Matthew Balkum Email & Phone Number

Ashland, Ma, Us

At the ITML Institute, my primary objective is to foster and maintain vibrant connections between the IT community and our institution. I am responsible for driving strategic initiatives that bolster community collaboration, engagement, and shared learning, while also positioning the ITML Institute at the forefront of technological thought leadership.Community Strategy and Vision: Lead the development and execution of a community engagement strategy, ensuring it aligns with the ITML Institute's broader goals and objectives.Event Management: Organize, promote, and host community-focused events such as webinars, roundtables, conferences, and hackathons to facilitate shared learning and collaboration.Content Creation: Oversee the development and dissemination of community-centric content, including blog posts, whitepapers, podcasts, and video series, ensuring relevance and resonance with the IT community.Feedback Loop Establishment: Implement mechanisms for community feedback to inform the Institute's offerings, ensuring our programs and resources meet the evolving needs of the IT community.Community Growth: Drive efforts to grow the Institute's community in both numbers and diversity, ensuring a wide range of perspectives and voices are represented.Digital Engagement: Leverage digital platforms, forums, and social media to enhance the community's online presence, participation, and collaboration.Budget Management: Oversee the community engagement budget, ensuring effective allocation of resources towards impactful initiatives.Data and Analytics: Utilize analytics to measure the success of community engagement efforts, deriving insights to continuously improve and adapt our strategies.Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of community engagement professionals, ensuring alignment with the Institute's values and objectives.

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

Worked with Sales Team on helping to grow customer engagement and increase profitability. In this role I was able to work with President directly to help develop sales strategies to help maintain and grow revenue.Duties included working with marketing and inbound/outbound strategies as well as Coaching/mentoring of the sales team.Contract ended due to the abrupt closure of Franchise operations.

Brookfield, Wisconsin, Us

🌐 Proficient in website maintenance and comprehensive web marketing strategies, with a focus on driving results through digital channels.📧 Skilled in leveraging email marketing tools: MailChimp, HubSpot, Active Campaign, and Constant Contact to craft engaging and conversion-driven email campaigns.🚀 Guiding strategic direction for monthly, daily, and yearly digital marketing campaigns, specializing in the Learning & Professional development of IT professionals.💰 Expertise in Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising across multiple platforms, optimizing ad campaigns for maximum ROI.📈 A data-driven marketer, utilizing analytics and insights to refine strategies and achieve measurable results in the digital landscape.Passionate about the intersection of technology and professional growth, I'm dedicated to enhancing the careers of IT professionals through cutting-edge digital marketing techniques. Let's connect and explore how we can elevate your digital presence and drive success in the digital world.

Brookfield, Wisconsin, Us

I guided in aligning their sales, marketing, and customer success functions to drive revenue growth and enhance overall business performance. Through personalized coaching and mentorship, I empower individuals to develop their skills in revenue forecasting, pipeline management, and revenue analytics, enabling them to make informed decisions and achieve their revenue targets efficiently.

Brookfield, Wisconsin, Us

Using my 20 years of working with IT leaders to help them make important training decisions based in these key areas:Workforce PlanningWorkforce DevelopmentUpskilling for IT Project demandsDigital TransformationI've had the pleasure of working with 1000s of IT Managers and Directors evaluate their skilled team and training for technologies that will move their technology business forward.Many of the most poplular designed programs for clients have been centered around:Cisco Phone UpgradesCisco NetworkingMicrosoft Office 365 Rollout PlansCloud Implementation and AdoptionIT Service ManagementAgile Project ManagementData Analytics & DashboardingIf you are looking to move your skilled team into different roles to meet business demands, have critical projects that require upskilling or you need to focus the team on process improvement then we should talk.

Brookfield, Wisconsin, Us

Helping our team to make important business decisions including marketing, employee advancement, coaching, accounting as well as provide my professional insights for helping to grow our new Career Developoment Division.

New Braunfels, Texas, Us

Platinum Club is an exclusive honor given to sales account managers who are able to maintain a high volume of sales production year over year. I've consistently been in the top 10% of all sales account managers globally.I would not be able to acheive this great honor if wasn't for my wonderful customers who allow me to solve their daily education challenges.

As one cohesitive unit we help to build the fiber optic infrastructure around the Chicago land area which helped in the expansion of digital high speed internet.Fast forward to today this has become a key back bone of an infrastructure known as 5G.

Sales Management

Business Administration, Business Administration And Management, General