Ron Lapierre

About Ron Lapierre

Accomplished and passionate senior executive with proven operating, business development, sales and marketing experience in the e-commerce, digital media, and entertainment industries. Devised strategies and built teams to drive revenue and profits. Equally comfortable brainstorming with product and technology colleagues or evangelizing product/service to C-Level prospects. Highly skilled at oral and written communications at all levels including Board, partners, employees, and stakeholders. Known for building and coaching cross-functional teams that exceed expectations. Selected career highlights include:• Generated 75% CAGR over 7 years, from $2M to $100M, by building a partnership network.• Turned around a company that had lost money for 10+ consecutive years into a consistently profitable business unit, generating $30M in profit.• Expanded operational global footprint through establishing and executing strategic alliances.• Played key roles in proving new business models and building industry leading companies with three successful exists: Overture Services ($1.83B to Yahoo), PriceGrabber ($485M to Experian) and Milo ($75M to eBay).

Experience

1. Executive Director, the Randall Lewis Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

   Claremont McKenna College

   Jan 2018 — Present · Claremont, CA, US

   Recruited to share my experience as a successful entrepreneur and business operator with students interested in pursuing careers in the tech industry and innovation economy. • Designed, launched, and lead a curricular and co-curricular certification program in Innovation & Entrepreneurship for undergraduates at all five Claremont Colleges.• Recruit industry practitioners to lead co-curricular workshops on product identification and development, sales, marketing, legal, finance, fundraising, people, and leadership.• Provide guidance on startup activities including team building, stakeholder discovery and validation, business model creation, go-to-market plan development and execution, legal requirements and fundraising.

Education

• Drucker School of Management

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Marketing

• UCLA

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Political Science

Skills

• Marketing Strategy
• Social Media
• Online Marketing
• Strategic Partnerships
• Public Relations
• Business Strategy
• Lead Generation
• Customer Acquisition
• Search Advertising
• Competitive Analysis
• Start-Ups
• Entrepreneurship
• Negotiation
• Strategic Planning
• Sales
• Leadership
• Integrated Marketing
• New Media
• Management
• Digital Strategy
• Social Media Marketing
• Digital Media
• Monetization
• Business Development
• Digital Marketing
• Online Advertising
• New Business Development
• Marketing
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Business Planning