PERSONAL SUMMARY:

• Developing positive relationships is key when working with anyone. After years of experience managing and deploying teams to create and produce mobile, web, interactive TV projects and a wide range of business necessities, I have developed the skills necessary to lead and develop highly productive and organized teams. I have the ability to drive and assist with all the steps in the process to achieve success.
• I provide a thorough knowledge of strategic dynamics across multiple business categories and situations. I think it is important to be disruptive in a positive way to develop the right strategy for each obstacle that we inevitably face.
• My background in technology, business process, marketing allows me to quickly see solutions and intuitively assert the correct direction to take. Common sense and collaboration is still the best skill in decision - making.
• Specialties: Relationship building, Team building and leadership, Direction, Technical strategy implementation, Clear communication across teams.

KNOWN TECHNOLOGIES AND SKILLS:

Servers - Desktops: AWS, Linux Administration, UNIX, Windows Administration including Active Directory, IIS, Exchange, Remote Desktop and any software application that needs to run on any system, Backups, VoIP, NOC Technician, VMware, XenServer

Software: LAMP - PHP, Apache, MySQL, Open SSL, Postfix, Dovecot, BIND, Security compliance, API Integration, Scrum / Agile Development

Networking: Cisco Routers, Bandwidth monitoring, Firewalls, Network architecture and configuration, Linux Firewall, Windows Firewall

EXPERIENCE:

Solutions Architect

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

Responsibilities:

• Provide strategy, concepts and work with groups to achieve positive results.
• Provide technical assistance and leadership when necessary.
• Grow relationships and add new business.
• Provide strategic knowledge and direction internally and to clients.
• Clear management leadership and team building.
• Work with bottom line to create creative solutions for clients.
• Generate leads, opportunities and sales.
• Broker strategic partnerships and help maintain those relationships.
• Increased sales by 500% through marketing and sales efforts.
• Coordinated multiple teams simultaneously ranging in size between 3 and 20 to implement marketing, technology strategies, specifications and to help create new companies from scratch.
• Built successful 360-degree marketing campaigns for global brands with integrated tracking and cost / reward analysis.
• Leveraged various marketing tools to accomplish results necessary for each challenge faced.
• Success in using startup mentality and data driven results strategy across established corporations to breathe life into stale departments and invigorate staff.

Director, Marketing and Web Product

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

Responsibilities:

• Did a complete site overhaul and rebuild from scratch.
• Used an 18-month contract to re-launch, grow marketing efforts and brand visibility.
• Initiated deals with global partners to facilitate sales and build relationships.
• Partnered with major publishers including Amazon, Apple, Google, Kobo and others.
• Responsible for changing the company focus in regards to marketing effort.
• Created data driven, results based marketing strategy to achieve sales and track results.
• Improved processes for implementation of delivery of product to customer.
• Specific IT skills used: Windows AWS migration and configuration, Linux Webserver Creation, Linux & Windows security compliance, API implementation, Cloud Infrastructure Architecture,

Director Search Strategy

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

Responsibilities:

• Focused on building global SEO initiative for company.
• Built 360-degree digital marketing campaigns for global brands such as Smuckers, Folgers, Scholastic, Café Bustella, 5/3 Bank, and Johnson and others.
• Teamed with Bus-Dev to bring in > $1M deals.
• Managed 10 person search team to build and satisfy internal and external clients.
• Coordinated cross-departmentally to ensure workload was balanced and that timelines and initiatives were met.
• Created strategy and tools for new business.
• Managed technical issues and solved for internal teams and client teams.
• Created automated tools to gel team together and to make team more effective.

Confidential, Bend, OR

Responsibilities:

• Partnered to create winning marketing Confidential Company.
• Responsible for architecting application that would automate and record the marketing actions of small businesses including Local SEO and Organic SEO/ Paid strategies for businesses.
• Used data based method implementing Google Analytics, Omniture, Adobe Analytics, Urchin and various other analytic packages to inform the creation of successful 360-degree marketing strategies for companies.
• Designed engineered, and implemented Local Business dashboard that focused on measuring all aspects of a 360-degree digital marketing.
• Managed web team and implemented current web technologies, SEO and design methodologies using PHP, MYQL, XHTML, CSS, Responsive Design, Keyword and SEO focused content.
• Incorporated Callfire API into application for call tracking and monitoring.
• Speaking Engagements, Live Demos, Group Presentations.

Vice President

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Managed and oversaw TV and Interactive deals for company providing Confidential solutions for both companies and consumers.
• Responsible for fulfillment of deals with ABC, NBC, Telemundo, MTV…
• Responsible for marketing all products and coordinated marketing effort across US, EU and South America.
• Oversaw all activities in North America and managed 60 person team to accomplish goals for company.
• Development team created HTML5, CSS, PHP, C++, MySQL, CS3, Android, iOS, applications and created high-availability solutions to provide these applications to millions of users worldwide.
• Oversaw the launch of mobile programs and campaigns in US, Canadian and European market.
• Built server solution and installed all server at NOC including XenServer.
• Oversaw the launch of mobile integrated interactive TV shows in the US.
• Built and Launched virtual world for kids (Club Time Machine).
• Oversaw all architecture, engineering and led implementation for the game and for the 50 or so internal games within the game.
• Created North American marketing network for company that created and deployed paid ads, TV spots and measured campaigns for applications.

Technical Partner

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created shows, concepts, and was responsible for the vision, software and implementation as well as the 20 person launch team.
• Oversaw the creation of linear and web commercials.
• Strategized and initiated marketing plan to attain viewers.
• Managed team of developers to create mobile to TV interactivity circle through web, handheld devices and television from scratch.
• Built server situation that would broadcast applications to millions of viewers nationwide.
• Provisioned premium SMS campaigns with Rogers, Bell, Telus and the smaller companies.

Business Development / Technical Strategy Consultant

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Launched first real time mobile interactive TV shows in US (TXT-TV Shows: Perfect Pair, Heavy Texting, and Dumped)
• Leveraged technical knowledge to create and to have executed cash positive content deals for network with DoCoMo, marketing deals with Sprint, ATT, Verizon and smaller networks.
• Coordinated and oversaw cross-departmental teams to fulfill all obligations agreed to by network.
• Created marketing strategy for the network to move forward with mobile and web offerings.
• Responsible for entire mobile strategy for network.

Director of Technology

Skills also used: Linux Administrator, Oracle DBA, Web Development, Team Builder

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for team of 13 overseeing all technology, customer service and legal permissions for e-learning website.
• Turned the company into a data driven results believer by informing and creating customer attainment strategy with the marketing department.
• Redesigned site and utilized Java, Oracle, Apache, Tomcat, Solaris.
• Created data tool to harvest sales information using MySQL.
• Created all company wide technical strategy and kept costs within budget.
• Worked for 2 years with Canaccord Capital as a special project manager where I was responsible for the upgrade of the entire network, workstations and build a program in NEXT Step to manage and report progress. Responsible for team of 6 and reported directly to the VP of Technology.
• Worked with BestSelections.com for 2 years as Director of Technology building and overseeing a team of 30 to design, build and maintain a 1.3 million dollar e-commerce platform with Solaris, JAVA, and Oracle.
• Created database structure and worked through the java application with programming team. Oversaw marketing deals with American Express and AOL to drive more traffic.