About

I am a strategy, marketing, and operations leader with deep experience across agencies and marketing technology, plus a corporate development lens shaped by strategy, investments, and M&A work. Over the last two decades, I have led and advised teams through growth, platform shifts, new market creation, and operating model change.

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Background

Today, I am the founder of Elegant Disruption, where I work with founders and leadership teams on strategy, AI-era operating discipline, and credibility in-market.

Selected chapters

  • PMG: Corporate strategy, investments, and M&A, plus analytics, data science, and programmatic leadership

  • iProspect (Dentsu): Strategy and operations with responsibility across a multi-office organization and more than 250 employees

  • ClearSaleing (acquired by eBay Enterprise): Marketing and strategy leadership through a performance-driven growth environment

  • Earlier roles include work tied to digital growth and partnerships at companies such as Match and Blockbuster Online