My most value experience is in setting up, scaling, running and selling to startups. I spent the first decade of my career at American Express, both in Europe and the US. Whilst there, I managed global relationships with companies such as McKinsey, IBM and Deloitte, signing complex global contracts and managing global teams and accounts with revenue in excess of $3BN. I then moved into a executive commercial role in Amex Labs, focused on fintech and the future of money - creating a valuable network in the tech space.
This led to an opportunity to build my own Tech Services company, building new products for some of the largest companies in the world (EY, JPMC, Mastercard) and the start-up grew to 85 employees and over $12m in revenue within 2.5 yrs.
At that point I was then approached by a NYSE-listed martech company to establish an Innovation Lab, for selling bespoke build services to Fortune 500 clients. I set this up and ran this for 18 months, whilst building a Web3 consulting company in parallel, securing engagements with Warner Bros, ESPN and Dana Faber. This work grew my network significantly in the Web3/innovation space and led to Palm Studio approaching me to run their BD division after their successful Series A raise.
Palm Studio merged with fellow Web3 Studio Candy Digital and I'm now leading their new business efforts in Major IP digital experience categories