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Enjoyed a classical sales and management career that has included key positions with well-known firms & brands, including Newsweek Magazine, Working Woman Magazine, Video Review Magazine, Playboy Magazine, Yahoo!, Yahoo Search Marketing & Yahoo.com
Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Recruiting for my startup
Schools:
American University
FULL BIO
Entrepreneurial Experience / Start-ups / Turnaround Management: Over the past 15 years, I have been utilizing marketing and sales expertise gained within major corporations in building small and mid-sized business. I have a track record of increasing sales, reducing costs and streamlining operations in a wide range of situations.
Proven Record – Across all major Corporate Functions: I am skilled in all areas of executive management, including developing operations throughout the U.S, building premiere sales networks, creating innovative packaging and advertising sales, and expanding into new industries and markets. I possess richly varied P&L experience and have consistently exceeded company objectives achieving double-digit gains in revenues and profits.
Skills: Exceptionally strong written and verbal communication skills. Highly personable and capable of working with Senior Management Executives, privately controlled businesses, and major corporate boards. Proficient in solving problems and implementing solutions under tight deadlines. Hands-on executive, capable of efficiently managing all levels of sales.
• Created ground-breaking products for start-up companies and moved them into multi-million dollar businesses.
• An inspirational leader, who hires, trains and manages advertising sales staffs and teams to exceed company objectives.
• Dramatically increased ad revenues in record time.
• Created effective marketing strategies to develop innovative programs.
• Developed targeted databases from scratch to help grow new business.
• Created new revenue models and streams.
• Set direction, guided information gathering process for all sales and marketing collateral.
• Created and maintained a consistent brand identity that is reflected through all sales efforts.
• Worked effectively and creatively with executive teams, sales professionals,
and clients to maximize revenue and profit and minimize costs.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Employer:
Crowdgather.com
Position:
Vice President Worldwide Advertising Sales
Time period:
May 2008 - January 2009
Employer:
Advertising Sales Consultancy
Position:
President
Time period:
December 2005 - November 2008
Employer:
Chief Executive Magazine
Position:
Vice President of Sales
Time period:
December 2002 - November 2006
Employer:
Voice Web Corporation
Position:
Vice President of Sales
Time period:
December 2000 - November 2003
Employer:
Overture (Yahoo! Search Marketing)
Position:
Director of Advertising Sales
Time period:
December 1997 - November 2001
Employer:
Yahoo!
Position:
Director of Advertising Sales, Southwest Region
Time period:
December 1995 - November 1998
Employer:
National Cable Communications
Position:
Director of New Business Development
Time period:
December 1992 - November 1996
EDUCATION
University:
American University
Degree:
BA
INFORMATION
Awards:
Pioneer in the dot.com space. (I created the first CPC model in existence at Overture, originally GoTo.com)
