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Deal sourcing, marketing, due diligence and deal consummation focused on early stage technology investments in Africa

Bafa House builds B2C cloud-based (SaaS) products and platforms that power iOS and Android apps, with the goal of transforming small businesses. Currently focused on building solutions for the Restaurant Industry.

Business mentor providing advice on product development and go-to-market strategies to startup founders/CEOs in Seattle.

* Managed a team of 5 program managers. Team was responsible for shipping MSN products into 30 languages worldwide. * Product owner for features of B2C products used by over 100,000 customers. Products were MSN Messenger, MSN Spaces and MSN Communicator. * Wrote feature specifications and software globalization documentation for MSN development teams and oversaw the development through to a timely launch. * Defined and managed the content publishing process and localization strategy for MSN Spaces which allowed the product to be localized and launched alongside the US version. * Trained and supported MSN subsidiary teams worldwide on standard content publishing platform solutions. * Managed 3rd party localization vendors in Europe to ensure work was being delivered on time and within budget.

* Successfully launched telecoms products into the marketplace, creating new revenue streams * Responsible for large and complex corporate client accounts – including planning and project management * Designed and drove the implementation of a nationwide fiber optic network across various geographical regions * Channel management with telecoms partners to ensure efficient distribution of our products * Drove corporate marketing strategy by carrying out marketing research, conducting sales forecasting, promotional planning and brand promotion. * Responsible for all media marketing communications and PR * Managed the marketing budget and revenue targets * Recruited and managed marketing and sales professionals

* Led and managed the Program Management Organization in charge of network rollout nationwide * Designed, coordinated and managed the execution of corporate and product marketing campaigns * Led marketing strategy and sales execution to close several multi-million dollar infrastructure deals * Co-wrote business plan with CFO of the organization with a goal to achieve market share * Represented organization in international trade fairs and conferences. * Recommended, managed and monitored corporate IT Strategy including the roll out of Exchange Server and SharePoint * Created customer fulfillment process for both Interconnection and Transmission business units

Overall responsibility for design and launch of B2B cloud capabilities and partner programs that are used by over 120,000 Microsoft Partners worldwide. Product and program management driving cross-organizational efforts to land business-critical features across all Microsoft Cloud services (O365, Intune, CRM Online, Azure & EMS) providing insights into usage and consumption driven by Microsoft partners. Worked with cloud partners to understand pain points and translate them into business requirements for products teams. Created business intelligence requirements, partner with engineering teams to execute as reporting dashboards. Dashboards and reports are used by our field and sales teams in various customer segments to help improve cloud consumption. Drove program support strategy for partners and oversaw multi-million dollar customer service budget.