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San Diego, California, United States

• Currently leading all Global Education and professional Corporate Training initiatives.• Managed the development of new online student course content and curriculum.• Launched a new University program engaging 90,000 students from 130 countries in the first 18 months.• Launched a new professional training program and content significantly increasing department revenue.• Established key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of educational initiatives and monitor progress regularly.

La Jolla, Ca

Upverter Education, brought to you by Altium, is a free-to-use, interactive curriculum that’s open to anyone who wants to learn more about electronics design. The program is ideal for high school STEM teachers covering everything from engineering to robotics, with guided courses, certification and an easy-to-use web-based tool for electronics design. The Upverter Education team worked with educators and students to design a curriculum that is complete, structured and intuitive. The program gives educators the flexibility to pick and choose modular assignments to support other coursework, or to follow the full, guided six week course in its entirety.

Sacramento, California Area

Capital Fundraising, and Strategic Business Development• Over $60 million in funding raised for emerging companies. • Acting Chief Revenue Officer managing sales and business development. • Built and managed effective sales organizations.

Grass Valley, Ca

Northern California Event Center - 90 Acres - 270,000 Attendees AnnuallyManaged Finance, Business Development, Marketing, Sponsorship, Public Relations, Human Resources, Food & Beverage Sales, Livestock Auctions and a year-round RV Park.Managed events including a Fair, Draft Horse Classic Horseshow, Country Christmas Faire’ and five well known boutique Music Festivals.Successfully increased gross revenues and net profit annually by establishing new business and improving internal processes. Prepared annual budget and monthly profit & loss statements for State and Board review.

Sacramento, California Area

Responsible for sales throughout Northern Nevada, Northern California and Hawaii.Supported several distributors including Tony’s, UNFI, and Sysco.Sold several key accounts including Vail Resorts, UC Davis, San Diego State, and Hawaii Grocery Chains, KTA and Foodland.

San Francisco Bay Area

Capital Fundraising and Business DevelopmentRaised funding for private companies from Angel Investors, Venture Capital Firms and Strategic Corporate Partners. Business development clients included Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Visa and Shutterfly.

San Francisco Bay Area

Investment Counseling FirmIncreased assets under management by $10 million within first 12 months.Obtained Series 65 - Licensed Investment Advisor.

San Francisco Bay Area

Loyalty Marketing CompanyConceived, developed, and built innovative organization designed to raise funds for K-12 schools. Raised $40 million in venture funding and an additional $10 million from Readers Digest, a strategic corporate partner.Schoolpop successfully raised $250 million for 40,000 K-12 schools across the country.Drove an aggressive marketing and public relations campaign that resulted in broad, repeated national exposure; served as spokesman appearing on CBS Marketwatch and Good Morning America. Board of Directors included Dr. Jim Gibbons (Dean of Engineering Stanford, Cisco and Lockheed Board Member) and Tom Ryder (Chairman Readers Digest, Amazon Board Member).

San Francisco Bay Area

Founder and CEO of innovative web site design and development company. Built annual sales to $10M.Client base included; Sony, Intel, Symantec, IBM and General Motors. Sold company to Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhart (BJK&E), an advertising agency based in NY.

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