Founded in 2017, Bevy was purpose built to help companies build, grow and scale their global communities. Early customers included Asana, Atlassian, and Salesforce. In 2019, Bevy acquired CMX, the largest organization for community professionals. In 2020 Bevy added capabilities to host virtual meetups and conferences, as well as hybrid events with a vision to help community professionals thrive, Bevy is committed to helping brands build, grow, and scale their global communities.

Helping brands build the strongest, most engaged community possible.

Bevy is an enterprise-grade virtual event & in-person customer-to-customer community management platform. Bevy incorporates a variety of tools to plan, promote, and execute virtual and in-person events and is a flexible software solution that can be used to manage and host thousands of different types of community events. Built with enterprise level analytics, integrations and data security, the Bevy platform is used by a range of enterprise, consumer and education teams who want to build, grow and scale a global Customer-to-Customer (C2C) community.As the SDR Manager, I am responsible for developing SDR's to build the pipeline for Bevy and to prepare them for their next step in their career. I am primarily looking over the West Coast team with a focus on the outbound sales development efforts. Bevy is changing the way brands are able to interact with their customers and their employees. Learn more at Bevy.com.

I am privileged to be an Adiunct Professor in the Business Department. I have taught classes in Principles of Marketing and Digital Marketing & Consumer Promotions, along with guest lecturing in the Introduction to Business classes. I believe in bringing my real world experience and examples into the classroom so students can see the applicability of the concepts they are learning. I enjoy the class interactions whether they be in-person, online or hybrid formats.

As the Manager of Global Sales Development at Digital River I oversee a number of responsibilities to increase rapid growth in the company through managing the North America & Latin America Sales Development team. Our team mission is to build the revenue pipeline of Digital River through setting quality meetings.Our team vision is to develop high performing sales development reps personally and professionally so they are prepared for the next step in their career at Digital River. I do this by recruiting, hiring, training, coaching and directly managing a growing team of 14 SDRs and by actively building out new processes internally on our team and externally with Sales, Marketing and Partnerships.- Grew the SDR team from 10 to 25- Built SDR-FSR SLA and Alignment- Developed SDR Playbook- Shortened Ramp and Onboarding- Created Career Pathways for SDRs

- Ensure our product offerings align with market demand and make recommendations to ensure long term viability of products and services offered - Collaborate with the Chief Strategy Officer to set the strategy for the sales team and ensure that the team is hitting the agreed-upon goals- Ensure the sales team is properly educated and trained on new/existing product offerings, meeting or exceeding sales goals and maintaining communication with clients and prospects.- Responsible for the training of Sales team members on the skills and processes required for the successful implementation of client and internal tasks- Collaborate with Sales Operations Director on sales reporting, processes, and CRM needs- Have bi-weekly check-in meetings with each member of the sales team- Lead by example through servant leadership practicesAccomplishments:- Closed $3,476,269 in business in 2 years - #1 in Sales in the company- Lead the development and growth of the Well-Being Index SAAS product and MedEd Manager LMS- Managed accounts across a variety of healthcare industries- Developed marketing content for the Well-Being Index SAAS product- Executed public presentations and webinars to increase brand awareness- Implemented new digital strategies for MedEd Web Solutions- Lead and managed the strategy and development team

MedEd Web Solutions creates software solutions to answer the problems facing the healthcare industry today. The Well-Being Index is a short assessment to measure the well-being of a healthcare institution's providers, staff and students. MedEd Manager is an intelligent backend software to aid CME providers in a more efficient experience that allows them to drive higher attendance and revenue. My role is to educate institutions on these products and guide them through their journey as their dedicated product specialist.

Working with clients to build their brand and increase revenues through strategic digital marketing tools and assets.

Honeybear Growers is the #1 importer of Apples in the country and growing fast. Headquartered out of Elgin, MN, this hidden Minnesota gem boasts a nationwide network of growers and an international partnership with Chile. It was my role to work with national accounts to sell our produce into their doors. I also managed our partnerships with logistics and other complimentary business relationships. - Executed over $8,570,500 in Net Revenue for the company in 6 months- Managed multiple national grocery chain accounts – ordering, sales, logistics, and relationships- Implemented new processes and technology to improve communication and efficiency- Recruited employees for warehouse, maintenance, and driving positions- Oversaw employees from across the country and coordinated large scale shipping and receiving

- Managed all of the small business clients digital needs- Designed and developed web and social media solutions for the clients- Managed a design team for each of the projects- Actively pursued leads and new business- Launched several new proprietary products to the growing company including PixelPress & FanCoach- Developed and sold social media strategy sessions and reporting for new and existing clients- Represented the company in speaking engagements and networking eventsPixelPress is BrandHoot’s newest service, aimed at providing clean, professional, low-maintenance, frustration-free websites at an affordable price for some of our community’s most important assets: small businesses and non-profits.

Head of Marketing for Hiawathaland Transit. In charge of creating brand awareness, increasing ridership and recruiting drivers for the transit system in Goodhue, Wabasha and Rice Counties.- Lead all marketing efforts for the transportation system and executed targeted campaigns- Increased ridership throughout the service area by forming strategic community partnerships- Spoke in front of large and small groups about the benefits of the public transportation service- Recruited drivers, communications specialist, volunteers and coordinators- Developed and executed marketing campaigns using radio, billboards, newspaper and digital

Executed training and advocacy visits to national retail accounts such as Costco, Best Buy, Apple, Target and Wal-Mart. Drove sales metrics through fostering relationships with the talent in each location.- Managed a sales team of 12 field representatives- Built relationships with senior management in big box national retail stores to drive sales growth- Executed sales events in stores to train employees and new hires- Interviewed & Trained new employees- Grew the Store’s Sales and Verticals Month over Month- Top 3 in Sales Every Month in Minnesota - Top power ranked performer nationallyLed my Sales Reps team to #1 in the Region.

I handle all of the Business to Business sales for southern Minnesota. I visit local businesses and connect with them, determining their needs and I find a wireless solution for them. I cold call and use warm leads, but it is all about having the right conversations.

I was the point of contact for T-mobile in Wal-Mart, Costco, Sam's Club and Target for southern Minnesota. I would travel to each location and train associates on the products. I had 4 event representatives working in my stores as well that I managed. I also ran weekly conference calls with the entire event rep team in MN/WI/IA.

I setup sales events in National Accounts to drive T-Mobile sales.