BCT Midwest
Des Moines, IA

GENERAL MANAGER / VP OPERATIONS, August 2010 to February 2011

I handled the day-to-day operations of a wholesale print manufacturing facility with a staff of 20 employees.

Saint Louis University
St. Louis, MO

GRADUATE ASSISTANT, October 2009 to April 2010

I led a team of MBA students in the development of a marketing proposal for the Saint Louis University School of Medicine Research Core Facilities.

JKP Marketing LLC
St. Louis, MO

FOUNDER / CONSULTANT, November 2007 to June 2009

I consulted consumer electronics and technology clients on the implementation of traditional and Web 2.0 marketing strategies. I was also contracted as a project manager within the web division of MB Consulting Group (MBCG), a St. Louis-based IT services consulting firm.

• Advised on traditional and Internet marketing practices.
• Managed media and public relations activities.
• Researched, created and managed social media, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Pay-Per-Click (PPC) campaigns.
• Oversaw internal and external staff on design & development of web sites and database applications. (MBCG)
• Performed maintenance and redesign of existing web (html) projects. (MBCG)

Auvi Technologies / Auvi Electronics N.A.
St. Louis, MO

PARTNER
VICE PRESIDENT, March 2005 to October 2007
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING, June 2003 to March 2005

In June 2003, I was the first employee of this international consumer electronics start-up, subsidiary of Sansun Holdings. Over the years, my role grew to managing a team of eight and being responsible for the creation and execution of the company's sales and marketing strategy. I traveled throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia workign with different offices as well as distrubtion (retail, specialty, and wholesale), technolgoy, and manufacturing partners. In addition, I handled the day-to-day operation of the U.S. office.

Finance / Operations / Sourcing
• Created annual financial budgets for all offices while maintaining company books for U.S. office.
• Worked with third party accounting firm on payroll, taxes, year-end closing and other compliances.
• Served as liaison to third party legal counsel on trademark and patent registrations.
• Recruited, hired and trained individuals in the U.S. and international offices.
• Negotiated and coordinated all logistics with different U.S., Europe and Asia shipping partners.
• Worked with Asian manufacturing partners on development, production, certifications and sourcing products.

Marketing / Sales / Business Development
• Planned, executed and monitored all marketing communications initiatives and materials.
• Led internal team of eight employees, as well as managed external marketing agencies.
• Outlined sales and merchandising strategy, defined product pricing matrix, and worked alongside Sales Vice Presidents to supervise and maintain activity progress of 23 sales reps within different channels.
• Negotiated and served as point-of-contact on all licensing and vendor agreements with distribution, technology and product partners.
• Developed merchandising support concepts and oversaw fulfillment of point-of-sale (POS) and point-of-purchase (POP) displays to assist sales at retail level.
• Implemented monthly newsletters and extranet site to regularly update partners, staff, sales reps and customers.
• Managed event schedules and budgets, and presented at various domestic and international tradeshows.

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Easy Data Access
St. Louis, MO

MARKETING CONSULTANT, August 2005 to June 2007

While my main focus was with Auvi Technologies and Auvi Electronics N.A., I also consulted and collaborated on the creation of all marketing, business development, sales and product materials for this document management software startup, a subsidiary of Sansun Holdings.

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GPX / Bantam Interactive
St. Louis, MO

MARKETING MANAGER, August 2002 to May 2003

I originally worked on the Bantam Interactive public relations campaign when I was at LEWIS and was offered a full-time position with GPX (now Digital Products International), a $100M+ consumer electronics company, and Bantam Interactive, the technology startup.

• Created corporate and product communication strategies.
• Developed external corporate and sales material, including press releases, brochures, sales presentations, photo shoots, packaging, product spec sheets and web site content.
• Implemented advertising, public relations and web site strategies while managing third party agencies.
• Researched, contacted and maintained Europe distribution relationships.
• Coordinated and managed $600K budget for tradeshows and events.
• Established extranet for sales support material and maintained third party database for promotional reps.

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LEWIS P.R. / LEWIS Communications
San Diego, CA / London, UK
PARTNER, March 2001 to July 2002
SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, October 2000 to July 2002
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, August 1999 to September 2000

In 1999, I began my career in London with LEWIS, a top-performing global IT public relations agency. I was the first American hired within LEWIS and mentored directly under CEO Chris Lewis for three months before moving to the San Diego office to help grow its U.S. business. I was quickly promoted within organization and was named the youngest partner at the time of the Company in 2001. 

• Managed three-member team across six accounts, and was responsible for strategic planning and tactical execution of the campaigns to the development of corporate messaging and positioning.
• Drafted and edited press releases, response letters, case studies and bylined articles for both hardware and software products.
• Maintained key industry relationships with journalists and analysts.

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