
Account Manager at Derek Media Inc
Greater Seattle Area

Account Manager at Derek Media Inc
Greater Seattle Area
Summary
Alex Mittelstaedt is the 23-year-old Community Manager of internet startup, Tatango.com.
With the vision to provide groups a free, easy and fast way to communicate with group members via SMS, Alex joined Tatango.com in the fall of 2008. Initially started as a way for Fraternities to communicate via SMS, Tatango.com has grown to the leader in it’s industry. As the Community Manager at Tatango.com, Alex is primarily focused on relationship marketing, press relations and business development.
The 23-year-old, who is fresh out of college and full of ambition, has helped grow Tatango's user base to over 400,000 users nationwide. Tatango.com has sent over 50 million messages since their launch and services all types of groups, including college organizations, youth groups, sports teams, political campaigns and non-profit organizations.
As any entrepreneur will tell you, launching a company is hard work. Alex, along with the other dedicated Tatango employees, puts in 60+ hour workweeks to help fulfill the vision of Tatango.com.
Alex and the Tatango.com team have earned press mentions in The Wall Street Journal, Seattle Times, Mashable, TechCrunch, PC World, LifeHacker and other national publications.
Sales, Affiliate Marketing, Business Development, Account Management
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
2009 — 2009 (less than a year)
(Architecture & Planning industry)
June 2006 — October 2006 (5 months)
BA , Business Administration - Finance, Political Science , 2004 — 2008