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Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Responsible for leading the development and implementation of the vision, mission and strategic plan of the organization, including:- Team development.- Establishing strategic partnerships and commercial arrangements with promotors, creative talent, producers and operators.- Leading operations and overseeing the development of creative initiatives.- Budgeting, capital raising and financial management.- Connecting ideas, resources and creative talent to bring projects to life.

Partnering with leadership teams of emerging growth internet, media and technology companies to build leading businesses and maximize value for customers, employees and shareholders.- Helping to identify and access new or untapped markets and business opportunities. - Gathering insights, providing strategic perspectives, and developing unique value propositions and models for success. - Developing tactical roadmaps and supporting the implementation of programs and initiatives to drive business growth and revenues. - Linking strategy with execution and introducing process-driven execution management solutions to achieve business objectives. - Building meaningful business relationships and strategic partnerships to drive new business, revenues and profitability.- Planning and syndicating investments and working with leadership teams and business partners to build future value and path to liquidity.

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Engaging in a change management process with the Vossler leadership team to turn Vossler from a commercial work-for-hire production company into an impact media business that develops and distributes its own content via direct channels and strategic distribution partners. Primarily responsible for strategy execution management, my responsibilities included:- Developing frameworks and roadmaps for change.- Organizational design and process implementation.- Project formulation and capital raising for projects. - Ensuring change initiatives align with organisational goals and fostering a positive organisational culture. - Aligning team efforts and strategic initiatives within an organisation and coordinating with the senior leadership team to drive projects forward.- Building cross functional relationships with key stakeholders on projects to deliver to timelines.- Filtering all information of the Leadership Team and CEO with clarity and consistency to the rest of the organisation.- Working with the senior leadership team to produce company internal and external messaging.

Long Beach, California, Us

Strategized and operationalized Concannon XR as the new Enterprise VR & AR practice for Concannon Business Consulting Group. Developed the business model, vision, strategy, value propositions and direction for the firm. Built the core operating team and negotiated strategic partnerships with selected hardware and software providers. Designed and implemented operational processes, systems and support infrastructure. Positioned and launched the business to serve as XR technology advisory and solutions provider to Fortune 2000 companies with a focus on immersive learning experiences and remote support solutions.

Dana Point, California, Us

Venthio is a brand and business development agency. John provided strategic advisory and consulting services to the company and clients including research, branding, go-to-market and marketing strategy assignments . John successfully managed the development and implementation of communication initiatives across multiple channels and platforms including online, SEO, SEM, social, print and video. John served as chief strategist and client partner for the firm, serving well-funded start-ups and privately owned / PE backed companies including emerging technology, financial services, insurance and manufacturing businesses.

Founded the company as extension of MCD Group in South Africa to create an international business presence and strategic service offering. Worked with associates and business partners to provide strategy consulting, marketing, business development and communications solutions to small and mid-size companies (start-ups to $250M in annual revenue) including insurance, manufacturing, emerging technology and food services businesses. Also served corporate divisions in healthcare with strategic branding and communications solutions.

Founded MCD in 2003 and developed the company into a leading marketing and communications group offering Strategy, Creative Services, Technology Development and Print Managed Services to clients. Built and enjoyed deep partnership relationships with the top financial services companies in South Africa, helping them achieve their growth, marketing and customer engagement objectives by delivering research based strategies, marketing programs and technology solutions. Our creativity, innovation, work ethic and dedication to client success resulted in exponential growth in customer engagement, loyalty and profitability for the companies we served, and we were fortunate to serve and retain significant client relationships for extended periods of time, ranging from 5-15 years. Sold the company to management in 2016. The company is still a successful firm to this day, serving many of the same and other clients with great success.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Marketing & Communication Studies