Experience

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  Riley Blake Designs

  • Greater Salt Lake City Area

  • Director of Licensing & Product Development

    • Sep 2015 - Present
    • Greater Salt Lake City Area

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  Big Lizard Consulting

  • President

    • Jan 2019 - Present

  • President

    • Jan 2019 - Present

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  Skydrop, LLC

  • Sales and Marketing Consultant

    • Feb 2015 - Oct 2015

    Working to develop new sales and distribution for skydrop's smart watering sprinkler controller.

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  Protobird Consulting

  • Albany, New York Area

  • President

    • 2007 - 2015
    • Albany, New York Area

    Business development and marketing for small “Mom & Pop” businesses: business plan creation, development and execution of marketing and advertising strategies, graphic design and printing, as well as sales training and operations streamlining. Clients include restaurants, nightclubs, salons, personal trainers and cleaning chemical manufacturers.

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  Penny Lane Transportation

  • General Manager

    • 2011 - 2014

    Complete operational control of $2M per-year trucking fleet. Core responsibilities included AP/AR, CRM, IT, staffing, and logistical and regulatory management of 20+ drivers and 14 vehicles including box trucks, tractor-trailers and cargo vans. Instrumental in doubling growth year-over-year for 3 straight years.

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  Are You Unwired? / Go Mobile

  • Albany, New York Area

  • General Manager

    • Dec 2005 - Nov 2011
    • Albany, New York Area

    Opened and operated four Verizon Wireless Authorized Retailer locations and three T-Mobile Authorized Retailer locations in Albany, NY. Handled all aspects of starting and running the business, including site selection, lease negotiations, staffing and HR duties, inventory management, marketing, advertising, and sales training.

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  Purpose Mobile / CompuCredit Corp

  • Greater Atlanta Area

  • Consultant

    • 2007 - 2007
    • Greater Atlanta Area

    Part of 8-person team planning and launching a new national wireless prepaid service. As Director of Logistics, developed, tested and implemented all steps of customer fulfillment and reverse logistics. Provided expertise and insight about the wireless industry, competitive analyses and most aspects of pre-launch development.

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  Sprint / Independent Wireless One

  • Albany, New York Area

  • Director of Indirect Sales

    • Apr 2000 - Oct 2005
    • Albany, New York Area

    Supervised team of 17 Managers and Account Executives to promote Sprint PCS products and services in over 450 Retail locations, including Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Radio Shack, Circuit City, and independent local retailers. Responsible for 60% of regional sales. Led all forecasting, competitive analyses and sales team training/development programs.