U of Washington - Seattle, WA

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I studied business at the University of Washington but left early to work at a Seattle startup and get mentored by Rowland Hanson—who Bill Gates recruited from Neutrogena to be Microsoft's first CMO. Upon hearing how he saved Windows from being called Interface Manager and orchestrated the OEM launch strategy, I knew learning from him every Sunday for the next 2 years was a once-in-a lifetime opportunity. I was right.

University of Washington - Seattle, WA

Role

Product Lead

Dates

Month, 2018 - Month, 2019

Accomplishments

Seed funded a startup with $2M from Dan Nordstrom
Built a team of 8 including specialists in marketplaces, payments
Designed an end-to-end licensing and royalty payment platform
Negotiated a partnership with the NFL Players Association
Reduced overhead of licensing department by a factor of 50:1
Sub-licensed digital assets from NFL licensees Topps and EA
Reduced the time to get a licensing deal from 6 months to 6 days
Collected pre-paid, guaranteed, and advance royalty payments
Tracked sales via API and computed revenues for reporting
Computed royalty payments for 1,800+ NFL players on 32 teams
Sold the technology to the NFL Players Association

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I studied business at the University of Washington but left early to work at a Seattle startup and get mentored by Rowland Hanson—who Bill Gates recruited from Neutrogena to be Microsoft's first CMO. Upon hearing how he saved Windows from being called Interface Manager and orchestrated the OEM launch strategy, I knew learning from him every Sunday for the next 2 years was a once-in-a lifetime opportunity. I was right.