Solomon Kahn

Founder & CEO at Delivery Layer | ex Nielsen P&L owner | ex unicorn SaaS VP of Data | Host of the Data That Drives Revenue Podcast

I'm a long-time data leader, currently leading ReportingApplications.com, a consulting company focused on building - you guessed it - Reporting Applications.

Why Reporting Applications?

Because they’re tricky to build in ways that most companies don’t realize until they are live with customers and dealing with unexpected business problems.

We believe there’s an art to building great reporting applications, but not many people have focused on this area deeply enough to become experts.

By working with us you can benefit from our many years of lessons learned.

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Prior to starting ReportingApplications.com I was the founder of Delivery Layer - a SaaS product that powered customer facing reporting applications.

Before that I was VP of Data Strategy at Helium 10 where I led all things data (Data Engineering, Data Science, Data Product Development and Analytics). I previously ran product & analytics with P&L responsibility for Nielsen Sports, the global leader in Sports Sponsorship data.
  
Early in my career I ended up with the mix of statistical, business analysis and programming skills that would turn into the ideal background for a data scientist. Since then, I've been leading data teams, building data products and running data businesses.

My philosophy is that data isn't the hero - it's the sidekick. It's only valuable if it improves the lives of your customers, or helps someone make better decisions.

Get in touch if you need to build a reporting application!

And connect and follow along for lots of content around data leadership, becoming a better data person, and (of course) Reporting Applications.

Founder & CEO

Delivery Layer is a platform that powers revenue generating data through web applications and APIs that deliver your internal data to customers and partners.  
  
We dramatically improve time to market for data products. Enterprise scale products can launch in under a quarter, and consulting project front-ends can ship in days.  

This is only possible because we focus exclusively on applications that deliver your internal data to customers (as opposed to when customers send data into your systems).
  
Our pre-built infrastructure and unique battle-tested experience allows us to move at blazing speeds.

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Chief Executive Officer

Member Board Of Directors and CEO

Empactful Capital LLC

Empactful Capital's vision is to invest in leading, early/growth stage businesses. Our philosophy includes a heightened sense of empathy and emotional intelligence to aid entrepreneurs in developing and growing their companies. Based upon years of direct operating experience, Empactful' s partners focus on delivering impactful operating assistance and advice to facilitate achievement of key business milestones with its portfolio companies. Through its own fund, and in partnership with other leading investors, Empactful provides capital to enable its portfolio growth initiatives and generate top tier inverstor returns.

Special Advisor, previously Managing Director

Realytics

BOD Member and Founder. Realytics provides innovative software tools that enable hospitals to solve many of their most difficult financial, operational, and strategic challenges. Our transformation solutions assist in funding new initiatives and investments.

Director Board Of Directors

ZETA Design + Build

Led the construction and manufacturing industries to rapid adoption of modular building design and construction techniques. Developed Sales channels and direct sales/marketing approach to drive revenue and sales backlog from 0 to $75 million run rate. Utilized ZETA adoption to drive energy efficiency, cost reduction, rapid building speed, and sustainability improvements throughout the commercial and residential construction cycles..

Director

Aruspex

Grew enterprise to a thought/product leadership position in talent management strategy/solutions, data analytics, and strategic workforce planning. Led the development and refinement of product and service offerings. Expanded globally. Developed proprietary methodology/products for integrating  and optimizing business strategy, financial results,  talent strategy, and business execution.

Director/CEO

Sword

Responsible for dramatically scaling North American revenues, profitability, and client satisfaction for the Sword-Group. This European information technology and services company acquired CTSpace/Citadon. Sales/marketing and delivery/operations responsibilities spanned  business units and industries. Had responsibility for both direct and channel sales quotas.  Horizontal products included CRM, security solutions, collaboration, compliance management, and document management/automated workflow. Industry offerings included insurance/financial services, energy, healthcare, and pharmaceutical. Responsible for the identification and integration of major strategic acquisitions.

Operations Director-North America

CTSpace

CEO of venture funded (Warburg Pincus, Insight Venture Partners, Upfront Ventures), software as a service company. Tripled revenue (organically and through acquisitions) and led company to profitability. Clients acquired included GE Energy, GE Transportation, Bechtel, Duke Power, Shell Oil, British Petroleum, IKEA, and Fluor. Led acquisition of BuildOnline and simultaneous spinoff of Koral to Salesforce.com. Managed sale and liquidity event of  company to Sword Group. Winner of "INC 500 Fastest Growing Companies".

Nucleus Partners

Sourced, screened, and managed investment decisions. Provided guidance and mentorship to management teams of network companies.

Venture Partner

Responsys

CEO of venture funded private company. Developed direct and indirect sales channels. Began preparation for initial public offering.

Unum/BenenefiAmerica

CEO of venture funded company that grew dramatically from early stage to liquidity event. The company utilized software as a service to transform the enrollment, sale and administration of insurance products. Created and scaled both direct and indirect sales channels. Led the acquisition of Where IWork product from Marsh and BenefitPoint. BenefitAmerica was acquired by Unum. Investors included Internet Capital Group, Texas Pacific Group, and leading insurance companies.

Visionary CEO of global Software as a Service, data analytics, and digital transformation companies. Deep domain expertise in human capital management, analytics, financial services/insurance, digital health care/insurance and first-party (1P) data. Successful fund raiser, strong VC and PE relationships.  Guided organizations to rapid growth and profitability. Growth awards include: "INC 500 Fastest Growing Company", "San Francisco Business Times Hottest 100 Companies", and "Technology's Hottest". Strong relationships with leading industry analysts, strategy consultants, partners, and thought leaders. 

Successfully scaled four venture backed companies through liquidity events/IPO. Executive experience includes strategy and execution roles at Accenture, ADP, and Oracle. Managed early stage and later stage companies to accelerated growth and profitability.

Experience managing/scaling organizations globally. Visionary Sales/Marketing execution leader that ensures client success/satisfaction. Adept at managing and optimizing revenue streams of new recurring revenue products and services through direct and indirect channels.

Deep expertise in data science, analytics, block-chain technologies, data visualization, data mining, first-party data and cloud solutions/business models.

Deep domain and subject matter expertise in financial services, insurance, and healthcare verticals.

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