Marc Ross Email & Phone Number

Earth City, Missouri, Us

As the Vice President of Marketing for Credit Control, Marc's responsibilities have included company-wide branding & collateral, corporate communications, proposals & presentations, and key account management. His involvement in digital strategies at the company has included website development, search engine optimization, reputation management, and web analytics.

One 8 Media Holdings, LLC is an Atlanta, GA based privately held holding company with a diverse set of business interests. Our primary focus is the acquisition of premium domain names and the development of marquee web properties.We invest both passively and actively. As active investors, we build or take a controlling interest in companies, oftentimes partnering with seasoned entrepreneurs, helping them realize their vision and achieve their potential. As a vertically integrated holding company, we have an operations team with expertise in accounting, finance, legal, technology, business development, and marketing.

Miami Beach, Fl, Us

Marc was the owner / operator of WebDSE, a full service marketing agency based in Miami, FL from 2011 to 2017. A referral-based marketing firm, WebDSE focused on providing clients with a wide range of online marketing services including web development, search engine marketing & search engine optimization, performance marketing solutions, social media marketing, and complete brand management. The company's primary clients operated in financial services, accounts receivable management, higher education, and student loan servicing.

As VP of Sales for InfoBunker, Marc led corporate communications, business development, and sales outreach for the ultra-secure colocation facility. Housed in a nuclear-hardened former continuance of government underground bunker, InfoBunker is the industry-recognized leader in ultra-hardened and ultra-secure colocation services with custom client suites, secure racks & cages in a Tier 4 bunker.

West Des Moines, Ia, Us

Commercial Real Estate and Development including leasing & marketing for Galleria at Jordan Creek, 75-acre mixed use development anchored by Wal-Mart Supercenter and a Trader Joe's / TJ Maxx Anchored power center. Notable Clients: Starbucks, Bankers Trust, Best Buy, TJ Maxx, Party America, Books-A-Million and Luxxotica Eyewear, parent company of LensCrafters & Pearle Vision

As the parent company of Diamond.com, Ashford.com and WorldofWatches.com, Odimo was an online purveyor of luxury goods that included name-brand watches, jewelry as well as loose diamonds.Sales at Odimo peaked at over $40M and the company went public shortly thereafter. With financial back from the Steinmetz Diamond Group, a DeBeers site holder, Odimo had the ability to purchase its diamonds 'from the source'.Marc ran combined call center operations for the company after the acquisition of his prior company, WorldofWatches.com. His transition to a leadership role in marketing including the launch of the combined entity’s award-winning affiliate program covered 18% of overall company pre-IPO revenues and included direct oversight of all performance marketing, search engine optimization, and media buying.Odimo was the largest online luxury retailer, with leading properties including Diamond.com, Ashford.com, and WorldofWatches.com.

Oversight of call center, sales & marketing prior to acquisition by Odimo Inc. WorldofWatches.com, one of the internet's first retailers of name-brand watches, grew from stealth mode to $350,000 in sales in year two, to over $8 million in online watch sales before being acquired by it's largest competitor. The company was acquired by Odimo (Diamond.com) for cash & stock after the 2000 'dot-com' crash. Post-acquisition, Marc merged the company's two call centers during the height of the holiday rush, with two disparate teams on separate systems to a highly-successful unit of over 50 FTE supporting all sales and customer service functions. After the holiday season, he transferred call center oversight to his top manager, and shifted focus to marketing efforts for the combined company.

Education record

Bachelor Of Applied Enlightenment, Old City Exploration & Ben Yehuda Evenings