William Phelan Email & Phone Number

Jackson, Wy, Us

Helping empower people and protect our planet through access to renewable energy. Proud to serve on a team creating reliable products that harness surrounding energy to cook, charge, and light daily life for off-grid households and outdoor adventurers.

Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Co-founder of an engagement, wedding, and family photography company. Serve the role of co-photographer and support for editing and content management.Photography samples are available at homegrownjh.com and on Instagram (@wcphelan).

Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Managed and worked intimately with team members across all marketing channels. Adjusted the company’s approach from siloed channels to a ‘Rube Goldberg Machine’ type scenario in which channels work together to drive sales, respond to community feedback, and work effectively within natural parameters of products’ seasonal realities. Lead the reframing of our company‘s category based on Category Design practices.In addition, due to the realities of being a start-up and having worn many hats for the company, I continued to serve as a resource across all departments, including: 1) Product development design and ordering; 2) Shipping systems creation and pacing needs within fulfillment; 3) Hiring, team growth, and off-boarding for Human Resources; 4) Inventory planning and organization for production and quality control; 5) General business strategy and vision creation within our Leadership Team.

Jackson Hole, Wyoming

As a four person team in 2017, our days were spent working together across all aspects of the business. With increasing demand - in part thanks to our success on crowdfunding platforms - we were able to grow our team and incrementally specialize. In 2021, my attention was able to turn to marketing and business strategy.Company accomplishments contributed to include:Frontier Mittens - Kickstarter & Indiegogo (2019) - Raised $1.3M from 11,300+ backers. Our team returned to our glove line in response to community feedback and launched the Frontier Mittens with phenomenal success, funding our goal in under an hour. The mittens have been included in publications such as Popular Mechanics and GearJunkie.Ol’ Faithful Midweight Pullover - Kickstarter & Indiegogo (2018) - Raised $186K+ from 1,500+ backers. Provided a fantastic learning experience and exploration into a realm outside of gloves. The Ol’ Faithful continues to be one of the top-selling products for the brand.4-Season Gloves - Kickstarter & Indiegogo (2016) - Raised $270K+ from 2,600+ backers. Success of the campaign helped land the gloves in publications like Outside Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Men‘s Journal, and others. Supported in-house customer experience, production, quality control, branding and customization, and fulfillment of large volumes of orders within previously non-existent systems.Give‘rways - This annual giveaway continues to be a substantial effort with roughly 20 participating brands, 30K+ entrants, and $5,400 donated to philanthropy in 2021 alone.Fall/Winter Peak Seasons - As a seasonal business with approximately 70% of revenue driven in Q4 alone, the amount of energy needed at that time of year has always been considerable. In the first years, our small team would consistently clock 90-hour, seven-day work weeks. These early days created a sense of ownership for me and provided a perspective on the immense amount of work needed to run a growing business.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Product Design And Materials Studies And Environmental Geography

Activities and Societies: Running Club and Rock Climbing TeamGraduated 2017 with dual Bachelors of Science degrees B.S. in Product Design.

Renewable Energy And Technology And Resource Economics

Earned environmental geography credits for my Geography major while studying Renewable Energy and Technology and Resource Economics.