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    Alex Calic

    Alex Calic

    Enterprise technology exec with 20 years of experience driving growth through business development, corporate development, sales, and strategic partnerships.

    Corporate Development Virginia University of Pennsyl...
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    Experience
    NextGen Venture Partners
    NextGen Venture Partners
    Venture Partner
    • Evaluating investment opportunities and providing due diligence support for enterprise technology companies in the adtech, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and fintech... more sectors.
    • Advising founders on fundraising, product-market fit, and building a sales motion.
    • Invested in Carta, Mercury, Syncari, and Nvite, which was acquired by Eventbrite pre-IPO.
    Affinity Global
    Affinity Global
    Vice President, Business Developemnt 2022 - 2025 (about 2 years)
    • Spearheaded U.S. market entry as first U.S. executive; built and scaled business development and sales teams.
    • Negotiated strategic deals with browsers, commerce apps,... more deal sites, and media companies such as Affirm, CNN, CouponFollow, Firefox, Klarna, Microsoft, and NBC Universal for performance marketing and publisher SaaS offerings.
    • Assessed product-market fit for SaaS platform AdOpsOne, enabling publisher workflow automation.
    Kevel (Prev: Adzerk)
    Kevel (Prev: Adzerk)
    Vice President Business Development 2022 (9 months)
    • Designed ecosystem GTM strategy for 80+ partners across agencies, CDPs, DSPs, commerce platforms, consultancies, OMSs, software developers, and SSPs.
    • Closed first ecosystem... more partnership agreement with EveryMundo, a travel fare marketing platform.
    • Led synergy evaluation and financial modeling due diligence for CDP acquisition, Velocidi.
    AtomicVest
    AtomicVest
    Business Development Consultant 2021 - 2022 (2 months)
    • Conducted comprehensive analysis of partnership pipeline and enterprise sales processes.
    • Developed partnership playbook to target new financial services market segments.
    •... more Created framework for identifying and engaging fintech opportunities, supporting scalable GTM execution.
    Burt
    Burt
    Chief Revenue Officer 2020 - 2021 (over 1 year)
    • Directed enterprise revenue operations (business development, customer success, marketing, and sales) across the U.S. and Europe; grew team by 100% and nearly doubled client... more base in 12 months.
    • Launched account-based marketing and customer NPS frameworks to improve ROI and retention.
    • Directed successful acquisition and integration of ad inventory forecasting solution, Inventale.
    Lotame
    Lotame
    Business Development Consultant 2020 (3 months)
    • Developed strategic adoption framework for Panorama ID in cookie-less environments.
    • Created comprehensive ecosystem adoption strategy across the adtech landscape.
    •... more Initiated strategic partnership and integration discussions with key industry platforms (Index Exchange, MediaMath, Oracle Data Cloud, Publicis Media, PubMatic, Xandr, and others).
    The Media Trust
    The Media Trust
    Chief Business & Technology Development Officer 2018 - 2019 (over 1 year)
    • Redesigned Malware Attack Data threat intelligence feed offering for adoption across enterprise cybersecurity teams.
    • Negotiated licensing (with Quantcast and Sourcepoint)... more and strategic alliances (with Threat Quotient and ThreatSTOP) to expand privacy and cybersecurity ecosystem integrations, respectively.
    • Created the Digital Vendor Network, advancing data-sharing and compliance across the adtech supply chain.
    Chief Revenue Officer 2010 - 2018 (about 8 years)
    • Scaled SaaS revenue from under $5 million to nearly $20 million in 5 years.
    • Directed rebranding and GTM relaunch for global market expansion; launched Media Scanner,... more driving 80% of annual revenue.
    • Closed enterprise deals with AppNexus, Facebook, Major League Baseball, PGA Tour, PubMatic, Rubicon Project, The Trade Desk, and Twitter among other adtech and media companies.
    Clearspring Technologies (acquired by Oracle)
    Clearspring Technologies (acquired by Oracle)
    Vice President, Business & Network Development 2006 - 2010 (over 3 years)
    • Built strategic partnerships with leading social platforms (Facebook, Microsoft, and WordPress among others), fueling distribution and monetization; launched Widget Promotional... more Channel, achieving comScore Top 50 status within 6 months.
    • Scaled revenue partnerships to $500,000 annually from Amazon, Kohl’s, NBC Universal and others.
    • Raised $5.5 million Series B venture capital round; developed initial revenue model.
    Inphonic
    Exit
    Inphonic
    Vice President, Corporate Development 2001 - 2006 (about 5 years)
    • Directed 12 acquisitions valued at over $100 million and managed over $200 million in financing, including an IPO.
    • Built ecommerce partnerships with Amazon and Buy.com.
    •... more Launched award-winning Wirefly.com ecommerce website.
    Coremetrics
    Exit
    Coremetrics
    Business Development 2000 (3 months)
    Assal Corp. (now InTouchPOS)
    Assal Corp. (now InTouchPOS)
    Venture Consultant 1999 (5 months)
    ING Baring Furman Selz
    ING Baring Furman Selz
    Vice President 1998 (8 months)
    Robertson Stephens  Company (acquired by Bank of America)
    Robertson Stephens Company (acquired by Bank of America)
    Investment Analyst 1996 - 1998 (over 1 year)
    Sanford C. Bernstein  Co. (now AllianceBernstein)
    Sanford C. Bernstein Co. (now AllianceBernstein)
    Associate 1994 - 1996 (over 2 years)
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    Coremetrics, Inphonic, The Media Trust, Sanford C. Bernstein Co. (now AllianceBernstein), Robertson Stephens Company (acquired by Bank of America), ING Baring Furman Selz, Assal Corp. (now InTouchPOS), Clearspring Technologies (acquired by Oracle), Lotame, Burt, AtomicVest, Kevel (Prev: Adzerk), Affinity Global, NextGen Venture Partners
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    Corporate Development Business Development Sales Strategy and Management Fundraising Product Management Digital Media Mobile Advertising Video Advertising Advertising E-Commerce Mobile Video Distribution Distribution Partnerships Acquisitions Asset Management Business Intelligence Business Plan Client prospecting Due Diligence Ecommerce Financial Financial Modeling Management MBA Portfolio Management Pricing Private Equity Product Development Project Management Security Telecommunications Venture Capital Wireless
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    United States Washington DC Maryland
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