Email:Gary@VirtualCXO.net
Founder Virtual CXO, LLC
VirtualCXO works closely with select entrepreneurs to help them raise capital, launch product and service offerings, establish key partner and customer relationships and implement and manage strategic corporate arrangements.
President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Board of Directors Antirion, Inc. (Click here for related story)
▪ Recruited by founders to take company servicing Tickemaster (Nasdaq:TMCS) wireless entertainment needs to the next level. ▪ Improved strategic capabilities and market positioning by negotiating exclusive rights to Israeli developed wireless technology without requiring payment of upfront fees. ▪ Developed new business model and marketing programs to leverage expanded capabilities.
President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Board of Directors Internet2Anywhere (Click here for related story)
▪ Recruited by Citigroup, ING Barings and other investors to "restart" Israeli technology company. ▪ Repositioned the company by: ▪ Developing new marketing and public relations campaigns and renaming the company ▪ Extending business focus beyond desktop-centric Internet applications to encompass platform independent wireless Internet infrastructure products and services; and redeploying technical and engineering assets to pursue expanded business opportunities. ▪ Negotiated arrangements with Pacific Internet (Singapore - Click here for related story), Pelephone and GoNext (Israel), Nissho Iwai Infocom Corporation (Japan), and Samsung (South Korea). ▪ Opened corporate headquarters in the U.S. and recruited additional management talent.
Chief Operating Officer (COO) & Senior Vice President - Business Development WomenCONNECT.com (Click here for related story)
▪ Managed marketing, business development, technical, finance, legal, public relations and day-to-day operations. ▪ Structured strategic partnerships with America Online, IBM, CNN, GE Financial, USA Today, Lycos, CompuServe and publisher of Working Woman and Working Mother magazines.
Vice President & Chief Legal Officer (CLO) Nat Systems International
▪ Structured agreements for integration and distribution of three tier client / server technology. ▪ Negotiated mezzanine round financing with Integral Capital Partners and Technology Crossover Ventures coordinated with existing investor Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Partner Hogan & Hartson, LLP
▪ Partner in leading international law firm with practice focused on development, marketing and distribution of entertainment, web content, software / hardware and other high-tech products and services as well as advising clients on matters related to corporate / financial growth. ▪ Managed sophisticated business, corporate, securities, and intellectual property matters. ▪ Coordinated numerous complex venture capital transactions, equity and debt financings. ▪ Negotiated corporate mergers and technology asset deals for both buyers and sellers. ▪ Prepared securities offerings and compliance documents with investment bankers. ▪ Represented clients in diverse and time sensitive transactions. Examples include: ▪ America Online / Bertelsmann AG international joint venture negotiations. ▪ America Online / Digital Cities / CitiLynx asset acquisition transactions. ▪ America Online / Redgate / stockholder matters. ▪ Morgan Stanley and Trident Capital investments. ▪ Investments in Blue Water Strategic Fund. ▪ Rational / Verdix merger transactions. ▪ Asset sales to Southwestern Bell. ▪ CEO Venture Fund investments.
Management Consultant Accenture Global Management Consulting, Technology Services & Outsourcing
▪ Counseled clients regarding management information systems needs and requirements. ▪ Programmed offline reservation and reporting applications for National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK). ▪ Installed general ledger package for domestic offices of Barclays Bank International, Ltd. ▪ Conducted manufacturing reporting and efficiency reviews for M & M Mars, Inc. Juris Doctor, American University -- Washington College of Law
Bachelor of Business Administration, James Madison University
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