Carisa Miklusak Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

As the CEO of a boutique family office and advisory firm specializing in tech, marketplaces and e-commerce startups/scale-ups, Carisa helps Founders, Executives and Boards build a foundation for scaled success and optimized growth strategies. With a wealth of experience at the intersection of revenue acceleration via direct sales and product led growth strategies, marketing, operations, technology, executive leadership and entrepreneurship, Carisa is dedicated to guiding visionary founders and teams in navigating the complexities of the startup and scale-up ecosystem. Through personalized advisory services, Carisa's Team crafts bespoke solutions tailored to each company's unique goals, enabling them to maximize market opportunities and achieve sustainable growth.Carisa's leadership is anchored in a deep understanding of how to build, scale, operate and exit organizations. Carisa leads with empathy and elegant command that ignites passion, turning vision into reality. Leveraging this expertise, she and her team collaborate closely with clients to optimize their fundraising efforts and investment strategies, mitigate risks, fuel their teams and capitalize on emerging trends. Carisa is an insurance policy for the investors of each company she works with, ensuring not only that bold ideas thrive and innovative solutions flourish, but also delivering tangible returns on investment and sustainable profits.

Braintree, Ma, Us

Crews & Co empowers entrepreneurs to achieve sustainable growth, profitability, success and meaningful exits!As a Growth Consultant, Carisa works with Founders and Executive Teams to build a foundation for scale, and an ensure the systems and accountability needed for accelerated revenue growth.

New York, Ny, Us

Invasion Group, Ltd is a boutique management company serving the career artist. Each individual manager’s unique background and specialized areas of expertise informs the group, and – supported by resourceful and dedicated staff – provides a comprehensive perspective on the business of art that serves the entire Invasion Group client roster.

Brooklyn, New York, Us

Carisa partnered with Nowsta after their Series C to build a foundation for scale in sales, marketing and customer success. Carisa worked closely with Nowsta's President and Board to urgently realign vision and GTM strategy, implementing an enhanced sales process enabling Nowsta to move upstream and target Enterprise organizations. Carisa increased the average deal size by 10X in 90 days leaving the organization in a position to scale under the CEO's direction.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

As Co-founder and CEO, and acting CRO, Carisa created initial concept and MVP for marketplace and Saas platforms, secured funding, brought to market and scaled industry's first skills-based gig economy platform. At the intersection of HR & Ed Tech and via a dual direct sales and product led growth strategy, tilr quickly spread across the US and Canada. Noted by Forbes, Venture Beat, CNBC's UpStart100 and more as fastest growing startups and tech startups to watch. tilr's machine learning algorithm connects workers and companies via the talent currency of skills.tilr's Marketplace is an end-to-end, mobile-first platform focused on connecting workers with work opportunities. Talent Compass, tilr's enterprise SaaS solution, enables companies to unleash the power of a skills-based algorithm within their own talent ecosystem and inventory.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Carisa and her team at tMedia continue to partner with Careerbuilder to pioneer and execute emerging media recruiting training & development programs to both Careerbuilder.com's corporate clients and job seekers. Coupling a historical online recruitment perspective with a progressive focus on the new media landscape, Carisa partners with Careerbuilder.com to help drive training content development and client success.

New York, Ny, Us

The t in tMedia stands for transmedia: the art of telling a brand story in different ways, using several unique distribution methods. tMedia uses this storytelling approach to share clients’ brand messages to targeted audiences across multiple emerging media channels.In addition to focusing on the art of storytelling, tMedia studies the science behind brand creation and audience reception.tMedia believes in integrating new technologies into existing strategies, enabling the delivery of critical parts of a brand message to the exact right audience, in the ideal format they prefer. The result is a crystal-clear brand message and a truly engaged audience, implemented through our ASSURED ROI™ methodology.By leveraging diverse experiences as an emerging media thought leader, tMedia provides industry leading answers, advice and execution to our clients, readers and audiences..

In February of 2009, Carisa founded a progressive consulting firm offering both online and offline solutions in leadership, sales, marketing, business development, and training and Development.Virtual and Onsite Programs:+Leadership, Sales and Customer Management Training+Start-up and Business Development Consulting+ Customized Training and Workshops+ Speaking Engagements+Individual Leader and Sales Executive CoachingCarisa ran engagements Ingenium consulting engagements while building SoMedios which became tMedia.

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SoMedios is a guide, adviser, and partner for organizational social media strategy. SoMedios offers customized solutions ranging from basic social media analysis to fully positioned social media campaigns and moderation. SoMedios design strategies that empower organizations to interact with their target audience in a measured format that empowers companies to realize an immediate return of influence. The roots of SoMedios became tMedia.Recognizing that social media is only one factor in a holistic social media campaign, Carisa has rebranded as tMedia Strategies and has expanded offerings to include mobile, digital and traditional marketing strategies in addition to proven social media solutions.You can find more information at: www.SoMedios.com

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Personified is Careerbuilder.com's human capital consulting firm providing informed insight and tailored, actionable solutions. Personified helps clients become an employer of choice and show clients how talent management and optimization can solve their business challenges and deliver sustainable results. Personified was founded by Careerbuilder.com and launched as an independent firm shortly after inception. As the Director of Client Services, Carisa traveled throughout North America working with both internal and external stakeholders to drive new business and product development.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

In execution of VP's vision, created, implemented and led new business unit to 80+ Sales Executives that focused on the medium-sized business segment nationally (US). Responsibilities were holistic in scope including but not limited to:+ Wrote business plan, go to market plan, sales methodology, training and development curriculum and sales training materials for business unit. + Responsible for all strategy, processes development, sales training, employee development, incentive programs, compensation plan writing, performance management, recruitment, team building, full P&L management, business alignment and future business and workforce planning.+ Over 18 month period, implemented geographic sales strategy with 4 teams, each led by an Area Sales Manager, with 10-15 Field Associates each. Unit revenue on track to exceed 18M+ in second year.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Careerbuilder.com's Enterprise division is designed to focus on Fortune 1000 organizations working with VP and C-Level Executive to create and manage innovative human capital campaigns. There are 20+ enterprise office across the country today. In 2004, responsible for the development a new office/ market start-up for a tri-state territory based in Cincinnati. Reporting to the Area-Vice President, built a new sales office from the ground up resulting in a profitable and sustainable new revenue stream for the organization. +Developed Territory plan specific to top fortune 1000 clients and mid-tier clients. +Utilized existing company sales methodology and go-to-market plans and translated, implemented and executed for new territory.+ Hired, trained and developed Account Executives.+ Exceeded territory sales goal each month, for 12 months and received recognition for #1 fastest growing outsides sales office in 2003.• Managed full P&L, growing headcount in accordance with profitability.+Worked with other Area Sales Managers to improve training curriculum evolving to accommodate for complex sales and heightening business acumens. +Hired, trained and promoted the leaders that have grown to Executive-level leaders at Careerbuilder.com. Promoted in January December of 2004 to move back to Chicago and manage the largest Enterprise Team at the Head Quarter location. In this role, executed similar tasks as above in addition to:+ Led turnaround to significantly increased profit and realigned sales team for success in eight months via field associate development and hands on market approach.+ Implemented aggressive development plan for each field associate and increased frequency of product and business acumen trainings.+Asked by executive team to mentor other Area Sales Managers in their ability to develop their field associates, improve performance management capabilities and create a positive team culture.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

As the U.S.'s largest online job site, CareerBuilder.com puts over 1 million jobs in front of poised job seekers wherever they are - at home or at work - in print and on the Internet. More than 23 million unique visitors come to the site every month to check out the opportunities in every industry, field and job type. As an Account Executive, Carisa prospected, cold called, sold to and serviced C-Level client at Fortune 1000 organizations.

HitEvents is an event advertising firm focusing on consumer awareness via media and local promotion. Partnered with the firm to drive immediate revenue while simultaneously building a sales, marketing, training and development infrastructure. The objective of the project was to groom the organization for acquisition or sale within two years.Reported directly to the President and Owner of HitEvents, LLC, responsible for new revenue stream discovery, execution, day to day sales and marketing, development and management of staff.+ Generated 40% of companies net sales personally.+ Developed and managed sales team responsible for additional 30% of company revenues. + Created company training methodology and materials and executed development program.+ Worked closely with President to ensure overall company direction and strategy.+ Involved in negotiation and sale of the organization in early November 2002. + Worked with neighborhood community and charity groups to create partnership and sponsorships.

Smart Resources was founded in 1994 to offer clients a superior staffing firm experience. With a presence in the downtown loop, Smart Resources is skilled in immediately finding a temporary candidate while grooming that person and/or finding the correct permanent candidate. Smart Resources holds specific expertise in the administrative and finance and accounting niches. Carisa was responsible for client acquisition and all aspects of the sales cycle.

Designed and executed marketing and Branding strategies. Strong focus on event marketing. Worked closely with sales team to accelerate and support revenue growth.

Global Management, International Management Master'S Certificate

Mba, Business

Master Certificate, Integrated Online Marketing, Seo, Sem & Social Media

Education record

Bachelor'S International Studies