Career Highlights
Leading with empathy and curiosity Eli's managed divisions of publicly traded companies, and driven growth from inception to exit sales. He's operated as a Fortune 100 C-level executive.
Chief of Staff at Tau Investments & Viva Voce, a Portfolio Company
As a first employee, Eli has launched Viva Voce, an inclusive community and retail marketplace, from an idea to reality. Eli has grown and managed the team to 24 operating on behalf of Tau Investments. Tau is a venture and advisory firm in the global apparel supply chain, invested in Viva Voce a portfolio company.
Eli has served as Chief of Staff, Head of Operations & Marketing. Executing pop ups in Atlanta, Nashville, and New York featuring 22 brand partners, while overseeing it's community and marketplace platform.
Chief of Staff at Samsung
Executed two annual contracts for Samsung's CMO. During his tenure, Eli managed an internal team of 48 and an interagency team of 80+ with a $62 Million budget. Led major creative marketing projects, including Black Friday, Super Bowl, and March Madness campaigns to maintain #1 market share for Samsung Home Entertainment division.
He streamlined cross-departmental communication, led priority project task forces, delivered on management key objectives, resulting in bottom-line growth & market share.
Chief of Staff at 5WPR
5WPR is a 300 person NYC based public relations firm with hundreds of clients spread across, Beauty, CPG, Lifestyle, Corp Tech, B2B, Wellness, CET and Digital. 5WPR grosses 80M annually & has grown at ~20% YOY.
As Chief of Staff, Eli set and led agendas for C-suite and board meetings, executing follow-up action items as a force multiplier. He spearheaded special projects for the Chairman, including managing the acquisition process. Eli collaborated with department heads & identified pain points and implemented solutions, such as addressing overservicing, making strategic hires and terminations, setting OKRs, and establishing long-term goals to drive efficiency and profitability.
CEO/COO Zash's Entertainment Division - Nasdaq:(BBIG)
Zash acquired Lomotif, a short form video app with over 25 million downloads. Eli created Zash's entertainment division driving user growth in the U.S through talent partnerships.
Eli conceptualized and implemented A List Talent Activations that included, Lil Nas X and Kid Laroi, for major music partners at events and shows including Electric Daisy Carnival & the Dandelion festival. Eli brought new creators and artists into the Zash ecosystem & captured content from community events generating millions of impressions. Eli sourced and negotiated brand partnership deals on behalf of Zash.
A&R & Data Analyst at 12Tone
Eli the first A&R hire because of data research, artist management, and analytical skills, grew 12Tone from inception to it's exit sale to Warner Music Group. In four year 12Tone scaled to a team of 35 with 16 billions streams, and six Grammys.
Eli signed several artists to 12Tone & project managed releases that generated millions of streams. He developed 12Tone’s roster including, Anderson .Paak, Dolly Parton, Illenium, Joji, 88rising collective, and Lauren Daigle. He compiled & analyzed radio, market, & sales reports to optimize label resources, while launching website & socials.
Touring, Marketing, Artist Manager at Tha Lights Global
Eli successfully ran a national tour for an A-list artist, Lil Pump for three thousand person venues. He led social media campaigns partnering influencers & brands with TLG artists.
Marketing led to 5x Platinum record “Gucci Gang”, social growth, and brand deals. Eli managed product sales, transportation and logistics, staffing, and day to day operations.
