RevUp Growth Partners works with scaling organizations that want to grow quickly and profitably. RevUp helps our clients develop a custom growth plan, then leverages our team of preferred sub-contractors to build the assets required to execute upon the plan. From there, we serve as marketing leaders until the company has grown to the point where they are ready to hire a full-time leader/team. At that point, RevUp facilitates the search and onboarding process for new team members.

Brian Precious Consulting (BPC) builds and executes strategies that drive sales, enhance brand recognition and increase profitability. We work with scaling startups to provide fractional sales and marketing leadership, strategy consulting and marketing execution. BPC became a full-time operation in 2022. The practice has grown from 1-8 clients in that time. Examples of client work include:o Helping a scaling CPG company grow by serving as interim VP of Sales and Marketing. Revenue increased over 30% during my time with the organization. o Providing marketing and lead generation services to a new foundation repair company.o Compiling market research and competitive analysis for a growing SaaS company in the digital sampling space. o Serving as Chief of Staff for a scaling OTT Streaming Platform SaaS business. Responsible for hiring and onboarding new employees, enhancing the marketing function and assisting the CEO with strategic planning, HR and finance initiatives. o Developing and publishing all marketing collateral for two growing consulting firms looking to enhance their brand recognition. o Developing a sales and marketing growth plan for a custom software development company.o Helping a software company develop an Account Based Marketing strategy and action plan.

Larx Advisors is a turnaround and restructuring consultancy based in Frisco, Texas. In March of 2019, I was hired and asked to achieve four major objectives: Open the Denver office and build the Larx Advisors brand within the community, hire and on-board new team members in Denver, launch the Marketing Services practice firm-wide and develop and execute an overall marketing plan for the organization. In January of 2020, I was promoted to Chief Marketing Officer and Managing Director. In this role, I helped Larx build a new website, implement a CRM system, develop all new sales and marketing collateral, partner with complimentary organizations on joint business development opportunities. I spent approximately 30% of my time on my internal responsibilities and the other 70% in a business development and client facing role.Larx Advisors had a great run since its inception in 2017 but hit some insurmountable barriers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sadly, the organization was forced to suspend operations in early 2022.

As a Managing Director at Larx, I was responsible for building a business development pipeline, selling marketing services and executing with excellence. In November of 2019, I received the CHOICE (Character, Humility, Objectivity, Integrity, Commitment, Empathy) award by my colleagues for exemplifying the organization's values.

Founded in 1993, Baptie & Company is the world’s leading provider of best practice and how-to information for the IT / Telecom Channels and Cloud Partners. I was hired to help the Founder improve the online community experience and increase attendance at an annual conference run by the organization. I wrote business requirements documents for a new online community, created an all-new content and social media marketing plan for the conference and worked with several sponsors to improve their experience with the organization. Attendance for the 2019 conference grew over 25% from the previous year. When I left Baptie & Company to join Larx Advisors, the Founder hired me in a consulting capacity to continue my project management and content development work.

Elsmere Education partners with Colleges and Universities to connect qualified students with high-quality, outcome-oriented online graduate programs. I was hired to provide creative oversight and day-to-day management of individual marketing plans for a portfolio of 14 online masters programs. I built relationships with key client contacts and built financial models to forecast enrollment and profitability of each program. In addition, I worked with our team to launch six all new programs during my tenure.

Naropa University is a small, liberal arts College offering numerous opportunities for contemplative education. I was hired as a consultant to advise the leadership team on strategies to increase enrollment and retention. I performed a full assessment of the team, strategy, campaigns, technology and financial model. My recommendations included restructuring the admissions and recruiting teams, improving the website, enhancing our email marketing and social media campaigns as well as modifying some programs to be more market competitive. My report helped yield a 10% increase in enrollment across all undergraduate and graduate programs in the 2017-18 academic year.

Oregon State University is a public research University located in Corvallis, Oregon. I was initially hired to manage the full-time, on-campus MBA program. In this role, I developed marketing and recruitment strategies to increase enrollment, make programmatic recommendations regarding the curriculum in response to student feedback and worked to engage alumni by creating more events and a stronger online community. Both the number of students in the program and the graduation rate increased during my tenure.In my second year, I was promoted to Director of Recruitment for the College of Business and given responsibility for recruiting students for all undergraduate, graduate and PhD programs. I was also asked to help launch an all-new online/hybrid MBA program in Portland, about 90 minutes from campus. My responsibilities for this assignment included B2C (recruitment of students) as well as B2B (recruitment of companies to sponsor executive education opportunities for their employees) strategies and tactics.During my time at Oregon State University, I published a book designed to help aspiring graduate students find the right program, navigate the admissions process, negotiate for scholarships (the right way) and maximize their student experience. See below for link to "Get In, Get Connected, Get Hired - Lessons from an MBA Insider".We left Corvallis in July of 2016 to pursue a career opportunity for my wife in Denver, Colorado.

Purdue University is a leading research institution located in West Lafayette. I was hired to direct Marketing, Recruiting, Admissions and Student Services for three MBA (one-year, two-year and weekend) and six Professional Masters programs (Accounting, Finance, Entrepreneurship, Human Resource Management, Industrial Administration and Supply Chain Management). I managed a team of eight full-time staff and 15+ graduate assistants, as well as a budget in excess of a million dollars a year. I also had the opportunity to lead the implementations of an email marketing systems and a new website, while retooling the organization to be more customer oriented and marketing focused.

The University of Illinois is a leading research and educational institution located in Urbana, Illinois. I was hired to analyze the root causes for a decline in the US News and World Report ranking for the full-time MBA program. By interviewing students, faculty, alumni and employers we were able to develop a comprehensive strategy to improve the quality and experience of the offering for both students and alumni. The strategy included new recruitment tactics (more involvement of alumni, more virtual events and addition of digital marketing campaigns), a more personalized admissions process, enhanced student experience (more joint-degree options, more experiential learning opportunities and greater access to alumni), and better alumni engagement. After two years, enrollment in both the full-time and professional MBA programs had increased over 30% while the qualifications of the incoming class, graduation rate and alumni donation rates had all increased substantially.

SolarBridge Technologies (formerly Smart Spark Energy Systems) was a solar electronics startup founded by several members of the Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The organization aimed to lower the cost of residential solar energy by utilizing an innovative micro-inverter to convert DC to AC power at the module level. I was hired as the Director of Marketing and Product Management after consulting for the organization while earning my MBA. As the second full-time hire, my responsibilities were varied and included: creating the marketing requirements documents for our product line, developing industry partnerships with large solar module manufacturers, identifying potential investors and creating pitch decks, administering grants, staffing the marketing organization and advising our CEO on financial, operational and strategic issues. During my tenure with the organization, SolarBridge grew from 3-50+ employees, received two rounds of VC funding (totaling $16MM), received grants from both the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense and signed two industry partnerships with manufacturers of solar panels.

Illini Professional Services was a business advisory consulting firm I co-founded during my second year in the Illinois MBA program. After interning at the University Research park, I realized there was a need to help aspiring entrepreneurs develop their business plans, create marketing collateral and refine their financial models to increase the likelihood of funding. I partnered with two talented classmates - one with a strong financial modeling background and the other an experienced marketer and graphic designer - to launch Illini Professional Services in the summer of 2005. Over the next year, we served eight clients and billed in excess of $100,000 while completing our second year of the MBA program. My work at SolarBridge technologies led to a full-time job opportunity upon graduation.

Empire-Today is a home improvement company based in Chicago, IL. In 2003, the company was purchased by a Private Equity firm and I was hired to facilitate the transition from a small, family-owned business with a single product line to a multi-national organization with 5 product lines in 20 markets. I developed requirements documents for a new inventory management system and implemented a CRM and email marketing system for current and prospective customer. I also redeveloped new policies and procedures for purchasing, sales strategies, staffing and operational execution as the organization expanded into new markets.I left Empire-Today to pursue my MBA at the University of Illinois.

Genpact Headstrong Capital Markets is a global consulting and IT services company with a specialized focus in capital markets. I joined the organization in 2000 as a Consultant and worked on software implementation, merger integration and Project Management Office (PMO) engagements.

Joined the Operation Systems Risk Management group at PwC upon graduation from the University of Illinois. Supported software implementation and audit engagements while helping to launch a new Data Management practice. • Performed business analysis, requirements gathering, and application design • Contributed to the design of a spend analysis tool for a Fortune 100 health care provider.• Conducted fraud analysis on the rebate program for a major cellular phone manufacturer.

One of six University of Illinois students selected for an internship in the Summer of 1998. Offered full-time employment opportunity as a result of work performed during internship.