Brad Billings Email & Phone Number

3401 Fourth Street North, St. Petersburg, Fl 33704

It’s said that three things are required for a successful real estate transaction: location, condition, and price. While true, this overlooks the most critical component; the agent representing you. You need an agent who is professional, knowledgeable, focused, hardworking, trustworthy, and provides personal service with value and integrity. I am that agent, and I’m ready to go to work for you.

Independent marketing, product development, business development and operations executive primarily assisting entrepreneurs to develop new products and build companies to effectively market and sell new ideas.

Largo, Fl

Teach marketing and management courses to students pursuing Associate’s and Bachelor’s degrees in business and accounting. Utilize a combination of instructional techniques including discussion, lectures, writing assignments, and teamwork projects to address visual, audible, and kinesthetic learning. Courses taught to date include: MAN2727 Strategic Planning for Business, MAN2604 Introduction to International Management, MAR2305 Customer Relations and Servicing, MAN1030 Introduction to Business Enterprise, MAR1011 Introduction to Marketing, and SBM2000 Small Business Management.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Instructor in business, advertising, marketing and writing with national design college teaching students in the advertising, fashion retail management and interactive design programs. Create courses and course materials and provide instruction. Current courses taught include: Media Sales & Ratings, Media Planning and Buying, Advertising Account Planning, Fundamentals of Advertising, Fundamentals of Marketing, Writing for Interactive Design, Economics, Principals of Marketing Research, Organizational Behavior, Fundamentals of Finance, Consumer Behavior, Web Marketing, and PR & Promotion.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Founded by Dr. Nick Kavouklis, a successful dentist and entrepreneur, Dr. Nick's White and Healthy is dedicated to producing innovative products to produce whiter teeth and a healthier smile. Formulated with natural, healthful ingredients, our products contain no alcohol, artificial sweeteners, artificial color, or other ingredients that do not add to good oral health. Hired as independent consultant working with owner to develop company and launch a complete line of natural dental care products. Responsible for all aspects of product development and marketing, including: - Devise and manage strategic plans, forecasts and roadmaps - Conduct and analyze market, customer, and competitive research - Manage pricing strategies across markets and distribution networks - Direct all aspects of partner relations including suppliers, vendors, customers, and investors - Build teams, train and mentor staff, encourage and maintain cross-functional communications - Design and produce all packaging, branding, training, and sales and marketing collateral materials - Prepare and present customer, vendor, investor and training presentations - Partner with sales team, provide product training and participate in sales calls as product and program expert - Plan all product, marketing and sales strategy, manage budgets, and analyze results to ensure effectiveness - Guide product development and line extensions, from initial research to production

Company founder and member of executive leadership committee responsible for all aspects of product management and marketing a novel device for applying photographic art directly to fingernails in seconds.- Built sales and marketing department from ground up- Responsible for driving sales from zero to $2.5 million annually- Developed distribution programs and channels, recruited major distribution partners, and managed relationships- Created communications, marketing and sales strategy, tactical plans, budgets, and timelines- Developed messaging, publications, web site, and all other communications materials, direct mail campaigns, media relations, public relations, and served as company spokesperson and primary representative- Planned and managed special events, trade shows, promotions, and other special programs- Drafted business plan, raised start-up capital, conducted market research, and assisted in product development

- Managed Florida technology practice with responsibility for team leadership, mentoring junior executives, business development, program creation and client relations- Lead key division of Compaq account creating and supervising global teams in market research, branding and positioning, message development and media relations- Counseled clients on effective strategy, developed key messages and directed staff to ensure adherence to plans- Developed strategic communication plans, budgets, and tactical communication programs- Key member of Internet development, Knowledge Management and national technology practice teams

- Conducted detailed, multifaceted market analysis and feasibility study for a new software product developed by a Fortune 100 client- Instrumental in winning $1.25 million contract and created “virtual” company to develop and market product- Managed product launch including establishment of support infrastructure, market strategy, media planning, direct mail, advertising, trade show and public / media relations programs- Designed web site, created all content and supervised developers during site creation- Directed creative staff producing advertising, direct mail collateral materials, created and directed all creative strategy/positioning

- Managed the creation, launch and market development of frame relay and T1 access products - Conducted market research to identify opportunities and created marketing plans to capitalize on same- Identified and communicated key product features required for market success to product development- Created and launched channel and vertical market programs- Developed and managed strategic and tactical product launch programs- Coordinated advertising agency work on creative and collateral materials

- Lead corporate business marketing team developing vertical marketing programs for business, education and government markets and market research including database and installed base marketing- Responsible for creation and execution of channel programs for the launch and market development of Zip, Jaz and Ditto, creating sales collateral and mentoring sales teams to effectively sell products- Key member of team that drove total company sales from $10 million to $1 billion in less than 11 months- Managed market assessment, strategic and tactical plan development, budgeting and resource allocation, program execution, result tracking and reporting, team members, outside resources and agencies- Directed agency work on creative, collateral materials, public relations and served as media spokesperson- Created, launched and managed support programs including on-going seed unit program, sales tools, reseller web site, communications systems and sales incentive program

- Planned and executed systems division marketing programs growing division sales from $17 million per month to more than $55 million per month- Designed effective national and regional advertising campaigns, direct mail projects, sales contests and incentive programs- Created comprehensive, integrated marketing programs and successfully sold programs to vendors- Launched mobile computing promotion dramatically increasing sales of mobile solutions and participating vendor products- Developed ongoing OEM bare systems campaign promoting sales of computer components- Assisted with creation of new promotion tracking software during corporate computer system conversion- Managed more than 40 programs monthly with a total average budget exceeding $1 million- Directed and supervised creative staff in development of advertising, direct mail and other collateral materials

Ms-Tim, Master Of Science In Technology And Innovation Management

Ba, Mass Communications / Journalism / Public Relations