Chad Birdwell Email & Phone Number

Castle Rock, Co United States

Virtual Reality (VR) Commercial Aviation Pilot Training VP of Operations, 01/2017-Present Lead operations and strategic direction launching a start-up brand in the aviation training industry, increasing market share by 20% in 18 months. Key Achievements:• Established a new Cockpit Panel Product Line to include 64 different aircraft types, sold via the company e-commerce website processing online transactions for unique users. • Improved productivity and profitability through automation and efficiency Improving productivity while reducing operational costs by 25%.

Castle Rock, Colorado, United States

Authored Takeoff Trim’s Company website increasing graphics usage by 50% and mobile responsiveness by 100%; generated 70% more leads via email capture forms, reduced bounce rate by 20% - www.takeofftrim.com.Key Achievements:• Refined VR Training, VR Video, and Website for Pilot Training - https://www.takeofftrim.com/vr-360-exterior-inspection scroll down & press play. • Conceptualized the creation of high-profile graphics and visuals within 3D Max.

The Woodlands, Texas, United States

Aviation Distance Learning Solutions - Woodlands, TX Director of Operations, 07/2015-12/2016Experienced in sales strategy and operations for an explosive high-growth company.Key Achievements:• Served as a trusted business partner to Sales and GTM leadership.• Launched a product conversion roadmap that averaged 20% cost savings for businesses. • Identified and resolved manufacturing completion issues, resulting in a 12% cost reduction.• Directed organizational oversight with Gantt Charts, JIRA, Google Project Manager, Trello, and Microsoft 365.

The Woodlands, Texas

Identified, assessed, and on-boarded 5 mid-level employees for a new department. Directed all activities, policies, and procedures related to the design, analysis, testing, coding, and implementation of applications in < 6 months.

The Woodlands, Texas, United States

Facilitated and enabled four Account Executive Sales Teams to sell more by providing strategic direction and reducing friction in the entire sales process from start to finish. This resulted in revenues of $1.75M.Key Achievements:• Introduced Sales Analytics and CRM services, which shortened the Sales Cycle Length by 33% and stimulated B2B Sales by 11.5%, “Salesforce and Excel data processing”.• Evaluated, improved, and managed data-driven key sales operations, weekly forecasts, capacity plans, pipeline models, account scores, TAM models, and territory plans. • Simplified sales efforts by creating virtual shopping carts and linking financial institutions streamlining the sales process, resulting in a 12% cost reduction.

Conroe, Texas, United States

Produced online training courseware for Airline Pilots in the Commercial Aviation Industry. • Originated and implemented graphics & composed tutorial videos (3D Max, Gimp).• Designed courseware (Story Line 2, Rise, PowerPoint, Toolbook) with instructional design techniques and analyzed Programming Languages (HTML5, Java, JavaScript).

Registered Nurse Refresher Program, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

Activities and Societies: Penrose-St. Francis Hospital | Colorado Springs, CO - Clinical location with EPIC Medical Charting

Associates Of Applied Science In Nursing (Aasn), Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

Activities and Societies: • Graduated an accelerated 16-month program

Bachelor Of The Arts In Communication - Bac, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: • Achieved language proficiency Level B1 (Intermediate) German | Oldenburg University, Germany • Graduated one.