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Co-Founder
BCDM Partners Inc.Co-Founder
Jul. 2021 - Jan. 2023Greater Rockford AreaStarting up a new education company focused on teacher wellness with 3 partners.
Managing Director
Mint Collective LLCManaging Director
Jul. 2015Rockford, Illinois AreaMy work is focused on improving business results from digital initiatives. I have a unique background in business development, sales, product development and social media to help my clients. Projects have included work for BMS, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Otsuka and consumer brands. I help companies and agencies with business development, digital strategy, paid media promotions, social selling skills and tactics for successful social media projects.
Vice President - Sales
Crisp ThinkingVice President - Sales
Dec. 2013 - Jul. 2015Greater New York City AreaCrisp is the first social moderation service to deploy trained human moderators with advanced technology to guarantee, in a cost effective way, 100% detection of brand risk within 15 minutes on a 24/7 basis, in more than 50 languages Crisp is the world’s leading expert on behavioral analysis technology, internet safety, management and control. The company has set new global standards with revolutionary technology and purpose-built solutions which tackle the problems that have plagued the online gaming and internet safety industry for years – problems other developers avoid. The Crisp Community Management Platform protects users from threats such as spam, griefing, scams, bullying and child predators. It profiles, manages and protects, automating many vital functions and helping keep companies compliant with local legislation such as COPPA in the US. I was responsible for sales of services into the US Markets for Crisp.
Photographer
Bella PicturesPhotographer
Jan. 2008 - Sep. 2012I was a certified Bella wedding photographer and photographed weddings in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Sales Vice President
LiveWorldSales Vice President
Jul. 2007 - Dec. 2013New York and New Jersey• Sales Vice President for LiveWorld, a provider of online communities and moderation services. My work involved sales and business development in the Northeast US. • Clients included ATT, Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi-Aventis, Pfizer, Intel, Marriott, McDonalds, Mini-Cooper, Lexus, WPP and Walmart
Director of Online Products
TV Guide.comDirector of Online Products
Sep. 2005 - Jun. 2007Greater New York City Area• Director of Online Products for tvguide.com. Management of staff that included product managers and QA group. • Responsible for developing and implementing an online community strategy focused on TV, Movies and other entertainment. • Besides the online community development, my work also included a web site redesign and launching several new products. My work also included SEO & UI audits and online video. I hold 5 patents from my work at TV Guide.
Consultant
Educational Testing ServiceConsultant
Apr. 2005 - Sep. 2005Princeton NJ• Extended full time consulting contract with the Business Development Group at ETS • Responsible for finding new markets and partnerships for ETS technology products in K-12, Higher Education, International and Adult markets. • Competitive analysis and research on domestic and international companies.
Product Director
Co-nectProduct Director
Aug. 2004 - Jan. 2005Greater Boston Area• Responsible for commercializing a $5M US Department of Education grant to develop a professional development tracking system. • P+L responsibility for a data-driven professional services offerings for the K-12 market. • Specific work included: developing sales and marketing materials, defining market requirements for products, pricing, competitive analysis and building channel relationships for products.
Director of Business Development
Educational Testing ServiceDirector of Business Development
Aug. 2001 - Aug. 2004Princeton NJ• Identified and researched market potential for assessment products developed in ETS’s research division. Products have included data reporting, formative assessments, simulation based assessments, item cloning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) based scoring technologies. • I was responsible for licensing ETS technology services to other educational companies. I also did M&A work in the K-12 markets. • Elected to the SIIA’s education division board in 2003 (Industry trade group representing over 200 education companies).
Photographer
Jay Bryant PhotographyPhotographer
Jan. 2000 - Dec. 2020Rockford, Illinois AreaI had a Portrait and Wedding photography business that I was doing part-time. My focus was on wedding and business portraits. My photography work can be found at http://www.jaybryant.com
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