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Pelham, Al, Us

Pelham, Al, Us

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

X1 Industries is a consulting firm offering innovative digital marketing and technology solutions designed to attract new business, streamline operations, and provide deep analytical insights. ✔️ Orchestrated and executed advanced marketing and technology initiatives across diverse sectors including B2B, B2C, and affiliate markets. Focused on integrated branding strategy, demand generation, cutting-edge marketing automation, advanced CRM systems, innovative web design, precise SEO, and rigorous analytics. These efforts resulted in measurable strategic growth and significantly enhanced operational efficiency.✔️ Designed and executed high-impact advertising campaigns on platforms including Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and others resulting in a 60% uplift in new customers for one of my clients within six months.✔️ Collaborated with businesses to craft unique brand positioning and messaging strategies, increasing reach by as much as 232% through optimized content management and precise social media campaigns.✔️ Partnered with marketing and sales teams to implement and integrate cutting-edge technologies, such as CRM systems, automation tools, AI, and analytics solutions. These initiatives improved organizational efficiency and communication and helped drive a 25% increase in sales revenue within one year.✔️ Designed and developed high-performing top-tier websites focused on user experience, SEO, and conversion rate optimization, achieving a 50% increase in user engagement and a 25% rise in conversions over one year.✔️ Executed comprehensive SEO strategies that enhanced site visibility and authority, achieving a 60% surge in organic traffic and securing top ten search engine rankings for 30+ high-value keywords over a 15-month period. ✔️ Utilized advanced analytics and A/B testing to boost content performance leading to a 30% improvement in engagement and a 20% increase in conversion rates.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Evocative provides enterprise-class data center, bare metal, network, and cloud services solutions with a global footprint including 20 interconnected data centers supporting over 68,000 servers across 3 continents.✔️ Played a pivotal role in executing a comprehensive rebranding effort including a complete market shift executed within the first 60 days. Central to this was the development of a website, that served as the cornerstone of the rebranding initiative and laid the groundwork for future digital marketing strategies.✔️ Oversaw all aspects of the website including design, technical performance, and SEO. Collaborated with sales, product, and management teams to define messaging and content strategy, achieving a 50% increase in engagement rates and consistently improving organic search traffic by 35% or more annually.✔️ Engineered and implemented cutting-edge multi-channel digital advertising strategies across platforms including LinkedIn, X, Google Ads, and Display.✔️ Led ABM initiatives targeting senior IT leaders in large enterprises utilizing precise account targeting and tailored content personalization.✔️ Led the charge to implement Salesforce within the organization integrating numerous systems and data sources to allow us to accurately measure and optimize our ROAS across all channels.✔️ Designed and implemented comprehensive email marketing campaigns based on customer personas and funnel stage.✔️ Extensively integrated AI tools across all areas of marketing operations, demand generation, search engine optimization, and content management to drive efficiency, scalability, and data-driven decision-making.✔️ The above efforts resulted in an increase of over $18M in monthly recurring revenue to the sales pipeline while closing over 600K in new monthly recurring revenue in 1 year which is approximately an 18% improvement and led to CRN magazine listing the business as one of the top 10 data center companies in the US to watch in 2023.

Birmingham, Alabama Area

J.J. Kane Auctioneers, an Altec, Inc. company, was acquired to expand its capacity for selling excess inventory and used utility equipment.✔️ Developed and executed a transformational business strategy that introduced innovative systems and processes to modernize marketing, streamline auction operations, and drive exponential growth.✔️ Led the development of a custom mobile app to enhance data collection and streamline the marketing of new inventory, starting with a basic inventory management system.✔️ Optimized sales operations by selecting and implementing Salesforce CRM, tailoring it to provide actionable customer insights and improve sales effectiveness.✔️ Revolutionized marketing operations through the creation of a custom website that automatically integrated auction data and images from a new inventory management system to provide maximum exposure of items for all future sales.✔️ Implemented a robust SEO and content strategy, significantly increasing website traffic and auction participation.✔️ Assisted with executing cross-channel advertising strategies, covering print, SEO, email marketing, and social platforms such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram, to increase customer engagement and reach.✔️ Deployed HubSpot to enhance customer outreach and integrated it with Salesforce, improving auction attendance and providing a unified view of customer data across the organization.✔️ Led the creation of a cloud-based, custom back-office system, built by an in-house agile team using Java, to automate auction operations, including processing over 1,000 vehicle sales per day across 12 states while meeting all legal requirements.✔️ Managed the development of a web-based customer portal and mobile app, providing customers with easier access to auction services and automating manual tasks at each sale.✔️ These initiatives resulted in 100% revenue growth, increasing the company’s gross sales from $105 million to $202 million over my tenure.

Residential Property Investment firm specializing in wholesaling and retailing single-family homes as well as offering buyer’s assistance preprograms and foreclosure workout services. ✔️ Responsible for Marketing, Finance, Administration, Property Acquisition, Property Improvement, Property Management, and overall Sales operations.✔️ Managed all aspects of marketing and overall sales operations by conducting research, assessing client needs, writing reports and sales copy, guiding marketing staff, and monitoring marketing campaign outcomes.✔️ Oversaw digital marketing campaign implementation and traffic management including creative print, advertising, and press opportunities.

At that time, BBVA was the 15th largest U.S. Commercial bank and operated 720 retail branches. ✔️ Responsible for leading projects for the Informational Infrastructure group which plans initiatives for the Enterprise Data Warehouse including warehouse enhancements, the development of financial data marts, interfaces with downstream systems, and the creation of BI reporting systems for all primary lines of business. ✔️ Responsible for a variety of efforts including Customer Analytics for all major lines of business, Commercial Daily Sales Tracking, Wealth Daily Sales Tracking, Retail Portfolio, and the Executive Information System (EIS).✔️ Partnered with cross-departmental teams initiating process improvements and software development to an Agile approach based on SCRUM while adhering to standard policies and compliance requirements.

Xcitek Solutions Plus is a software development company that produces software for the financial industry to process corporate actions. Corporate actions processing is primarily used to help brokers and financial advisors make informed investment decisions in response to a public company’s activity involving their securities. In this role, I served as the primary corporate advisor providing guidance and technical leadership for the planning and direction of our products and services. I served as the primary consultant and chief architect for the organization regarding the advancement of our corporate actions product suite (XSP) in terms of functional and architectural design, planning, day to day management, and budgeting.

ComplyNow was founded with the primary goal of designing, developing, and hosting software via the Internet to address compliance training requirements for companies that are held accountable primarily by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Direct responsibility for all activities in the Research and Development, Network Operations, and Support Services departments. Responsible for all corporate-wide strategic planning that includes the design, development, implementation, and support of our products.

Optimize is a software development company dedicated to innovative product development augmented by professional services including website design and development, graphics and print media development, and outsourced networking projects. I provided the primary leadership for the complete redesign of the ComplyNow product taking it from a client/server platform to a web-based SaaS model. The system provided online training in the area of compliance-related issues while also providing documentation management, incident management, facility auditing, and status report features that were unique in the industry. The product facilitated the spin-off of a new company, ComplyNow, Inc.

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Scan Optics, Inc. is a world leader in the field of document imaging and high-speed data capture. I was the manager of the Design Integration team, which is a part of the Professional Services/Systems Integration department. I was responsible for ensuring that all designs for the department were of the highest quality and produced in a timely manner. ✔️ Responsible for all activities of the Design Integration Department including the creation of the Functional and Detail Design specifications down to the field level for every system integration project undertaken at Scan Optics. ✔️ During my tenure in this position, we designed systems for the Kentucky Department of Revenue, Iowa Department of Revenue, Arkansas Department of Revenue, Louisiana Department of Revenue, Columbia House, California Employment and Book of the Month Club