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Advisory Board Member & Fractional CRO
CuliNEX - Food Development ProsAdvisory Board Member & Fractional CRO
Jan. 2024Seattle, Washington, United StatesThe food industry's premier consulting firm providing product development and strategic business services focused on clean label food products. CuliNEX formulates delicious and appealing green-label food products that can be commercialized on behalf of food industry clients of all sizes. Since 2005 the company has grown in size and capability with expertise spanning the full lifecyle of food product development from innovation to commercialization, with a focus on product feasibility.
Integrator Visionary
Atomic IntegratorsIntegrator Visionary
Oct. 2020 - Dec. 2021United StatesFounders need a partner and trusted support. You shouldn't have to give up equity, profit, or control to get that person. Fractional Integrators like us allow you to share top talent with other companies and avoid long-term commitments to another full-time salary + benefits.
Board President | Strategic Advisor
AuVis, Inc.Board President | Strategic Advisor
Mar. 2020 - Oct. 2022AuVis, Inc. develops technology and service solutions for automated visualization of key business data. Managed Dashboard Solutions, like AuVis, combine the typical SaaS platform model for software licensing with all the technical, advisory, and training labor built-in so that your new KPI dashboard solution can be realized without expensive consultants, data scientists, or developers. Current product, AuVisMDS, is a cloud-based KPI dashboard solution that empowers data-driven decisions with real-time access to company performance metrics. With over 150 standard data source integrations available, AuVisMDS track your company's data no matter the department or business unit that holds it. Our unique subscription approach allows your teams to see the true impact of all activities across the business to make informed strategic decisions - without the burdensome build and support costs of other platforms. When it comes to efficiently accessing key business data from a simple user login, no solution makes KPIs, data-driven decisions, or Board Level data communications easier or more cost-effective than AuVisMDS.
Executive Development Workshop Facilitator
Vistage Worldwide, Inc.Executive Development Workshop Facilitator
Nov. 2019Greater St. Louis
Director of Revenue Enablement | C-Level Growth Advisor
Atomic Revenue LLCDirector of Revenue Enablement | C-Level Growth Advisor
Jan. 2015Greater St. Louis AreaAs the CEO of Atomic Revenue and a C-level advisor to entrepreneurs, I oversee organizational development, putting an emphasis on customer success. With fifteen years of corporate communications experience, I am able to translate complex ideas into successful marketing, sales, and customer success strategies. I am dedicated to developing and managing an organization of self-directed, wicked smart, problem-solvers who are dedicated to driving real Return-on-Investment (ROI) results for clients every day. A culture that embraces work-life blend, maximizes flexibility, empowers expertise, and establishes team trust are core requirements of our operations internally. Our unified commitment to increasing top-line revenue while decreasing costs of customer acquisition are the results we as a team love to deliver.
Public Speaker - KPIs, Profitability, Dashboards, Leadership
Tara Kinney National Public SpeakerPublic Speaker - KPIs, Profitability, Dashboards, Leadership
Jun. 2013United StatesPublic Speaker specializing in workshops for business owners and executives with an emphasis on using data to align people and process for profitable outcomes. As a business jack-of-all-trades, my keynotes and workshops tend to highlight fatal flaws associated with people and profitability symptoms which are deeply rooted in process and data problems. Common Theme: if others have already learned from the school of hard knocks, why reinvent that wheel. Audience Outcome: practical tools and methods to avoid being the "caveman" when you can be the "innovator"
Vice President Of Business Development
Prospect Infosys Inc.Vice President Of Business Development
Apr. 2013 - Jan. 2014Chesterfield, Missouri, United StatesFollowing a disruptive change in customer-facing personnel, contracted to recover and expand client relationships with enterprise level clients and technology contractors as well as build systems and processes to be trained to a new hire in the director of client relationships role. This was a tricky assignment to strengthen customer, partner, and team loyalty to the company brand in place of loyalty to key persons who were abruptly removed from the company after years of employment. This business development role included both marketing operations and sales operations leadership to build brand, sales materials, and website content as well as establish a salesforce instance to be leveraged for sales, customer management, and recruiting management with reporting for all company departments.
Vice President Of Marketing And Business Development
HexaGrid ComputingVice President Of Marketing And Business Development
Nov. 2010 - Sep. 2012Responsible for managing teams, strategies, and budgets for international sales and marketing initiatives in the 'hot topic' cloud computing industry. Cloud computing is leading the charge in technology innovation as enterprises and service providers worldwide seek opportunities to reduce costs and increase revenues with concepts like Infrastructure as a Service IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), Data Center as a Service (DaaS), and Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS). Regardless of the 'as a Service' type that companies desire, my role is to find ways to fight through the industry noise to generate awareness about Hexagrid's truly innovative services and solutions that free businesses to pursue their 'as a Service' objectives and succeed with a long-term cloud computing strategy. The market is global, the user base is endless, and the potential for innovation is only limited by the bounds of professional imagination. Learn more about Hexagrid at www.hexagrid.com
Founder | Managing Member
TJKworks, LLCFounder | Managing Member
Jan. 2009 - Dec. 2019As the CEO and Founder of TJKworks, I provide marketing operations expertise as an in-sourced corporate communications department for startups and small businesses in a variety of businesses. The full suite of services includes CMO of Counsel services for developing and managing budgets and teams as well as the full suite of communications disciplines to handle your web development, social media management, event management, graphic design, employee training, and public relations needs. Unlike a traditional agency, we don't ask you to outsource your work, we insource a team based on your needs and you communicate with us like your employees except without the payroll hassles. It's a very operational approach to managing budget and resources when your marketing needs are dynamic. With every customer, I develop a strong understanding of the situation, and work closely with the client to establish and implement sustainable, cost-effective solutions that support business success.
Senior Associate (Recruiter and Organizational Development)
Warwick McKinley, Inc.Senior Associate (Recruiter and Organizational Development)
Apr. 2005 - Jan. 2009In 2005, Tara was recruited as the company’s first employee and by 2007 the firm included a full-time staff of six. Typical for small business owners and employees, Tara wore many hats to complete the multitude of required tasks. In the first year, Tara was responsible for full-cycle recruiting, establishing organizational processes as well as marketing and business development. For every project, Tara developed a strong understanding of Warwick McKinley and its clients’ needs before gathering appropriate resources, implementing solid strategies, and completing timely projects within budget constraints.
Senior Marketing Coordinator
HNTBSenior Marketing Coordinator
Sep. 2003 - Mar. 2005Tara was responsible for leading teams in the development and implementation of marketing campaigns to pursue multi-million dollar consulting contracts with public and private sector clients. Proposals, presentations, tradeshows and communications training/coaching comprised much of this work until 2004 when she took on the added responsibility of launching and overseeing the Northeast Division’s public relations program.
Marketing Coordinator
Fay Spofford & ThorndikeMarketing Coordinator
Mar. 2002 - Sep. 2003Tara managed regional communications and proposal development projects related to engineering consulting services for public and private-sector clients. Proposal writing/design, presentation development, and resume customization were her primary responsibilities.

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