Ryan W. Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

Nerv is the first of its kind decentralized human mycelial network cultivating the mycelial technology economy. We invest, incubate and accelerate mycology focused startups in healthcare, climate resilience, and science education. We provide an accelerator program to help mycelium tech startups with funding, marketing, community, mentorship, and growth..

• Marketing, business development and media consultant, working with brands, companies, entrepreneurs in a variety of sectors, including entertainment, finance, and technology.
• The Influencer Economy Wrote, published, and marketed book on social media business strategies, which was ranked as a top Kindle Creativity and Personal Finance book
• Marketed Snoop Dogg’s GGN podcast to become a top 25 iTunes podcast at launch, developed strategy for editing, producing, and storytelling
• Frequent speaker on leadership, technology, and marketing for organizations including Google, California Society of Association Executives, National Association of Realtors, and Specialty Equipment Market Association
• Run The INFLUCONF Marketing Conference; book speakers, sponsors, and run marketing for a global conference in Rome, Italy Focus on building audience via social media brand strategy, copywriting, email marketing.

• Market, motivate and speak to audiences ranging from 10 – 500 people on how to tell their individual and business stories to achieve their long-term objectives.
• Lead monthly workshops at General Assembly on “How to Launch Your Business Idea” to local entrepreneurs, marketers, and startup founders
• Speak to MBA and communications students at universities including USC, Vanderbilt, City University of London, and Loyola Marymount University
• Keynote speaker at media conferences including SXSW Interactive, INFLOW Summit Istanbul, VidCon, and TIE-Con Canada
• Produced, edited, and ran marketing for: Business Behavior & the Brain, Stories of Influencers, and The Biz Fix to top 10 business podcasts in iTunesI host a podcast with over 100 exclusive interviews with a number of.

New York, NY, US

Teaching online workshops/courses/bootcamps on authentic brand copywriting and digital marketing. Created curriculum to help marketers at Fortune 500 companies, startups, and non-profits to help students grow their digital marketing and business storytelling footprints.

London, GB

Marketing Director, overseeing the launch State.com, a global opinion network. State was an opinion network built on the semantic web. Advisors were: Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Eli Pariser, Dr Deepak Chopra, Troy Carter, Professor Sir Nigel ShadboltI developed influencer partnerships, publisher relationships, and our alpha community for the world-wide launch..

Burbank, CA, US

Director of Marketing, overseeing the content and data around YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, mobile and influencer marketing. Helped drive our YouTube audience to over 4 billion video views a month. Increased our social media presence 500% across all video, social and streaming platforms.-Responsible for reaching millennials via influencer channels, video.

Burbank, CA, US

I worked at DigiSynd, before and after the Disney acquisition in the marketing and promotions department. My efforts were focused on YouTube, Vimeo, and other video sharing networks - promoting and strategically syndicating video content. DigiSynd is now a full service digital agency wholly owned by The Walt Disney Company. I worked through and after the.

Project Manager, National Geographic "Under Cover History" series.Project Manager, Warner Bros "300," marketed film to 18-34 demographic, leveraged online marketing through Myspace and Youtube videosLocation Scout, "Evan Almighty", "The Wire", "20 Questions", "Bones", "Step-Up"

Managed live events and talent in Washington D.C. Produced and programmed comedy and film events at local theaters and venues. Booked talent, marketed shows, and distributed new media online.

Media consulting company. Working with product placement and distribution for online media.

Performed stand-up comedy around the DC metro area, including at the world famous DC Improv. I hosted and produced stand-up comedy showcases throughout Washington D.C. metro area. In producing the shows, I also worked as a chief promoter, comedy booker and talent manager.