25+ years in Account Management; 8+ years as Founder/CEO. BS and MS in Advertising and Marketing from the University of Illinois (UIUC); Certificate of Entrepreneurship – Goldman Sachs 10KSB (Cohort 28). Directed a variety of teams to effectively manage the discovery, development, implementation and launch a variety of unique custom enterprise based platform solutions for a number of Fortune 50 – Fortune 1000 clients. Optimized internal operations across cross-functional teams and external integrations with 50+ third-party vendors across the aforementioned platforms via SSO, API, SFTP, custom reporting, etc. Managed all contract negotiations, MSA / SOW conversations as well as drafting, review and modifications of applicable legal documents. Spearhead the implementation of all necessary security protocols, processes and procedures as well as ongoing monitoring to achieve and maintain SOC certification.