Shawn Gault Email & Phone Number

Glendale, Ca, Us

Glendale, Ca, Us

Greater Los Angeles Area

As an independent consultant I have worked with companies in a variety of industries. Generally I have worked with start-ups or small companies in areas of operations and strategic planning, working to help those business structure systems to handle the operations of their business as they grow. I have worked with wholesale suppliers, online retailers, mobile app developers, content publishers, manufacturers, and a bakery.- Business plan development- Organizing marketing events- Pricing strategy development- Marketing plan development- Website development - UI/UX development and testing

Greater Los Angeles Area

TicketHQ was a niche ticket brokering business that partnered with season ticket holders to help them manage their unused tickets. After becoming a season ticket holder, so I could have tickets to the games I wanted to go to, I found it was cumbersome and time consuming to manage the selling of the tickets for games I wasn't going to attend. I built a network of buyers for my tickets and began to have other season ticket holders ask if I could manage their unused tickets. This led to multiple partnerships with season ticket holders and a vast network of ticket buyers.• Built a niche secondary ticket brokerage with revenues of over $400,000 per year• Partnered with multiple season ticket holders to help manage and sell their unused tickets• Developed a base of over 5000 customers with over 33% repeat purchases• Negotiated deals to sell large packages of season tickets from rights holders• Created marketing newsletters to engage and attract repeat customers• Built relationships with other ticket sellers• Managed all accounting with Quickbooks

La Canada, Ca

Zigabid is a mid-sized event ticketing seller located in the Southern California market. I was brought on board to refocus the company, drive towards efficiency and develop growth. • Built strategic partnerships with marketplaces, inventory suppliers and key vendors• Doubled the market reach by increasing inventory placement through new relationships• Led development of a new company website, including design, hiring developers, managing the project and leading the QA process• Created reporting procedures to track analytics, measure key metrics and inform business partners• Developed an inventory acquisition methodology that improved inventory quality• Researched Point of Sale Systems to find the best fit to enhance operations• Installed Point of Sale System, coordinating with the vendor, migrated inventory and customer data• Trained staff on POS System including integration into the day to day operating processes

Greater Los Angeles Area

VenueGurus was an online resource for venue visitors to share info about the their venue experience. Sports stadiums and arenas, theaters, amphitheaters, clubs and other venues that hold live events were all covered. I conceived the idea, put together a team to develop the concept and market the site.• Developed a venue information website providing both facts and first hand user experiences to enhance event goers experiences• Project Manager for all aspects of website development including Concept, UX Design, Content Management, Marketing, Strategic Partnerships and Data Tracking• Hired developers and designers to develop the site • 5,000+ unique users per month• 1,500+ Registered users• 10,000+ US Venues listed• Coordinated Project Management with GoPlan online project management tool• Used Google Analytics to measure traffic and fine tune content• Generated revenue with strategic AdSense placement

Greater Los Angeles Area

As an agent's assistant at a concert booking agency my main function was to book and manage tours of musical acts. I worked with artists' management to understand their touring needs then negotiated with venues to contract live events and build tours. During tours I was in constant contact with tour manager and the venues to ensure all details were taken care of and to monitor sales and adjust marketing as needed.• Booked national tours for artists including routing, specifications, and payment collection • Key point of contact for artists’ management, venue management and promoters for national tours• Built relationships with artist managers and venue managers• Issued and record event contracts• Answered phones, organized calendars an handled general office duties

Greater Los Angeles Area

As a Systems Consultant I managed a territory of 30 automobile dealerships stretching from San Diego to Bakersfield. I built relationships with dealers, general managers, business managers, service and parts managers. My goal was to understand how their particular business operated then find ways to become more efficient and/or more profitable. This was primarily through use of our SaaS product but extend into areas outside of the software.• Analyzed clients’ businesses to maximize integration and effectiveness of system utilization• Developed programs to help auto dealerships minimize expenditures and maximize sales• Presented sales seminars to dealership sales personnel• Made sales presentations for add on software products• Submitted feature suggestions to the software development team

Fountain Valley, Ca

PingPong.com developed a browser plugin that helped the user discover more content that was relevant to the content they were currently viewing. As the Content Manager I led team that was responsible for building the content engine that generated the related content. Our team fine tuned the metrics to provide top quality content and continually tested the results for continued improvements.• Instrumental in the development of internet search technology software managing a team of 23 Content Specialists• Organized and coordinated my team’s efforts with those of other departments and refined the product through the quality control process• Worked with software development team to identify bugs, increase efficiency and develop new features

Irvine, Ca

At XYZ, and online DVD retailer, my role was the Head of Operations. This included purchasing, shipping and receiving, customer service, vendor relations. I managed a team of 5 people that developed and adjusted operational methods as the business grew• Managed various departments at an ecommerce retail startup including vendor relations, customer service, purchasing, order fulfillment, and systems development• Instrumental in company sales growth of over 300% per year• Developed systems to fulfill hundreds of orders per day

Greater Los Angeles Area

As a member of the CED management training program I worked in nearly every role in the company in a variety of locations. This included working as a driver in a warehouse location to cooperate level auditing to outside sales. This fully immersive training gave me a full appreciation and understanding of every function within the business and business in general.• Functioning member in all aspects of the business including inside and outside sales, inventory management, purchasing, information systems, auditing, credit and personnel management• Coordinated installation of inventory management computer systems in 3 branch locations• One year of dedicated outside sales experience

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Management

Activities and Societies: Student Concert Committee, Purdue Student Athletic BoardChairman of the Student Concert Committee responsible.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance

Education record