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Portland Oregon

Led a small agile team in Digital Marketing and Traditional Business Relationship Marketing. Provided leadership for digital, email, display advertising, native advertising, data performance, optimization, CRM & creative services for the leading national SMB merchant network website.Created a 2015 Business Plan to increase unique visitors and PV's by 150% by leveraging existing partnership, business relationship and traffic in over 82 national markets.Maintained ongoing negotiations and relationships with existing accounts and clients through multiple staffing and leadership changes resulting in retained revenue.

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Leadership for business development, digital, print, performance optimization, CRM & creative services for the leading local website, the Statesman Journal, part of the Gannett family of media properties. Part of a dynamic, diverse team, as a World Class Sales Organization.Overall accomplishments:- Shored up a downward trend in overall performance.- Identified areas that we could (and did) benefit from immediate digital growth.- Identified areas that we can benefit (and did) from 2013 Q3 & 2014 Q1 growth.- Changed habits and attitude towards the company and our product offerings.- Realigned the sales organization to better meet the needs of the advertisers.- Adopted SalesForce.com across the department where others failed.- Re-negotiated and resigned ALL digital advertisers in Automotive through the Cars.com program- Fully embraced the World Class Sales system and compensation program. Developed strong coaching skills with mid-line management.- Changed the culture from product pushing to delivering a valuable audience that is ready willing and able to purchase the advertiser's products.Primary duties:• Planned, created and presented digital advertising solutions independently and in conjunction with other products/sales representatives across multiple departments including cars.com.• Monitored market conditions and develop strategic plans to gain and maintain business.• Developed new business in digital advertising categories, including making cold calls, needs assessments, presentation and retention calls to potential clients.• Met sales goals and related deadlines.

Insight510, LLC., Lake Oswego, Oregon • 2000- PresentIndependent strategic business consultant for diverse business interests to identify key strengths, market niche potential and monetize intellectual property using existing infrastructure. Co-Founded company. Created original business plan and concept for strategic consultants that increased revenue by 48% in the second year. Lead a team of national independent consultants through conception and interfaces for software products. Led hiring and management over a team of programmers. Tasked with orchestrating marketing campaigns, creating industry awareness, and growing the company on a national level. Attracted major national clients, including the Columbia Sportswear, Land Rover, National Association of Realtors (NAR), the top 5 MLS companies, Safeway and Peapod Grocery Delivery.• Accounted for more than $40M in revenue through national consultant network.• Generated over $150K of recurring revenue per month (from support contracts) and grew contract base 43% over a 5 year period as a result of creating Insight (a self branding software interface).• Instrumental in creation of targeted campaign for a key Columbia Sportswear line aimed at blocking UV radiation with specialized fabric.• Delivered a total conceptual interface for development to early adopter in “Grocery Delivery” and was key in converting IP for sale to Safeway Inc.

Uneefide, LLC., Lake Oswego, Oregon • 2009- 2012Vice-President and Co- FounderCo-founded company. Created original business plan and LaunchPad software design. Spearheaded conception and interfaces for all software products. Led hiring and management over a team of QA, graphics, HTML and software programmers. Tasked with orchestrating marketing campaigns, creating industry awareness, and growing the company on a national level from prototype to deployment..• Accounted for more than 500K desktops signed to exclusive distribution contracts through the 5 largest MLS companies in the country. • Generated over $10K of recurring revenue per month in “start-up” mode through strategic partnerships with industry leaders.• Instrumental in the invention of patents for workflow synchronization and data conflict resolution. • Delivered industry leading technology, producing significant edge over competitors, by developing the LaunchPad product that branded every interface of a application to an agent and locked that brand to the end-user.• Worked with industry leader Dropbox to form strategic alliance to distribute IP to vendors.

GOHOME NETWORKS, INC., Corvallis, Oregon • 1997- 2010$36M national provider of real estate websites and Internet software to brokers, agencies, and multi-list services (MLS). Products include the ActiveAgent listings-showcasing software suite, ActiveAgent Professional marketing tools and lead generation, and Broker Works sites for managing leads, listings, and agents.Vice President of Business Development / Co-FounderCo-founded company. Created original business plan and software design. Spearheaded conception and interfaces for software products. Led hiring and management over a team of graphics and HTML programmers. Tasked with orchestrating marketing campaigns, creating industry awareness, and growing the company on a national level. Attracted major national clients, including the National Association of Realtors (NAR), 3 of the nation's 5 top MLS companies, 2 of the top 10 brokerages, and all 3 of the top real estate magazines.• Accounted for more than $36M in revenue, including the only 4-year contract MRIS ever signed with a vendor, by personally closing contract signed over a nine year period. • Generated over $12K of recurring revenue per month (from contracts with NTREIS and REIN) and grew contract base 43% over a 5 year period as a result of creating MLSWorks (product line addressing relationships among the MLS, broker, and agent).• Instrumental in the invention of U.S. Patent for AdTracker, a method of merging traditional advertising media with online advertising leading to contracts with national media companies such as Homes and Land Magazine and The Real Estate Book, in turn adding 1,200 new monthly SAAS subscribers.• Delivered industry leading technology, producing significant edge over competitors, by developing the LeadLock product that branded every page of a website to an agent and locked that brand to the end-user.• Increased profits 45% by designing and negotiating the first "pay to search" MLS system (EPass) for REIN.

Designed the first Public Facing MLS website for MRIS.Managed and grew business relationships in the real estate industry closing multi-year contracts with MRIS, REIN, NTX, RE/MAX Pacific Northwest and The Real Estate Book.

Internet service provider (ISP) with $5M in annual revenues.Director of Product Development, Sales, and MarketingHired to develop and grow an Internet technology department to supplement the ISP business. Oversaw marketing and sales development activities associated with growing operations.Yielded more than $100K per month within a 1 year period by executing a business plan for building and hosting websites while managing all graphic artists, HTML programmers, computer engineers, and sales staff.Enhanced customer Internet experience by redesigning internal website.Boosted monthly ISP subscriptions 20% and monthly revenue 5% by negotiating regional agreement with WebTV to provide local services.Increased subscriber base by 8,000 customers through ad-swap program with local newspaper.

One of the largest software and technology providers for the real-estate industry.; Joined company to oversee creation and deployment of online version of company's CD-based real-estate software. Directed all product sales and marketing efforts including online and trade show presence.Increased revenue from $3K per month to $60K per month and added more than $500K in corporate accounts over an 18 month period.Grew client base from less than 100 customers to 2,000 subscribers, including the top brokers and agents in Portland and the Northwest.Designed and implemented the first online broker listing-sharing program (later called IDX), creating a cooperative relationship among all 32 Northwest brokers.

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Communication, General

Political Communication

Arts, Entertainment, And Media Management

American Literature (United States)