James Bugden

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About James Bugden

Financial, operational and corporate development professional with experience leading and managing all aspects of technology company growth and expansion. SVP Corporate Development - leadership from target sourcing to successful integration- Acquired Skout: Andreessen Horowitz backed global mobile network for connecting with new people - Acquired Tagged: Mayfield Fund, Leader Ventures backed social network for meeting new people - Acquired Lovoo: Leading German-based dating app - Led diligence efforts and financial combination modeling for all acquisitions - Immersive onsite integration relocating to local offices in San Francisco and Dresden, Germany - Responsible for investment bank and equity/debt financing efforts and relationships - Combined acquisitions more than tripled revenue and active user base while realizing major cost synergies through a combination of off-shoring and building shared support teams and servicesPublic-company CFO- Reported and managed company results and public financial/capital market briefings and SEC reporting - Oversee global financial planning and analysis - driving public earnings forecast and management - Private debt and VC equity financing; public equity and debt acquisition financing and ongoing compliance - Drive for new revenue opportunities and cost and margin improvement - KPI and business metric responsibilities across all areas of the business - Human resource, treasury, legal, administration, talent/customer support team oversight Live streaming influencer- Founder of The Meet Group livestreaming video Talent organization - Built team of 30+ employees tasked to find, train and retain the best streamers across our 12+partners and networks