Experience

Donovan Martech, Inc.

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

• Founder / CEO

  • Apr 2023 - Present

  We build custom applications large and small to solve for inefficiencies in businesses. Routed in lean six-sigma, it is our goal to eliminate errors through software as a service applications (SaaS.) We build custom applications large and small to solve for inefficiencies in businesses. Routed in lean six-sigma, it is our goal to eliminate errors through software as a service applications (SaaS.)



DOM360

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO/Founder

  • 2007 - Apr 2023



Zimmerman Advertising

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Account Executive

  • Oct 2003 - Oct 2007



National Education Foundation

• Alexandria, VA

• Marketer

  • Jan 2003 - Oct 2003



American Target Advertising

• Manassas, VA

• Account Coordinator

  • Sep 2001 - Dec 2002

  While on terminal leave from the Marine Corps, I got a job as extra help during election time for a politically-driven ad agency. We built candidates and causes, people who wanted to become congressmen or start a PAC. The shop had been around for years and hung its hat on getting Ronald Reagan elected and re-elected. It is here where I learned the intricacies of BIG direct mail. The list work involved, the packages and sampling. It was not uncommon for the shop to drop over five million pieces a month. Coincidently, I have not run into a shop that big since then. Required reading included Claude Hopkins' "My Life in Advertising." I mention this since the principles in that book are valid today almost 100 years later on a medium, the Internet, which did not even exist at the time! The owner, Richard Viguerie, had been a lightning rod throughout Washington, but was a good man. He let me go to college and work full-time. After some time though, I realized politics were not for me and it was time to move on. Show less



Marine Corps Recruiting

• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Enlisted Marine

  • Jan 1998 - Nov 2001

  I re-enlisted, and signed up for Diplomatic Security duty. Here I obtained a Top Secret clearance and was posted in Cape Town, South Africa; Asuncion, Paraguay; and San Salvador, El Salvador. At each post the mission was to protect diplomatic personnel and the physical security of the embassy.While in Asuncion, Paraguay I was promoted to Staff Sergeant. This is notable since I did it in a little over six years, a feat unheard of (normally it took 8-10 years). I also received a Marine of the Year award for my previous post in Cape Town, South Africa and was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal, an award some do not achieve in a 20-year career. It is of note that Marine Embassy duty is the hardest duty to even qualify for in the entire Marine Corps. Of the 175,000 active Marines at the time, there were less than 1,400 on diplomatic duty. Of those 1,400 I received the Marine of the Year award.My success in the Marine Corps, however, was a double-edged sword. I needed more of a challenge, so I started looking beyond the Corps. I completed my Associate Degree online through Campbell University while on active duty, paving the way for the completion of my four-year degree upon exit. Show less

• Enlisted Marine

  • Jan 1994 - Jan 1998

  After basic training in Paris Island, SC and school in Aberdeen, MD I settled in for training in Camp Lejeune, NC. I rose through the ranks quickly and obtained Sergeant in about three-and-a-half years. I ran perfect physical fitness tests (three miles under 18 minutes, 20 pull-ups, 80 sit-ups under two minutes), expert rifle and sharpshooter pistol. People who love guns get jealous when I tell them stories about long days on the firing range shooting thousands of rounds. My actual job was unglamorous, but the unit I was assigned to was. I was a Light Armored Vehicle Technician, or mechanic for short. I was really good at diagnosing problems and MacGyver-like field fixes. The unit was Light Armored Reconnaissance which meant we could go about 300 miles and then do our thing; take pictures, call for fire (air support), blow something up, whatever.While based out of Camp Lejeune we deployed to the Mediterranean for a standard six-month cruise on a Navy ship. Aside from the Albanian government pyramid-scheming their citizens and having to evacuate the US Embassy, our "float" (as they call them) was uneventful. We did a lot of gator squares, which is basically going a klick (kilometer) and turning left x 3 for a square. We did this off the coast of Bosnia and at night people would shoot small arms at us. You could see the tracer rounds, so it looked pretty cool, but were six miles off shore, so nothing hit us.We hit a lot of ports as it was cheaper to dock the ship than to burn diesel fuel. Venice for two weeks, Corsica for training, Barcelona, Catania, Corfu, Ibiza, La Maddalena, Naples, Toulon and some others. Show less



Pizza Plus

• Waterford, NY

• Pizza Maker

  • Jul 1990 - Jan 1994

  I made pizza, at first at least. My domain was the migali, the work surface which housed all the toppings and refrigerated the dough we had made that morning. This was my high school job, so roughly age 14-18. Interestingly enough once I turned 16 I found myself in a precarious position. By then I was ordering the cheeses, sauce ingredients, the fresh vegetables and doing the hardest part for a 16-year-old kid: making the schedule. The schedule was tough since there was essentially two crews. The kitchen crew and the drivers. The kitchen crew was like a hierarchy with the best hours going to those with seniority, so that wasn't too bad. The drivers were another story though. This position seemed to have high attrition for various reasons, car broken, going back to college, etc. Drivers only made money if there were sufficient runs since they made minimum wage + tips. Not enough runs/too many drivers and they would stand around the kitchen complaining to you all night. They resented a young kid giving them side work (a collateral duty like washing dishes or taking out the trash), auditing their coupons to make sure there was no stealing and also scheduling their hours. I have to say, I learned a lot about people, conflict resolution and life in general at that job. To this day, I can go home, walk in that pizzeria, make my own pizza and reminisce with the guys. Show less



The Times Union

• Waterford, NY

• Paper Boy

  • Jul 1989 - Jul 1991

  This was the morning paper route. I took this so I could control the market. I had both the morning and evening newspaper routes in the same neighborhood. This presented an issue with delivering the Sunday inserts. Solution: reward my customers. I delivered the Sunday inserts as soon as I got them, usually the Wednesday or Thursday before. That meant two extra trips through the neighborhood which I used to collect money from hard-to-get customers. It also meant getting up early and braving the elements, even when there was a fresh snowfall. It should be noted that during the entire span of my paper route career I never got sick. There is something to be said about getting out there in the elements and doing some vigorous exercise. When the time came to step up and get a job in the local pizzeria, I left this paper route as well as the afternoon route. Show less



The Troy Record

• Waterford, NY

• Paper Boy

  • Jun 1987 - Jul 1991

  I delivered the afternoon paper route one neighborhood away. When I got the paper route it had 45 subscribers. I grew the account to 57, plus upsold them garage cleaning, window washing and gutter cleaning. I rode a bicycle year-round and learned humility because I put baskets on the back to carry the papers but the other kids did not think it looked cool. Success in this position earned me the morning Times Union route two years later. I delivered the afternoon paper route one neighborhood away. When I got the paper route it had 45 subscribers. I grew the account to 57, plus upsold them garage cleaning, window washing and gutter cleaning. I rode a bicycle year-round and learned humility because I put baskets on the back to carry the papers but the other kids did not think it looked cool. Success in this position earned me the morning Times Union route two years later.