Experience

Forte

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Brand and Marketing

  • Sep 2021 - Jul 2023

  Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex For every employee—the healthy and the hurting—Forte is the mental wellness employee platform that provides Content and Connections so they can uniquely and meaningfully contribute at work, home, and in their community. Learn more at getforte.com.



Brightly

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services

• Founder

  • Jun 2021 - Apr 2022

  Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Brightly exists to support venture capital firms and venture backed businesses with the launch of their branding and marketing. You know, make them a little shinier...or brighter ☀️ I started this business as a way to experience all different sides of a space I have fallen in love with: startups, tech, VC, etc. I made the goal of taking on a variety of clients all within this space and working with each of them fractionally. Throughout the experience...I loved them all, but ultimately… Show more Brightly exists to support venture capital firms and venture backed businesses with the launch of their branding and marketing. You know, make them a little shinier...or brighter ☀️ I started this business as a way to experience all different sides of a space I have fallen in love with: startups, tech, VC, etc. I made the goal of taking on a variety of clients all within this space and working with each of them fractionally. Throughout the experience...I loved them all, but ultimately decided I love the build, and I loved building Paraclete. So, in early 2022, I made the decision to join Paraclete full time. Past clients include 👉 Next Coast Ventures, Novel Ventures, Threadloom, Wise Rock Software, Myte, Paraclete. Show less



Novel Ventures

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing Advisor

  • Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

  Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex



Next Coast Ventures

• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing Advisor

  • 2021 - 2022

  I partnered with Next Coast Ventures as the Fractional Head of Marketing to rebrand the organization, relaunch a marketing strategy, and build a scalable playbook for their marketing team moving forward. Next Coast Ventures is a leading venture capital firm founded in 2016 in Austin, Texas. We invest in “emerging, “next coast” companies at the critical stage of development to launch them into hyper-growth. Learn more 👉 www.nextcoastventures.com



Threadloom

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet

• Marketing Advisor

  • 2021 - 2022

  Threadloom's mission is to restore authenticity to the Internet, beginning with shopping. It's the maker of Primary, a browser extension that takes unfiltered, raw product reviews buried deep in forums all over the web and brings them to shoppers in an easy-to-use interface.



Faith Driven Investor

• United States
• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head Of Marketing

  • 2021 - 2021

  Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Faith Driven Entrepreneur is a movement dedicated to equipping 1 million Christ-following entrepreneurs to step into their purpose, fulfill their call to create, and transform the world around them. We provide Faith Driven Entrepreneurs with 1) content, 2) community, and 3) connections.



Will Reed

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head Of Marketing (Founding Team Member)

  • Jan 2020 - 2021

  Dallas/Fort Worth Area Will Reed is only executive search firm built exclusively for early-stage founders. We hire early sales talent in the right locations to help founders successfully share their innovations with the world. Proud to have partnered with companies like AppDynamics, BirdEye, Compass Real Estate, Druva, Freshworks, Fundbox, Harness, MongoDB, Qualtrics, etc. Learn more 👉 www.willreed.com

• Marketing Manager

  • Jan 2018 - Dec 2019

  Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Senior Talent Advisor

  • Jan 2017 - May 2019

  Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Fellowship Director

  • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Dallas/Fort Worth Area



Will Reed

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Talent Advisor

  • Sep 2016 - Dec 2016

  Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Marketing Coordinator

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016



Impact Retreat

• United States
• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • 2013 - 2016

  Impact is an annual 4-day retreat for incoming freshmen at Texas A&M University and Blinn College that aims to connect freshmen with Christian students as well as local churches and ministries in the Bryan/College Station area. Learn more 👉 www.impactretreat.com



Will Reed

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing and Sales Intern

  • May 2015 - Aug 2015