Acquired by Aditude - August, 2024https://www.axios.com/pro/media-deals/2024/09/04/aditude-hashtag-labs-acquires-ad-ops

Oversight and management of Giphy on behalf of Meta through the first year of post-acquisition regulatory action.

Corp Dev position -- Giphy was acquired by Meta in May 2020

Built Giphy's ad products & revenue businessHighlights:Built a search-based ad product on the 3rd largest U.S. search engineBuilt sales and revenue operations team to ~40+Led multiple 7- & 8-figure revenue dealsGrew revenue from $0 to 8 figures year 1, 2x year 2 (year 3 we got bought by Facebook)Won 3 Cannes Lions and 2 CLIO awardsOwned revenue at BoD level

Thought Catalog is a media platform and cultural site for notable voices and ideas. The site reaches over 25 million unique readers per month.I was the founding/first business-person. Oversaw all aspects of revenue. Grew direct sales, ad products, programmatic monetization, & audience development. Helped build one of the only still-thriving new media businesses of the 2010s. An awesome ride and an impressive company.

www.ephas.orgEvery Person Has A Story (EPHAS) is a for-purpose and not-for-profit organization dedicated to connecting the world via photography and social media. We bring the tools of story-telling to underserved communities, and give them a platform to tell their stories. EPHAS currently operates 29 locations in places like Cambodia, Haiti, Kenya, Peru, South Sudan and the United States, and in 2 years has helped create and share over 250,000 images.

Founding team member. Led, at various points, Product Marketing, Business Development, and Sales.Martini Media was acquired by Evolve Media in 2015.http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/252110/evolve-media-buys-affluent-marketing-firm-martini.html

Private Equity Group. Learned the grind / learned spreadsheets. Taught myself to build websites when it was slow (due to financial crisis).