Experience

Summit Investments Ltd.

• Financial Services

• Entrepreneur

  • Jan 2002 - Present

  Directed business development opportunities for start up. Founded and sold companies across many industries with focus in restaurants and retail. Directed business development opportunities for start up. Founded and sold companies across many industries with focus in restaurants and retail.



Backstage Theatre

• United States
• Performing Arts

• Executive Director

  • 2013 - 2017

  -Marketing and business development- Increased total revenues by over 80%. -Marketing and business development- Increased total revenues by over 80%.



Diveo Broadband Networks

• Director of Business Development/ Product Marketing Manager

  • 1999 - 2001

  • Helped create start-up Internet Hosting business and grow it to 200 corporate customers and $300 million in revenue within 12 months • Sourced, negotiated and closed key strategic partnerships o $120 million IBM Strategic Partnership in Mexico, Argentina and Brazil o Joint product Pan-Regional go to market partnership with Compaq o Negotiated agreement to become part of Microsoft Speed Start Initiative in Mexico • Developed and managed hosting products and marketing strategy for the Americas • Created product definition for Co-location, dedicated hosting, caching, storage • Helped develop Product Pricing Models • Defined product promotion strategy and marketing messages • Directed a five country, five member team of Business Development Managers for the US, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Colombia • Directed strategic sales and marketing efforts throughout Diveo and helped win key Pan-Regional deals. • Part of small team that wrote, developed and executed business plan for Diveo Internet Data Center division that raised over $1 billion in equity and debt financing from Goldman Sachs, Lucent and Ericcson • Helped Design and Implement Regional IP Network and IDC LAN with strategic vendor selection and partnerships (Cisco, AT&T, Level 3, BellSouth, Worldcom, Sun, Oracle, Microsoft, Compaq, Exodus, Storage Networks, EMC, etc ) • Directed strategic sales and marketing efforts throughout Diveo and helped win key Pan-Regional deals. • Created and implemented partner Alliance and peering strategies Show less



AT&T

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Data Networking Account Exec

  • 1996 - 1998

  Provided consultative based information systems solutions including frame relay, internet, web hosting, VPN, ATM, and private line to corporations. Facilitated courses in information systems to internal AT&T employees. Achieved status as one of top five salespeople in the US in 1998. Provided consultative based information systems solutions including frame relay, internet, web hosting, VPN, ATM, and private line to corporations. Facilitated courses in information systems to internal AT&T employees. Achieved status as one of top five salespeople in the US in 1998.



Oracle

• United States
• Warehousing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Consultant

  • 1995 - 1997

  Worked with Fortune 500 customers in South and North America to implement, test, and maintain JD Edwards General Accounting, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and Multicurrency ERP software. Helped form Latin America consultation center in Denver. Worked with Fortune 500 customers in South and North America to implement, test, and maintain JD Edwards General Accounting, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and Multicurrency ERP software. Helped form Latin America consultation center in Denver.