D&D

  • World Traveler

    • Sep 2006 - Jan 2007

    http://denisehulce.blogspot.com/

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  Google/@Last Software, Inc

  • Director, International Operations

    • Sep 2002 - Aug 2006

    Reported to the CEO of @Last. As @Last’s sole resource within corporate headquarters functionally dedicated 100% to growing and supporting the company’s international expansion, I filled several roles, including: managing channel and business partner relationships; overseeing the global release of all products for domestic and international markets; defining, standardizing, streamlining, and directing the implementation of global models for pricing, sales, marketing, product fulfillment, and customer service and support; and training the entire international team. Through the continuous development of systems, services, and processes improvement, I also played a foundational role in the growth of the business—both domestically and internationally—from $2.5 million annual revenue with 10 employees in 2003 to $10 million annual revenue and 60 employees in 2005, which culminated with a successful acquisition by Google in March 2006.

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  DoubleClick

  • Manager, Deployment Services

    • Jan 2002 - May 2002

    Reported to the Senior Director, Technical Services Americas. Responsible for managing a team of 30 Account Managers across 3 geographic regions (Colorado, New York, and Toronto). Accountable for 99+% quality of all email campaign deployments for over 90 clients accounting for over $10 million in annual revenue.• Maintained quality levels at an average of 99.6%.• Created and launched a comprehensive quality assurance process for deployment team.• Created and launched a “Root Cause Analysis” process for deployment team.• Successfully integrated the deployment responsibilities of List Services product with no increase in headcount.

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  MessageMedia, Inc.

  • Director, Data & Support Services

    • Nov 1998 - Jan 2002

    Earned performance-based promotions to manage various functions in operations and production including:Director, Data & Support Services (April 2001 – March 2002)Manager, Project Services (May 2000 – April 2001)Operations Project Manager (September 1999 – May 2000)Account Manager (June 1999 – September 1999)Production Coordinator (November 1998 – June 1999)Reported to the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the SBU. Managed several functions including: Data Services, Inbound, Training, and Project Management, and liaison activities with internal Operations and Engineering departments. Held production revenue responsibility for 10+% of total revenue with a staff of 15.

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  Southern Methodist University

  • Development Assistant of Prospect Research

    • Nov 1997 - Jun 1998

    Reported to the Director of Prospect Research. Managed 5 part-time work study students. Conducted research in order to identify prospects and provide written profiles of prospects to fundraisers.• Created an inventory database of all corporate prospect collateral.• Led a grass roots effort to move archiving system from analog to digital.