Joel Carnes

I build high-trust / high-performance organizations that attract and

retain top talent, foster innovation, and deliver outstanding results. Los Angeles, CA

310-***-****

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SecondMuse - COO (Los Angeles, CA 2016 - 2017)

SecondMuse designs and operates purpose-driven business and accelerators for clients including Nike, IKEA, NASA, and U.S. State Dept. Guided the Leadership Team through a complete business transformation including strategic planning, product redesign, and operational reorganization. This has directly led to record income and profitability from the new business. XPRIZE - VP Operations & Strategy (Culver City, CA 2013 - 2016) XPRIZE is the world leader in using open innovation to address large challenges, from energy to education. Defined strategy for operational e ectiveness and e ciency, created a new infrastructure, and developed partnerships that scaled the organization from $50M to $200M in three years. Brought together a cross-functional team across physical and cultural boundaries to create what many described as the best place they ever worked. Activision - Director, Central Operations (Santa Monica, CA 2012 - 2013) Drove business planning, operational excellence, and delivery of key projects for multiple billion-dollar game titles. Led Department Heads through creation of $100M Annual Operating Plan. Guided administration for 250 person team spread across seven locations to ensure operational e ciency. Managed real estate, o ce/workspace configuration, and new construction. Disney Imagineering - Sr. Strategist (Burbank, CA 2011 - 2012) Defined and prioritized R&D Program Portfolio of 40+ projects, while creating tools, processes, and systems to enhance productivity of this innovative group. Took direct leadership of the most challenging million-dollar projects. Disney Online - Director, Operations (Glendale, CA: 2010 - 2011) Completed a top-to-bottom evaluation and reorganization of 150 sta . Established management of 100+ individual projects in a single portfolio management system. Expanded capacity by adding both an internal R&D team as well as a strategic partner that allowed us to scale when needed. Trifecta - Director, Operations (Beverly Hills, CA 2006 - 2010) Built systems, tools, processes, that allowed this med-tech startup to organically scale from zero to $14M with no outside capital required. TRUSTED OPERATIONS EXPERT

Provided leadership and counsel

on best practices for the

definition and execution of new

operations frameworks,

organizational development

initiatives, and integrated

innovation programs to

executives from many top

organizations including GM,

Grainger, AT&T, NASA, IBM,

Kaplan, LA Metro, Nokia, Alltech.

In 2017 named President of the

Institute for Innovation in Large

Organizations (ILO).

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

University of California, Irvine :

Bachelor of Arts, Social Ecology

Singularity University: Executive

Program in Exponential

Technologies

Scrum Alliance: Certified Scrum

Master (CSM)

Project Management Institute:

Project Management

Professional (PMP)

MANAGEMENT CONSULTING

Seven years (1999-2006)

scoping and managing

technology development projects

for consultancies (KPMG

BearingPoint, L.E.K), and digital

studios (HUGE, BLITZ).

February 2, 2018

To Whom it May Concern,

It’s my absolute pleasure to recommend Joel Carnes for the role of Chief Operating Officer.

Joel and I worked together at SecondMuse from 2016 2017, where he was our Chief Operating Officer. I was his direct supervisor. Joel joined our Leadership Team at a critical point in the company when our structures were limiting our growth. After a thorough deep dive and analysis, Joel proposed a new operational focus and structure that he then helped implement. He did this in a completely selfless manner, putting the organization in front of everything, including his own self interests.

After adopting Joel’s recommendations, revenue has increased significantly, as has operational efficiency and profitability.

I thoroughly enjoyed my time working with Joel, and have come to know him as a truly valuable asset to absolutely any organization. He is honest, dependable, and incredibly dedicated. Beyond that, he is an impressive and knowledgeable innovator and leader who is always working to lift up everyone around him. Without a doubt, I confidently recommend Joel to join your team. As a true servant leader and an expert in operations, I know that he will be a beneficial addition to your organization.

Please feel free to contact me at 505-***-**** or

ac4kcb@r.postjobfree.com should you like to discuss Joel’s qualifications and experience further. I’d be happy to expand on my recommendation. Best wishes,

Todd Khozein

Partner, SecondMuse

June 10, 2016

To Whom it May Concern,

I am writing to enthusiastically support the candidacy of Joel Carnes as a top executive in any organization. I have known Joel for nearly a decade, and have worked for the past two years under his leadership as Vice President of Operations at XPRIZE. I came to work for the company precisely because of Joel’s excitement for the new education prizes he was launching to expand XPRIZE’s portfolio, and my con idence in his leadership. Having worked as a university faculty member my entire career prior to working for Joel, I was inspired by his vision of a new, disruptive model of learning that leverages technology to bring education to those most in need all over the world. As hard as it is to imagine overall XPRIZE operations without Joel in charge, I believe it is the logical next step for him to be able to lead and build another company in need of his talents.

Joel is truly a man of vision, strategy, and passion who has dramatically increased the size and capacity of XPRIZE. On an interpersonal level, he inds people’s strengths, helps develop them, and makes staff members feel heard and respected. In short, he helps people be their best, and teams perform most effectively. Joel has a unique ability to reimagine scenarios and create a clear, inspiring vision for his employees. The quintessential image of Joel at the of ice is of him in front of a white board, intently listening, and shaping people’s thoughts and ideas into a structured plan of action. But Joel also shines outside of the of ice walls. He has been instrumental in attracting donors, talent, and high level partnerships for the organization as a whole. He is able to communicate the XPRIZE mission to an astonishingly vast array of people and companies, ranging from Elon Musk to Google, in order to forge relationships and strategic partnerships.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions, or for any more information about why I am so strongly recommending Joel Carnes to be your next innovation leader. Sincerely,

Emily Musil Church, Ph.D.

Director of Education and Impact, XPRIZE Learning

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Mobile: 1-323-***-****

June 11, 2016

To Whom it May Concern,

I would like to recommend my colleague, Joel Carnes, to you as your next COO. I have partnered with Joel for three years as we worked together to scale and build the next generation of the XPRIZE Foundation.

I have the utmost respect and con idence in Joel. He has character attributes that can be counted on he is honest, caring and thoughtful. He is truly a compassionate leader that listens, digests, and focuses on the input of his team in his decision making. But he is also is very direct in his viewpoints, so one never has to guess where Joel stands on a particular issue. He is invested in the future of the organization (sometimes at the expense of his own interests) and seeks out opportunities for continuous improvement. He has direct leadership and P&L responsibility over the core operations of our Foundation, and his leadership has enabled us to triple our portfolio size and associated impact since his arrival. He has done this without increasing the spend of unrestricted revenue.

Further, he is highly intelligent, self con ident, innovative and creative, and leads the team with an undaunted passion. Dedication to work, organization, and tireless attention to detail in the pursuit of success are attributes that have led Joel to numerous successes. Joel is truly a unique individual, and would be the perfect leader to help you scale your organization in a rapidly changing world. Christopher Frangione

Vice President Prize Development XPRIZE Foundation Washington DC 20010

Cell: 919-***-**** Email: ac4kcb@r.postjobfree.com Twitter: @ChrisFrangione June 12, 2016

To Whom it May Concern,

It is with great confidence that I submit this le er of reference in support of Joel Carnes’ candidacy for a leadership posi on with your organiza on.

I have had the pleasure of working closely with Joel at XPRIZE for the past three years. During that me, Joel has led the XPRIZE opera ons team through a period of rapid expansion and significant advances in efficiency and quality. Whereas XPRIZE had launched an average of less than one compe on each year for the previous ten or more years, Joel and his team launched three interna onal compe ons in 2015 and are on track to launch four more in 2016. Joel is an inspired leader who focuses on what ma ers most. He has led the en re XPRIZE Founda on in its efforts to increase global impact and to measure and track that impact through results based metrics that have improved every aspect of the founda on. Joel is a great team manager and organiza onal architect. He has directed an ini a ve at XPRIZE to staff projects in a matrixed manner that has helped the founda on scale up to meet the demands of the new compe ons, while increasing team morale and job sa sfac on. Perhaps most importantly to me, as XPRIZE general counsel and a personal friend, Joel is a very ethical professional with a strong moral compass and a personal dedica on to doing good and making a posi ve difference in the world. As I’m sure is the case at any non profit, XPRIZE execu ves are frequently faced with decisions where personal integrity and being true to the mission are pi ed against self interest and opportunism. I know that I can always count on Joel to do what is right and what is best for the founda on in every circumstance. While I regret losing Joel’s counsel and contribu on at XPRIZE, I know that he would make a very posi ve impact wherever he goes if he were to accept a posi on with another organiza on. I therefore give him my unqualified and ardent support and recommenda on. If you have any ques ons or would like to follow up on any of my comments above, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Thank you.

All the Best,

Jeffrey G. Nerdin, JD

VP Business Affairs – General Counsel

XPRIZE Founda on, Inc.

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320-***-****

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