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Chief Executive Officer @ Modloft Furniture Chief Revenue Officer @ Modloft Furniture MODLOFT is one of the fastest growing contemporary furniture brands in the U.S., offered in hundreds of traditional retail locations, plus top online retail destinations and interior designers nationwide. MODLOFT takes immense pride in delivering an accessible brand of contemporary furniture for urban shoppers.We are...

Chief Executive Officer @ Modloft Furniture Chief Revenue Officer @ Modloft Furniture MODLOFT is one of the fastest growing contemporary furniture brands in the U.S., offered in hundreds of traditional retail locations, plus top online retail destinations and interior designers nationwide. MODLOFT takes immense pride in delivering an accessible brand of contemporary furniture for urban shoppers.We are working fast and furious to disrupt the home furnishings industry, and I work daily on helping to make this happen. Los Angeles, CAChief Operations Officer @ SkinnyintheCity.com SkinnyintheCity.com was a daily newsletter and website, where readers were treated to daily advice of nutrition, fashion, beauty, and lifestyle from an accredited team of experts in their respective fields. Helped build the company from the ground up. Involved in every facet of the company, including brand development, web development, user experience, SEO, legal, financial, and overseeing the creative editorial team. Accomplishments:• Led two rounds of financing• Hired and managed a staff of 15+ writers and editors• Initialized creative marketing techniques, including e-mail marketing, SEO, PPC, and Social Media to grow readership from 0 to 100,000+ in first year of operation.• Instrumental in working with our Public Relations team to get placement in top news/media outlets including The New York Post, FOX News, and EXTRA TV among others.• Created a Brand Ambassadorship program called SkinnyArmy to grow readership and subscribers using Grass Roots techniques.• Built an advertising sales team to monetize our readership and traffic. • Devised advertising creative for PPC, and e-mail acquisition campaigns. • Designed, and managed A/B testing for landing pages to optimize conversion funnels.• Served as primary liaison to investor group. From August 2008 to December 2010 (2 years 5 months) New York, New YorkPresident/Co-Founder @ Launchpad Internet Marketing Group In the early days of e-commerce, we built a incubator of niche e-commerce niche stores. Instrumental in developing the underlying backend engine to fuel these stores. Successfully launched two corporate offices, one in Santa Monica, CA, the other in Poulsbo, WA. Hired and trained a staff of 26 to run daily operations. Developed marketing plans, collateral and sales plans, and controlled budget. Bootstrapped the business from start-up to annual revenues of $30.3M in 6 years.• Led company through exciting and challenging growth stage, achieving 600% growth over a four year period.• Coordinated Search Engine Optimization (SEO) efforts for the various e-commerce properties. Successfully competed with much larger players through innovation, tenacity, and proprietary in-house developed technology. Secured top of page 1 results on Google, and Yahoo for very competitive keywords to drive organic growth.• Developed Social Media Marketing (SMM) strategy including the usage of RSS, online communities, blogs, podcasts, social web applications, and more. Surveyed continued measurement of SMM activities through Audience Measurement, Content Tracking, Media Analysis, and Market Research. • Created the ‘5-Star Rating Program’ for our family of e-commerce sites, which offered unprecedented service and support to consumers of our products, and more importantly increased margins and sales.• Managed all key vendor relationships, especially with our affiliate partner program, and comparison shopping engines such as PriceGrabber.com, and Shopping.com.• Spearheaded several acquisitions in order to grow portfolio of stores. Conducted due diligence, led negotiations, integrated operations, managed strategic relationships through complex technology transitions. From 2001 to 2007 (6 years) Santa Monica, CAPresident/Founder @ Lionshare Investments, Inc. While attending law school, I started an investment advisory firm that managed publicly-held equity positions in individual investment and retirement accounts for high net worth individuals. Managed accounts on a discretionary basis for a fee based upon assets managed. Specialized in identifying emerging companies in telecommunications, e-commerce, and gaming.Significant Highlight:• Collectively, my clients accumulated a significant profitable position in Clearworks.net– a Houston, TX based company that was a pioneer in deploying Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) high speed broadband access directly to subscribers. Clearworks.Net ultimately merged with Eagle Wireless, an AMEX traded company. From 1998 to 2001 (3 years) Founder @ Original Flint In addition to incubating several startup projects, we are a consulting firm specializing in Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, E-Commerce, and Content Management Systems (Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress).Sample recent work includes:o BenQ America Corp, the USA division of a Taiwanese multi-national company with world-wide revenues exceeding $2 billion dollars, that sells and markets consumer electronics, computing and communications devices under the "BenQ" brand name. o InnPulse, a web-based application that helps Hotels manage aspects of their B2B and B2C sales, marketing, and operations. o Luminencz, a new to market dietary supplement, designed to address the metabolic issues caused by inadequate sleep.o Len Berman’s ThatsSports.com, a newsletter and website delivering a daily cheat sheet for non-traditional sports fans. Len Berman is an Emmy-Award winning sportscaster and New York Times Best Selling Author. Los Angeles, CA