Jerome Young Email & Phone Number

Rocklin, Ca, Us

Attract Jobs NOW is a Boutique Executive, Technical and Diversity Sourcing Agency specializing in engaging passive candidates. • Strong ability to understand technical positions and the candidates with the most effective background, technical skills and personality to excel in positions. • Strong ability to engage and source strong Diversity candidates. • Outstanding ability to drive offer process including managing candidate expectations and closing candidates. • Proven ability to source and close technical candidates who are US Citizens or Green Card holders. • Extensive national network and database of technical and diversity talent.• Developed a broad knowledge of programming languages, web technologies, software development processes and emerging technologies through successful technical searches.Serve as an expert contributor for Forbes Magazine and featured on MSNBC.com, FOX News, Good Day Sacramento etc.A few Forbes.com articles•The Brawl In The Bay For The Best Software Engineers - https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeromeyoung/2013/09/24/the-brawl-in-the-bay-for-the-best-software-engineers/#2f0fc7685936•How To Write A Resume Summary Section That Gets Jobs Interviews https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeromeyoung/2011/06/27/how-to-write-a-resume-summary-section-that-gets-interviews/#64e8c6f9680c•5 Critical Steps to Find a New Job Fast! https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeromeyoung/2011/06/13/5criticalsteps/#7db66ec62b4b•Forbes Article - 5 Ways To Win A Job Using LinkedIn https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeromeyoung/2011/08/09/linkedin/#77abd9a1b256• Smart Hiring Tips For Tech Startup Success - https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeromeyoung/2014/10/21/smart-hiring-tips-for-tech-startup-success/#179109fb16c7• The Perils of Hiring Large Staffing Agencies - https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeromeyoung/2014/10/27/the-perils-of-hiring-large-staffing-agencies/#45c489ac4fa8

Increased sales of the flagship product, IronScale and dedicated server offerings through market research and opportunity assessments of future features and product offerings.Positive Results •Created business case which enabled StrataScale to be accepted into Microsoft’s ISV & SaaS Incubation Program which will increase sales within that vertical.•Created StrataScale Employee Leads Program, which provides current employees with an incentive to promote the company’s services to friends to increase sales. •Conducted competitive analysis and utilized secondary market research including case studies and white papers to ensure that StrataScale solutions were appropriately positioned in the market in terms of pricing and the messaging of the value proposition to target markets •Provided sales team with social networking training to enable them to increase sales though the use of LinkedIn and other social mediums. •Assessed the financial opportunity and potential demand of new features to the server offerings to ensure sales and profitability would increase with investments in new features.

Houston, Texas, Us

Created Market Requirements Documents (MRDs), marketing strategy, messaging, website content and programs, customer support documentation, reseller program and marketing collateral. Conducted competitive analysis, software beta testing program, and product presentations/demonstrations at industry events. Trained sales force and customer support team. Managed client support vendor for optimal service, call volume reduction, and satisfaction/loyalty. Managed sales personnel selling special version of software to real estate multiple listing services. Positive Results•Conducted market requirements research including market surveys, focus groups and in depth interviews to ensure the software would be customer centric and intuitive resulting in the launch of a successful software product in 2004 (developed screeners, managed recruiting, created discussion guides, conducted interviews, communicated findings to engineers and management) •Increased year over year sales of Real Estate Marketing Assistant Software 45% with the creation and implementation of a marketing plan and go to market strategy•Increased sales of printers, ink and paper by creating a software bundling strategy with printers domestically and internationally, providing greater value to customers and greater revenue to HP.•Created and implemented Multiple Listing Service (MLS) partnership program, which resulted in sales of bundles of 300 copies of software per order, which greatly increased software market share and revenue•Designed, distributed and analyzed customer satisfaction surveys and questionnaires that provided actionable customer feedback for revenue generating product/service changes. The success of these products in terms of revenue generated and profitability validated the potential of the SMB market resulting in HP purchasing www.LogoWorks.com to increase revenue and profitability in this space.

Mba, Marketing & Strategy

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