Owner/President, The Idea Grove
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
- Current
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- Owner/President at The Idea Grove
- Past
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- Vice President, Corporate Communications at Belo Corp.
- Vice President, New Business Development at eSoftSolutions
- Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing at Brightpod
- Vice President, Corporate Communications at PageNet
- Manager, Marketing Communications at H.D. Vest Financial Services
- Staff Writer at Dallas Observer
- Staff Writer at Dallas Times Herald
- Staff Writer at Lynchburg News & Advance
- Education
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- Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business
- University of Virginia
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Scott Baradell’s Summary
Scott, an accomplished corporate brand strategist and communicator who has been the senior corporate communications executive for two Fortune 1000 companies, leads the Idea Grove.
Most recently, Scott served from 2001 to 2004 as vice president of corporate communications for Belo Corp. (NYSE:BLC), a diversified media company with revenues of more than $1.5 billion. Prior to Belo, Scott served as vice president of corporate communications for PageNet, a wireless communications company with 1999 revenues of $1 billion. Scott also co-founded Brightpod, a venture-funded technology consulting company acquired by InPhonic (NASD: INPC) in 2001. During his 17-year career, Scott has gained broad-ranging industry experience encompassing financial services, travel and health care.
In addition to his executive management skills, Scott, a former senior reporter for the Dallas Times Herald, is a distinguished writer. His writing has earned awards from the International Association of Business Communicators, Texas Public Relations Association, and Associated Press Managing Editors of Texas, among other organizations. Scott has an MBA from Southern Methodist University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia. He maintains an APR designation from the Public Relations Society of America.
Scott Baradell’s Specialties:
branding and identity, brand positioning, social media, blogs, marketing communications, public relations
Scott Baradell’s Experience
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Owner/President
The Idea Grove
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)
January 2005 — Present (3 years 10 months)
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Vice President, Corporate Communications
Belo Corp.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; BLC; Newspapers industry)
December 2001 — December 2004 (3 years 1 month)
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Vice President, New Business Development
eSoftSolutions
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2001 — December 2001 (5 months)
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Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing
Brightpod
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
October 2000 — July 2001 (10 months)
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Vice President, Corporate Communications
PageNet
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Telecommunications industry)
July 1994 — October 2000 (6 years 4 months)
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Manager, Marketing Communications
H.D. Vest Financial Services
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)
January 1993 — July 1994 (1 year 7 months)
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Staff Writer
Dallas Observer
(Public Company; Newspapers industry)
January 1992 — October 1992 (10 months)
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Staff Writer
Dallas Times Herald
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
August 1989 — December 1991 (2 years 5 months)
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Staff Writer
Lynchburg News & Advance
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
August 1987 — August 1989 (2 years 1 month)
Scott Baradell’s Education
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Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business
MBA, 1998 — 2000
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University of Virginia
1983 — 1987
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