John Gardner
About
John Gardner is from New York, New York, United States. John is currently Founder & CEO at Kickoff, located in New York, New York, United States. In John's previous role as a SVP at BuildZoom, John worked in San Francisco Bay Area until Oct 2017. Prior to joining BuildZoom, John was a Consultant at Bain & Company and held the position of Consultant at San Francisco, CA. Prior to that, John was a Summer Associate at C3 AI from May 2012 to Aug 2012. John started working as Senior Consultant at Monitor Group in Sep 2008. From Jun 2007 to Aug 2007, John was Intern at Monitor Group. Prior to that, John was a Intern, Budget Office at New York City Economic Development Corporation from Aug 2006 to Dec 2006.
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John Gardner's current jobs
Kickoff is the first and only platform to offer personal training and nutrition coaching covered by health insurance. Our clients work 1-on-1 with a dual certified Registered Dietitian and Certified Personal Trainer who guides them through a progressive, personalized wellness program designed to drive long term health (and lower medical costs for our insurance partners). We combine AI with expert human coaches to provide the best possible client and coach experience. We're helping the world shift to a more preventative approach to health.
John Gardner's past jobs
Managed team of 65 and every conceivable function with a focus on product and growth. Learned how to go from 0 to 1, to build a product and a business. Responsibilities included: *Working with founders on company strategy, direction, culture, and product *Hiring and leading a team of 60+ across 3 offices in Product, Growth, Sales, Analytics, Customer Success, Contractor Success, Finance, HR, Business Operations and Research *Executing strategy by personally completing all of the front line, customer-facing, and management functions at BuildZoom and using the learning to inform process and product *Setting up the initial system for collecting revenue from hired contractors at scale *Spearheading partnerships with Fortune 500 companies and startups alike *Setting up and monitoring BZ's business intelligence system and analytics *Constantly monitoring individual interactions, KPIs and feedback to identify opportunities for improvement across the company *Managing performance and installing performance management systems across 3 offices *Reaching out to unhappy customers to find a way to fix their problem and make them promoters
Led teams of 2-5 consultants on strategy and operations projects for technology clients
AI and big data firm. Worked on energy efficiency projects. -Helped craft and implement consumer marketing strategy. -Conducted large scale market research and analysis to support strategy. -Wrote business case to gain client buy in for new strategy. -Managed demand response pilot program. -Identified business development opportunities via competitive analysis and primary research.
Led teams of analysts to develop strategies that clarified and answered clients' complex business questions. Focused on TMT, clean energy, retail and social sector impact.
Analyzed proposals to prioritize public works projects for funding as part of NYCEDC's budget team.