Jeff Allen
AI Leader | Generative AI for Advertising, Media and Entertainment | Product Portfolio and Solution Architect
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
CEO / Head of AI Platform
2024 - Current
Founded Flikforge to solve the most urgent problem in the GenAI video space. Built product, developed patent pending, partnered with Microsoft and Adobe, raised capital from the most prominent video tech innovators hailing from Amazon, Microsoft, Technicolor, Verizon, Univision, Adobe and more. Flikforge is a data management platform for GenAI, providing end-to-end data sourcing, data science prep/enrichment, brand safety, fine-tuning and AI powered workflows for generative video.
CEO
2010
Interim management for VC-backed start-ups and public companies seeking growth through partnerships and M&A (buy or sell). Among the TigerStrat braintrust, over $50B in M&A through product portfolio strategies. TigerStrat provides strategic positioning and corporate development capabilities to technology companies and their investors. We take on executive roles ranging from Board of Directors, interim CEO, fractional CFO, and head of partnerships and corporate development. Sample Project - Cybersecurity Platform (2023-2024): CFO/CMO, financial and operating model, pricing, partnerships, fundraising and M&A, including Finance, Revenue Operations, Marketing Operations, Deal Desk and Business Development. Increased revenue profitably by 400%+ in 18 months. Sample Project (2023-2024) CSO improving company's competitive positioning using partnerships and M&A consolidation approach to get to revenue scale. Evaluated dozens of acquisition and financing opportunities, then closing on the right one to double revenue and profitability, while providing a "whole solution" to end-customers.
Advisor / Operating Partner
2021
Seeking SaaS companies with $5m-$20m in ARR interested in raising $5m-$50m in growth capital to fund acquisitions, fuel growth catalysts and avoid equity down rounds.
Advisor / Executive in Residence
2018
Progress Partners is a full-service merchant bank that helps companies sell, acquire other companies and raise capital. The firm makes investments through its venture capital fund and is operating a series of SPACs. Actively working with the team on buy-side strategy and M&A engagements within enterprise SaaS and video platform sectors.
Advisor / Operating Partner
2017
Seeking acquisitions in media and entertainment technology companies $50m+ in ARR and $5m+ EBITDA.
ZMC is a private equity firm that seeks to invest in and manage a diverse group of media, entertainment, communications, and technology.
Director, Strategy - AI
2021 - 2022
Contracted to develop AI product strategy and M&A roadmap for major PE client involving artificial intelligence, cognitive AI, digital twins, consent management and IoT smart city automation.
Head of Media and Entertainment (interim)
2020 - 2021
Providing product, marketing and partnerships strategy within the telco, media and entertainment vertical. Working with other tech stack providers to deliver solutions to the world's best customers.
Zuora provides cloud-based software on a subscription basis that helps companies launch, manage, and transform into a subscription business.
Raised $647,500,000.00 from GIC.
CEO
2018 - 2020
Brandlive is a Video-Centric SaaS Sales Enablement and Sales Training Platform. As the CEO, worked with stellar customers to drive their revenue performance by delivering critical sales enablement and training programs to internal sales teams, partners and distributors. Customers include Nike, Levi's, Adidas, North Face, Sherwin Williams, Microsoft, Intuit, Target and more. Product and financial turnaround: added artificial intelligence and SaaS entitlements to product roadmap; drove company to profitability; increased marketing-led pipeline generation by 100% while decreasing sales and marketing costs by 60%.
Advisor / Head of Partnerships and Corporate Development
2016 - 2018
AI-powered Subscriber Management platform for Media and Gaming Companies. Advised on product expansion, marketing, sales, partnering, and M&A. Exited with 900% ROI.
SVP, Strategy and Corporate Development
2016 - 2018
Member of the executive team. Global head of strategy and corporate development (M&A and strategic Board/CxO initiatives) for this enterprise SaaS video platform with applications across industries. Delivering at huge scale: 2250 enterprise SaaS customers, over 850M monthly active consumers served, intricate analytics gathered. Key use cases served: distribution and analytics of video across social network platforms, multi-device OTT for media and entertainment, digital marketing and engagement analytics, and internal video communications for enterprises. Manage product portfolio, growth strategy, M&A and global alliances/partnerships across BUs for the leading on-line video platform company.