C-Suite Executive Coach, Start-Up Specialist & Entrepreneur
Greater New York City Area
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- Managing Director at Intrepid DM, LLC.
- Past
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- Founder / Creative Director at BIG Design, Inc.
- EVP of Marketing & Branding / Co-Founder / Board Member at K2 Design, Inc.
- Freelance Art Director at Szollose Art & Design, DBA (Self-employed)
- Education
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- New York University
- Art Institute of Pittsburgh
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Brad Szollose’s Summary
Brad Szollose is a successful entrepreneur with 30 years of business, & start-up experience. At the age of 16 he started his first company and began his journey of understanding leadership. Brad's fourth company, K2 Design, raised over 7 million dollars in private placement and an Initial Public Offering, (IPO) and became the first Dot Com company to go public in Silicon Alley in the mid 90s. Brad served on K2's Board of Directors from 1996 to 2001.
Brad is also an award winning leadership expert and professional speaker who shows executives and entrepreneurs how to cope with running a business in the 21st Century.
Brad Szollose’s Specialties:
Executive coaching, start-ups and (e)-brands, Web 2.0 interactivity, large scale sales training and meetings, Internet accessment, site architecture, creative strategist, out-of-the-box thinking. Business models for the 21st Century.
Brad Szollose’s Experience
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Managing Director
Intrepid DM, LLC.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
January 2005 — Present (4 years 7 months)
Intrepid specializes in coaching executives and entrepreneurs in developing leadership skills that are more collaborative and flexible for the 21st Century workforce.
Clients include:
- Williams Gerard: Novartis, Ethicon, Merck, J&J, etc...
- Drury Design Dynamics: Lucentis, Shire, BMS, etc...
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Founder / Creative Director
BIG Design, Inc.
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry)
February 1998 — September 2004 (6 years 8 months)
Brad created the brand identity for several start-up companies, and through Richard Carey's company, Intermagica, created the transactional websites for these same brands. Several of their most successful launches: epromos.com and fabricdirect.com.
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EVP of Marketing & Branding / Co-Founder / Board Member
K2 Design, Inc.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 1993 — June 2001 (8 years 5 months)
Co-Founded K2 - the first Dot Com to go public. First founded as a Design Firm in 1993 with Douglas Cleek. Repositioned as an Interactive Agency in 1994 and added David Centner as CEO and Matthew DeGanon as president and chairman.
After private placement, K2 was able to expand from 16 to a work force of over 60. This hyper-growth positioned K2 as an industry leader, (along side such names as DoubleClick, Razorfish and Agency.com). K2 went public in 1996 with an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on NASDAQ, raising over $6 million in public monies and over $1 million in private placement. K2 experienced 425% growth for 5 straight years.
Brad became the Brand Manager and Creative Director for K2's public and investor image.
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Freelance Art Director
Szollose Art & Design, DBA (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Events Services industry)
November 1987 — January 1993 (5 years 3 months)
Freelanced for the following production companies specializing in large-scale corporate meetings and training:
- Caribiner
- Roger Wade Productions
- Motozone
Brad Szollose’s Education
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New York University
Continuing Education , Management , 1998 — 2007
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Art Institute of Pittsburgh
1981 — 1984
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Brad Szollose’s Interests:
Leadership Training, Corporate Coaching, Public Speaking, Virtual Worlds and Games, Self Improvement.
Brad Szollose’s Honors:
Corporate Identity Award
Arthur Andersen Consulting Innovation Award
Brad Szollose’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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- new ventures
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