Jake Walker Email & Phone Number

Portland, Or, Us

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Portland, Oregon Area

Portland, Oregon Area

Portland, Oregon Area

Portland, Oregon Area

I build dashboards and provide ad-hoc analysis using business intelligence software on large relational databases for both clients and internal teams with a focus on providing value through actionable recommendations. I work with our data services manager to ensure necessary instrumentation and data collection is put in place and ETL processes are set up to pull the data to our datamart.

Highlights: Product management, account management, online and print marketing, SQL database management, data analysis, web content and design, email marketing, taking on responsibility and solving problems.My work at Velosum has progressed quite a bit over time. I was originally hired as a Marketing Associate from work I completed for Velosum while with my USTAR internship. I quickly worked up to Marketing Manager and worked on brand development, web site content, web analytics, email marketing, press releases, trade show preparation, and investor presentations. During this time I learned to use the Adobe Creative Suite to design marketing materials. As I grew in the company, I took on more responsibility and my job morphed into more of a technical role. I designed technical documents for our customers and users. I created and presented numerous product training and product demos. I managed the technical aspects of our product and I worked with both the Sales Reps and the Engineering team to solve problems and create better systems though the company. As the company's needs continued to change, I again altered my role. As the Director of Operations I oversee product management, account management, data gathering, analysis and interpretation using SQL. Plus, I oversee software development for the company and successfully launched a new design of our application for Android devices. I look forward to continuing to evolve my role and provide more benefit to our customers and the company.

Highlights: I ran highly technical lessons in a dynamic environment. I researched and executed a well thought out marketing plan to grow online business. Loved life. I really wanted an adventure. I was a couple of years out of my MBA and working for Velosum when I saw a post for kite boarding instructor at Wind Over Water. What could be a more perfect adventure - teaching kite boarding in the most amazing city with the hooked in legend, Jeff Kafka. I restructured my job with Velosum to work remotely on my own time and moved with my wife and two year old daughter to Pacifica. I would wake early to complete my remote Velosum work, teach kite boarding lessons using jet skis from noon to 6 PM, get home to fly my paraglider off the bluff in front of our apartment until sunset, have diner with my family, and then work on marketing for Wind Over Water until late. It didn't leave a lot of time, but I completed a new website built from the ground up on Drupal. I used my SEO research from the website to re-engineer the Google Adwords account which dropped our CPC by nearly 50% and increased our CTR by over 30%. I also worked with Yelp, Google, Living Social, Groupon, to promote the business. It was great to be part of a business that customers love - even the newsletter email campaign had stellar open rates. At the end of the summer, my wife's bachelor degree was calling and we returned to Utah where I picked back up to full time at Velosum. I still work closely with Wind Over Water on both marketing consulting and snow kiting instruction here in Utah. And I still would love to return to the Bay someday.

Highlights: business plan creation, financial modeling, presentations. Working at the Lassonde Entrepreneur Center was a highlight of my MBA course. I was selected from my group of peers to work on commercializing breakthrough technologies developed at the University of Utah. I was on a two person team that created a business plan, financial models, and an investor presentation. Our presentation won the University of Utah business plan competition, Opportunity Quest, and was honored in the top five of the statewide competition.

Highlights: business analysis of numberous companies, fast paced business creation, business plan writing, investor presentations, consulting. USTAR is an organization created by the State of Utah to commercialize technology from the research universities in Utah and provide outreach and assistance to Utah entrepreneurs. My job was to vet potential businesses, ideas, and entrepreneurs and determine if we could help, and perform any task to help. My two major achievements included writing a business plan in 48 hours for a company to pitch to angel investors - resulting in seed funding of $750K; and working on the creation of a specialized business incubator for biotech start ups.One of my minor projects included building a case study for Velosum - which later hired me on.

Wrote business plan and obtained $15,000 for the purchase of capital equipment Built brand image and marketing materials for distributionOrganized tow clinics throughout the surrounding states

Mba, Entrepreneurship

B.S, Business Administration

Mba David Eccles School, Business; Business Development And Marketing Focus

Completed semester-long consulting project for Macall Management Performed market research complete with professional focus group.