Gary Yang
Entrepreneurial cross-functional executive with work experience at viagogo (European e-commerce startup), The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Booz Allen Hamilton, Microsoft, and GE. Interested in opportunities in the technology and consumer spaces.
| Headline: | Startup Member |
| Skills: | Design, Marketing, Viral marketing |
| Groups: | BASES |
| Interested in: | Finding business partners, Finding engineers, Finding team mates, Getting press, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects, Starting a company |
| Schools: | Stanford University, University of Maryland System |
FEATURED STARTUP
viagogo
viagogo
viagogo is an online ticket exchange that allows people to buy and sell live event tickets in a safe and guaranteed way. It is the European secondary ticketing market leader. Have already raised well over $30mm in angel and venture funding.
- Startup type: Company
- Status: Active
- Stage: Just An Idea
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Entrepreneurial cross-functional executive with work experience at viagogo (European e-commerce startup), The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Booz Allen Hamilton, Microsoft, and GE. Interested in opportunities in the technology and consumer spaces.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Viagogo |
| Position: | VP of Business Development |
| Time period: | January 2005 - December 2007 |
| Description: | • Cross-functional: Joined as third employee; helped grow sales to $10mm+ within first twelve months; built and managed finance, accounting, business development, marketing, HR, operations, and legal
• Product management: Managed successful product launches in the UK, Germany, Netherlands, and US • Partnerships: Negotiated and implemented agreements with Facebook, lastminute.com, Manchester United, Chelsea FC, Bayern München, Warner Music, The Independent News, Amnesty International, and others • Marketing: Created Internet marketing program with online merchandising, PPC, affiliates, and SEO • PR: Managed day-to-day relationship with PR firms in the UK, Germany, and US, with placement in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, BusinessWeek, BBC, Guardian, Sun, Financial Times • Investor relations / fundraising: Served as day-to-day contact for investors, prepared presentations for and participated in all board meetings, helped raise over $50mm in angel and venture funding • Finance: Built financial model and forecasts, maintained accounting books, ran treasury function • Recruiting: Hired over 20 employees, including marketing, operations, and finance staff • Operations: Established relationships with country-specific payment, logistics, and translation vendors |
| Employer: | The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) |
| Position: | Associate |
| Time period: | January 2003 - December 2005 |
| Description: | • Consulted on strategic and operational issues for retail, consumer goods, telecom, and finance companies
• Offered direct promotion to Consultant (post-MBA position) and business school sponsorship Growth strategy: Examined trends and developed options for a Fortune 500 consumer electronics retailer • Modeled category growth and market share by building a fact base on product and competitive dynamics • Identified strategic options with a focus on online channel for presentation to the board of directors Portfolio strategy: Evaluated portfolio strategy for the contact lens division of global pharmaceutical company • Analyzed sales data and interviewed opticians to identify current positioning and growth opportunities Program management: Worked in program management office for innovation effort at Fortune 500 retailer • Met with CEO on weekly basis to share and resolve issues across innovation teams with 100+ people • Created presentations, talking notes, and off-site training materials for senior executive team IT operations: Developed transformation plan for a leading North American universal bank, with a focus on IT • Created financial model to capture and allocate $2b of IT spend across the enterprise • Identified and quantified implementation plans for IT cost cutting and growth initiatives totaling $200mm+ |
| Employer: | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. |
| Position: | Consultant |
| Time period: | January 2002 - December 2003 |
| Description: | • Internet infrastructure: Developed methodologies to map Internet growth and understand security threats
• Software development: Created tools to analyze Internet infrastructure with J2EE, Perl, HTML, Oracle • Automation: Created automated processes to monitor various online communities for signs of illicit activity |
| Employer: | Microsoft |
| Position: | Program Manager Intern |
| Time period: | January 2001 - December 2001 |
| Description: | • Design: Managed the design and documentation of several real-time conferencing features for OFFICE.NET
• Client interaction: Interacted with clients and developers to translate customer needs into product specs |
| Employer: | General Electric Global Exchange Services |
| Position: | Intern |
| Time period: | January 1999 - December 1999 |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 2007 - 2009 |
| Degree: | MBA |
| University: | University of Maryland System |
| Time period: | 1998 - 2002 |
| Degree: | Finance and Computer Engineering, BSc |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Enjoy cooking, a cappella singing, and traveling. |
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viagogo
viagogo is an online ticket exchange that allows people to buy and sell live event tickets in a safe and guaranteed way. It is the European secondary ticketing market leader. Have already raised well over $30mm in angel and venture funding.
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Michael Dawson
Ethics, Politics, & Economics graduate from Yale, currently pursuing MBA at Stanford. CEO and Co-Founder of Quire, Inc.
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