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Chief Operating Officer

Owlet Baby Care, Inc. was founded in 2013 by a team of passionate parents who wanted to bring themselvesAAAand other parents around the globeAAApeace of mind and assurance by developing a monitor that tracks a baby's breathing and heart rate. Using pulse oximetry, the same technology used in hospitals, the Owlet Smart Sock is designed to send alerts to the Base Station and via Wi-Fi to a smartphone, if a baby were to stop breathing while sleeping. Learn more by visiting OwletCare.com.

To generate something great requires one to balance innovative ideas with thorough execution or the idea will remain just that. My record highlights my ability to manage this balance and bring grand ideas from conception to reality to drive a company’s growth.As employee #23 at Skullcandy I was able to help the organization grow revenue to over $300M from $25M culminating with a $600M IPO in 2011 with over 350 employees. Having been in operations and product roles through this growth I was able to lead multiple project teams to create and implement solutions to issues that arose in the business including: customer profitability, launching over 400 new products, KPI development, product market fit and managing international compliance regulations.Since joining Owlet Baby Care as employee #18 I have been able build the foundation that allowed the business to grow 20X YoY and increase our net promoter score in 2016. My focus to allow this growth included resourcing production to create sustainable COGS, setting up a new warehouse to improve shipping accuracy, implementing a unifying data platform with Netsuite ERP, and setting up an S&OP process to align the business.I embrace the early stages of building a company and enjoy using an entrepreneurial mindset to approach problems and build durable businesses. In doing so I drive global process standardization and remove variation to allow the company to maximize cash, protect EBIT, and control OPEX while providing exceptional service to customers and retail partners. Following this mantra my teams have contributed to several recognitions from retailers including vendor of the year awards from Target, Best Buy, Toys 'R' Us, Radioshack and Fred Meyer. I take an optimistic realist approach to any problem I face. There is a solution to any problem, it is a matter of balancing time and resources to find an effective outcome.I am always happy to make new acquaintances. Please reach out to me at davidakizer@gmail.com.