Adam P. Forrand Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, GA, US

Sandy Springs, Georgia, US

Duluth, GA, US

• As a member of the Gwinnett Chamber's leadership team, some of my current efforts are focused on:
• Advancing the Gwinnett Young Professionals initiative as a vehicle for retaining emerging, high-potential talent in our community
• Managing the Chamber's 2021-2023 Strategic Planning process - providing the roadmap for continued innovation and expansion
• Cultivating the organizational health of the Chamber through our internal culture committee
• Organizing and launching the community impact arm of our organization – the Gwinnett Chamber Foundation, Inc.

Duluth, GA, US

• As a leader on the economic & community development team, I have distinct responsibilities for:
• Managing workforce insights, responses, and guidance provided to recruitment projects
• Integrating existing industry with our local, regional, and state workforce ecosystem partners
• Programming events that support the knowledge and understanding of challenges and solutions to our community's most pressing workforce issues

Duluth, GA, US

As a member of the economic and community development team, I convene and catalyze profitable talent/workforce system partnerships for prospective, start-up, existing and expanding businesses in Gwinnett County Georgia (a community of nearly 1 million residents that today reflects the demographic make-up of the United States in 2040).I advance talent.

• Leadership and management of EM2’s brand development and marketing communication services to the education and non-profit market through:
• Sales strategies and tactics
• Business development activities
• Contract and accounts receivable
• Planning and execution of client-focused discovery and research activities
• Facilitation of creative ideation and design thinking efforts in support of client needs

Atlanta, GA, US

Provide enterprise-level marketing and communication research, strategy, architecture, education, consulting and design services for the higher education market. Lead prospective client lead generation, proposal development, sales presentations, contracts and leading C-level leaders and stakeholders through appropriate creative processes. Maintain full.

London, GB

Lead the full cycle of innovating, creating, selling and executing custom enterprise solutions that address the teaching and learning challenges of major national for-profit colleges and regional private sector colleges. Provided leadership in the transformation of Pearson's product-based legacy to become a leading education services.

US

Lead full cycle sales, production, service and project management responsibility of integrated marketing communication website development and web content management system implementation for higher education, associations and philanthropic organizations. Direct management of production teams (3-6 people) for clients with individual contract values over.

US

Sales of web- and network-based digital media services (academic video, entertainment film & music) to C-level and director-level management decision makers and academic technologists in the higher education market. Direct management of 2 inside sales professional and coordination of campus-based marketing managers.Secured new markets of over 150,000 users.

US

As a technology education focused specialist, independently manage, maintain and promote Information Technology and Career Education product sales (print & electronic) to colleges, universities and proprietary schools in Florida and Georgia with a sales base of $1.7 million.

Consult with Florida and Georgia Information Technology, Management Information Systems and Computer Science faculty to improve the quality of their instruction

Responsible for market share growth and penetration of college textbook composition sale while launching content development services into the higher education textbook publishing market Increased composition sales by 110% while establishing editorial sales base for exponential growth. Direct management of one composition sales executive.

Direct financial and managerial responsibility for the growth of the division's $3.7M list of human and mass communication textbooks and media products through new product acquisition, development and strategic revision. Increased sales 20% in 2002, culminating a 3 year average growth increase of 10%. Divisional representative certified to deliver.

As an academic generalist, responsible for the maintenance and growth of sales in a territory that held the largest student enrollment in the region. 1998 sales were 22% of 1997 sales, while attaining 108% of goal. Achieved 137% of 1997 goal, a 49% increase in sales volume, earning Rookie of the Year award.

Deland, FL, US

Representation of the university in all phases of the admission process. Territorial management of 3 Florida counties, all New England states, Georgia and Texas.