Deanna Brown

Entrepreneur / consultant / brand storyteller @FC32

Sport Fan💰 Investor & VC🔥 Startup Founder💸 MarketingBusiness Owner🧑‍💼 C-level Executive👍 Sales & BizDev🧨 Consulting🏐 SportsAngelCOOAffiliate MarketingBrand Marketing ManagerCommunications ManagerContent ManagerInfluencer Marketing ManagerGrowth HackerEvent ProducerMarketing Analytics ManagerPartnerships ManagerExecutive CoachBusiness AnalystPartnerMarketing DirectorCEOSport ManagerCBDO

Deanna Brown is a dynamic and experienced entrepreneur, consultant, and brand storyteller of 38+ years; With a proven track record of success, she leverages her expertise in business strategy, brand development, and storytelling to help businesses create compelling narratives that resonate with their target audiences. Her approach is both strategic and creative, enabling her to deliver results that drive growth and engagement. She is recognized for her ability to connect with clients, understand their needs, and deliver tailored solutions that exceed expectations.

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Work Background

DragonFly SportsFounder/CEO

Jan. 2023Austin, Texas, United States · RemoteLaunched premier fan engagement platform business and strategic consulting digital media business for women's sports. Built an advisory board of over a dozen top sports executives from a network of over 10,000 professionals. Developed proprietary pilot programs for three different use cases - pro sports teams and new GTM approach. Bootstrapped product and technology offerings to assist in developing monetization at scale for the golden age of women's sports.

SXSWBusiness Advisor

Dec. 2022Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area · HybridServe as ongoing advisor of @SXSW Pitch event and the SXSW Festival at large.

PMC VenturesManaging Director

Sep. 2021 - Jan. 2023Austin, Texas, United StatesServed as early stage investor and startup advisor to SXSW (majority owned by PMC). Developed innovation products for a variety of startups @ Pitch event. Led and championed diverse teams and mission-driven founders invested in by the PMC.

MRCManaging Director - President Media & Information & Data Divisions

Sep. 2018 - Mar. 2021Greater Los Angeles AreaLed transformational cultural changes and explosive business results in record 20 months. Built out digital platform and updated the business models. Rescaled operations and rightsized the organization. Hired diverse candidates and championed equity in the music, television and film industries.

TYTPresident and COO

Dec. 2017 - Sep. 2018Culver City, CAPartnered with founder to build out products and services to better monetize business in chaotic and difficult market. Served as business officer for the #1 digital news and information network for Millennials.

Broadway VideoExecutive in Residence

May. 2017 - Dec. 2017Greater New York City Area, and Los Angeles Developed a new consumer concept tied to trending social concept based on TV entertainment portfolio. Served as Chief Product Officer and managed cross functional teams in social science, engineering, user experience and corporate.

GuideSparkSenior Vice President Content

May. 2016 - May. 2017Redwood City, CAServed as the operations and strategy lead for Fortune 500 companies during volatile period in economy. Increased efficiency and improved margins through scaling efforts across customer segments. Increased efficiency and improved margins as we scaled the business across customer segments.

BrandPlayFounder

Apr. 2013 - May. 2016San Francisco Bay Area · RemoteEstablished independent consultancy for prestigious brands that included ABC News, Spoon Media and 4 Girls Tech Developed strategy, assisted in execution across content, channels and distribution

Samsung AcceleratorCEO in Residence

Jun. 2014 - Jul. 2015San Francisco Bay AreaConceived and developed unique mobile workplace product for world's largest electronics manufacturer. Set the stage for some of today's top personal productivity apps and machine learning.

Federated MediaCEO

Jan. 2009 - Apr. 2013San Francisco Bay AreaAssumed role for the legendary Founder. Reimagined and energized the organization around vision, mission, and overall direction of the company. Through an exciting strategic plan and leveraging market enthusiasm for digital media, the team grew audiences 3000% and introduced new products services and revenue growth opportunities. Led acquisition enabling the company to build out and transition into a programmatic market without missing a beat. Oversaw an exec team of 8 and a 5 member board and 200 employees.

Scripps Networks InteractivePresident

Jan. 2007 - Sep. 2009Greater New York City Area · On-siteDrove digital leadership and foundational business change at the board, exec leadership and team level of the nation's top collection of cable networks. Developed and implemented a three year strategic plan that enable 5x revenue growth as well as margin growth, while building new products and services changing the profile. Managed a team of over 500 execs in three cities while assisting in the spin out of the company into the public markets.

YahooVP, General Manager

Jan. 2005 - Dec. 2007Greater Los Angeles AreaAuthored and directed the launch of women’s audience video programming and custom content for brands. Implemented strategies to redesign and reposition Y! Health, Food, Relationships, and Astro properties resulting in over $100M in direct revenue. Successful creation of a positive culture for staff and worked with management to address any issues that were developing barriers to overall success of the new Executive Leaderships strategy.

Breathe MagazineAdvisor & Investor

Jan. 2004 - Dec. 2005Greater New York City AreaPost investment, assisted founding team in saving the new lifestyle magazine and packaging for sale.

AOLVice President Programming

Aug. 2002 - Apr. 2004Dulles, VAHired to developed new product offerings for the key women’s market including new recipe product, bill pay solution, and new fashion finder tied to e-commerce. Worked with a multitude of partners to invent early stage web content and advertising products. Managed all programming and partnerships for women’s segments of the world class digital media company and established new premier revenue partnership of over $250M. The 100 person team of engineers, web designers, and product/programming executives all reported up to myself as a key member of the legendary matrix.