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Generated over $375K in partner-attributed value in under a year, including $237K+ in the last four months, working with a multi-category brand portfolio spanning golf equipment manufacturers, venues, and service providers for an app serving 100,000+ verified golfers."},{"name":"NW Golf LLC","position":"Founder & Principal — Golf & Sports Technology Advisory","location":"Chicago, Illinois, United States","startDate":"2022-04-01","summary":"Advisory practice focused on strategic partnerships, go-to-market strategy, and commercial growth for companies in golf, sports technology, and adjacent verticals. Build partnership infrastructure, marketplace operations, and loyalty programs for founders and operators scaling their first commercial functions. Identified the opportunity to revive Warren Valley Golf Course, a historic Detroit-area municipal course, and recruited the managing director now leading its turnaround."},{"name":"Links Golf Club (formerly LinksDAO)","position":"VP, Partnerships","location":"Chicago, Illinois, United States","url":"https://links.golf","startDate":"2022-03-01","endDate":"2023-08-01","summary":"Built the partnership function from the ground up and closed 60+ brand, venue, and platform partnerships in 18 months with major players including Callaway Golf, Topgolf, Bridgestone, and Cobra/PUMA. Created a 1,300+ course and venue access network and launched an online pro shop and marketplace generating six-figure revenue."},{"name":"ShareThis","position":"Director, Data Sales — Identity Resolution, Audience Data & Data Enrichment","location":"Chicago, Illinois, United States","url":"https://sharethis.com","startDate":"2021-01-01","endDate":"2022-01-01","summary":"Led brand-direct and enterprise Data-as-a-Service sales across audience data, first-party enrichment, identity resolution, and cross-device matching to agencies, DSPs, DMPs, and Fortune 500 brands. Managed marketplace and platform distribution partnerships with Snowflake, LiveRamp, and clean-room providers. Closed a $360K annual partnership with a major CPG brand."},{"name":"Numerator","position":"Enterprise Sales Director","location":"Greater Chicago Area","url":"https://numerator.com","startDate":"2018-01-01","endDate":"2021-05-01","summary":"Covered key accounts including Kellogg's, Cargill, and Barilla, selling consumer-purchase analytics, advertising and promotional intelligence, digital-shelf and e-commerce pricing intelligence, and audience targeting into buying committees spanning Insights, Marketing, Procurement, and Legal."},{"name":"Rocketrip","position":"Senior Account Executive","location":"Greater New York City Area","url":"https://rocketrip.com","startDate":"2016-10-01","endDate":"2017-11-01","summary":"Early sales hire who closed two of the company's largest enterprise contracts at the time: Kellogg's at $265K TCV and Worldwide Clinical Trials at $275K TCV. Sold across Finance and HR functions and structured outcome-based agreements."},{"name":"Impraise","position":"Sales Executive","location":"Greater New York City Area","url":"https://impraise.com","startDate":"2016-03-01","endDate":"2016-09-01","summary":"First full-time U.S. hire who built the initial sales pipeline and playbook through cold outreach, events, product demonstrations, and collaboration with the product team."},{"name":"Bloomberg LP","position":"Account Manager, Electronic Trading; Sales Representative; Equity Specialist","location":"New York City Metropolitan Area","url":"https://bloomberg.com","startDate":"2010-06-01","endDate":"2016-03-01","summary":"Progressed from Equity Specialist to Sales Representative to electronic-trading EMSX Account Manager, selling and expanding market data, analytics, equity-derivatives, API-integration, and execution-management workflows for banks, hedge funds, asset managers, broker-dealers, and other institutional buyers. Institutional coverage included DRW, Jump, PEAK6, CTC, Infinium, Ronin Capital, Chopper Trading, Spot Trading, and IMC. Achieved 133% of quota in 2012, 143% in 2013, 250% in Q1 2014, and 135% in 2015; recognized twice as quarterly MVP."}],"education":[{"institution":"Michigan State University","studyType":"Bachelor of Arts in Finance","startDate":"2006-01-01","endDate":"2010-01-01"},{"institution":"University of Detroit Jesuit High School","url":"https://uofdjesuit.org","startDate":"2002-01-01","endDate":"2006-01-01"}],"skills":[{"name":"FIX Connectivity"},{"name":"Transaction Cost Analysis"},{"name":"Customer Retention"},{"name":"SAAS Renewals"},{"name":"Alternative Data"},{"name":"Enterprise Sales"},{"name":"Consumer Insights"},{"name":"Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG)"},{"name":"Financial Services"},{"name":"Community Led Growth"},{"name":"Merchandising"},{"name":"Identity Resolution"},{"name":"Data as a Service (DaaS)"},{"name":"Data Enrichment"},{"name":"First Party Data"},{"name":"Strategic Consulting"},{"name":"Advisory"},{"name":"Customer Loyalty"},{"name":"Commercial Strategy"},{"name":"AI Strategy"},{"name":"Business Development"},{"name":"Solana"},{"name":"Web3"},{"name":"Golf Industry"},{"name":"Brand Partnerships"},{"name":"Deal Structuring"},{"name":"Go-to-Market Strategy"},{"name":"Stablecoins"},{"name":"Cryptocurrency"},{"name":"Shopify"},{"name":"E-Commerce"},{"name":"Influencer Marketing"},{"name":"Affiliate Marketing"},{"name":"Loyalty Programs"},{"name":"Channel Partnerships"},{"name":"Contract Negotiation"},{"name":"Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)"},{"name":"Marketplace Development"},{"name":"Strategic Partnerships"},{"name":"Partnerships"},{"name":"Bloomberg Terminal"},{"name":"Proprietary Trading"},{"name":"High Frequency Trading"},{"name":"Derivatives Trading"},{"name":"Credit Derivatives"},{"name":"Equity Derivatives"},{"name":"Options"},{"name":"Hedge Funds"},{"name":"Electronic Trading Systems"},{"name":"Data partnerships"}]}