I teach startups, small businesses, and college students how to brand and market themselves and their businesses. I also teach teachers how to effectively integrate social media into their classes to increase student engagement and build community and how to build their personal brands. Finally, I co-teach monthly workshops for #CreatingYou.Speaking engagements include:Hustle PHXSmall Business Marketing, September 2017Social Media Marketing for Start-ups: Getting Started, October 2017, May 2018, November 2018Marketing Strategy & Advertising for Small Business, November 2017Building Your Marketing Plan for a Small Business, March 2018, September 2018Knowing Your Customer for Start-ups, January 2019, September 2019Promotion & Sales Strategy for Start-ups, March 2019Chandler-Gilbert Community CollegeDay of Learning Breakout Session: The Effective Use of Social Media for Instructors & Their Classes, August 2019Center for Teaching and Learning Workshop: The Effective Use of Social Media for the Classroom, September 2019Maricopa County Community College District* The Learning and Engagement for Adjunct Development (LEAD) Conference Breakout Session: Using Social Media to Build Community in Face-to-Face, Online, and Hybrid Classes, September 2019* Maricopa Community Colleges Student Success Conference Breakout Session: Integrating Social Media to Improve Student Engagement, November 2019* Maricopa Community College District Faculty Convocation Breakout Session: Saying Yes to Social Media in the Classroom, January 2020

Specialized in sales and marketing for small business owners and helping serious business owners generate more clients, close more sales, and increase their overall revenue and profits. I offer: One-on-One Marketing Coaching and ConsultingWeekly Group Marketing Coaching

Teach MKT 110 Marketing Social Networking, CIS 103 Intro to Social Media, GBS 233 Business Communication, GBS 151 Intro to Business in hybrid, live online, and online formats using weekly class meetings, online discussions, and assignments via Canvas and Slack.MKT 110 covers the theory and practice in the use of social media in marketing and requires students to use many different social media platforms and tools in order to be able to practically apply the learnings of the course.CIS 103 introduces students to the world of social media, the role it plays, and how each of the main social media platforms functions.GBS 233 covers internal and external business communications, including verbal and nonverbal techniques.

Teach Principles of Marketing in an 8-week blended format (part online, part face-to-face) to traditional college students.

We offer social media and personal branding coaching, online personal branding course, and a monthly content subscription.We host a podcast - It's a Beautiful Influence - to help you learn how to build your influence online.So many people know what they want, but they don’t know how to get there or how to get attention on social media. It doesn’t matter what field you are in, Creating You expands not only your connections but your reach and attention in the community and even the world! Learn how to use your unique characteristics to build something you love!

Work with managing partners on branding and marketing strategy. Develop and manage social media strategy and plan and coordinate with interns to create content and execute on the social media plan.Skaled Sandbox is a collaborative and comprehensive business, education, and innovation ecosystem. Together with accredited technical and vocational education as well as the latest in cybersecurity, Skaled Sandbox offers an on-premises cyber war range and AI/VR technology. Further, small business lending services drive economic growth in the community we all live work and play in. As part of this effort, Skaled Sandbox has set aside a fund specifically designed to help support businesses in underdeveloped areas. Our goal is to drive economic growth in the community by providing tools for success to those who want quick, relevant and accredited training and providing direct in house assistance finding high-growth and high-paying jobs and building thriving businesses. Skaled Sandbox is community and economy driven. Our mission is to greatly impact the local community for good by focusing on reverse engineering relevant education, workforce and economic development, technological innovation, and business venture development. We believe that by bringing technology partners into our ecosystem and the community, providing education and training to prepare people for lucrative and sustainable jobs, and supporting early-stage technology companies in their growth, we will achieve our mission.

As department chair, I oversaw the hiring of all faculty for the business department, scheduling the classes for the business department, and all curriculum changes and additions. This included an average of 10 on-campus faculty members and 22 classes per semester.I also designed and launched the marketing program, management program, accounting minor, and marketing minor. I was heavily involved in designing the curriculum for and completing the application for the Higher Learning Commission in order to add an MBA program. I helped bring on several new classes as well.Furthermore, I was the advisor for more than 200 students each semester and mentored dozens on a one-on-one basis. I brought dozens of internship and job opportunities to my students and alumni, and regularly helped students with their resumes, job search, and job advice. I was a part of the Career Services Task Force, the Study Abroad Committee, and helped bring connections to the university for adding new programs.As a professor, I designed and taught the following classes:Advertising & PromotionMarketing ManagementSocial Media MarketingBusiness CapstoneI also taught Principles of Marketing for six semesters.I brought in multiple high-level and influential people as guest speakers and was able to provide my students the opportunity to work on real life projects for Arizona Christian University, non-profit organizations, and local businesses.

Designed and taught Social Media Marketing for the first time it was offered at the university. This class is an overview and introduction to social media marketing, where students learn the relevance and importance of these tools to new and emerging marketing processes, as well as how they integrate with the marketing plan as a whole.Taught Principles of Marketing, which is an introduction to the basic concepts and strategies employed in marketing products, services, and ideas in a free economy and society.Taught Selling and Sales Management, which is a study of the process involved in personal selling and the management of the sales force.

my1218apps offers smart and affordable mobile solutions for membership-based organizations. Was part of the launch of a custom app called myCLUBapp for membership-based organizations. As part of the 1218 team, I was responsible for developing new business in Arizona. http://www.my1218apps.com/

Manage and lead website, social media and collateral projects for a variety of clients, including a small hotel group, a real estate firm and several non-profit organizations. Manage and maintain social media pages, blogs and websites for Brandastic and various clients. Update text, images and links via WordPress.Coordinate with and direct designers, programmers and copywriters to complete projects for clients.

Managed multiple accounts, including an international hotel group, large automotive client and several non-profit clients. Handled account planning, budget management, web and print production and vendor relationships.Led a variety of projects, including brand development and identity projects, website development and maintenance, online and interactive advertising, collateral, annual reports and print ads.Aided in strategic planning, account planning, copy editing and proofreading for select clients. Helped grow existing clients’ business and retained existing clients.

Managed the Southwest Region of the Verizon Wireless account, as well as Music and Youth Sponsorships. Coordinated and led a large volume of projects through the agency by working closely with traffic, production and creative departments. Projects included newspaper advertising, sponsorship ads, outdoor advertising, point of sale, promotional items and retail event flyers. Led a large music campaign for two years that involved developing and producing Verizon Wireless branded outdoor signage, indoor signage and various promotional items for several music venues across the Western United States.

* Managed key mortgage and automotive accounts. Supervised and coordinated direct mail, TV and radio campaigns.* Involved in strategic planning, account planning and copywriting for several clients.* Managed sales team and overall office operations; selected new vendors and maintained vendor relationships.

Met or exceeded quota every month. Performed consultative selling and generated add-on and new business via telesales, referrals, and qualified leads. Analyzed client needs, gave presentations, and developed business solutions.Retained existing subscribers using superior customer service and knowledge of wireless industry.

Top sales person in my department four times and met or exceeded quota monthly.Generated new business and add-on business by cross selling and up selling to existing accounts.Developed sales solutions for clients by using creative sales and marketing strategies.