GDX Studios (formerly Grandesign) prides ourselves on being persistent in our mission, delivering press-worthy engagement marketing events and starting the cultural conversation. As an award winning brand experience agency our extensive list of experiential case studies ranging from large scale events and festivals to smaller pop up shops and street teams.Our team in San Diego, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Orlando New York and Boston consists of producers, designers, innovators and solution seekers. As a brand experience agency, from paper to production, we carefully handcraft and execute press worthy experiential events. Whether it’s a pop up activation or taking your brand’s vision to the next level, GDX Studios has your back.

Cadence is an event production agency that designs and builds impactful brand experiences. We are a group of strategic thinkers, designers, event planning and logistics gurus. We specialize in corporate meetings and trade shows, consumer brand activations, and custom fabrication. Our passion is bringing people together, creating unforgettable moments, and exceeding your event goals. We put you, the client, at the center of everything we do. If you are looking for a partner who believes no challenge is too great, you are here.For more than 20 years, Cadence has been a leader in strategizing and producing inspiring live events that transform and elevate global brands. We pride ourselves on long-term relationships with our valued clients as we continue to out-do our capabilities and customer service year after year.

Go-to market distribution and marketing leader of a mobile marketing PaaS application for hospitality and retail merchants. The CityCheers app can integrate with POS systems offering a free solution that allows patrons to view running tabs on their smartphones, pay and leave - eliminating the "paper dance," flipping tables faster and improving the patron experience.

Independent contractor delivering over 25 years of consulting insights from work experience involving television, radio and digital advertising, production, sponsorship, brand integration, network distribution, CPG client representation and custom software development.

Consulting responsibilities included leveraging proven sales and marketing expertise to build a new sales/marketing department. Successfully generated +5M in custom software development opportunities through development of marketplace presence and key strategies in non-profit, educational and corporate markets.Founded in 1998 by software engineers, Breakthrough Technologies (BT) builds web applications, websites, mobile applications, and enterprise solutions to address a wide variety of complex problems. Our product is your project. Smart, cross-functional teams work closely with client partners to continuously realize value. BT delivers such a variety of solutions that it is sometimes hard to explain what we do. Yet, this breadth and depth of experience is what makes us invaluable. We combine proven and emerging technologies with innovative thinking and high-functioning teams. Collaboration and transparency is part of our DNA. Through our extensive experience, and a process with a deep spirit of partnership, we understand the unique challenges you face. Throughout our company’s continued growth, we have completed over 800 projects ranging in value from $10,000 to $10 million, and our work has been recognized by organizations such as Technology in Motion, Inc5000, Crain's Fast 50, the CODiE Awards, and the Stevie Awards. Our focus is open-source solutions and modular, forward-thinking architecture. We leverage proven platforms, such as Drupal, TAO, and Jaspersoft. We also deliver .NET, Cloud Services, and other end-to-end services. We are 100% based in the U.S. with offices north of Chicago, Illinois, right next to Northwestern University.

Responsibilities included consultation on developing sales and a national brand presence within the Chicago Bears, Cubs and White Sox Radio Networks play-by-play broadcasts, CBS Radio digital properties and onsite activations.CBS RADIO is one of the largest major-market broadcast media operators in the United States and the undisputed leader in news and sports radio. CBS RADIO produces original audio and video content, live events and exclusive programming distributed on-air, online and on mobile platforms. A division of CBS Corporation, CBS RADIO owns 117 radio stations in 26 markets – including all of the top 10 radio markets as ranked by Nielsen Audio – as well as an extensive array of digital assets. CBS RADIO distributes its programming via AM, FM and HD Radio stations, Radio.com™ and CBS Local Digital Media apps, making engaging with audiences easier than ever before. For more information on CBS RADIO, please visit www.cbsradio.com.

Responsibilities included achieving NBC Sports Group national advertising sales goals for NBC Sports, NBC Sports Network, Golf Channel and NHL Network.NBC Sports and NBCSN are dedicated to serving passionate sports fans. Together, the Emmy Award-winning networks are the home of the Summer and Winter Olympics, National Hockey League, Premier League, Formula One, IndyCar, Tour de France, Premier Boxing Champions and NASCAR. NBC broadcasts award-winning sporting events such as Sunday Night Football, the Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup, the PGA Tour, and the Olympic Summer and Winter Games. NBCSN features hockey, motor sports, soccer, college sports, cycling, horse racing, rugby, and the Olympic Games. NBCSN is in more than 85 million homes and is distributed via cable systems and satellite operators throughout the United States. Our state-of-the-art 300,000 square foot facility headquartered in Stamford, CT on a thirty-three acre campus brings NBC Sports, NBC Sports Network, NBC Olympics, NBC Sports Digital, and NBC Regional Networks all under one roof.

Responsibilities included achieving national advertising sales goals at Comcast Network Sales for Versus (previously OLN/now NBC Sports Network), Golf Channel and G4. Interdepartmental collaboration to leverage sales with E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, AZN and PBS Kids Sprout. Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) is the country's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services. CNS oversees advertising sales for Comcast's national networks including E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, G4, OLN, Golf Channel AZN, PBS Kids Sprout, and Select On Demand.

Responsibilities included achieving national advertising sales goals for FX, National Geographic Channel and FOX Movie Channel.Fox Cable Networks (FCN) includes 36 domestic programming services in which News Corporation holds interests. Together these networks reach more than 550 million subscribing television homes and represent one of the media industry’s largest and most diverse programming groups. Fox Cable Networks span FX, National Geographic Channel, Fox Reality Channel, Fox Movie Channel, Fuel TV, FSN and 19 regional cable sports networks, SPEED, Fox Soccer Channel, Fox College Sports, Fox Sports en Español and the Big Ten Network (co-venture with the Big Ten Conference). FCN also includes Fox Sports Enterprises, which manages interests in sports franchises and leading statistical information provider STATS, LLC.

Responsibilities 1999-2002 included achieving national advertising and sponsorship sales goals.Responsibilities 1995-1998 included achieving affiliate sales goals, managing affiliate marketing budgets and training local advertising representatives to monetize network carriage.Golf Channel is a multimedia, golf entertainment and services company based in Orlando, Fla. Golf Channel is available in more than 120 million homes in 83 countries worldwide and 12 languages worldwide. Exclusive partnerships with the world’s top tours allow Golf Channel to feature more live golf coverage than all other networks combined, as well as a programming schedule distinguished by golf’s highest-quality news, instruction and original programming. Golf Channel’s digital platforms, led by GolfChannel.com, are the leading golf destinations online, delivering unmatched coverage of the world of golf, as well as services that connect the world to golf.

Responsibilities included territory retail management of brands including Dannon, Tropicana, Nestle and Nabisco, and strategic plan-o-gram development/implementation encompassing the entire state of Florida.Founded in 1927, Acosta has grown from a local food broker to become the leading outsourced sales and marketing agency serving consumer packaged goods companies and retailers across the United States and Canada.Acosta offers a truly integrated approach that engages shoppers at every point along the path to purchase and ensures that our clients’ products are strategically positioned to most effectively convert consumers in store. It also offers support services that help clients drive innovation and achieve cost savings.