Executive Vice President & Director - The Anacapa Group / free-hotspot.com
Greater Los Angeles Area
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- Executive Vice President & Director at The Anacapa Group / free-hotspot.com
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- Business Development Manager at Applied Semantics
- Marketing Research Analyst at Nomadix
- Marketing Coordinator at Fox Filmed Entertainment (Licensing & Merchandising)
- Marketing Manager at Eltron International, Inc. (Zebra Technologies)
- Education
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- University of California, Los Angeles
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Brandon Meyers’s Summary
Marketing executive with experience in senior leadership roles working with new technologies and business models in successful start-up ventures as well as at large corporate enterprises.
Strong track record of mapping strategy, developing partnerships, international business development, building and operating category leading products and services from scratch.
Creative problem solver with excellent communication skills and strategic instincts. I embrace learning about new technologies and cultures which touch our daily lives.
Brandon Meyers’s Specialties:
Advertising (Internet, Mobile, Digital Media)
Business and Channel Management Planning (Wireless, CRM Expert)
Business Development (Strategic Partnerships)
Marketing (Partnerships, End User Growth, Research, Online)
Product Development (Wireless, Internet, User Experience)
Strategy (B2B, B2C)
Brandon Meyers’s Experience
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Executive Vice President & Director
The Anacapa Group / free-hotspot.com
(Online Media industry)
January 2003 — Present (6 years 7 months)
- Co-founded, developed and launched first advertising supported wireless (Wi-Fi) hotspot network (free-hotspot.com) in Europe (2005)
- free-hotspot.com is the largest and fastest growing FREE Wi-Fi hotspot network in the world, operating in over 4,800 locations in 18 countries.
- Define/manage business model and product offering for leading network based advertising solutions provider (The Anacapa Group) active in 25 countries.
- Monitoring and definition of the user experience
- Grow and manage the free-hotspot.com brand
- Identify and develop new customer touch points to increase customer retention and revenue potential
- Define and develop new revenue streams
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Business Development Manager
Applied Semantics
(Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2001 — October 2002 (1 year)
Generated new partnership deals for meaning based search technology to Domain Registrars and Pay Per Click Search Engine Verticals.
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Marketing Research Analyst
Nomadix
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)
January 1999 — October 2001 (2 years 10 months)
Set up and managed internal and external market research efforts for access gateway market.
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Marketing Coordinator
Fox Filmed Entertainment (Licensing & Merchandising)
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Entertainment industry)
October 1997 — January 1999 (1 year 4 months)
Developed brand management and growth initiatives in Licensing and Merchandising for 20th Century Fox Television properties - The Simpsons, King of the Hill, FOX Sports and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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Marketing Manager
Eltron International, Inc. (Zebra Technologies)
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; ZBRA; Computer Hardware industry)
January 1994 — October 1997 (3 years 10 months)
Developed channel partner programs for major bar code label and card printer manufacturer. Set up initial reporting infrastructure, assisted with migration to in house CRM system and supported strategic initiatives through analysis. Set up and managed ongoing customer satisfaction programs and metrics.
Brandon Meyers’s Education
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University of California, Los Angeles
BS , Mathematics - Applied Science , 1989 — 1994
Specialization in Business Adminstration
- Activities and Societies:
- Student Manager for UCLA Football Team
Additional Information
Brandon Meyers’s Websites:
Brandon Meyers’s Interests:
New technology, sports, music, history, entreprenurial ventures, traveling and learning about new cultures.
Brandon Meyers’s Groups:
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Executive Suite -
On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs -
Mobile Advertising & Marketing -
Marketing Executives Group -
Skype for Business -
Online Advertising Professionals -
Wireless Telecommunications -
Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) -
Wireless Internet Industry Executives (WIIE)...5,300+ members & growing! -
European Internet Professionals -
Europe 2.0 - web 2.0, startups, funding, & entrepreneurship in Europe -
Official Boingo Wi-Fi Group -
Wifi Group -
Mobile start-ups - 5000+ members and growing! -
Muniwireless and Muni WiMAX -
Zebra Technologies Corporation Alumni Group -
Sales and Marketing Professionals Promoting HighTech and Technology in Los Angeles and its Vicinity
Brandon Meyers’s Honors:
free-hotspot.com company awards in which I helped shape:
The WBI Awards (Wireless Broadband Innovation) named free-hotspot.com's solution the "Best Public Wi-Fi Product" for 2006.
The FIZZZ Award voted free-hotspot.com's solution as "Best Business Idea" for the Hospitality Industry for 2006, acknowledging innovative and outstanding concepts to increase profitability in the catering and hotel trade.
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