Rob Wickens Email & Phone Number

Ventura County, California, United States

As a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, we specialize in providing first responders, hazmat teams, and public safety professionals with the essential equipment they need.Have questions, need competitive quotes, or want to discuss the latest advancements in Hazmat? Reach out to us. Our expertise and customer service set us apart from the competition.Hazmat Resource, Inc. - Prepared. Confident. Ready to Respond.

San Luis Obispo, California Area

After 20+ years working with hundreds of entrepreneurs and small businesses, it's time to do even more. I founded WickenInc to help small businesses with support and training to rekindle their efforts. Our logo is the Phoenix and we are helping entrepreneurs rise with new focus, vitality and a solid plan.Look forward to our Project Phoenix training series (think CliffsNotes) to implement consistent improvements that ignite the Compound Effect in your business growth.Be sure to follow us on:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/28170757/admin/updates/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RobWickenInc/Or email me for a free cup of coffee or online project discussion info@wickeninc.com

California

Aretas is an industry leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of wireless environmental monitors; delivering the data you need to make key decisions 24/7.As an agile hardware & software solutions provider focused on data analytics for decision-making it is imperative that we continually identify and refine our approach to international market opportunities. Rob works to create effective demand & distributor marketing strategies that expands our worldwide exposure, direct and distribution sales. As part of the executive management team he is driven to create cohesive sales & marketing strategies then to implement, analyze and refine efforts to increase company value and revenues.With a strong graphic design and marcomm background Rob has developed and unified the Aretas brands while creating a variety of compelling deliverables. Have a look at Aretas and it's sister companies & products:http://www.aretasworks.com Intelligent wireless sensing technology for a smarter worldhttp://www.aretasaerial.com UAV aerial intelligent wireless sensing technologyhttp://www.sentinelairsystem.com Cigarette smoke and environmental monitoringAretas Infrastructure Management Services and Aretas eCom coming soon!Highly targeted marketing and sales campaigns enable our distributors to effectively sell in their region specific verticals both with demand marketing and direct sales tools. Each campaign tailored to the varied customs & languages, unique sales environments and differing local regulatory requirements. It has been an interesting journey bringing emerging technologies to foreign-lands.Aretas Sensor Networks - Intelligent wireless sensing technology for a smarter world.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Over the 9+ years with Incendia Media I have become involved in much of what was the burgeoning online technology industry. From the earlier growth of Google AdWords, to Facebook dethroning MySpace as the most popular social network in April 2008, I was part of the leading edge of many aspects of online platform development and marketing.As a member of the senior management team we were focused on highly customized content management system (CMS) development, extensive system admin & infrastructure projects as well as software-as-a-service (SAAS) development.With a strong brand marketing background I worked with an extensive amount of client to improve their branding, marketing message as well as educate them on new forms of online and social media marketing. The ability to create visually appealing and effective marketing collateral on a daily basis was often needed in this fast-paced content driven space.Additional responsibilities include preparing strategies for CMS based media website development, online marketing strategies including SEO, SMO, SEM, SMM, and optimized content development.

As the umbrella company (including subsidiary DegreesInc) The Vyant Group was among the first collection of four unique business unit integrating strategy, branding, product marketing, package manufacturing and distribution of consumer products for B2B and B2C markets. With over $25 million in annual sales our company specialized in bringing products from concept to retail shelf with unmatched speed and value.As marketing director Rob was responsible for both Vyant and key client marketing strategies and campaigns. Our branding expertise and product marketing efforts became a cornerstone of his career. Having worked with consumer giants including ESPN X Games, Nestle and Disney one of the most rewarding accomplishments was helping expand brand sales & distribution via branding, packaging and marketing collateral strategies for many campaigns and satisfied customers. On the B2B side working with Amgen the world's largest independent biotechnology firm brought invaluable experience delivering fast-paced, high-expectation, high-quality marketing communications deliverables.He has especially enjoyed the fast-paced, challenging projects brought to us by a wide range of consumer retail oriented clients. The unique challenge of real world printing and package manufacturing was another facet of this job and a valued experience that has helped expand his B2C marketing effectiveness.

Co-founder of DegreesInc, an award winning Southern California brand marketing agency focusing on connecting your brand to the trendsetting youth culture through the use of non-traditional media.DegreesInc was part of a buyout which culminated in the Vyant Group which is outlined above.

With brands including Shepherd Films video production, MX Video distribution, PointX video production and the world famous PointXCamp action sports training facility this was a very exciting time for me.Action sport was in its infancy with the inauguration of the ESPN X-Games starting in 1995 and I had the privilege of attending and filming the very first freestyle motocross competition ever. We also designed and built the first Mega Ramp with Danny Way, wow!Some of our notable video and television projects include Travis Pastrana's first full-length video, "Revelation 199", the BMX road-trip movie "How I Wasted My Summer" and of course the amazing "Mini Warriors" Series, still a classic in the genre. Segments were also produced and sold to ESPN, NBC Gravity Games, Invert TV, Blue Torch TV and many more.Although it feels like another lifetime, becoming a talented videographer, photographer, editor and graphic designer both in digital and film formats has served me well as a creative professional. I became a talented producer & storyteller who was able to provide entertaining content as well as journalistically driven pieces for magazines and online publication. The planning of the story as well as the months of production were often more rewarding than the final piece.The last part of this chapter was amazing, helping run the PointXCamp Summer camp, what an amazing 260 acre facility, amazing staff, excited kids, life enhancing experience for all! Living at camp during the Summers was amazing as well, sitting by the lake a night and biking around the facilities was so great.Years of computer experience in editing video and photography, creating our own online & print materials, making websites before CMS platforms, plus marketing during the web 1.0 into modern 2.0 times, has given me the solid foundation that I have build my executive marketing and creative career on.

San Luis Obispo, California Area

This was my first foray into entrepreneurship and one that was a huge confidence builder as I became a valued local business owner in San Luis Obispo county. I add this to my LinkedIn profile as it's a great memory and was such a big part of putting myself through college.During my college years I started an auto detailing business initially focused on high-end auto detailing. Early on I began expanding the focus and found corporate accounts added the stable schedule I wanted as a full-time college student.Weekly accounts in and around SLO included:• California Highway Patrol• Farmer Brothers Coffee distribution• City of Atascadero - Community Bus Services• Verizon Wireless - Corporate Business Divisionand many more.By 1996 as college graduation approached I had 4 part-time students employed as we worked our full weekly corporate accounts schedule.The importance to my career development was this allowed me to get valuable entrepreneurial experience and was also the kick-off of my interest in computers, graphic design and marketing. I enjoyed designing my own logo and brand before I knew what 'branding' was; flyers, door hangers, tee shirts, hats, even signage gave me the creative foundation that is a integral part of my life.So many fun memories include having to walk to the Cal Poly College of Business pay phones to return a 'page' for client customer service. Another is driving CHP Mustangs Interceptors to the detailing station.If you lived in SLO in the early 90's you may have seen Jet Stream Mobile Wash equipment on the streets or my friends jokingly teasing me about my business cards, great times!

Bachelor Of Science Business Administration, International Business

High School Diploma