Kyle Walkenhorst Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

Los Angeles, California, US

• B2B Business Development | Consultative Sales, Purposeful Brand Storytelling, Digital Publishing, and Surefire Sales Enablement
• Formed from a network of expert creatives and business strategists developed over 30 years in Tech, Publishing, Media & Entertainment, Finance and Travel & Tourism.
• Unmatched talent network of 250+ vetted creative and sales professionals with the expertise to make a difference for our clients.

London, England, GB

• Develop new clients from fast growing startups to enterprise brands in the Technology, Media and Entertainment, and Consumer Electronics sectors.
• Managed a territory for B2B and B2C broadcast tech titles including TV Tech, TVB Europe, TWICE, Residential Systems, and trade events CES, NAB and IBC.
• Craft engaging campaigns that deliver results including all aspects of the marketing toolbox and deliver complete custom storytelling and strategic creative services.
• Launched new territory with zero business and grew it to over 40 new accounts in 15 months.

Los Angeles, California, US

• B2B Brand Publishing and Marketing Services company. Established a culture of high-performance, transparency, and continuous improvement by leading and managing diverse teams. Accountable for strategy, sales, sales.
• Grew customer base from 0 to 40 clients, achieving annual gross sales of $25M in five years.
• Founder of Sprocket Pro Creative Staffing to serve client needs. Delivered outstanding services and growth adding three major clients in the second year including Sony Pictures Entertainment, Fujitsu, and Morgan Stanley.
• . Orchestrated the development and go-to-market plan for Digarati, a Digital Community Engagement Platform using AI and Machine Learning to connect and engage targeted communities. Closed five new clients and 460K net.
• Developed advertising and sponsored content sales for Dell Power Solutions magazine 187% in the first year and launched Dell World event for Dell customers, prospects, and partner community.

New York, NY, US

• In my role as Publisher and creator of an Account-Based Engagement Platform, I formed a team of top writers, journalists, and designers around the world to achieve targeted goals. I ensured smooth workflow by leading.
• Attained 400% revenue by improving customer engagement and increasing audience size from 0 to 40,000 in one year.
• Recognized as the top performer, contract publisher, and creator of award-winning Personalized Brand Publication in both.
• Established an Account-Based Engagement Platform to personalize communications and connect to key clients for business and profit growth.

Austin, Texas, US

• While delivering services as Director of Publishing Sales and Partner Marketing at Oracle, I developed and implemented the branded content programs for security, life sciences, HCM, IoT, Eloqua, database, and cloud. I.
• Led Oracle Magazine Sales growth from $70,000 per issue to $1M per issue, 1800% growth through strategic planning.
• Achieved 700% growth by increasing readership base from 50,000 to 750,000 in three years.
• Increased Fujitsu server sales by over 5% by developing sponsored content campaigns and a Partner Portal.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

Contracted with IBM to deliver the overall business development strategy for IBM Publications hiring and managing a global sales team and growing sales for the group 40% year-to-year. Built a Marketing Services solution for several custom branded publications including IBM AS/400, IBM Personal Systems, and IBM's Beyond Computing and averaged 38% revenue.

New York, NY, US

Headed sales and marketing of LAN Times, NetWare Technical Journal, Selling Red, and Data Communications and built and managed a sales team of 20+ representatives globally. Created advertising sales and sponsored content strategy and launched tech sales in Business Week. Grew sales for each publication more than 25% annually.

Provo, UT, US

Established and managed the sales playbook for three customer publications including: LAN Times, NetWare Technical Journal and Selling Red. Pioneered alliance base marketing and customer content programs. Increased sales by more than 50% each year and crafted sales of publications to McGraw Hill.