Trish Kalbas-Schmidt, M.S. Email & Phone Number

Knoxville, Tn, Us

• Spearheads strategy and development of MOBI's entrepreneurship education delivery, ensuring alignment with organizational missions and visions; resulting in a 101.367% increase in enrollments and 251.613% increase in course completion.• Actively expanding MOBI partnership program by over 400% (over 100 partners), establishing a strong national and international presence in the global entrepreneurial education market; partners account for up to 65% of all MOBI Certifications/Badges earned on an annual basis.• Championed the development of three new course offerings: Quick Start Entrepreneur, Sales and Marketing Short Badge Course, and MOBI’s on Demand Course: Small Business Essentials. • Lead for the development of MOBI's innovative audio and video curriculum delivering a new learner experience while adhering to the same high-quality, actionable, understandable, and accessible entrepreneurial education.• Leads research initiatives to identify new markets and customer needs, informing program development and growth strategies.• Develops, assesses, and adapts curriculum to meet the needs of users and partners in both domestic and international markets.• Oversees MOBI curriculum review and updates, recruits subject matter experts, and ensures compliance with competition guidelines.• Creates and delivers insightful KPI reporting from LMS and GA4, enabling in-depth analysis of usage trends and data, facilitating data-driven decision-making and strategic planning.• Manages and maintains Learning Management System; responsible for the development of all courses, administration of the system, and liaison between MOBI and host.

• Leads the innovative Digital Merchandising Certification program in collaboration with Bloomreach, directing all aspects of marketing, communication, and execution for Santa Clara students, positioning the program at the forefront of ecommerce education.• Assist development and coordination of the internship program for all RMI minors, ensuring robust, impactful experiential learning opportunities that bridge academic theory with real-world application.

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Greater Memphis Area

• Partner with CEO and Governance Board on strategic business planning, customer discovery and organizational goals.• Develop messaging and branding initiatives for organization and programs.• Recruit and promotion of organization to potential volunteers and sponsors to continue growth of organization.• Assist with management of website and social media accounts to share the VO mission and grow interest in the organization and its key programs including the job seekers program, the corporate program, VolunCheers, and Volio.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Served as primary administrator for all aspects of MOBI; operations, management of programs, community relations and outreach and donor relations of the world’s leading provider of free online entrepreneurship education.• Established MOBI partnership program; providing customized content to students all over country and world through 20 different NGO’s, universities, schools, programs and organizations• Designed and led marketing strategy plans for the promotion, recruitment of stakeholders and growth of institute on the local, national and global stage.• Spearheaded Learning Management System (Moodle) implementation; creating and sustaining platform to ensure access to curriculum for students; liaison with system host Lambda.• Responsible for budgeting and financials for MOBI; ensuring legal and financial obligations to benefactor contract agreement• Led curriculum review and update for MOBI curriculum; vetting and recruiting subject matter experts and guiding them through guidelines through competition; serving as writer and editor on certain sections.• In partnership with Executive director, served as steward to donors, potential donors, and board members; individually raising $50,000.• Hired, developed and managed MOBI staff and student workers

Santa Clara, Ca

San Francisco Bay Area

• Serve as primary career consultant for all Master of Science in Finance students; providing one-on-one coaching, resume reviews and job preparation resulting in an 80% post grad employment directly contributing to the program becoming ranked 37th in the World and second in the West.• Spearheaded MBA Focus implementation; working directly with students from all programs and consultants for a successful launch and adaption of the new job board.• Design marketing pieces for programs and resources; create and deliver relevant content on social media accounts • Create and deliver training and resources for outside career consultants to assist them to navigate GBCM tools and successfully coach students.• Design and facilitation of professional development seminars for GBP students to assist in their career navigation.• Establish, maintain and grow relationships with employers, SCU board members and other key stakeholders to create job opportunities for GBP students.• Serve as liaison between students and employers for MSF internship program; establishing and growing relationships to ensure the continuation and growth of the program

University Of Memphis

• Responsible for developing and managing all aspects of the Crews Ventures Lab (CVL) including program design and implementation.• Create and manage all strategic marketing efforts for the CVL including speaking engagements, print, virtual and social media.• Cultivate and nurture relationships and partnerships with University faculty, students and the Memphis Entrepreneur Community.• Responsible for initiating, developing and securing funding relationships with program sponsors. Part of development team responsible for raising $1.85 of $2.0 million dollar goal; individually secured $40,000.• Serve as Project Manager for renovation of CVL building.• Design of mentoring program.• Craft reports to and for board members, stakeholders and University of Memphis regarding CVL.

Greater Memphis Area

• Taught marketing and management classes with a strong and interactive learning environment for junior and senior business majors.• Created and executed communication lessons focused on writing, speaking and understanding of the professional business culture and expectations.

University Of Arkansas

• Responsible for developing and managing all marketing efforts for ASBTDC including speaking engagements, print, virtual and social media.• Develop, coordinate, and implement training and educational activities in the Center’s assigned territory.• Serve as primary instructor for center regarding business and marketing topics.• Specialist in office for all social media consulting and instruction; manage website and all social media accounts.• Cultivate and nurture relationships and partnerships with local government, economic development, and civic organizations.• Responsible for initiating, developing and securing funding relationships with program sponsors.• Serve as the liaison between the attendee, clients, business consultants and center.• Work actively with sponsors, volunteer speakers and venues.• Member of four local chamber of commerce small business committees; chair for Fayetteville Chamber Small Business Committee.• Write semi and annual report for SBA reporting.

•Responsible for managing and coordinating all grant functions, initiatives and projects•Serve as the liaison between the faculty, the principle investigators and the administration; serve as the face of grant•Science and Engineering Recruitment Team Coordinator & Member, working with faculty search committees •Create, write and give presentations on both local and national levels•Supervise staff and graduate students•Organize and coordinate all ADVANCE events •Write quarterly and annual reports to be submitted to the National Science Foundation•Serve as research assistant – researching and analyzing data•Develop marketing and promotional materials

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Served as the liaison between the physicians (and their office administrators) and the society• Promoted GLMS and all of its services to members and potential members by going to office visits (house calls) to meet directly with the physicians and/or office managers• Responsible for managing and coordinating all GLMS membership functions and initiatives including: recruitment initiatives, retention functions and all membership database information• Developed all marketing material for the promotion of membership• Represented GLMS at medical community events• Created and coordinated events for members and potential members• Worked in conjunction with other departments of GLMS and the University of Louisville in relation to recruitment and meeting members needs• Developed and manage budget• Conducted research pertaining to membership: write surveys, data analysis, conduct focus groups• Created training manual(s)

• Responsible for creating and writing reports for clients, such as, IEEE, University of Wisconsin – Whitewater, and Warnke & Nichols• Experience in analyzing data and technical writing• Conducted research for new business venture for large regional publication• Developed interview guides and conduct interviews• Created proposals for future clients• Served as research assistant• Assisted in the creation of presentations• Created surveys using Survey System

M.S., Corporate Communication

B.S., Sociology And Communication

Bachelor'S Degree, Sociology And Communications