Brooklyn, New York, United States
CMO at Voyantis. Formerly founder of The Vendry (acquired by Groupize) and business leader who helped Yext scale pre-product to $125M ARR and a 2017 IPO.
Raised $7.8M from top investors including Founder Collective, Primary Ventures, Operator Partners, Stellation Capital, Yext executives, and more to create a B2B venue sourcing platform. Built a team of 26 employees who together launched one of America’s most popular venue search (200k+ organic MAU) and RFP management platforms used by teams like Salesforce, Univision, Square, NBC, and Warner Media Brothers. Winner of Skift's 2023 Best Site-Sourcing Solution Award. During the pandemic, the business successfully pivoted by creating the leading digital-first corporate event planner community in America, with over 6,000 active members participating in online forums and virtual events. In 2024, the business was acquired by Groupize, a strategic partner.
Led DACH international expansion. Lived in Berlin, Germany for 8 months to hire and train the local team of ten employees and launch marketing and sales activity that led to deals with major brands like Audi, Rewe, and Deutsche Bank.
Joined pre-product as the founder’s right-hand to launch new products and initiatives. Soon thereafter joined the leadership team and assumed responsibility for building our key product partnerships with companies like Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Snapchat, Uber and Yahoo. These partnerships which were the basis of Yext’s marquee product "Listings" whose revenue took us to a 2017 IPO. Launched Yext’s SMB reseller program, including a significant partnership with Dex Media, which was generating over $10M annually by the time of the 2017 IPO. Developed and managed the affiliate partnership channel for SMB products, collaborating with over 50 partners. The channel was Yext's most profitable acquisition channel for SMB customers.
Founded an annual event TechNYCares where tech companies across New York City came together for a day of volunteering.