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Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Northern Ground is an experienced digital studio in Milwaukee, serving clients globally. We offer strategy, design and development for the web, mobile, interactive retail and custom apps. We have a drive to deliver work that stands out in a capricious world.Successful project launches for: KIA, Puma, Niantic, PharmaCann, GE HealthCare, Intel, Lenovo, InSinkErator, Hyundai, Quad, Angelic Bakehouse, Stella & Chewy's, Marmon, Milwaukee County Parks, Palermo's Pizza, Good City Brewing, Valentine Coffee, Colectivo Coffee, Baird and more.Our clients know that an agile, experienced shop can produce results big agencies can't - no gaps, no telephone game, no 20-person meetings. We aren't 'imagineers' or 'makers'. We aren't part of a global agency network. We don't have a mandated rally cry. We're a tight-knit group of designers and developers that help our advanced clients solve complex business problems. We stay close to the work. We obsess over all of it.LumApps: A strategic UX, design and dev Partner for this growing SaaS social intranet platform. LumApps helps organizations transform the way they communicate, collaborate, and engage with their customers, partners, and most importantly, their employees. We have launched intranets on LumApps for enterprises with hundreds of thousands of global employees. SiteImprove: We are a focused SiteImprove agency with a paid partnership to leverage their SaaS solution to audit, test and continuously improve digital WCAG/ADA accessibility for our clients.

Quarry is Northern Ground's employee-owned internal development lab where we make our own products as a way to indulge our love for the web and mobile.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Us

From Jive portals for GE to movie theater mobile and Facebook apps for CSR, I was the agency leader providing strategic growth and client acquisition. Day-to-day management of business development and account services teams. Acquisition of agency's top-tier accounts such as Kohler, GE Healthcare, M&I Bank, Sargento Cheese, Northwestern Mutual, TasteofHome.com, Dean & DeLuca, Cousins Subs, Marcus Theatres, Palermo's Pizza, Sub-Zero/Wolf, Rudd Winery, Gin 209, Central Aquatics and multiple startups.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Responsible for co-selling with top Cisco partners to drive revenue and increase market share for this $50B market leader. Sold enterprise solutions to large public-sector clients in the voice, route, switch, storage and security spaces. Partner training on sales effectiveness, pipeline strategies and closing.

Public sector biz dev for $150MM solutions provider of IT products and services. Cisco Silver Partner. Sold large-scale Cisco route/switch, municipal wireless and telephony installations. Attained President's Club year one and grew account base from $0 to $5MM in revenue YOY.

Goose Creek, South Carolina, Us

Hunt, pitch and close top-tier candidates for high profile business development and IT positions across the US. Used cold-calling and online tactics (remember bulletin boards kids?) to hunt talent. I sold salespeople. A focus on Fortune 500 companies and startups in high-tech manufacturing, food and optical sectors. Clients included Monsanto, Wal-Mart, Brio, Pearle Vision, Kohl's and Jewel-Osco.