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Career Highlights: * Atlas: Provided global telecom association with retained acquisition services including quantitative, qualitative, and financial analysis, due diligence, integration, and investment recommendations. * Atlas: Provided global telecom association with retained privacy & data protection regulatory impact analysis and audit developed recommendations, policies, and implementation plans for the board. * Atlas: Provided go to market and service development support to IoT cloud platform targeting major Automotive OEMs, operators, and consumers supporting $2M early stage investment round. * Atlas: Developed funding proposals and execution plans for digital education startup in Africa. * Atlas: Developed execution plans and funding strategy for agricultural supply chain startup in Africa. * GSMA: Partnering with senior leadership, prepare organizational dashboards, quarterly status reporting, strategic plans, road mapping and annual planning for presentation to the board and staff (once approved). * GSMA: Organic/inorganic growth strategy increasing income over 200% from 2010 - 2015 (~$300M/y) * GSMA: Secured public/private partnership creating Mobile World Capital (~$15M+/y) * GSMA: Presented & established an industry self-regulation business to the Chairman of the FCC ($3M+/y) * GSMA: P&L responsibility for global innovation events and awards portfolio ($5M/y) * GSMA: Developed commercial strategy for Mobile World Live (~$8M/y) * GSMA: Negotiated creation and dissolution of UK cross-operator partnership gathering and analyzing census level consumer data attributes for determination of advertising market value & market development. * GSMA: Secured GSMA-Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce mobile events partnership 2013 - 2016 * GSMA: Negotiated and secured industry partnerships for Mobile Connect identity services. * GSMA: Negotiated the dissolution of WAC partnership with Apigee (Google) including asset acquisition * GSMA: Created barcode ecosystem opportunity leading to resolution between primary patent holders. * GSMA: Supported cross-operator financial services joint venture due diligence (strategic mediating partner) * GSMA: Created world's 1st mobile marketplace platform, >1,600 sellers & 430 buyers ($250M in B2B deals) * GSMA: Led GSMA/NIST identity standards project trialing mobile as a multi-factor authentication service * GSMA: Created a mobile industry patent validation platform to defend against patent enforcement entities * GSMA: Teamed with GC to create GSMA Foundation, a multi-million dollar grant making organization. * * IP Unity Glenayre: Merger rationalization including product and service portfolio strategy (~$125M/y) * Glenayre: Creator & GM (including P&L) for international mobile video solutions line ($15M/y) * Cox: Scoped early mobile service strategy including identification of leverageable broadband assets. * Cox: Scoped single sign-on identity management project for enterprise and customer interactions. * Cox Communications: Technology lead for elements of e911 compliant VoIP telephony service * Cox Communications: Technology product development lead for broadband services generating ($2.3B+/y) * DCSS: Communications Client: Defined technical product plan for new B2B broadband business * DCSS: Construction Data Client: e-Commerce business transformation owner ($17M international project) * DCSS: Construction Data Client: US & Canada M&A Implementation Owner (dual parent acquisition) * DCSS: Healthcare Client: Pre- and Post-merger due diligence and integration lead (including Y2K refit) * DCSS: Energy Client: Provided SCADA automation services for oil and gas pipelines. Career Summary: 2015 - Present Owner & Principal Atlas Mobility International 2002 - Present Owner IL Klein Enterprises 2012 - 2015 Head of Corporate Business Development GSMA 2010 - 2012 Sr. Director Business Development GSMA 2007 - 2010 Director Innovation GSMA 2006 - 2007 Sr. Portfolio Manager IP Unity Glenayre (Movius)