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West Valley City, Utah, Us

🔹Marketing Leadership: Elevated brand presence by launching two product families with fresh branding. Sales reached a six-year high, driven by FOMO -- we saw 5x increase in event activation attendance. And people eagerly waited up to 2 hours to experience our cutting-edge firearms.🔹Content Production: Produced captivating videos, both hands-on and by directing others, that redefined shooting as an extreme sport. These videos amassed over 4 million views, and new subscribers per video increased 10x. Desert Tech manufactures sniper rifles, ammunition, and silencers used by special forces and law enforcement.As Head of Marketing reporting to the CEO, I oversaw the creation and execution of digital strategy, social media, brand & product marketing, marcomm, and content production. My leadership over a branding update led to a 30% increase in trade show traffic, and sales rocketed to a 6-year record.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Santander Bank, CFO.com & Oracle/NetSuite. Strategic white paper and web content creation. Stories on business and finance for B2B and consumer audiences.As a financial writer and thought leader, I authored content on a wide range of topics, including ESG and impact investing, alternative investments, derivatives, mergers & acquisitions (M&A), corporate development, leadership, and personal wealth management.I brought a unique point of view from my experiences as a financial executive who managed $3 billion in revenue. And I also leveraged interviews with industry experts, secondary research, and my own insights from crafting business plans. For example, I helped a company that successfully raised $250 million in venture funding.

Boston, Ma, Us

New York Life Investments & Glenmede. Writer of thought leadership and strategic branded content. SEO targeted stories on ESG investing, sustainable investing, and impact investing for retail investors.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Accenture Interactive, BAMKO (bamko.net), Pathmatics, Physicians Insurance, Think Together. New client pitches, corporate video, branded content, digital OOH, and website GIFs. Consumer and B2B facing.

Beverly Hills, California, Us

TV commercials, branded content, digital OOH, direct response, and social media content. Creative direction and project management of 2D/3D animation, virtual production, copywriting, MoGFX, VFX, video editing, storyboards, previz /animatics & sound design. Built internal and remote creative teams. Developed program to onboard and enrich talent and increase collaboration.

Seattle, Washington, Us

ImpactAlpha and Private Equity Wire, Directed live-action corporate, promotional, and e-learning videos. Wrote thought leadership, newsletter, blog, & feature articles for shareholder reports. Covering fintech, agtech, impact investing, and sustainable investing for institutional and accredited investors.

Amazon Echo - designed product documentation (for client IMI Productions).bgc3 (Bill Gates personal brand) - ghost-writer for the GatesNotes.National Audubon Society - produced videos on climate change education for teens.Smithsonian Museum Affiliate - directed an award-winning documentary. Union Gospel Mission - produced a promotional video, branding, and award-winning logo design.Moxie Media (Political consultant) - web design for LGBTQA advocacy. Freightwing - Secured $1.5 million bank line. Positioned company for sale to Ridge Corp. Alipse - Structured $15 million private placement presented to past-President of Visa.

Microsoft. Produced and edited instructional videos on Sharepoint, PowerPoint, Power BI, and more.

Redmond, Wa, Us

Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks, Harman Automotive. Directed live-action and managed budget & timelines from pre to post. Roles of increasing responsibility: Creative Director, Creative Producer, Video Editor.Created and pitched treatments.

Orinda, Ca, Us

UBS Impact Group, Calvert Research & Management, Unitus Ventures (a Bill Gates-backed fund), Global Partnerships (GP). Founded and chaired the Impact Investment Committee for Keiretsu Forum, the world's largest angel investor network. Generated $750,000+ seed capital in year 1, alone. Built a community of like-minded accredited investors through strategic communications. Established strategic relationships with leading investment firms.

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With the financial backing of Vantage Point Capital Partners and Rizvi Traverse we gained development rights for the $1.4 Billion wireless network built by Metricom. I used design-thinking to drive marketing strategy and program management to reactivate the network. I also wrote our business plan and had oversight for corporate development & financial planning/analysis so we could sell the business. I led PwC (then Diamond Management & Technology Consultants) in determining which markets to prioritize and EarthLink highlighted this work in their due diligence of Ricochet.

With the backing of Vantage Point Capital Partners to build a $3.5 Billion nationwide optical network, I implemented design-thinking to ensure profitability and create new products to stand apart from the competition. My new product grew leads over 50%. Because I was favored to become COO, I orchestrated a 4-way multilateral budget negotiation with 13 different-minded, senior executives from Qwest, Nortel, Lucent, Level3, Sprint and Williams – and we reached accord.

Houston, Texas, Us

I was hired to fix a poorly managed company with mixed profitability. I secured approval authority over all deals, 14 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas. I evangelized a progressive new corporate trading policy and essentially gained unanimous approval. As the company grew, my annual revenues grew 2x to $3 billion and gross profit margin increased over 50%. I spearheaded a trading controls department that saved 75% in IT costs. I was a key advisor on 7 M&A due diligences, 5 were completed and I managed their integration. My role escalated and I reported to the Vice Chairman, Bill Morgan.As Co-President of the marketing company, I oversaw Risk Management and Trading, with P&L responsibility for all deals (thousands of transactions per day). Under my leadership, gross margins increased by 50%.

Bs, Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Mit Joint Program

High School Diploma, Cum Laude