Experience

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  Business-Accelerated® Company

  • United States
  • Business Consulting and Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Chief Executive Officer, Founder, Podcast Developer

    • Feb 2020 - Present

    Attention Startups and businesses with 5 years or more that started a spin-off, startup.I’m Ellen J Harris and along with my co-host Christopher Knight, we will be bringing you on to talk about your project, what your plans are, what the future holds and how having an investor or investors would make a difference to your growth and success.Christopher is a serial entrepreneur of more than 40 years. Since 2010 I have guided students at the NYU Stern School of Entrepreneurship to win consistent top honors with their ideas and business development. Using my own business, the Business-Accelerated® Company, I help business owners improve their operations, organizational development, marketing, and the major functions that help a business to grow. In short, I help you own your value.Whether you are a financial contributor or are seeking an investor, "Make Your Pitch" is where Entrepreneurs meet Investors & Investors meet Entrepreneurs

  • Chief Executive Officer, Founder, Podcast Developer

    • Feb 2020 - Present

  • Ellen J. Harris CEO, Executive Management Consulting | Business Growth | Marketing Specialist

    • Dec 2005 - Present

    I work with business owners through an owned and operated executive management consulting business. Owners who won’t experience managed services through HP, IBM, or Dell because of their size are top leaders and enjoy the results of measured IT value and optimized capital assets to achieve the promise IT delivers in social media and virtualization commonly known as the cloud.Executive management consulting give customers access to a rare mix of the business of IT through the social engagement of content marketing. Customers use my proprietary micro systems in their business to cross the threshold of resistance while driving their revenues with their intellectual portfolios in sub-sectors overlooks by macro industries. My customers connect their self-designed ecosystems to innovative experiences learned while investing in the systems my business creates for their business. Their results measure increasing returns to their shareholder lists as their customers continue to feel a digital connection to the business.It begins with their portfolio. The product with the highest probability for profit and revenue growth is deconstructed and reassembled according to its value. It is encapsulated in to a manageable system the owner can operate without intervention.I serve as an executive management business marketing technologist consultant helping businesses grow beyond small.

  • Business-Accelerated® Company

    • Jun 2014 - Feb 2015

    - Create, design video marketing portfolio.- Design stage one marketing assets to define a practice in an emerging market- Structure simple videos to convey complex ideas on topic- Incorporate calligraphic art with video elements to retain topic simplicity- Brand non-intrusive video elements to maintain topic integrity- Position marketing assets for use on visual social media platforms- Provide transcription service as production tool in creating video portfolio

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  The Predictive Index

  • United States

  • Certified Consultant Partner

    • Jun 2020 - Present
    • United States

    Design crisis response teams that create adaptive business strategy, inspire and empower management communications that engage employees, define remote engagement so no employee feels abandoned in their position, redefine metrics that matter not only measure and hire for effective contribution to the organization where priorities are reorganized that maximize and optimize the talent within.

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  CQ Financial Consulting Services

  • United States

  • Executive Management Consultant

    • Feb 2022 - Sep 2022
    • United States

    Establish a foundation for a business plan that serves the owner and the business for 60 months.Included in the businesss plan are foundational plans for sales and sales projections.The overall business plan gives insights into new markets.As a result, the markets CQCS will enter are markets where mature audiences live and thrive. This market offers more than survival skills. This market has a lifeblood that continues to pulse through the ages and generations. With a leadership style like this, the target market is easy to connecgt with and attract because the call is to like minded people who hear, comprehend and understand.For example, the most comprehensive plan is the strategic plan that gives light to the direction of the overall business. The strategic plan looks at the market today and in the future to expose those crucial elements that helps a busines soar above and beyond what exists today. The business owner is keenly aware of this affinity since experiencing the grief of separation. After 10 years of service and being released from her position, the owner writes: "It turned out to be a blessing in disguise, though, because I found what I was really good and able to help so many people. I had many friends that were living paycheck to paycheck and had to file bankruptcy even though they had made a lot of money before the recession."It was apparent to me the owner needed a partner and guide to refer to in order to remain on track toward exponential growth. Hence the business plan portfolio is designed to serve the owner and the business. The plans are paired and teamed with Activity Based Costing which opened a method to incorporate a comprehensive marketing plan to transform the portfolio of plans into a structured financial plan. Finally, the operations plan, the last plan to design is the most complex to complete. Once finished the owner will have a complete set of comprehensive plans that will serve the business well into 2032.

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  Executive Management Consultant | Digital Revenue Design Client: School of Enlightened Engagement

  • Central Oklahoma 12/2013 - 4/2014 - Current= Colorado

  • Business-Accelerated® Company

    • May 2016 - Jun 2020
    • Central Oklahoma 12/2013 - 4/2014 - Current= Colorado

    - Audit and analysis of current systems- Evaluate capital investment structure- Interview architects, analysts, stakeholder interest in long-term forecasts vs. Immediate objectives.- Design a direct revenue connection system between business and emerging business audience.

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  Executive Management Consulting | Business Growth Consultant | Digital Revenue Design

  • New York

  • Business-Accelerated® Company

    • Dec 2005 - Jun 2020
    • New York

    My responsibilities include setting the budget for the fiscal year in quarterly increments to meet projected goals. Responsible for setting the vision for the company in addition to mapping the overall strategy for events and deals.

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  Executive Management Consulting | Digital Revenue Design Client: NCR Phillipines Virtual Assistance

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Business-Accelerated® Company

    • Jan 2012 - Feb 2020
    • Greater New York City Area

    - Create metrics to establish base-line marketing for new customer and client markets.- Establish benchmarks to document best practices and governance in repeatable models.- Structure experiential marketing formats that simulate client journeys through customer systems.- Create and automate nurture sequences.- Use A/B testing method essentials that resonate with appropriate markets- Design an action-based referral system to realize a 2% return on value.- Structure go-to-market strategy for revenue generation portfolio.- Re-frame operational outcomes mapped to contribution margins.- Establish base-line growth strategy policy.- Audit existing infrastructure for stability and scale. - Frame a digital business design integrating touch-points pathways to revenue- Design a 4-tier marketing plan with benchmarks and quarterly performance metrics.- Re-positioned services as a value-based portfolio suite.

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  The Infinite Seed

  • Oslo Area, Norway

  • Exectuve Management Consultant | International Social Impact Startup | Marketing | Biz Dev

    • Dec 2017 - Dec 2019
    • Oslo Area, Norway

    In international social impact startup, The Infinite Seed develops film experiences that reverse global climate change.

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  Disaster Masters®

  • New York and Florida

  • Executive Management Consultant: Operations, Marketing and Exit Strategy Planning

    • Dec 2017 - Jun 2018
    • New York and Florida

    - Translate technical complexity into business format aligning owner with technical requirements and purpose.-Design Cease and Desist Documents for trademark infringement for legal representation.- Simplify complex organizational structure in a 45 year old firm. - Acquire founder's Organization, Production and Development history. - Assess existing company valuation. - Sketch and design prospective exit plan. - Identify and measure distance in current organizational structure with future valuation and exit strategy.- Guide Founder away from complex company minutia and toward structural design to increase valuation. - Lead implementation technical and web design team.

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  Heroes United, Inc.

  • New York

  • Executive Management Consultant | Business Growth Coach |Organizational Structure & Marketing Design

    • Oct 2015 - Apr 2017
    • New York

    -Executive Management Consultant and business growth coach for Non-profit in transition- Construct business plans including eight core functions required in a business plan foundation.- Structure a differentiation model to include continuity for membership and donor contributors- Design marketing elements to establish relationships with veteran groups and veterans organizations across contiguous United States.- Create templates that contribute to building an intake and outreach system for executive team.- Structure fourteen elements necessary for finely tuned operational function and procedures.- Contribute insight and background in developing governance model required in establishing startup viability.

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  Executive Management Consultant | Business Growth Coach | Marketing System Design

  • Hudson Valley

  • Padgett Business Services SmallBizPros of the Hudson Valley

    • Aug 2015 - Mar 2017
    • Hudson Valley

    Business-Accelerated® Company contracted to solve local marketing connection with small business owners.o Executive Management Consultant, Marketing System Design for local marketo Develop a marketing system designed to harvest local market assets.o Extract marketing elements into a local designs which integrates consumer based messaging.o Document applied algorithms tested for durable reliability.o Evaluate existing CRM structure for segmentation of industries, sub-sectors for precision targeting. o Create, test and deploy specific consumer-focused touch-points.o Develop education focused nurture system

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  Executive Management Consulting | Business Coach | Digital Revenue Design Client: Accentuate Speech

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Business-Accelerated® Company

    • Oct 2014 - Dec 2015
    • Greater New York City Area

    - Establish employee to entrepreneur system and support to build fledgling practice- Deliver proprietary writing system to use across a variety of social platforms and blogs- Transition website upgrade and refocus on core competencies- Develop a marketing mix of pathways to reach target audience- Establish a plan of action to achieve greater visibility and market exposure to services- Provide training design and implementation planning for roll out.- Design a repeatable system for use in various market segment to uncover and reach target market- Reframe business message to up-level professional voice from employee to entrepreneur- Constructed sales management and strategic planning.- Defined specific business development to include two states and three counties.- Outlined three presentations for use across five industries.

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  Examiner.com

  • Hudson Valley, New York

  • Hudson Valley Digital Revenue Design Examiner

    • Apr 2014 - Aug 2015
    • Hudson Valley, New York

    Author articles about Digital Revenue Design in the Small, Medium and Large business growth sectors.

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  Executive Management Consulting | Digital Revenue Design Client: Move Into Change

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Business-Accelerated® Company

    • May 2014 - Mar 2015
    • Greater New York City Area

    - Establish a framework in program and product design for growing life/career coaching firm- Evaluate a process for systematic planning and design for implementation to achieve a specific business goal within 18 months.- Identify an internal infrastructure to support an eCommerce platform.- Recommend an ISP with reasonable customer service and support for a non-technical professional.- Map a work flow process that can be followed without losing direction in the executive phase.- Plan which segments of the business will populate the eCommerce system- Provide extensive testing and support during the implementation phase.- Define segments of separation from core business and elements required for successful roll out - Develop stage one social media implementation plan- Establish a core template for digital marketing and sales system- Provide feedback on best practice design for consumer engagement- Implement final stage of phase one for successful launch- Deliver social media plan to sustain owner through marketing implementation- Completed project will have delivered business development, sales management, resource and product development and strategic planning.

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  Executive Management Consulting | Digital Revenue Design Client: American Legion Hudson Valley

  • Business-Accelerated® Company

    • Jan 2011 - Jan 2015

    ~ Applying strategic social marketing to existing campaign.~ Design rebranding marketing campaign for dentist with 30 years in dental field.~ Rebrand practice around new practice name, marketing campaign and social mobile media.~ Create performance measures for existing offline business.~ Transfer and use offline strengths to online capability.~ Influence NYU Alumni relationshps to increase practice visibility.~ Apply case study strategy to improve practice performance.

  • Business-Accelerated Company

    • Mar 2011 - Sep 2011

    - Plan and design social media campaign for operatic concert for wounded veterans.- Identify strategic northern tier targets including patrons of the arts- Create detailed budget for "Christmas in July" campaignPianist wrote:I love the "Food & Music for the Soul" title, the montages and the use of my solo playing as the underscoring. I like how the singing is woven in and out of the still shots and how you showcase each of the performers. It builds nicely to a moving patriotic picture of service to both needy veterans and needy civilians. This is good work. Darryl Composer/Pianist

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  Executive Management Consulting | Digital Revenue Design Client: Padgett Small Business Franchise

  • Fishkill New York Area

  • Business-Accelerated® Company

    • Nov 2013 - Apr 2014
    • Fishkill New York Area

    o Create and design a three year marketing plan for client acquisition, social media visibility and revenue growth.o Partner with Sales in designing an integrated revenue marketing systemo Evaluate existing CRM for segmentation support, client engagement and client acquisition.o Design 'out-the-door' system to move marketing collateral in front of qualified business owners.o Create and design a on-site, on-demand digital qualification system.o Increase qualified leads 2% in pre-system launch.

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  Executive Management Consulting | Digital Revenue Design Client: Libby's Funeral Home Inc.

  • New York

  • Business-Accelerated® Company

    • May 2011 - Dec 2011
    • New York

    - Develop target market stategy for generations caring for aging parents.- Design content advertising collaterals to attract undecided market- Repackage existing ads and brochure-ware into nurture based assets that begin sensitive family dialogue.- Create a structured visual package to differentiate Libbys from competitors- Position the organization for regional expansion through acquition.

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  Executive Management Consulting | Digital Revenue Design Client: The Geisha Group

  • New York

  • Business-Accelerated® Company

    • Jun 2010 - Dec 2010
    • New York

    - Align CEO content objective with business vision.- Design a content framework to yield a content collateral for integration across multiple platforms and marketing channels.- Create a market accelerator attracting wider market share.

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  Executive Management Consulting | Digital Revenue Design Client: HoldwayVentures.com

  • New York

  • Business-Accelerated® Company

    • Jan 2009 - Dec 2010
    • New York

    ~ Guide offline executive coaching practice into a targeted online presence.~ Establish framework, wireframes, marketing and branding including case study services to eliminate non-essential services and streamline production.~ Reduce reliance on outdated proprietary software.~ Introduced digital practice portfolio in blog format.

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  Hewlett-Packard

  • Calgary, Canada Area

  • Unified Communications Architect

    • Jun 2007 - Aug 2008
    • Calgary, Canada Area

    Microsoft Exchange 2007 solution architect designing telecommunications systems for companies merging IBM legacy and proprietary messaging systems across multiple platforms using Microsoft Unified Communications Technologies. Apply redundancy where required for speed and agility in global markets where stock exchange communications are mandatory. Observe restrictions imposed by Securities and Exchange Commission to maintain a silo structure ensuring compliance. Manage $350 million project financials and budgets for cost effective, competitive advantage.

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  E&J Management Corp, LLC

  • Director, Technical Planning

    • Oct 2004 - Jun 2007

    Apply technical expertise in expanding a market venture into Internet Marketing for increased web interest. Design a technical plan to acquire three small real estate firms and 103,000 subscriber accounts. Technical planning for a small web site involving consolidation planning, use of forums, blogs, RSS feeds, iPod broadcasting, eGift card services, and wireless service in a local county. Lead technical joint venture with an emerging development firm. Successfully completion of technical consolidation project to build 22 single family units. Map macro skills to micro market.

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  Georgia-Pacific LLC

  • United States
  • Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Information Resource Technician

    • Mar 1999 - Oct 2001

    Maintain a robust and accessible email platform using Microsoft Exchange. Lead detailed migrations of stateside and European messaging accounts to consolidate communication operations into a centralized design to reduce outages.Provide direct support to sales team and design training programs to assist email users in accessing communications data between Fort James / Georgia Pacific infrastructure and trusted vendors.Responsible for corporate anti-virus software protection, deploying a nightly full backup system, liaise with corporate project management teams and create and deploy an access system for Human Resource professionals to delivery employee handbook information covering corporate governance.Meet weekly with email support designates across 8 regions including overseas counterparts to manage growing messaging system. Attend required trainings recommended by Microsoft as email platforms evolved from Exchange 5.5 to Active Directory integration.Design requisite documentation of the Exchange messaging platform for integration into the Georgia Pacific messaging system.Lead member on transition team in corporate acquisition of Fort James by Georgia Pacific.Present a documented messaging system across six stateside business units. High profile units included Dixie Brand Products, Vanity Fair and forestry products in the consumer packaged goods industry.

  • Manager, Messaging Services Fort James

    • Mar 1999 - Sep 2001

    Manage Special Projects working with Project Management Office, validating project budgeting, control and risk management. Managed $1.2M budget, staff of 15. Saved $100K, with Outlook 2000 application

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  NBC News

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Associate Production Manager

    • Aug 1975 - Jun 1991
    • Greater New York City Area

    Serve in various assignments of increasing responsibility in a variety of Business Units. Strategic Business Units include Broadcast Operations and Engineering, film and video engineering, Labor Relations, News desk dispatch and operations, NBC Nightly News, Special Broadcasts: Elections, NBC News Main Street.