Senior Vice President Strategic Partnerships at MURAL
San Francisco Bay Area
Zong (acquired by PayPal)
VP Strategic Partnerships
May 2010 to August 2011
Menlo Park
RingCentral
SVP Business Development
2014 to 2018
San Mateo
ItsOn, Inc.
VP Business Development
January 2013 to April 2014
Redwood City, CA
PayPal
Senior Director Sales, Digital Goods
August 2011 to January 2013
San Jose
Zong
SVP Worldwide Sales
February 2009 to May 2010
Menlo Park
Baynote
Head of Business Development
December 2007 to February 2009
Cupertino
VisualMed
Consultant
2006 to 2007
Montreal
Airborne Entertainment
Vice President, Sales
2003 to 2005
Montreal
Codagen Technologies
President & CEO
2001 to 2003
Onesoft Corporation
Vice President, Worldwide Sales
1999 to 2001
Greater New York City Area
BCE Emergis
Vice President Corporate Sales, North America
1997 to 1999
TotalNet/MPACT Immedia (acquired by Bell Canada)
Director Corporate Sales, North America
1996 to 1997
Montreal, Canada Area
MURAL
Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships
San Francisco Bay Area
Highfive
Chief Revenue Officer
2018 to October 2020
San Francisco Bay Area
What company does Richard Borenstein work for?
Richard Borenstein works for Zong (acquired by PayPal)
What is Richard Borenstein's role at Zong (acquired by PayPal)?
Richard Borenstein is VP Strategic Partnerships
What industry does Richard Borenstein work in?
Richard Borenstein works in the Telecommunications industry.
Who are Richard Borenstein's colleagues?
Richard Borenstein's colleagues are Kannan Chandrasegaran, Cynthia Shwe, Jeffrey Sheng, Leo Tanjuaquio, Katie Pang, Zied Ladhari, Sathish Venkatesan, Jonathan Lopez, Prashant Ahire, and Michael Friedman
💼 Past Experience
intersections between work experiences and Richard Borenstein's interests:Richard Borenstein has worked on a number of customer-facing, customer service-centric projects. These include developing or working on customer service policies, answering customer questions, and providing customer service. In his previous role at Zong, he also worked on a customer service strategy team, which aimed to provide a customer service experience that was both efficient and helpful.Richard Borenstein is also interested in customer service. He has worked on a number of customer service-centric projects, and is particularly interested in how to improve the customer service experience. He is also interested in customer service logs, to see what goes on in customer service when there is a problem.
🎓 Education
Richard Borenstein has a degree in Political Science from McGill University. He started his career as a political staffer for the Canadian Labour Congress. After leaving that job in 1988, he became an assistant professor at the University of Ottawa, where he resumed his position as an associate professor in 1998. In 2002, he stepped down from his position at the University of Ottawa, but continued to teach at the Liberal Arts and Sciences department until 2006. Borenstein has since retired from his teaching position. In 2006, he published an article, "From Political Staffer to Professor: A Memoir of Learning and Teaching", in the journal "Political Studies". In that article, Borenstein discusses his experience as a political staffer and professor. He discusses various techniques he has learned for teaching and learning. Borenstein's education and experience have prepared him for his current position as an assistant professor at the University of Ottawa.
💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills
Richard Borenstein is a senior vice president strategic partnerships at MURAL. Zong acquired by PayPal in August 2011, and Richard was responsible for the growth of worldwide revenue, including direct sales, channel, and international markets. Richard was also responsible for developing target list, sales materials, compensation plan, and strategy for the sale of PayPal’s suite of digital goods.Richard also acted as a key member of the executive team charged with building out the global BD/Partnership ecosystem, leading all Strategic Alliances, and Signature account engagements. Richard also published a deep strategic integration and Go-To-Market enablement with Google, which changed the perception and positioning of the company as a leader in the UCaaS space.Richard is currently a VP Strategic Partnerships at Zong, responsible for the growth of worldwide revenue, including direct sales, channel, and international markets. He served as head BD for strategic carrier engagements, as well as enterprise, retail, and international markets. Richard’s revenue/TPV increases in each of 1st and 2nd years were significant. Richard was also responsible for significantly driving revenue from unrestricted into the millions in 8 months through strategic alliances and partnerships.Richard has also worked at Baynote as thegrowth of the channel sales organization, international markets, and management of UK office for this leading recommendations platform. Richard was successful in achieving quota yearly and led the team in concluding multiple product sales within the most important/strategic leaders in the space.Richard also served asVP Business Development at ItsOn from January 2013 to April 2014 (1 year 4 months) in Redwood City, CA. At itsOn, Richard led the BD for strategic carrier engagements, as well as enterprise, retail, and international markets. Richard’s major deal highlights include Sprint, Telefonica, Walmart, Disney Online.Richard has also worked at VisualMed from 2006 to 2007 as aSenior Director Sales, Digital Goods at PayPal. At PayPal, Richard was responsible for developing target list, sales materials, compensation plan, and strategy for the sale of PayPal’s suite of digital goods. Richard’s other notable deals include financing, operating plan, marketing, and hiring strategy for Bell Canada and MPACT Immedia.
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