Artist Management: strategy, PR, brand, growth, digital sales and distribution, scheduling, business management, and general management of artists including Jill Andrews, Derek Webb, Mary Gauthier, Ruthie Collins and more.Music Business Consulting: project management, career strategy, and growth consulting for artists, as well as business development, growth strategy, brand strategy, social media strategy for music companies (record labels, music start ups, music sites, blogs). Past clients include: The Secret Sisters, Amanda Shires, Keb' Mo', Kind of Blue Music, GoodMusicAllDay.com, Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes, Rachel Potter (X Factor Season 3), Sony Music Entertainment, and more!

Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship: Service Learning in Entrepreneurship (ETP 3800). This course will integrate service learning experiences in start-up entrepreneurial ventures into a seminar that examines a variety of issues common in entrepreneurship. The start-up ventures used for this course will include entrepreneurs seeking economic independence through business formation. Students will work with these entrepreneurs to assess their specific business needs, evaluate possible solutions, develop a plan of action, and assist with implementation. Self-reflection will be an important part of this process.Foundations in Entrepreneurship (ETP 3000). This course will provide a basic understanding of the entrepreneurial process. Students will examine entrepreneurship as a career. A comprehensive self-assessment will help the students to better understand their own personal aspirations, and assess their unique skills and competencies. Students will learn about opportunity assessment for new venture ideas. An overview of business plans will be presented.Adjunct Professor of Music Business:Internship, Career and Foundation (MBU 2000). This career development course addresses internship expectations, job strategies, and interviewing skills within the Music Business.

Summer Business Consulting Program at Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management. This is a summer position that I held for 10 years.Most recently as Staff Director:• Recruited, hired, trained, and managed staff of 6 MBA coaches to lead 80+ students through 7 real-world consulting projects. • Created research packets for students including preliminary data necessary for solving clients problems. • Trained staff to handle consulting process, student concerns, team building, and ensuring students meet all deadlines set forth by clients. • Supervised staff throughout the business institute: run daily staff meetings, address staff and student issues as they arise. • Provided career counseling for program attendees in the form of interview prep, resume review, professional presentation coaching.Years Past as MBA Coach:• Coached undergraduate student teams in strategic consulting projects for six companies including: Emma. Dollar General, MyWerx, Oasis Youth Center, Nashville Chamber of Commerce, Lexus of Nashville, Bridgestone America, and Healthcare Information Management and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)• Planned, organized, and facilitated student team meetings to ensure all deadlines are met and managed the creation, design, market analysis, financing, and implementation of each presentation to ensure a quality product presented to each company• Directed Nashville Chamber of Commerce project in conjunction with the Nashville Entrepreneur Center and the Nashville Music Council, coordinated all logistics of project launch and presentation for 66 students, conducted research for student project resource guide, and acted as liaison between the organizations and the Accelerator program

Defined curriculum along with other professors in weekly Human and Organizational Development meetingsDeveloped lesson plans for two weekly, two-hour classes, aimed at facilitating experiential learning and group discussionLed 27 freshman students in HOD 1001 & 1100: Interpersonal Communication and Group Dynamics Lab, to develop their cognitive, social, and emotional skills; group dynamics; and self identity

Developed curriculum, wrote syllabus, and taught the college's first New Venture Creation class including the creation of their first-ever pitch competition "EPO." Adjunct Professor of New Venture Creation: The Monetization of DesignBUS 4000 (Prerequisites: BUS 3000, BUS 3100 and BUS 3300)This course focuses on developing a business plan for a new design venture. The course will walk students through segments of a business plan including the creation of an in-depth pro-forma. A panel of industry leaders and investors in a “Shark Tank” environment will evaluate the viability of the plan in a 5 minute pitch.

Amazon Music Fishbowls: Created and co-produced video series for live in-house performances and interviews, developed marketing plan, led site redesign for implementation of video series. Now labeled Amazon Front Row. Amazon Artist Central and Artist Stores: managed Artist Central operations in the US, UK, Germany, Japan, and France; led site redesign team; managed content on Artist Stores; increased view weighted coverage in all marketplaces by an average of 19% year over year.SoundUnwound (Amazon's Music Blog): implemented growth plan that doubled site traffic, redesigned blog, led team of developers in site redesign, managed day to day operations.

Led team of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center's first 8 employees. Designed and created programming for the Nashville Entrepreneur Center focused on verticals that are important to Nashville's entrepreneurial landscape: Healthcare, Music, Technology.

• Produced monthly reports for the General Manager/CFO including artist profit and loss statements, company-wide overhead summaries, and travel/entertainment budgets for three record labels to assist in financial decision-making• Interacted with independent contractors to pay invoices on time for New Media budget• Approved payroll for 22 hourly employees ensuring compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley regulations• Created and maintained spreadsheet database summarizing artist contracts for 35 recording artists, making frequently required information easily accessible for GM/CFO and Finance Department• Communicated with artists’ management to ensure order and timely delivery of artist merchandise for 35 recording artists, enabling artists to generate another revenue stream through album sales at concerts• Oversaw demanding day to day schedule for General Manager, serving as point person for meetings, phone calls, and all travel arrangements to ensure all obligations were met