Belmont, CA | Davis, CA | San Francisco, CA
Also known as: RajiL
Mech EngRobotics at Carnegie Mellon University, helped create first interactive networked media applications at Bell Atlantic in early s (including VOD and interactive TV), joined @Home when it was a startup and ended managing e-commerce product and sales for the public company Excite@Home. Started and ran Snapfish as CEO since . It's now one of the largest online photo services in the world with over M members. The company was profitable and growing faster than the market. We sold Snapfish to HP in April for M. Became a Managing Director at Mayfield Fund in August - a top silicon valley venture capital fund with over B under management and invested in companies over years in consumer internetmobile, e-commerce, SMB, online adtech, social, and marketplaces. Started a new vehicle to cofound companies alongside awesome founders and now running of those companies as CEOcofounder - fitmob - a somewhat stealth company in the fitness space. Specialties Leadership, Venture Capital investing, General Management, Financing, Marketing, Business Development, Product Management, Financial Analysis.
Manassas, VA | Belmont, CA | Washington, DC
Also known as: robert
tr"A CTO and analyst with interests in #BigData, #NatSec, #Cyber. Also find me @AnalystReport, @CTOvision and online at httpctovision.compro
San Francisco, CA | Belmont, CA | Slidell, LA
Also known as: crushdirect
I bring years of sales online marketing expertise with analytics-driven decision making business savvy to help my clients gain market share. A quick backgrounder Built the direct-to-consumer consumer software biz for SoftkeyThe Learning Company from MM to M in years, playing a key role in the acquisition of The Learning Company by Mattel for .BB. And yes, Kevin OLeary from the TV show Shark Tank was my boss. No pressure there After that, I led the turnaround of wine.com after the company rose a staggering MM then went into bankruptcy. We bought the URL and other assets for song and in less than year moved the company from Portland to SF, did a complete re-org, and delivered both revenue growth and their first profitable quarter. Wine.com is now the amazon.com of the wine industry. Then I founded and raised a Series A for a SaaS Social Media Analytics technology company, Andiamo Systems. In the first months of our launch won enterprise clients including Warner Bros., Disney, multiple divisions of Microsoft, Pfizer, Roxio, and AdobeOmniture. I sold Andiamo in . In Deluxe (NYSE DLX) purchased VerticalResponse, a leading email social media marketing tool for SMBs, which I co-founded with my wife Janine Popick in , who continues as CEO. I served as a consultant and board member. In the meantime I have been actively involved as a board member, advisor and hands-on consultant to exciting brands in both the BB and BC space, leveraging my experience in online marketing, start-ups, new customer acquisition, business development, customer experience, direct marketing, e-commerce, mobile and social media marketing. Specialties online marketing, e-commerce, start-ups, customer experience, startups, business development, direct marketing, mobile marketing, social media marketing, email marketing, marketing automation.
