CEO and Co-Founder Resume Example

• In 2005 founded Talon Lacrosse and invented and patented a wood composite lacrosse stick. Sold Talon to Easton-Bell Sports in 2010, the owner of sports performance brands including Easton (hockey/baseball), Riddell (football), Giro and Bell (snow/bike).

• Along with two partners from Talon, started the lacrosse division at Easton. Responsible for designing, manufacturing and marketing high-performance lacrosse equipment for the fastest growing sport in North America, including helmets, shafts, heads and protective gear.
• Grew the lacrosse business to $2 million in sales in two years, and was on track to become a $10 million division in year three. In the summer of 2013, EBS private equity owners opted to shut down the division as part of a cost-cutting strategy to prepare EBS for an acquisition.

• First General Counsel for leading online digital photo products company, hired to help prepare the company for its IPO.
• Responsible for all legal matters, managed all internal and external deal processes, deal structuring and litigation.
• Hired and managed internal and outside legal teams.
• Managed the IPO legal process to take the company public in September 2006.
• Left Shutterfly to follow my passion and start the lacrosse division at Easton-Bell Sports.

• First General Counsel for the leading public online financial data company, hired to help grow and transition the company for a sale.
• Responsible for all legal matters, managed all internal and external deal processes, deal structuring and litigation.
• Hired and managed internal and outside legal teams.
• Lead member of active merger and acquisition team.
• Achieved a highly successful exit for stockholders following the $528 million sale of MarketWatch to Dow Jones & Company in January 2005.

Associate General Counsel of a leading public technology company that developed the first handheld smart phone (Handspring Treo). Left Handspring to become the first General Counsel at CBS MarketWatch.

General Counsel of a Korea-based D-round start-up technology company that developed and manufactured fingerprint biometric devices for access control and internet security. Raised over $62M before the Internet bubble burst in 2001. Responsibility shifted to winding down the company before eventually exiting to join Handspring.