Jacob Gardner Email & Phone Number

Wynwood, Fl

The Waking Hearts community promotes local Artists and Musicians in Miami's Wynwood Arts District as a stage for engagement with an internationally diverse audience. It is our vision that we cohesively lead and catalyze a unifying cultural shift in Miami.Through this project, I have been accomplished the following- Uniting artists and bringing our Waking Artists’ projects to life. - Create connections between ideas, people, and art.- Promote local artists, promote entrepreneurship- Leading a Cultural Shift in Miami.- Manage artist vocational development and entrepreneurship.- Create non-profit programs for service to the community through art.- Establish a collaborative value system for an artist alliance and future art movement.- Also responsible for: Audio and Visual Production support, Organizational development, Art promotion, event management and marketing, community development and engagement, brand and culture creation, project management, creative direction, and consulting.

Wynwood, Fl

• Produce immersive art events benefiting a charitable cause, while providing a platform for local artists to develop and sell to new collectors• Research and target marketing towards selected collectors and galleries during Art Basel Week• Launch and maintain digital platforms for Artist brand

Wynwood, Fl

Owner-operator of an 11,000 sq.ft. CEO Sacred Space for co-working and Creative Arts incubation. A former industrial Glitter Factory warehouse remodeled as an incubator think tank for Global Citizens to connect, learn, and develop using emerging technologies and beyond! BioHacking and Cognitive Enhancing practices and meditations such as Yoga, natural healthful diets, and daily exercises.• Artists & Musician development, specializing in Audio and Visual innovative design.

Woodside, Ca

Directed and Managed a Wellness Retreat Center, focused on exploring and adapting emerging modalities of BioHacking and cognitive enhancement combined with ancient practices of meditation, yoga, healthful eating and much more.

Palo Alto, California, United States

Developing teams and events between the devs and the local Silicon Valley community.

Palo Alto, California

• Design and produced engaging community events and immersive experiences focused on emerging technologies such as AI, Blockchain, FinTech (Crypto), Machine Learning, and Decentralized Systems• Create and promote an exciting collaborative community culture between Entrepreneurs, Engineers, Founders and Investors.• Managed and maintained property inside and out. Consulted with Interior Designers for Art exhibit installations and AV immersive tech.

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Research and Development for innovating a 3rd-generation precious metal fabrication and design studio.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Marketed, promoted, and closed sales from clients; including upselling and cross selling• Identified opportunities to grow business with existing clients• Assisted with challenging client requests and developed resolutions for emergent issues• Coordinated with co-workers to ensure consistent service• Managed projects within client relationships, to meet client & company goals• Developed and delivered value-based sales proposals to client RFP• Forecast and maintain account metrics to anticipate clients needs

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Oversee the tasks of technical service personnel while ensuring all are actively working towards common goal within deadlines• Provided technicians & clients with in-field strategic solution support • Research and evaluate hardware options and weigh the cost/benefit analysis• Identify product improvements and new product approvals by maintaining knowledge base of manufacture innovations and industry trends

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Deployed and monitored back office server, telephone systems, Windows infrastructure, directly supporting internal staff workstations and laptops• Provided technical support for both hardware and software issues• Ensure security of data, network access and backup systems• Identifying and acting on opportunities to improve and update software and systems• Admin infrastructure, including firewalls, databases and other processes• Conducting regular system audits and maintaining organizational policy

International Business

International Business