🚀 Mark Brooks Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Courtland Brooks powers the Internet Dating Excellence Association which serves online dating and matchmaking apps and online social communities. We've helped 130+ clients improve their apps and services, improve their branding & messaging, get more customers, more press, and sell their companies. Notable clients include The Meet Group, POF (sold to Match), SD Group, and Friend.ly (sold to Facebook).Our team of 30+ seasoned world-class professionals provides strategy, marketing, branding, product design, business development, PR, and social media advisory and services. We have: - 8 Core team members (average 10 yrs on the team) - 14 Special Advisors (mid-level experts from Internet dating) - 12+ Instant Advisory Board (IAB) (former executives from the dating industry)The team is available on a rotating basis for the price of a marketing manager.Since 2007 I've also run the Internet Dating Excellence Association (see www.IDEA.gp) which is now 800 members strong. We run the daily news service Online Personals Watch (OPW.news) which serves thousands of dating industry CXOs and owners. I co-host and run LTR (see www.LTR.us, Love, Technology, Relationships) as a monthly online conference. Also IDEA Summit (see IDEASummit.org) the conference for leaders of companies that help people build meaningful relationships. In 2004 I met Dan Ariely while he was at MIT and he opened my eyes to Behavioral Economics and its applicability to dating. I went on to study Behavioral Science at London School of Economics in 2017 during which time I acquired the BehavioralEconomist.com domain. This is now a 140k+ community across FB and Linkedin.

Hamburg, De

Assisting ParshipMeet Group executives with Strategy, Business Development, Marketing and PR.

New York, New York, Us

Spoke at an Innovation Salon. Attending and advising on occasion. 'Those who have contributed meaningfully to Columbia Business School and its innovation programming are invited to be Innovation Fellows. Innovation Fellows are recognized for their prior contribution to the life and practice of innovation at CBS. Their own work, continual CBS involvement, and mentorship of students have made the innovation community stronger, and are helping to form the next generation of innovators and their innovations.'

Malta, Mt

Helped inspire the creation of Social Discovery Ventures. Helped increase revenue from $110 million in 2012 to $140 million in 2013 (27% increase). Handled top tier press interviews. Named a new Internet dating category (PID-Premium International Dating). Made the introductions that led to the acquisition of Dating.com. Guided the formation of new service level guarantees that helped incrementally improve the integrity of the PID-agency model. Supported internal team of 40 marketing professionals, as well as external PR and social media agencies. Reported to the CEO Oleg Nochka, and to the Founder.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

Advised and reported to Founder/CEO Markus Frind and COO Kate Manolis. The CEO/Founder of POF, Markus Frind, retained me and the Courtland Brooks team for media relations, business development and strategic advice. Personally negotiated and secured the acquisition of the pof.com domain. Sourced and engaged psychologist for the first 40 question compatibility profile on POF. Advised broadly on strategy. Personally handled top-tier press including Inc. magazine cover article. POF was then sold in 2015 for $575 million to IAC/Match.com.

ACE stood for Adventure, Camaraderie, and Entertainment. ACE-CLUB.com was Silicon Valley's adventure and social club for professionals. Early members included Friendster Founder Jonathan Abrams, FriendFinder CEO Andrew Conru and '4 Hour Work Week' author Tim Ferriss. I personally ran over 300 events and inspired and trained over 50 people to become ACE event hosts. Sold and merged into UrbanDiversion.com in October 2007 to enable them to expand into Silicon Valley.

London, Gb

As Cupid's VP I was responsible for acquisitions, site monetization, business development, and strategy. I guided the overhaul of the site design and inspired and led the acquisition of the world's largest speed-dating company which we subsequently integrated and expanded into 70 US cities. Reported to the CEO/co-Founder Eric Straus. Left to start agency with Cupid as 1 of first 3 clients, along with Diet.com and Webdate.

I left Friendfinder to work for the former president of FriendFinder to design and build Diet.com. Designed Diet.com to be the 'eHarmony' of the online diet world. Engaged Dr Kushner for a personality-based diet system. Assisted with community design, hired programming group, and initiated first business development deals to bring the company to early profitability. Reported to CEO/Founder Mike Zhang.

Delray Beach, Florida, Us

Managed PR group and worked on affiliate channel management and media buys. Advised on social media strategy at the time MySpace was rising to prominence. Negotiated and managed early media buys on MySpace. Reported to President, Mike Zhang, and CEO/Founder Andrew Conru.

Makati City, Ph

Helped seed the Friendster community through events and direct invites to ACE-Club list. Ran 'Friendster Exposed' nightclub parties in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Reported to CEO/Founder Jonathan Abrams. Got to contract stage, with Kent Lindstrom, for launching 'Markslist' as Friendster's events section and engage promoters to find a home on Friendster and use their considerable lists to further propel Friendster.

Us

Advised on product development. Set up distribution deals with About.com and Excite. Developed knowledge of very early social networking field.

Advised CEO of compatibility profiling startup Hypermatch.com. We were an early Goto.com marketer. Company later sold to EZBoard.

Boulder, Colorado, Us

Sold laser based particle measuring systems to the semiconductor industry. Managed 18 reps, one office, and 6 support staff. Streamlined Western service office to team of mobile workers.

Sold non-contact laser based metrology systems to MEMS and semiconductor industry. Managed manufacturers reps groups across Western USA. Created new integration of a confocal laser, stages and control system for Hewlett Packard.

Osaka, Jp

Sold non-contact laser-based measurement systems and managed a team of manufacturers reps in Los Angeles, the Pacific Northwest, and Western Canada. Promoted to Senior Sales Manager after 9 months.

Sold aerial photography door-to-door to communities in Pennsylvania and Michigan. Top salesman 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994. Managed teams of sales people and was a key sales role model for company.

Pld - Harvard'S Executive Mba

Msc Degree, Behavioral Science

Breakthrough Insights

Executive Program - Futurism: Networks, Ai, Robotics, Genetics, Nanotechnology

Digital And Social Strategy

Launching New Ventures

B.S. (With Hons), Engineering Management

High School, Gcse