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Huntington Beach, California, United States

Laguna Hills, Ca

INK Advertising, Idea Hall

Irvine, Ca

MARKETING|TEAM BUILDING|PROMOTIONS|LICENSING|CAUSE MARKETING• Direct all advertising, design and public relation strategies to ensure consistent execution• Lead executive “brand storming” • Manage licensing relationships with all partners including DreamWorks and Nintendo • Nurture strategic cause marketing initiatives• Coach marketing staff including eight direct reports

Laguna Hills

STRATEGIC PLANNING|BRAND DEVELOPMENT|MARKETING|CONSULTINGMajor Branding Assignments Include:• Spyder 3D Printing• Stealth Gear• Gibson Trainer Headphones• Panda Restaurant Group• Yogurtland• The Leather Golf Bag

Costa Mesa, Ca

STRATEGIC PLANNING|NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT• Led in-house team to develop new agency positioning• Developed new business marketing plan and put the agency into a variety of high level pitches• Developed strategic plans for new business efforts. Pursued and won the Giti Tire business

Santa Ana, Ca

STRATEGIC PLANNING• Developed a new strategic positioning for Wienerschnitzel that drove growth for first time in 3 years. • Developed a strategic positioning for Jacuzzi that evolved the Jacuzzi brand from a household appliance to a wellness brand• Created “Gather Round The Bucket” strategy for KFC West Coast that was eventually adopted but the National KFC brand.

Tustin, Ca

CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER|OPERATIONS|ACCOUNTING|AGENCY PARTNERGrew agency from scratch by pitching and winning the following accounts:• Cleveland Golf• Del Taco• Wynn Grips• Rubio’s• Aldila• Marie Callender’s• Boingo• Arts OC

Irvine, Ca

VICE PRESIDENT/MANAGEMENT SUPERVISOR|ACCOUNT PLANNERManaged all aspects of the TaylorMade Golf Account for 6 years, starting as the Account Planning Director. Developed and coordinated Marketing, Media Placement and all Creative activities; supervised 3 direct reports with access to creative, studio and research staff throughout the company. Provided direction to Account Supervisors, Media Planners and Creative Directors. • Worked with Adidas (after acquisition of TaylorMade) to develop overarching strategies for TaylorMade and Adidas Golf• Strategic Direction Helped Taylor Made grow from $30 million to $300 million in revenue while ad spending grew from $3 million to $18 million• Developed major new marketing concepts to be applied and executed across all media, including social, digital, print, broadcast, outdoor, in-store, and at trade shows• Assisted company with naming architecture of new line of golf clubs

Torrance, Ca

ACCOUNT DIRECTOR|MARKET RESEARCH|CUSTOMER SATISFACTION • Responsible for developing and maintaining Asian automotive clients with U.S. headquarter offices in Southern California. Presented research reports and customer satisfaction survey results. Assisted in successfully opening Torrance office to service industry• Initiated marketing of non-automotive customer satisfaction research work for J.D. Power, which at that time was known almost exclusively for service to the automotive industry• Researched market and made presentations to non-automotive companies; developed new accounts for customer satisfaction research with Pac-Tel Cellular/Airtouch (now Verizon)

Torrance, Ca

CONSULTANT|STUDY DIRECTOR|CUSTOMER SATISFACTION|AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCHAssisted with Hyundai Motor America’s launch in the U.S. Designed customer satisfaction program, developed reports and managed staff. Reported Customer Satisfaction results weekly to Hyundai Motor America. Designed, managed and participated in all automotive product research.