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    Paul Sims

    Paul Sims

    Experienced Board Member Serial entrepreneur w/exp. from concept to $100M+ 6 Exits.
    Growth focused. PE & Early stage. AutoTrader, OVE.com, DealerMatch Harvard MBA

    Chief Operating Officer Atlanta Brigham Young Univers...
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    Experience
    Agile Inc Growth Consulting
    Agile Inc Growth Consulting
    Founder, President
    Providing deep & actionable insights to organizations & private investors (hedge/PE/VC funds) on a range of strategic growth oriented issues - go to market, innovation,... more strategic planning, market forecasting, & competitive intelligence projects. Projects in the tech/software, automotive, digital, insurance, & financial services sectors. Example projects include:
    * Created HR function & recruited VP Revenue, VP Product, VP Marketing for A round SaaS startup
    * Developed digital marketing functions for PE owned financial advisory company
    * Due diligence for multiple investments & acquisitions by PE, VC funds
    * Growth strategy plan for middle-market PE firm's insurance portfolio company
    * Business plan development and advising CEO of disruptive student lending business
    * Market research, strategic business plan development for software company in the insurance industry
    * Strategic consulting with investment firm on automotive industry
    * Strategic consulting with PE & International Hedge funds firm on automotive industry
    Bridge Money
    Bridge Money
    Advisor
    Funding University
    Funding University
    Advisor
    Privacy4cars
    Privacy4cars
    Advisor 2020 - 2021 (about 1 year)
    Used Equipment Guide
    Exit
    Used Equipment Guide
    Board Member 2017 - 2020 (about 3 years)
    Cloud Dentistry
    Cloud Dentistry
    Advisor 2020 - 2021 (over 1 year)
    The Warranty Group
    The Warranty Group
    Executive Vice President, Digital & National Accounts (Exit to Assurant) 2017 - 2018 (about 1 year)
    Brought in by private equity (TPG Capital). Built new digital channel business & turned around $200M P&L in preparation for successful sale of the company for $2.5B... more in 2018 to Assurant (NYSE: AIZ)
    Kredible
    Exit
    Kredible
    Chief Operating Officer 2014 - 2017 (about 3 years)
    • Sold to WETF
    • We raised multiple rounds of funding from largest angel group in the Southeast
    • I built a product and development team and established an agile software... more development process
    • I built a software platform from the ground up for job candidates nationwide
    • I established processes and managed all operations for 2 cloud software product lines serving Fortune 1000 clients and top universities
    • I was co-inventor on patent for Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning system
    DealerMatch
    Exit
    DealerMatch
    Founder, Co-Founder & Customer Strategy Officer 2011 - 2014 (about 3 years)
    Sold to Cox
    Built world's largest wholesale automotive community
    I built our initial product team & we built Web/IOS/Android platform used by dealers nationwide
    I... more built & managed our initial sales teams
    On plan for profitability within 3.5 yrs of product launch
    Grew headcount to 150 for nationwide scaling plan & achieved low employee attrition
    I established partnerships w/ 16 strategic partners including VW, BMW, Cars.com
    OVE.com--Online Wholesale Automotive
    OVE.com--Online Wholesale Automotive
    Founder, Co-Founder, Director of Product 2005 - 2007 (about 2 years)
    Merged with Manheim
    AutoTrader.com
    AutoTrader.com
    Early Exec (pre-launch) GM and Bus. Dev. 1998 - 2000 (over 2 years)
    First 12 employees
    HBS Properties LLC--Real Estate
    HBS Properties LLC--Real Estate
    Founder, President 2003 - 2005 (about 2 years)
    Sold to private investors
    Acquire, renovate, rent or resell properties - multi-family & SFH.
    Boston Consulting Group
    Boston Consulting Group
    Associate Consultant 1996 - 1998 (about 2 years)
    Face Sportswear LLC--Clothing
    Face Sportswear LLC--Clothing
    Co-Founder/President 1994 - 1996 (about 2 years)
    Sold to private investor.
    Founder
    DealerMatch, HBS Properties LLC--Real Estate, OVE.com--Online Wholesale Automotive, Agile Inc Growth Consulting
    Employee
    Boston Consulting Group, Philips Consumer Electronics, Kredible, AutoTrader.com, The Warranty Group, Face Sportswear LLC--Clothing
    Investor
     
    Incubator
     
    Advisor
    Cloud Dentistry, Privacy4cars, Funding University, Bridge Money
    Attorney
     
    Board Member
    Used Equipment Guide
    Mentor
     
    Member
     
    Acquired
     
     
    Education
     
    About
    Skills
    Business Strategy Strategic Planning Fundraising Product Development Product Management Innovation & Growth Automotive Internet B2B Sales B2B Lead Generation Insurance Marketplaces Go to Market Strategy Early Stage Board Member Early-Stage Startups Angel Investing
    Locations
    Atlanta
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