Greater Seattle Area
CEO and Board Member with Global Product, Marketing, and Technology expertise. Transformational leader with multiple examples of delivering outsized returns through customer-centric product and marketing strategy combined with creating unique company cultures that attract and retain best in market talent. Successful operation of businesses operating in over 100 countries and facilitating more than $25Bn sales per year.
Founded an incubation studio to build AI-native companies defined by operational leverage. Using the latest in LLM, audio, video, and agentic technologies to bypass traditional overhead and compress time-to-market from months to weeks. We are currently incubating three ventures in stealth mode: • Generative Media (EdTech/Consumer): An interactive platform that moves beyond passive consumption, allowing toddlers and young children to utilize generative AI for real-time storytelling, illustration, and video production. • Data-Driven CPG (Health & Wellness): A vertically integrated wellness brand using AI agents to parse scientific research for product creation, while autonomously handling RFP processes, manufacturing logistics, distribution, and marketing automation. • Synthetic Media (Digital Media): An automated media network utilizing AI agents and video generation to synthesize current events into multi-perspective narratives, delivered via consistent, avatar-led videos.
Rithum is the leading global marketplace platform, powering e-commerce for the world’s largest retailers and brands—including Costco, Walmart, The Home Depot, Nordstrom, HP, Lenovo, Lacoste, and tens of thousands of others across 50+ countries. The platform powers over $50 billion in annual gross merchandise volume. * Company Formation & Strategy Founded Rithum through the merger of CommerceHub (Nasdaq: CHUB) and ChannelAdvisor (Nasdaq: ECOM), in partnership with Insight Partners, Goldman Sachs, GTCR, Sycamore Partners, and UPS. Led the integration of both businesses and repositioned the company as a multi-product, global platform. * Business Transformation & Growth Turned around a declining, single-product business into a growing, multi-product enterprise achieving a rule of 40+. Delivered 125% revenue growth and a 50% increase in EBITDA. Drove business model improvements from 10% recurring to 50% recurring revenue by launching new products and restructuring customer approach while delivering measurable ROI for enterprise clients. * Client Success & Market Positioning Repositioned Rithum from a legacy provider to a strategic partner for the world’s top brands. Initiatives led to the first ARPU expansion at major clients in over a decade, improved client retention, and reduced risk from competitive threats. * Capital Markets & M&A Raised $700M in capital to finance the acquisition and take-private of ChannelAdvisor. Maintained public-market-level transparency with a $1B+ syndicated debt structure—including quarterly earnings calls and investor briefings. Led integration of two major acquisitions ($100M and $700M), delivering on both revenue growth and cost synergy targets.
Board Director at Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: ACAHU). Successfully completed reverse merger in Q4 2024.
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