AARON C. RUBENSON
1611 ½ 1st Ave. West, Seattle, WA 98119
arubenson@gmail.com | (206) 604-0133
EDUCATION
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Master of Business Administration, Marketing Management 2001 - 2003
Director’s List (top 10% for 2001/2002 academic year) and Marketing Management Teaching Assistant
Director of Wharton Follies (’03); Member of Technology, Marketing, and Entrepreneurial clubs
Stanford University Stanford, CA
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering (GPA: 3.7/4.0) 1992 - 1996
EXPERIENCE
Amazon.com Seattle, WA
Sr. Manager, Cell Phones and Service 2003 - Present
Created business plan for re-launch of wireless category; secured executive and carrier support
Managed $50m+ category spanning four carriers, 50 vendors, and 3,000 SKU’s
Renegotiated two of four carrier contracts, improving compensation structures and operational terms
Supervised three direct reports and cross-functional team of eight
Sr. Manager, Third-Party Electronics
Managed third-party electronics category, with full P&L responsibility; grew sales at >30% in 2005
Created strategic vision, financial targets, organizational design, and operational tactics for team
Negotiated and approved all anchor merchant contracts
Supervised five direct reports
Sr. Product Manager
Managed anchor merchants in Amazon.com’s electronics store; growing sales at >50% in 2005
Co-managed electronics category expansion project, adding 400+ merchants to platform
Launched Amazon.com Musical Instruments store: www.amazon.com/mi; wrote business plan and
business requirements, championed customer needs during launch, and recruited anchor merchants
Lucent Technologies, Wireless Solutions Group Whippany, NJ
Product Manager, Global Leadership Development Program Summer 2002
Launched portfolio planning process for product management research initiatives, enabling strategic
allocation of $500 million R&D budget
Arthur Andersen Business Consulting Seattle, WA
Manager, Senior Consultant, and Consultant 1998 - 2001
Managed four person team in creating merger strategy for lease department of national wireless
services provider, enabling 100% growth in lease volume
Managed three person team in improving network asset management process for national wireless
services provider, enabling recovery of $500 million in distressed assets
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group Seattle, WA
Mechanical Engineer 1996 - 1998
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Conversational fluency in Spanish
Lyric tenor; opera and musical theatre demo tracks available at www.aaronrubenson.com