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Leads partner and business development at Level Management Partners as well as providing sales and marketing counsel, coaching and program development as a partner to client leadership teams responsible for driving increasing sales and elevating corporate, brand and product visibility.

Hunter-focused SaaS sales and consulting targeting the southeast delivering solutions that improve business credit information quality and delivery.

Hunter & Farmer sales and consulting to F1000 companies throughout the southeastern US providing Governance, Risk and Compliance services combining SaaS-based management tools, ethics & compliance consulting, benchmarking and other services.Lead national practice area integrating training, certification and awareness solutions targeting employees and third-parties.

Achieved 175% of annual sales goal serving large organizations in the US and Asia with custom Governance, Risk and Compliance programs integrating global reporting, case management, training and awareness.

Provided sales & marketing counsel as a partner to client leadership teams.Responsible for roll out of EvaluSys, a web-based business diagnostic platform delivering management insights to SMB owners and leads to business advisers.

Achieved President’s Club status with 220% of sales objective and was responsible for the largest Internet advertising sale in BAPCO history. Proven track record for winning new business while driving expanded adoption for all digital content vehicles and Google search solutions across BellSouth and partner's ad networks.

Consistently lead company-wide sales, averaging over 150% of sales objective in providing digital content creation tools and creative services for small and medium-sized businesses and higher education.

Lead creation and management for client B2B and B2C campaigns integrating multiple disciplines including media relations, corporate communications, technology marketing, industry analyst relations, and internal communications.

Vice President, Group Manager, Silicon Valley, CA 2000 – 2001Vice President, Group Manager, Atlanta, GA, 1998 – 2000Lead the $1.5M North American Philips Semiconductors account that garnered the most U.S. coverage in targeted publications than at any point in the division's history.Directed 9 staffers in Silicon Valley outsourcing all North American media relations activities. Lead 10 staffers in Atlanta on integrated marketing, communications and media relations accounts representing over $2M in revenue.Developed and implemented integrated marketing programs for technology clients based on Ketchum's Marketecture methodology which includes aligning corporate ID, branding, advertising, direct mail, website, collateral, tradeshows, packaging and media relations.

Vice President, Group Manager, South Asia Sector Head, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1997 – 1998Vice President, Group Manager, North Asia Sector Head, Technology, Beijing, China, 1996 – 1997Vice President, Director of Technical Services, Palo Alto, CA, 1993 – 1996Launched and lead Edelman's Asia-Pacific Technology Practice, generating $5.5M in annual billing throughout 17 offices across 11 countries by creating an efficient and effective platform for delivering highly localized campaigns supporting multinational client programs.Lead Asia roll out and implementation across 17 offices for the Edelman Excellence Program, the agency's global service quality initiative, directing internal training and certification and acting as spokesperson for in-country media relations efforts.Developed and lead crisis communications programs for IBM, Samsung and British American Tobacco.Managed government affairs efforts for Samsung in China.

As the first professional hire at the Hoffman Agency, my responsibilities evolved as the agency grew, supporting, then driving program development and new business on behalf of various groups at Hewlett Packard, Fujitsu, Hitachi, National Semiconductor and other Silicon Valley clients. In recognition of efforts on behalf of Hewlett Packard's Storage Division, my team was awarded the agency's first Silver Anvil Award, the public relations industry's highest honor.

As the first professional hire at Crescent Communications, my responsibilities evolved as the agency grew, supporting, then driving program development and new business on behalf of integrated marketing clients based in Atlanta, the southeast and nationwide, including Motorola, Evans & Sutherland, Chromatics, Intecolor, Tangent Technologies and many more.