Helping companies develop strategy that works, organizations that learn and leadership that inspires. Whether you are at a growth inflection point, in a crisis, or taking an idea from a napkin doodle to a living, breathing, profit-generating machine; PracticalSpeak’s innovative methods help you grow revenue, visualize untapped opportunities and nurture emerging leaders. Strategy Development: Help develop practical strategy mapping the path to your vision. Unleashing the power of storytelling, positioning and leadership through holistic understanding of customers, competition, and self. Unlocking Growth: Help accelerate your growth to the next phase. Understand the power of the right questions at that right time to move you seamlessly to the next stage of growth. Executive and Team Coaching: Help visualize and harness the power within you and your teams. Develop emerging leaders, build growth mindset and trust

Strengthening the human network to help organizations achieve breakthrough performance. An end-to-end mentoring platform to design, launch and monitor employee engagement programs.

Our mission is to become the world’s most environmentally friendly clean-beauty company that provides customers natural products packed with powerful and unique ingredients from the rainforest.

FigLeaf is a privacy app provider, enabling consumers to fully control privacy across any platform. As Founding Member, designed and implemented new brand architecture, product offering, and go-to-market strategies focused on maximizing global customer appeal. Led marketing strategy, strategic planning, advertising, brand management, subscriber acquisition, distribution partnerships, performance marketing, product marketing, content/editorial, social media, strategic alliances, sales enablement, creative agency, data journalism and public & media relations (PR). Efforts helped win global distribution partnerships and positioned company as a reputable “thought-leader” in a noisy market. Led Brand Development, Marketing Strategy, Content Marketing, Public Relations, Analyst Relations, Partner Marketing, Consumer and Market research, Strategic Planning, Strategic Alliances, Revenue and Customer Acquisition. Key achievements include:  Helped win distribution contracts with 3 of top 5 global PC OEMs, establishing privacy as separate category.  Positioned and pitched company for successful acquisition.

As Group COO I managed a portfolio of startups across Security, iOT, Mobile Gaming and Tech Support. Developed product, marketing and sales strategies for each business, ensuring management and executive capability through talent training, development and recruitment. Researched market, competitors and supply chain for strategic beneficial business acquisitions and developed innovative long-term sales and marketing strategies, growing reputation, presence, and share. Managed P&L of $100M+ Key achievements include:  Implemented shared strategy development framework across the portfolio, focusing on strategic growth to align companies along their core competencies and potential to create meaningful impact.  Rationalized group portfolio by shutting down two startups, acquiring a US company and getting one portfolio company acquired in the US.

White Sky, Inc. developed White Sky Connect™ security platform providing real-time online protection across PCs, tablets and smartphones. Recruited by BOD to help turn around business. Repositioned product, elevated company positioning and re-imagined value proposition. Changed business model from B2C to B2B, focusing improved offerings specifically designed to grow sales, leading to greater traction in distribution partnerships. In redefining ‘Go-to-Market’, product, marketing and sales strategies, succeeded in turning around business. Key achievements include: achieving full strategic transformation, delivering profitability and then exited through acquisition.  Revamped company product strategy, business model and go-to-market increasing revenue 10X and grew customer base from under 200K to over 11 Million  Helped company attain profitability and get acquired.

Security and Identity Access Management solutions.

Responsible for overall strategy, international operations and P&L. Managed a global team of 60+ and global vendors. Bootstrapped “ComplianceOnline.com” – the largest knowledge portal for Compliance professionals on the web. Built a successful off-shore team – Marketing, Sales, Customer Support and Operations – in India. Grew Revenue 30% year over year and drove business to cash flow positive position in under 18 months.

Responsible for global subscriber growth, revenue and partner enablement. Responsible for overall marketing strategy, strategic planning, online marketing, global Partner Marketing, Web Strategy, Public Relations, Advertising and Business Planning & Analysis. Managed a 100-strong global team. Grew global bookings from $80 Million to $1 Billion. Grew global customer base from 1.1 Million to over 22 Million in 5 years. Built global marketing organization – EMEA, Japan, APAC, LTAM and North America. Managed budgets in excess of $125 Million. Developed and launched Industry’s finest subscriber retention programs leading to +80% retention rates. Managed global partners such as Dell, Comcast, Terra and AOL driving $200 Million/year in partner driven revenue.

Led the organization's transition to a service-oriented model, helping clients harness their unique opportunities and elevate leadership effectiveness.

Spearheaded the strategic shift from D2C to B2B2C business model, achieving significant growth.