JEFFREY W. BONE

• $1 billion private Real Estate Company building and investing in multi-family housing.
• Led acquisition team, reported to President, initiated and completed feasibility study for 250-unit conversion housing project in Stamford, CT. Implemented construction cost analysis by inspecting entire project with the bank, engineers, contractor and architect which led to the successful marketing and selling of all units, valued over $50 million. The entire conversion project was completed on time and on budget.

• Reported to CEO on management and marketing over 1 million square feet of commercial office space in Westchester and Fairfield CT. Executed extensive strategic marketing and new business development for major developers initiatives. Successfully negotiated with marketing team over 250,000 square feet of premier office space in White Plains, NY.

• Account Management for Kraft’s Post Cereal Division, mature category and large retail markets, with advertising and promotion budgets in excess of $50 million dollars. Acted as Liaison between Kraft’s and Grey’s management teams, research, strategic planning, creative, media, promotion and production teams. Managed research group for Pilot Test and National launch of line extension of existing successful brand.

• Account Management working on Warner Lambert Trident Gum Account with advertising and promotion budgets over $35 million. Acted as the liaison between Agency’s different compartments and the product management team. Won the President’s Award given to the account management team for the best presentation for a new account.

• Bi-Monthly Arts and cultural Newspaper that targeted the creative community in the North Shore of Boston. Established newspaper as the mainstay for creative affinity groups direct link to local activity. Sold newspaper to larger Boston based chain and tripled initial investment.

Leverage relationship with ARPA-H

Facilitated Zoom meetings with executive relationships at ARPA-H.

Sourced and evaluated potential high net worth angel and family office funds.

Collaborated with web creators to design and implement a user-friendly website.

Ensured website functionality and uptime through proactive monitoring.

• Engaged by new Partners as part of new executive team chartered with a turnaround of distressed and underperforming venture backed next generation streaming media entity and a non-invasive diabetes medical device company. The common denominator was that each company was underperforming and dysfunctional in different areas but were all backed collectively by over $45 million of private equity and institutional funds that just had run their course. In newly created roles, led the company’s refined business models and value propositions, to seek out the appropriate intellectual and capital resources to assist in commercializing. These new strategies leverage existing intellectual property while retaining the core builders of the products to sustain strong continuity for continued R & D and subsequent product innovative. The customer base includes most of the top pharmaceutical, biotech and academic companies; as well as Fortune 100 Companies and emerging companies in their respective industries.
• With extremely limited resources and depressed financial community, raised several million from angel and high net worth individuals for several companies to give them traction and the ability to refocus their strategy and products. Also pare down and rebuild their management teams. Dropped in as an interim executive during the initial stages and then recruited C-Level Executives to operate the company as they became commercially viable. Two of the companies are currently well-positioned and driving revenues for a potential merger and/or acquisition play.
• Collaborated with existing management teams to refine strategy, assess strength and weaknesses of operations, existing management team, product/services, channels and strengthen Intellectual property portfolio by securing additional patents.
• Identified and secured angel and philanthropic investors of over several million dollars for necessary working capital and targeted new business development on a parallel path.
• Secured domain experts for Board positions to strengthen Board of Directors business and commercial background needs.
• Identified potential strategic partners to leverage their capable bandwidth and connectivity to expand our reach globally.
• Enhanced customer service by expanding customer communications, restructuring customer-facing activities, and instituting a system of survey and measurement.
• Identified and engaged Investment Banking Group to place their own equity capital in the medical device company and also secure the larger $10 million dollar Institutional round.

Gap Analysis

Review strategic plan

Mentor Co-founders on vision, why aznd purpose

Identify strategic partnerships

Collaborate on Pitch Deck

Set up mock pitches

Set up Funding presentations with selected funding sources

Engaged with partners to align Senscient's vision, mission, and purpose, enhancing organizational coherence.

Fostered a high-integrity culture to enhance organizational values and ethics.

Curated and established a robust network of fractional executives and project managers.

Established and nurtured a pipeline of mid-cap and growth technology companies.

Expanded company operations, achieving revenue growth exceeding $4 million.

Executed partner buyout, resulting in cash and equity exit from company.

• Brought in as part of the “virtual executive team” by Founder of GulfStream Group to acquire Intellectual Property of Aradis out of assignment, now renamed Healthcare IT, after Venture Backed funding of over $50 million failed to commercialize. Raised with several partners over $3.5 Series A private equity for initial acquisition of assets and 12-month working capital. The company is Information Technology professionals who understand clinical research and healthcare. Their IT Services staff specializes in systems to support biomedical research. Worked onsite or in close collaboration to fill operational gaps and determine company’s strategy and next steps. Leveraged broad prior operating experience to quickly grasp and pragmatically address each company’s opportunities and challenges. Recruited C-Level Executives with domain expertise to lead the company into a more vibrant and expanding marketplace.

• Founded this high performance advisory firm specializing in business strategy, private equity, marketing, brand positioning and innovative growth strategies for global companies.
• Established Calisto to leverage private equity and intellectual resources for start-ups, emerging and growth companies with regards to business model and right value proposition for angel investors. Provided business strategy, long-term growth, and revenue/profit goals. Improved the team’s execution on all fronts.
• Created and implemented full marketing strategy including product vision and brand for several companies.
• Initiated product and messaging changes, and repositioned various companies to differentiate them from competitors. The companies were varied in their domain and marketplace but required the same perspective and leveraging of quality relationships.
• Led assessment team for potential roll-up opportunity in NYC with Saatchi & Saatchi as the lead player in professional services niche on behalf of a private equity firm.
• Launched internationally-recognized B2B e-commerce business, between Accenture and Lend Lease, spanning all aspects of company formation for a buy and sell marketplace for intellectual property, business plan creation, product development, brand definition, early-stage marketing and general management. Raised over $3 million corporate venture contribution from both companies.
• Assessed opportunity for new business venture by global financial service provider, Lend Lease out of Australia, secured $2.5 million corporate venture funding, identifying strategic partnering with decision makers at large US Companies, CMGI, Experian, and TWI. Collaborated to specify the product, which uses patented technology and the Internet to improve and enrich database bandwidth and connectivity for B2C consumer capability. Created detailed initial business plan and potential strategic exits.
• Advised Finland based Mediapolis on potential incubating viable start-ups in technology and healthcare industries.
• Enhanced interaction between marketing and engineering, for improved product and acquisition/retention.
• Brought marketing rigor and Internet savvy to a team that grew from 5 to 10.
• Leveraged angel and high net worth investors to invest over $1 million for Energy Company.

• Private creative production company providing commercials, corporate programming and events, documentaries research projects, marketing campaigns, long form commercials and brand development.
• Recruited by Founder to turn around company from substantial debt and spiraling operations expenses by restructuring and creating work out with creditors.
• Reduced debt completely over the course of five years to a profitable and thriving entity.
• Wrote strategic plan for leading company to new products and higher quality client management.
• Significant involvement with business and other company process development as company established internal metrics for performance.
• Led new business development to secure 60 percent more business with blue chip clients as; US Healthcare, BMG, Evian, HBO, HSN, QVC, GM, NYNEX, Stora NA, Capital Records and US News and World Report.
• Developed, created and produced an international pilot for a 26 part Eco Adventure Series with world class extreme sports experts and a renowned environmentalist as the host which was submitted to MIPCOM in Cannes for a distribution pickup.
• The company has progressed steadily to evolve into a full service marketing and creative production company, notable partnerships with Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Productions, and a reputation as a standard-setter for the new ultimate fighting sport. Was able to cash out from the Founder as we opened a second office in Tampa, FL.

• Multi million dollar private real estate company that acquired commercial, retail and multifamily housing investments.
• Recruited by financial partner to identify potential commercially viable real estate acquisitions in Fairfield County, CT. Created strategic plan, initiated operations, vetted project flow, led successful first investment in two residential conversion projects with over sixty units in Downtown Stamford CT. Managed entire operations from feasibility study to Bank financing to construction to marketing to the successful sales valued over $20 million.