Functional Skills
Market Penetration
Innovation Management
Value Chain Analysis
Acquisition Target Identification
Brand Strategy
Business Analysis
Business Development
Business Intelligence
Business Unit Strategy
Commercial Due Diligence
Commercial Strategy
M&A Deal Sourcing
Go-to-market Strategy
Growth Strategy
Product Development
Software Skills
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Certifications
Series 63
Sector Experience
Business Services
Consumer Goods
Financial Services
Media & Entertainment
Technology
Languages
Arabic
English
Notable Clients
Atlas Construction Tech
Dubai Future Fund
Experience
ALPHACLONE, INC.
Product Management / Strategy
Chief Executive Officer
1/2008 - 12/2023
• Created a new category of thematic ETFs that grew to more than a $1 billion in assets in three years.
• Introduced the world's first investment index/ETF that leveraged publicly available hedge fund holdings data and which earned a Morningstar five star investment rating based on three-year performance.
• Positioned the company as a leader in financial democratization by leveraging earned media and social media content to accelerate organic lead generation and asset growth.
• Leveraged data and Voice of Customer, pivoting business model and product to focus on ease of use for customers resulting in accelerated revenue capture and market adoption.
• Raised $8 million in venture financing by leveraging market position and growth momentum to attract "high fit" angels and institutional capital.
• Designed and built analytics platform and an innovative quantitative rating system to measure hedge fund investment skill which generated 4% in annualized outperformance over ten years.
• Introduced the world's first investment index/ETF that leveraged publicly available hedge fund holdings data and which earned a Morningstar five star investment rating based on three-year performance.
• Positioned the company as a leader in financial democratization by leveraging earned media and social media content to accelerate organic lead generation and asset growth.
• Leveraged data and Voice of Customer, pivoting business model and product to focus on ease of use for customers resulting in accelerated revenue capture and market adoption.
• Raised $8 million in venture financing by leveraging market position and growth momentum to attract "high fit" angels and institutional capital.
• Designed and built analytics platform and an innovative quantitative rating system to measure hedge fund investment skill which generated 4% in annualized outperformance over ten years.
OpenTV, Inc.
Corporate Strategy & Development
SVP, Strategic Development
1/2004 - 1/2007
• Hired to turnaround company by repositioning it as an innovation leader in the market and enhance its attractiveness and valuation.
• United product and engineering teams and energized around exciting "future of television" project which broke down functional silos, increased collaboration and morale, enhancing market positioning and ultimately led to the acquisition ofthe company by a technology partner.
• Divested or liquidated non-core business lines that were consuming disproportionate resources and energy resulting in $5 million in annual cost savings.
• Refocused and broadened the company's product offering by acquiring a cable television advertising backend solution provider which enhanced the company's attractiveness in the M&A market.
• United product and engineering teams and energized around exciting "future of television" project which broke down functional silos, increased collaboration and morale, enhancing market positioning and ultimately led to the acquisition ofthe company by a technology partner.
• Divested or liquidated non-core business lines that were consuming disproportionate resources and energy resulting in $5 million in annual cost savings.
• Refocused and broadened the company's product offering by acquiring a cable television advertising backend solution provider which enhanced the company's attractiveness in the M&A market.
Time Warner
Management Consulting
VP, Corporate Development
1/2000 - 1/2004
• Hired to develop and evangelize the business case for network-based digital video recording to mitigate disruption by new entrants and maintain market share.
• Developed and ran data driven assessments that incorporate competitive intelligence, economic impacts along the media value chain and customer feedback to identify and position innovations in the market and maintain leadership.
• Implemented innovative pricing strategy which bundled cable and entertainment services to increase the customer's perceived value and accelerate net subscriber additions and double digit free cash flow growth.
• Developed and ran data driven assessments that incorporate competitive intelligence, economic impacts along the media value chain and customer feedback to identify and position innovations in the market and maintain leadership.
• Implemented innovative pricing strategy which bundled cable and entertainment services to increase the customer's perceived value and accelerate net subscriber additions and double digit free cash flow growth.