Experience

Rocket Science

• Bangladesh
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & Chairman

  • 1996 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area We help companies with marketing and scaling revenues. In our years of experience, we've found that Data Driven Insights + Strategy + Inspired Creative = Success. And our formula works: by the numbers, our practice has delivered... - International clients launched into N. America = 31 - Client IPOs = 5 - Client acquisition exits = 11 - Repeat clients = 22 - Strategic marketing pivots = 16 - Gold/Silver awards won = 11 - Valuable lessons & Friends earned along the way =… Show more We help companies with marketing and scaling revenues. In our years of experience, we've found that Data Driven Insights + Strategy + Inspired Creative = Success. And our formula works: by the numbers, our practice has delivered... - International clients launched into N. America = 31 - Client IPOs = 5 - Client acquisition exits = 11 - Repeat clients = 22 - Strategic marketing pivots = 16 - Gold/Silver awards won = 11 - Valuable lessons & Friends earned along the way = Priceless Show less



Portola Valley Partners

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CMO-in-Residence

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area PVP is a team of legendary C-level exec's who work directly with founders, investors, and acquirers. Higher valuations, faster liquidity, stronger exits!



XROCKET

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services

• Founder

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area We help entrepreneurs optimize their companies for the best possible M&A eXit acquisition price. Our Valuation Engineering teams come in ~12 months ahead of hiring a banker, where we focus on improving key metrics used in M&A negotiations. We have proven valuation increases as much as 350%. https://www.xrocket.io/



Neeva

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

• Board Advisor

  • Jul 2021 - May 2023

  San Francisco Bay Area Neeva is a completely reimagined search using Generative AI. Ad-free, tracker-free, and private (acquired by Snowflake Inc).



SommSelect

• United States
• Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Director

  • 2014 - Jul 2022

  Napa, CA Online retailer and importer of luxury wines curated by Master Sommelier Ian Cauble (star of the SOMM movie series on Netflix). I am an investor and shareholder; helped the co-founders form the company from a napkin sketch into a thriving business and served on the Board for eight years.



eyeo

• Germany
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Minister of Special Affairs

  • 2012 - May 2020

  Cologne Area, Germany I created the growth strategy and the partnerships that scaled Adblock Plus to 1 BILLION+ downloads in 39 months, which Harvard Business Review described as 'the most successful movement in human history.' Adblock Plus is now the #1 browser extension on the planet. I also served as North America PR spokesperson and go-to contact for new partners.



ContractZen

• Finland
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Advisor

  • May 2017 - Mar 2020

  Helsinki Area, Finland We advised this SaaS service and Board portal software with its growth marketing strategy and its USA distribution and channel development.



Tinkerine Studios Ltd

• Canada
• Printing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board of Advisors

  • 2014 - 2016

  Vancouver, Canada Area Manufacturer and distributor of 3D printers



Plinth+Portal

• Co-Founder & CEO

  • 2013 - 2014

  San Francisco Bay Area We prototyped a visual-search UI and back-end taxonomy for organizing 3D laser scans of historic architecture. Find any design in history with as few as 3 clicks.



Silicon Valley Forum

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founding Board Member

  • 1995 - 2004

  San Francisco Bay Area Founded as SVASE. The #1 entrepreneur network in Silicon Valley, dedicated to the 'virtuous cycle' of wealth creation and giving back to the next generation of company founders. Some amazing companies formed out this network. Wikipedia describes it best



WorldsAway (Fujitsu)

• VP Marketing

  • 1998 - 2000

  WorldsAway was Fujitsu and LucasArts' Habitat game for the Commodore 64, which we ported to the Web to become the world's first online avatar chat community. We were way ahead of Second Life, and we took it to IPO in 1999.



UC Berkeley Extension

• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • 1996 - 1998

  San Francisco Bay Area Developed curricula and taught two courses - one on market research and one on marketing strategy - at a program developed by UC Berkeley for international graduate students.



Golin

• United States
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President - Strategy

  • 1993 - 1996

  San Francisco Bay Area I was the lone MBA/strategy guy in the agency and became the youngest member of the senior management team. It was the early days of the Web and we did some break-through work for brands including Broderbund, Intuit, LG, Sun Microsystems, HotWired/WIRED



SRI International (spin-off)

• Data Scientist

  • 1990 - 1993

  San Francisco Used multi-variate statistical analyses and clustering analysis of large primary research data sets in order to segment consumer markets and predict key buyer behaviors.