A results-oriented Business Development Manager with experience in startups, management and
leadership roles. Led and managed cross functional teams both in office and remote work. Expertise in leading teams to improve performance, customer loyalty, and forging partnerships with internal and external partners. Specializes in launching new products, from concept to roll-out. Partnerships
Strategic planning
Client relationships
Entrepreneurship
Negotiations
Business development
Team leadership
Sales
Operations management
Wag Labs Inc.
1st CEO, General Manager & Founder
As a key member of the team that created and grew Wag into the successful publicly-traded company it is today on NASDAQ, I played an instrumental role in shaping its business, brand, and growth. I firmly believe that setting the culture of passion and hard work was essential in establishing it as a darling in the industry.
Accomplishments:
Paway Inc
CEO & Founder
Assembled an amazing team of engineers, graphic designers, marketers, pr specialists and analysts who were more passionate about our mission than personal salaries. Spearheaded the development and implementation of Paway a super app and pet platform for dog owners and pet care professionals. Grew the user base from 0 to over 33,000 pet parents and over 4,200 pet professionals through organic growth.
Accomplishments:
Winner of the 2022 Purina Pet Care Innovation Prize Paway named "10 Best Apps for Pet Care"
Established multiple paid and growth partnerships to increase revenue and user adoption Generated over $2M in media exposure through PR
Won $25K shark-pitch competition judged by Kevin O'Leary aka "Mr. Wonderfull" Launched Wag in Los Angeles our first city and later launched San Francisco, Austin and New York City. These are still Wag's biggest markets.
Launched dog walker onboarding and eventually built and managed 30 person team responsible for onboarding of over 100K dog walkers.
Launched Lost Dog & Rescue team to support dog retrieval and manage consumer relations with detailed procedure list.
Acted as spokesman and conducted multiple interviews with LA Time, Wall Street Journal & BBC Took over procurement and shipping operations and reduced the delivery time from 7 days down to 24 hours while lowering costs saving Wag millions of dollars Led events and outdoor marketing which entails managed street teams in multiple cities and running successful events with celebrities.
Was an active leader and helped maintain relationships across all departments as we scaled the company to 500 hundred employees across multiple offices. Jan 2020 - Present
Sept 2014 - Sept 2019
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4501 Cezanne Ave Woodland Hills, CA. 91364
Jason Meltzer
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
KEY COMPETENCIES
SurfDog LA
Owner & Operator
Launched the business and scaled the company to over 20 employees. Accomplishments:
Generated over $500,000 in revenue with a small team in just a few years. Named top dog walking service in LA by City Search 2 years in a row. Developed a great reputation and earned the business of celebrity clientele. Doubled sales six quarters in a row.
Jan 2012 - Sept 2014
Arizona State University
Unpopular Ventures
Expert Dojo
BA in General Business & Psychology
Venture Accademy
Growth Acclerator
EDUCATION
Zumbox
Business Development
Zumbox provides the world’s first platform for paperless postal systems. It connects large transactional, financial and government mailers to consumer households for the delivery and storage of digital postal mail via the Internet. Digital postal mail is an exact facsimile of paper mail created from a redirection of the print stream delivered to a secure, centralized digital mailbox and including convenient, powerful interactive features.
Accomplishments:
Conducted cold outreach to utilities, insurance companies, banks and more Pitched decision makers
Conducted contract negotiation
May 2011 - Dec 2011
Cision
Account Manager
Cision is a global company that offers a professional on-demand service called CisionPoint. CisionPoint has detailed information on over a million media contacts worldwide with the ability to communicate with them directly. Cision monitors media content in Broadcast, Social Media, Enews and Print sources on a local, national and global scale. CisionPoint's integrated PR service can also run analysis and provide metrics on your campaigns. CisionPoint PR software is a Finalist for a 2011 CODiE Award as Best Business Information Resource.
Accomplishments:
Examine client needs to professionally prepare, submit and present accurate and timely formal proposals.
Converted marketing campaigns into tangible sales for the company Built a foundation of knowledge about PR, Social Media, WebSEO and Campaign Analysis to communicate with industry experts
Led the national team in new business as a prospector and logged the most activities in the western region for 2010
Became an expert in PR in order to consult on our services Negotiated with Fortune 500 companies and represented the company at networking events Dec 2009 - May 2011