Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 · 2 yrs · Vancouver, Washington, United States · Remote

• Recruited by the CEO to lead the execution of the largest contract in company history—$12M deploying industrial wearables across global markets.
• KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Designed go-to-market for industrial AR across Smart Cities, Mining, Transportation, Power Generation, Aviation, Construction, and Oil & Gas
• Led EMEA ISV Partner Program: increased partner qualification throughput by 50%, reduced onboarding time by 20-50%
• Established sales and channel practices across Central Asia, Russia, India, Middle East, China, and Northern Europe
• Worked with a Finland-based IoT systems integrator to design and deploy use cases across multiple verticals. This experience taught me how industrial transformation actually happens at the operational level—insights that directly apply to enterprise AI deployment.

Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 · 2 yrs · New York City Metropolitan Area · On-site

• Led commercial strategy for a pioneer in wearable device management—recognized by Gartner as a Cool Vendor in 2017.
• THE TRANSFORMATION:
• Built pipeline from zero to $2.3M while fundamentally reshaping the company's market position. Created the product vision that expanded the platform from AR-only wearable management into full Industrial IoT - launching the first IoT device management platform using distributed ledger technology (IOTA Tangle).
• WHY THIS MATTERS FOR AI:
• The distributed ledger work is GPU-intensive, utilizing the same infrastructure challenges enterprises face when deploying AI today. We were solving for secure, scalable device connectivity across millions of endpoints. The technical and go-to-market lessons translate directly.
• KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Co-authored whitepaper enabling successful $12.5M ICO—funding expansion into IIoT with blockchain-agnostic architecture
• Established industry-first partnerships: Google, HTC, Epson, RealWear, Vuzix, Pico, ThirdEye
• Built and led sales organization; recruited engineering and customer support teams
• Delivered "Wearable First, Mobile Friendly" positioning across industry events
• Early lesson in how platform technology creates ecosystem value—directly relevant to today's AI infrastructure landscape.

Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 · 1 yr · New York City Metropolitan Area · Remote

• Led US expansion for Barcelona-based VR visualization platform for architecture, engineering, and construction.
• Established first operations outside home market on limited budget. Landed Kevin Kennon Architects (World Trade Center competition finalist) as anchor client. Identified and engaged venture investors to support scaling.
• Early experience with real-time 3D visualization and spatial computing—technologies now converging with AI for industrial applications.

Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 · 1 yr · New York City Metropolitan Area · On-site

• Co-founded and led US expansion for video messaging platform that transformed text into video mashups.
• THE AI CONNECTION:
• Selected as one of approximately 40 initial Facebook Messenger platform partners at F8 2015 (TechCrunch). We were building conversational AI interfaces - encompassing natural language processing, automated messaging, and chatbots - before the term "chatbot" entered the mainstream lexicon.
• This early work with conversational interfaces presaged today's LLM-powered AI. The challenge was the same: how do you create automated interactions that feel natural and deliver value?
• KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Achieved Tier 1 partner status with Facebook Messenger—one of ~40 initial launch partners
• Grew to 7M+ downloads, 25K+ MAU in 6 months
• Developed first-ever video chatbot for Kik's bot platform—beat Facebook's own bot platform to market
• Featured in TechCrunch, Adweek, Engadget, Forbes
• Top-rated bot in Kik's Bot Shop
• The chatbot experience taught me that AI interfaces succeed when they solve real user problems—not when they showcase technology. That insight drives how I approach enterprise AI today.

Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 · 3 yrs · New York City Metropolitan Area · On-site

• Established Mobile & Social consulting practice for leading industry think tank with 400+ Fortune 500 member companies.
• INNOVATION PROJECTS:
• "Discovering the Value of Earned Audience" (with Twitter & Fox)
• "Improving In-App Ad Performance Through Mobile Native Targeting" (with Unilever, Flurry & Research Now)
• First retail research project using Google Glass Explorer Edition
• Consulted F500 members on digital marketing effectiveness, technology adoption, and measurement optimization.
• This role crystallized my approach: helping large enterprises understand and adopt emerging technology through rigorous analysis and practical frameworks.

Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 · 3 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

• Co-founded data-driven e-commerce SaaS platform—now serving 1,400+ brands and 1M+ shoppers globally.
• FOUNDER JOURNEY:
• Raised €3.8M venture funding
• Established global operations: US sales, European engineering
• Drove revenue from zero to $5M+ in 18 months
• Led product discovery through product-market fit and beyond
• CLIENTS: Bloomingdale's, Saks, Nordstrom, Land's End, Gilt
• Started as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the VC fund that later invested. Built research tools and processes to identify and validate opportunities across multiple product categories.
• My startup years taught me what it takes to build something from nothing—and why that operator perspective matters when thinking about enterprise transformation.

Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 · 1 yr · Hungary · On-site

• Built data-driven innovation capacity for telecom operator, creating multi-million dollar product pipeline in Financial Services, Healthcare, Media, and Market Research.
• Hired and trained an innovation team in a highly matrixed organization—many team members were promoted within 18 months.
• Established corporate innovation process and governance. Learned how to drive change through influence rather than authority in complex organizations.

Jan 1993 – Jan 2007 · 14 yrs · New York, London, Copenhagen, Singapore, Hong Kong, Budapest · On-site

• 14-year career across the world's largest communications conglomerate, earning a reputation as the "fixer" deployed to turn around or launch operations globally.
• LEADERSHIP ROLES:
• SVP, Y&R New York (2005-2007)
• Led Philip Morris integrated communications. Drove $2M bottom-line impact by applying Six Sigma to new product development.
• Managing Partner, Wunderman London (2004-2005)
• Led pan-European digital and CRM for Ford of Europe—all passenger and commercial vehicles.
• CEO, Young & Rubicam Copenhagen (2003)
• Crisis-managed business in tailspin. Stabilized clients and staff, executed successful acquisition of local market leader.
• Senior Partner, Dentsu Y&R Asia Pacific (2001-2003)
• Led Colgate-Palmolive across 10+ Asian markets. Grew margin from 8% to 25%. Reorganized operations from Singapore to Hong Kong.
• Global Account Leader, Y&R New York (1998-2001)
• Led a global, multi-disciplinary, +$100m packaged goods account
• CEO, Young & Rubicam Budapest (1994-1998)
• Turned around the agency from #9 to #2 market position. Grew staff from 26 to 102, revenue by 1000%. Won Bronze Cannes Lion in Media Innovation.
• These years taught me how to lead transformation across cultures, navigate complex stakeholder landscapes, and deliver results in high-pressure environments.

Jan 1989 – Jan 1993 · 4 yrs · Hungary · On-site

• Joined as employee #5 in the first Western advertising agency in Hungary, before the fall of the communist system.
• Built a 35-person account management function from scratch. Led market-entry campaigns for Coca-Cola, Nestlé, General Motors, L'Oréal, Johnson & Johnson, Gillette.
• This is where it started: bringing completely unfamiliar Western business practices to a market that had never seen them. The pattern of my career was set here—translating transformative concepts across cultural and organizational barriers.