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DiscordHead of Strategic Partnerships
Jan. 2022 - Sep. 2025Los Angeles Metropolitan AreaHead of Strategic Partnerships | Driving Global Growth Across Gaming, Media & Tech Ecosystems Led global partnerships strategy and execution for Discord’s premium ecosystem, overseeing relationships with top-tier partners including Apple, Google, Sony, Xbox, Disney, and Riot. Spearheaded initiatives spanning ads, subscriptions, commerce, and SDK integrations — expanding platform reach and driving measurable user growth, retention, and engagement. Built and managed a high-performing partnerships team while aligning cross-functional teams across product, legal, marketing, and engineering to deliver scalable outcomes and sustainable business growth.
Verizon MediaVice President - Global Partnerships
Jul. 2018 - Dec. 2021Greater Los Angeles AreaHead of Partner Management for 300+ partners across Search, Software Distribution, Mobile, Broadband and Local Listings businesses for Oath. Global scope in a multi-billion dollar environment. Key responsibilities include: Partner Management, Revenue Optimization, Business Forecasting, Operations and Business Development.
YahooSr. Director, Global Partnerships
Apr. 2014 - Jul. 2018Southern CaliforniaManages team in-charge of $1B+ of annualized gross revenue.
Instrumental in launching and servicing Yahoo's Gemini Native Ads syndication business including Yahoo Recommends.
Subject matter expert on search marketplace dynamics, provides critical input in managing Yahoo's partner business as it yield manages across multiple demand sources including Bing and Gemini Search.
In-charge of providing key inputs and updates to the forecasting of all accounts managed by the team
Involved with regular discussions and planning around business and marketplace updates that is presented to senior management.
Highly focused on deepening partner relationships beyond core competencies resulting in expanded touch points across multiple Yahoo products including Search, Video, Native , Content, and Display.
YahooDirector, Yahoo Partner Network
Apr. 2009 - Apr. 2014Yahoo! Publisher Network Group; Manages a team that services 50+ search affiliates accounting for $400M+ revenue per year
Owns the organizational efforts on key affiliate strategies in the areas of Display to Search, Search Enhancers and Domain Parking
Played an instrumental role in the complicated transition of the affiliate network into the search alliance with Bing In-charge of providing key inputs and updates to the forecasting of all accounts managed by the team
Involved with regular discussions and planning around business and marketplace updates that is presented to senior management
Responsible for building business cases for new concepts and ideas that are reviewed by the Publisher Strategy Council
YahooSenior Manager
Jan. 2007 - Apr. 2009Manages and supports monetization efforts across 25 Yahoo US Properties, that account for roughly 60% of the $125 million annual run rate
In-charge of generating a 20 – 25% annual increase in run rate by utilizing different optimization practices
Facilitates the testing and roll-out of new company initiatives and products across various publishers and ensures the validity of each
Based on key performance indicator trends, analyzes fluctuations that may be caused by changes to the marketplace, product, and verticals
Define and build first class optimization Best Practices and Case Studies Designed and implemented multivariate testing programs to maximize search results relevance and monetization.
YahooMgr, Partner Solutions
Apr. 2005 - Mar. 2007
Yahoo! Search MarketingManager
Apr. 2005 - Dec. 2006Managed operations of up to 10 publisher accounts worth in excess of $10 million per year
Tracked, analyzed and optimized performance for top accounts to ensure partner satisfaction
Developed detailed presentations for partners as well as senior level executives outlining partner trends and opportunities
InterActive CorpSenior Manager, Advertising Services
Mar. 2001 - Mar. 2005Responsible for building ad infrastructure across 4 IAC properties In-charge of all ad product roll outs in conjunction with site re-launches and new media units, while working with technology, sales, marketing and product teams
Analyzes and presents advertising performance to senior management Maintained the same staffing level while supporting a revenue increase of 300% in two years
Deals with external entities, managing 3rd party dependencies both as a client and vendor
TicketmasterTeam Lead
Jun. 1999 - Feb. 2001Assists in developing and testing new advertising products
Oversees the staging, delivery, and completion of all sales campaigns
Identifies problems and possible upgrades with ad serving software
Provides data and knowledge to help create effective sales proposals
Manages team that supports sales worth up to $10 million
CitysearchCoordinator, Ad Operations
Jun. 1999 - Mar. 2000
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