About KRIS

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Kris loves to employ strategic frameworks and methodologies to modern day challenges having a keen ability to think longterm, define a plan, and map a clear and attainable approach to delivering the plan. His recent focus on solving technology problems for owner / operators of large physical assets has fostered a deep passion for PropTech, and digital transformation in every segment of Commercial Real Estate with an overall focus on viable business applications in new technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotic process automation (RPA), IoT, immersive computing (AR/VR), and robotics. 

Mr. Drey served as a Senior Director at Irvine Company, a multi-billion dollar developer in Southern California managing the digital product management and innovation teams under Marketing Technology. At Irvine Company Kris lead the management of 50+ websites, and the development of revenue generating web and physical tools leveraging AI, ML, Immersive Computing, Smart Speakers, and robotics. He supported each segment’s marketing teams in driving leads and leases and was responsible for the company’s first ever use of machine learning with the creation of an apartment recommendation engine which,  in  its  first  30  days,  drove  an  incremental  529  leads  and   increased lead to lease conversion rates by 12%.

Kris also previously served as Vice President of backend product management for Westfield shopping centers where he was the seventh hire in the digital Lab group, helping to build the Lab up to 100+ technologists in his nearly 4 years there. Prior to that, he worked as a digital product manager and marketer for technology start-ups as well as established technology companies all over the Bay Area including CNET Networks, ViVOTech, and founded his own startups; VidCompare RelateCommerce, and The Byrd, LLC.

PATENT HOLDER

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATIC SHIPPING RETURNS

Publication number: 20180107978

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and method for providing automatic return shipping. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a purchase request, the purchase request including an identification of a product and a user identifier; generating a return label upon receiving the purchase request; providing the return label to a user; receiving a return item from a user, wherein the return item includes the return label; scanning the return label to determine a merchant identification, wherein the merchant identification includes a location of the merchant; and delivering the return item to the merchant based on the location of the merchant.

Type: Application

Filed: October 18, 2016

Publication date: April 19, 2018

Applicant: Westfield Retail Solutions, Inc.

Inventor: Kristopher Joseph Drey

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIDEO MEDIA TOOLBAR

Publication number: 20090049122

Abstract: The system and method preferably provides a toolbar to use in a network browser. The toolbar is preferably integrated within a suitable browser program graphical interface as a browser toolbar having its own toolbar graphical interface. The toolbar enables a video file to be selectively uploaded from a publisher computer to a service provider. An HTML video snippet is generated from the video file received from the publisher computer. The HTML video snippet enables access to the stored video file via a browser. The HTML video snippet is distributed to the publisher computer for placement in a publisher web page so as to enable the HTML video snippet to be selected via a browser, In response to the selection of the HTML video snippet, the video data file is played on the networked computer.

Type: Application

Filed: August 21, 2008

Publication date: February 19, 2009

Inventors: Benjamin Wayne, Kristopher Joseph Drey

The following lists certain product or technology-specific patents owned by THE BYRD, LLC.  Please note that many of THE BYRD, LLC’s products may be covered by more than one patent, and thus in some cases by patents from multiple different sections listed below.

For BYRD CLYP, the following patent(s) (including any foreign counterparts) may apply:

63/428,872

For BYRD BELT, the following patent(s) (including any foreign counterparts) may apply:

63/449,160

For BYRD BYLL, the following patent(s) (including any foreign counterparts) may apply:

63/449,164