Jim Roddy Email & Phone Number

Raleigh, Nc, Us

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

As the Vice President of Marketing and a Business Advisor for the RSPA, I lead with the association's content efforts and provide business coaching to members. I work closely with the RSPA team to build demand creation programs, position marketing efforts, and enhance RSPA brand awareness. I'm helping the RSPA continue to evolve as a high-value, low-cost consultant working on behalf of its members.HONORS- Named one of the world's Top 100 Retail Influencers by RETHINK Retail- Named a Leading CannaTech Influencer by 420MSP- "The Trusted Advisor" podcast, powered by the RSPA, has been named one of "The 100 Best Channel Podcasts" by Forrester Research

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

• Past Chairman of the Board and Board Member for national small business organization serving resellers of retail, grocery, and hospitality technologies• Former Marketing Committee Chair, Vendor Working Group Chair, and Membership Committee Co-Chair• Past member of Education and Certification Committee, Endowment Committee, and Membership Committee• Education session presenter at RetailNOW and for RSPA webinars• Moderator for RetailNOW and Inspire Industry Expert panels and Strategy Sessions

"The Walk-On Method to Career & Business Success" features 31 underdog athletes who parlayed their college experience into habits that led to career success. Ordinary people will accomplish extraordinary feats when their energy is properly channeled! "Hire Like You Just Beat Cancer" features hiring lessons, interview best practices, and recruiting strategies for managers through the perspective of a cancer-surviving manager. Available in paperback format, the book includes detailed examples and time-tested hiring best practices you can implement immediately at your organization."On The Edge with Jim Roddy" is designed to inform, entertain, and inspire VARs (value-added resellers) and ISVs (independent software vendors). On The Edge features content that provides you with exclusive channel and business insights from Worldpay's PaymentsEdge Advisory Services. Content wasn't generated in an ivory tower or conference room. Our source for insight is the leading edge of our channel: reseller and ISV war stories from Worldpay partners, best practices learned (usually the hard way) during Jim Roddy's 25 years as a business leader and manager, business-focused books recommended by successful channel leaders, plus trends and news from industry trade shows and conferences.

Jim Roddy, Coach & Business Advisor: Jim works with high-initiative, growth-oriented organizations to help them uncover their blind spots with customers, employees, and business best practices. Then he applies his 25+ years of business management experience, executive leadership, and industry expertise to help them get better.Jim has been named a Top 100 Retail Influencer by RETHINK Retail.

Radio/TV Broadcaster -- Color Commentator and Play-by-Play (Nov. 1997-Mar. 2005)Gannon Hoops Blog (Jan. 2009-May 2019)

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

• Responsible for strategy, vision, planning, and execution for Worldpay’s PaymentsEdge Advisory Services for reseller and software developer partners• Advised VARs and ISVs in the point of sale channel to help them uncover blind spots with customers, employees, and business best practices• Successfully launched new services for VARs/ISVs including Customer Health Checkup merchant surveys, Strategy Sessions, Accountability Workshops, Communication Workshops, and Customer Service Workshops• In two annual partner surveys, PaymentsEdge Advisory Services received a 100% customer satisfaction rating, a 9.35 rating (on a 0 to 10 scale), and Net Promoter Scores of +69 (2017) and +92 (2018)• Connected Worldpay partners to resources that helped them adapt to the recurring revenue business model• Developed “Guiding Principles for Growing the Value of a POS Reseller/ISV”• Merchandised the Guiding Principles document via a series of reseller-focused webinars (500+ unique registrants)• Launched “On the Edge with Jim Roddy,” a blog dedicated to sharing best practices in the POS channel (900+ subscribers, all acquired organically)• Published the book "On the Edge with Jim Roddy: Practical Advice for High-Initiative, Growth-Oriented VARs and ISVs"• Created the “On the Edge” podcast to help Worldpay market to millennials• Designed, executed, and published the annual “POS Channel KPI Study,” the largest KPI study in retail IT channel history with 152 reseller/ISV companies sharing data in 2018• Designed, executed, and published “PaymentsEdge Advisory Services Special Report: Automation Software Reshaping the POS Channel”• Requested to speak at conferences for NCR, Lavu, NCC, RPOWER, ServingIntel, and PAR/Brink, and at industry conferences RetailNOW, Inspire, VARTECH, Retail IT VAR of the Future, and BlueStar’s Innovative Solutions Tour• Contributed online columns to Entrepreneur, Nasdaq, Due, and Money Inc, exposing Worldpay to an international small business audience

• Responsible for strategy, vision, and planning for multi-million dollar organization• Advisor and steering committee member for multi-million dollar sister company• Jameson was listed among the “Best Publishing Companies To Work For” in the U.S. by Publishing Executive Magazine• Established multiple operational systems that improved efficiencies• Developed effective policies and procedures for sales, operations, and human resources• Implemented and maintained a hiring system that significantly reduced employee turnover• Created and facilitated a leadership program that increased employee performance, engagement, and retention• Participated in all phases of launching a branch office in Pittsburgh and purchasing/organizing a sister company in Philadelphia• Redesigned, upgraded, and relaunched the company website on two occasions• Installed and maintained effective social media best practices• Researched and selected suppliers that would best serve the company• Initiated the launch of several revenue-increasing and profit-increasing products including Channel Transitions VAR/MSP Executive Conferences, the Retail IT VAR of the Future Conference, ISV IQ Live! Conferences, a webinar program, a custom content division, and the Business Solutions Best Channel Vendors special edition• Helped Business Solutions earn the RSPA’s Gold Vendor of Excellence Award five times and the 2014 RSPA Gold Medallion Award for overall best vendor• Educational presenter on hiring and management best practices at national trade shows and IT industry user conferences• Regularly requested to moderate keynote panel discussions featuring executives from HP, NCR, IBM, Ingram Micro, and other multi-billion dollar companies• Interviewed best-selling business authors Chip Heath and Michael Gerber; at the request of Mr. Gerber, hosted with him a series of channel-focused webinars and podcasts that attracted 1,000+ VAR/ISV executives

Publisher of SportsLook magazine and the Millcreek Independent Beacon newspaper