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By age 16, I sold $20K worth of kitchen knives to strangers. By age 25, I founded PlaySay Inc. with investment from the Director of PayPal, Japan. I led PlaySay to a $2M valuation, created a #1 ranked iPhone app and was ultimately acquired by Babbel. I was the #1 ranked sales engineer of Salesforce's 15 person ramped team of Heroku my last six quarters.

I've been recognized in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, New York Times, TechCrunch, Washington Post, Japan Times, CBS, Entrepreneur Magazine and World News.

My dream is to marry my lifelong passion of action sports with a job in the industry. I want to join a company where I may leverage my passion, innovation and hustle to create long-term value from products, customers and relationships.

Sales at Heroku/Salesforce

• #1 sales rep of the 15 person ramped sales team Q1 & Q2 of 2015 (210% annualized quota)
• #1 sales rep of the 15 person ramped sales team of 2014 (287% quota)
• MVP of 2014 as voted by the 15 person ramped sales team
• #1 sales rep of the three person ramped sales team of 2013 (202% quota)
• Top 1% volunteer of the 10K person Salesforce Bay Area employee base of 2015
• Developed, sold and supported products with cross-functional teams including runtime, routing, API, languages, data services, security, operations, partners, enterprise, marketing and support

Product at PlaySay

• Created a #1 ranked USA iPhone app and scaled value proposition for #1 app in 10 countries
• Oversaw key vertical analysis and P&L to ultimately increase repeat purchases by 200% YoY
• Captured 18% of target market through SEO, page optimization and SEM (with 60% ROI)
• Ascertained market, defined product value prop's, validated product market fit hypotheses
• Interpreted complex data sets to monitor, report and optimize key performance indicators
• Leveraged customer development, market research, usability studies and competitive and industry analysis to identify market opportunity, determine business case, define product vision, design UI/UX, plan go-to-market strategy and lead agile development through the critical path

Sales engineering for the world's leading sales+engineering platforms (Salesforce+Heroku). Sales engineer for teams including the President's barackobama.com, Facebook's internet.org, BitTorrent's P2P network, Pebble's smartwatch, Snoop Dogg's merryjane.com, Citrix's GoToMeeting, Jared Leto's video streaming platform, Will.i.am's wearable device, Westfield's WiFi service, Kik's mobile messenger, AltSchool's education platform and Avant's financial platform.

#1 ranked sales engineer of the 15 person ramped team my last six quarters.

• #1 ranked rep of the 15 person ramped team Q1 & Q2 of 2015 (210% annualized quota)
• #1 ranked rep of the 15 person ramped team of 2014 (287% quota)
• Voted the MVP of 2014 by the 15 person ramped team
• #1 ranked rep of the three person ramped team of 2013 (202% quota)

• Developed, sold and supported products with cross-functional teams including runtime, routing, API, languages, data services, security, operations, partners, enterprise, marketing an

Account Executive

"Making learning a language fun" - The Wall Street Journal
"An educational/business force to be reckoned with" - TechCrunch
"Enabling a conversational language learning experience" - The New York Times

Started a language learning software company from my need to learn Japanese with investment from the Director of PayPal, Japan. Hired & managed a team of five. Built a #1 ranked USA iPhone app.

Generated recurring income, increased valuation of the business to $2M, sold to Babbel in '13.

• Raised $800K in VC from the most active VC in the Education space of the USA
• Oversaw key vertical analysis and P&L to ultimately increase repeat purchases by 200% YoY
• Closed enterprise deals with McGraw-Hill, HarperCollins and 30 universities
• Directed marketing, advertising, promotion and PR to acquire 100K users
• Scaled value proposition internationally, achieving a #1 ranked iPhone app in USA & 10 countries
• Captured 18% of target market in Japan via SEO, page optimization and SEM (with 60% ROI)
• Launched as TechCrunch Disrupt Finalists with 3K attendees and 250K online viewers (video below)
• Procured key relationships with Apple Store, Marketing, Developer Relations and PR
• Hired and managed five happy employees with autonomy, mastery and purpose
• Ascertained market, defined product value prop's, validated product market fit hypotheses
• Leveraged customer development, market research, usability studies and competitive and industry analysis to identify market opportunity, determine business case, define product vision, design UI/UX, plan go-to-market strategy and lead agile development through the critical path
• Interpreted complex data sets to monitor, report and optimize key performance indicators
• Drove adoption of products through differentiation, naming, branding, positioning, outbound messaging, marketing, promotion, advertising, and PR
• Recognized in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, New York Times, TechCrunch, Washington Post, Japan Times, CBS, Entrepreneur Magazine and World News.

Founder & CEO

Generated $100K of new international marketing revenue from Fortune 500 clients.

• Co-managed 12-member cross-functional team and 7K field staff in product development, multichannel marketing, advertising, PR and brand management for $1M business unit
• Spearheaded localization, positioning and brand management for the Japan Tofu Association
• Analyzed market, cultivated innovation, optimized product mix and pricing, and designed promotional strategies for Fortune 500 and major multinational clientele such as Time Warner Japan, Bourjois Japan, Krispy Kreme Japan, Johnson & Johnson Japan and BT Japan

International Marketing Manager

• Managed daily operations of national firm specializing in mall intercept survey, observational, ethnographic, experimental, and online primary marketing research
• Managed 30 employees including payroll oversight and training on consumer survey techniques and call center phone bank procedures.
• Increased interviewee research base by more than 20% over previous period
• Conducted research study pre-qualification protocols with the extensive prospect of interviewing including coordination of data for marketing research interpretation

Assistant Manager, Marketing Research

Sold $20K of kitchen knives to strangers within my first year (age 16)

• Marketed cutlery products to households and the business sector for national firm with annual sales exceeding $180 million. 
• Distinguished by the CEO as a member of the "President's Club" for leading monthly sales exceeding $3K with extensive involvement in the operation of the field office.

Sales Representative

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Ryan Meinzer

Heroku (owned by Salesforce)

PlaySay (Acquired by Babbel)

Intellectual Marketing & Planning, Inc.

Quick Test/Heakin

Vector Marketing

RealAcad Venture Management Program Participant

Semester at Sea

Temple University