Michael J. Kozub
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Senior Marketing for High Growth B2B & B2C Internet Startups
Corporate Strategy & Planning • Go-to-Market Planning & Execution • Marketing, Sales & Bus Dev Team-building
Accomplished senior executive with extensive company-building experience in Marketing (product & brand, traffic/lead-gen), Product Management,
Sales Management / Sales Ops, and Corporate/ Business Development. Adept at building and motivating teams, yet also a tireless hands-on
contributor. Executed 6 successful ventures in both B2B and B2C sectors with heavy emphasis on revenue and profit growth.
Core Competencies Industry Experience
• Marketing Communication, all • Viral e-marketing, mobile-mktg • •
CPG Social Media
• Social media & e-marketing • •
channels Retail e-Commerce
• Company/Brand Evangelism • •
technology Consumer Web Financial Services
• Corporate Partnerships: ID, • Traditional & Social Media PR • •
Enterprise Software Business Services
• SEO, SEM, Display Advertising
Close, Manage • •
SaaS Manufacturing
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
12/07 -- Co-Founder, KeepItFun, Inc. Hopkinton, MA
Present t Conceived and currently executing the launch of a web-based youth sports portal with advert & ecomm revenue
model.
1/06 -- 9/07 President, Agora Marketing Technologies London, UK
Repositioned European technology-aided direct marketing services concern into a US-based software-as-a-
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service play preparing for series A funding.
9/00 - 7/05 EVP, Sales, Mktg & Bus Dev, MarketSoft Corp. Lexington, MA
Successfully drove go-to-market strategies/plans, sales evangelization, business development partnerships, M&A
as well as all traditional sales and marketing functions that helped this independent, venture-backed concern
grow during a period of unprecedented high-tech economic turbulence.
9/98 –9/00 EVP, Sales, Mktg & Bus Dev, RealAge.com San Diego, CA
Senior officer involved in all aspects of growth from 5 to 120 employees. Helped to establish and build member
value proposition and company revenue model in pharmaceutical sector, positioning company for breakeven.
6/96 - 9/98 President & CEO, Janlynn Corporation Springfield, MA
Diversified the family consumer product business on interim basis when my father was diagnosed with terminal
cancer. Sales approximately $10 million; oversaw 120+ employees. Lead successful change-in-control LBO.
4/92 - 4/96 VP/GM, Reebok International Stoughton, MA
Appointed to start up new business unit in the highly visible team sports market segment. Grew from $15MM yr 1
to $75MM yr 3.
9/89- 3/92 Principal, Morningside Group Newton, MA
Managed the direct investment process (industry roll-ups) for one of the world’s wealthiest families. US office
controlled eight companies representing $200MM in total transaction value.
7/85 - 5/87 Financial Management Training Program, GE Wilmington, MA
General Electric’s version of a CPA.
Education MBA, Harvard University Boston, MA
BS, Engineering/Economics, Union College Schenectady, NY
Phillips Exeter Academy Exeter, NH