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About Me

Present

• Founder, CEO @ Ashman Group
• Advisory Board & Mentor @ BECMA Community Investments

Past

• President @ M.M.LaFleur
• President @ Group Nine Media
• President & CFO @ Thrillist and JackThreads
• CFO @ Huffington Post
• Advisor @ Lerer Hippeau
• COO / CFO @ Text 100 Public Relations
• Founder @ Information Technology Solutions

Highlights

• As Interim CFO and then President of M.M.LaFleur, I led the company through a strategic pivot that extended our runway and better positioned the company to manage the impact of COVID-19 on our business.
• As the CFO of the Huffington Post, after a period of high growth in sales, audience, and team, I led the process that resulted in the company's sale to AOL for $315 million.
• As the President of Thrillist Media Group, we executed a spinout of the DTC e-commerce business, JackThreads, while simultaneously closing two separate funding rounds totaling $54 million from two different groups of investors.
• Less than a year after JackThreads' spinout, we executed a simultaneous four-company merger, with a $100 million investment from Discovery Communications, to create Group Nine Media.
• As the dot-com bubble burst, I led the restructure of Text 100, a global public relations agency, reigniting growth and profitability by improving operating margins, accelerating global expansion, and aligning global compensation incentives.

Publications and Interviews

• 3 Common Mistakes That Are Inflating Your Marketing Budget (Entrepreneur September 2022)
• 3 Essential Steps To Keep Enough Cash in the Bank (Entrepreneur October 2022)
• 4 Pitfalls of Raising Venture Captial and How to Avoid Them (November 2022)
• Want to Create a Culture of Innovation? Ask These Three Questions (November 2022)

Other Publications and Interviews

• Go Solo Interview (Go Solo, February 2023)
• The Do’s and Don’t of Restructuring Your Startup (Digital Journal, October 2022)
• Contribution Margins are Being Hit Hard by Inflation and Recession – Here’s What You Can Do (TMCnet, September 2022)
• When and How to Change Sales Channels (Daily Scanner, November 2022)