EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
General Counsel :: Chief Financial Officer :: Corporate Development Executive
Trevor Cox delivers global strategy development, rapid execution, and business-wide restructuring for startups, VC/PE portfolio companies, Fortune 1000, and top Silicon Valley companies and law firms.
He has fundamentally transformed the corporate development strategic functions at companies by combining cross-discipline expertise with an ability to create winning advantages and tremendous differentiated value. He holds unique know-how to foster relationships, develop funding, enable international expansion, align strategic transformation and lead M&A to position for hold, sale, or exit.
Trevor is synonymous with aligning vision and leading execution teams to increase performance, create new revenues, and drive extraordinary hyper-growth. He has held leadership roles as CFO, Chief Legal Counsel, and Corporate Development Executive. He has a JD and MBA from Berkeley and Columbia Universities.
KEY CAREER SUCCESSES
+ Drop in Media: Built partnerships to create tens of millions in startup revenue.
+ Crowdcast: Developed strategic relationships to drive startup through M&A exit.
+ Brocade: Transformed and grew company from $500M to $2B+ company.
+ Guavus: Two M&A transactions, diversifying the company into new market TAMs.
+ DataCloud: Build out G&A function for startup and raise $16M in funding
ARTICLES BY TREVOR
Growth and Scale: The New Skillset for Entrepreneurs
For the entrepreneur, life in an early stage startup is fairly straightforward: you build a product and acquire your first […]
What Is Strategy?
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What is Business Development?
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Integrating Business Development with Exit Strategy
Most startups and emerging companies miss the opportunity for an effective exit strategy by not integrating exit strategy into their […]
International Expansion Strategy
As startups and emerging companies expand, they inevitably face the question of how to grow in international markets. Too often, […]
When Should You Begin Exit Planning?
Exit planning is essential to achieving maximum shareholder value and ensuring that all your hard work is rewarded. Without an […]