Chief operating officer

Michael Zammuto

COO - ChaCha.com ChaCha Search, Inc

New York, NY

Build really cool startups into firms that change the world

Work Experience

Chief Operating Officer

ChaCha.com ChaCha Search, Inc -

Carmel, IN

2011 to Present

Carmel, IN)
Raised $ 15MM investment round for over $ 80MM in. Grew to top 50 site, 65M monthly visits (+30M); revenue +80% TTM, decreased costs 30%, launched affiliate program with 200MM Twitter reach, reduced cost of content generation 50%, diversified traffic and revenue sources. Led all company operations - tech, product, services, sales, ad ops, finance, HR, etc.

COO, CTO

Ontario Systems -

Muncie, IN

2008 to 2011

60M turnaround to profitability, Streamlined, reduced costs, built cash war chest, drove largest increase in new product web R&D in company history, Moved all development to the cloud and agile development and restructured all service functions increasing revenue and customer satisfaction

Senior Lead Program Manager

Microsoft -

Redmond, WA

2005 to 2008

Drove strategic planning for 1000 person division. Led $ 20M annual R&D project portfolio including app server, workflow, BPM and integration technologies, products including BizTalk and key systems in .NET, Windows and Office

Chief Executive Officer

Sapago Inc -

Boca Raton, FL

2004 to 2008

Formed tech startup, raised capital, launched multi-award winning products, grew to first revenue, Negotiated sale to MSFT

Chief Technology Officer

Escalate Retail -

Delray Beach, FL

2003 to 2005

Hired to prepare firm for successful acquisition by Golden Gate Capital, acquired and integrated several firms; launched successful ecommerce platform used by ~400 retailers

CTO, VP Engineering

AllBusiness.com, LawCommerce.com -

San Francisco, CA

1999 to 2003

San Francisco, CA)
Startup exec architect, coding scalable publisher, content and commerce platform, partner and supply chain integration and online training and professional certification

VP, Practice Director

Visual Fire -

Miami, FL

1997 to 1999

Employee 3 of 80 person digital media and design shop. Built and led ecommerce, startup incubation consulting practice. Led design, project and development functions often balancing dozens of concurrent engagements.

Education

General Management

Harvard Business School

2010

Bachelors of Science

Tulane University Business School

1991

Links

http://www.linkedin.com/in/mzammuto