Chief Marketing Officer
Greater Denver Area
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- Board Member - Marketing Focus at Denver's ArtDistrict on Santa Fe
- President at The Market Creation Group
- Chief Father of Ari at SchklarCO
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- Adjunct Professor, MBA Marketing at University of Denver
- Vice President of Marketing at Vericept
- Senior Director of Product & Market Solutions at Q1 Labs
- Senior Product Manager at Internet Security Systems
- Marketing Manager at AT&T
- Education
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Georgia Tech
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Brett Schklar’s Summary
Brett Schklar is a marketing and product guru, leveraging over 12 years of creative marketing leadership into many company environments. Prior to founding and leveraging his creative juices with The MARKET CREATION GROUP, Brett was the Vice President of Product and Marketing for Vericept Corporation, ensuring the strategies align directly to the pressing business requirements of its customers and prospects.
Prior to joining Vericept, Brett was Director of Market Solutions of Q1 Labs, Inc, an early stage network security software company. He also has significant experience in the security industry with product management and marketing, brand management and strategic marketing practices. His experience includes positions as Senior Offer Manager of services as well as Product Line Manager with Internet Security Systems. He also held senior product marketing and sales positions at AT&T's Internet Services. Brett received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications from the University of Tennessee and a Masters of Science in Management of Technology from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Brett has served as a panel leader and speaker at numerous industry and marketing events, including: Keynote address at the 6th Annual Association of Certified Fraud Specialists, The State of IT Security, The Institute of Internal Auditors Emerging Technology Conference, CSO Magazine Privacy Conference, Corporate Privacy and Information Conference, SCERT Conference, TEPR, Security and Privacy Trends for Partners Conference, Networked Economy Summit, Comdex, and RSA Security Conference. Brett currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Denver Software Club, an advisor to various CTEK member companies and a member of the ArtDistrict on Santa Fe.
Brett is an Adjunct Professor at the Univesity of Denver, Daniels College of Business, from time-to-time, teaching graduate-level marketing programs. He is an avid cyclist, a casual runner and a devoted father to his son.
Brett Schklar’s Specialties:
All things Marketing
Brett Schklar’s Experience
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Board Member - Marketing Focus
Denver's ArtDistrict on Santa Fe
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
2008 — Present (1 year)
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President
The Market Creation Group
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 2006 — Present (3 years 6 months)
The Market Creation Group is a fast-growing B2B marketing agency headquartered in Denver, Colorado. MCG was created by former business marketing executives who grew frustrated by the typical agencies’ lack of understanding of how to help market a B2B company.
We serve our clients in two ways. First, we offer “virtual marketing executives” who become an integral part of our clients’ businesses by leading both the thinking and the execution of the marketing plan. Second, we are a full service marketing agency built for the needs of B2B companies. -
Chief Father of Ari
SchklarCO
(E-Learning industry)
December 2004 — Present (4 years 8 months)
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Adjunct Professor, MBA Marketing
University of Denver
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Education Management industry)
January 2007 — August 2007 (8 months)
Adjunct professor for MBA students who focus on Marketing
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Vice President of Marketing
Vericept
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 2003 — February 2006 (2 years 5 months)
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Senior Director of Product & Market Solutions
Q1 Labs
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 2002 — October 2003 (1 year 3 months)
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Senior Product Manager
Internet Security Systems
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ISSX; Computer Software industry)
October 1999 — August 2002 (2 years 11 months)
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Marketing Manager
AT&T
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; T; Telecommunications industry)
October 1996 — October 1999 (3 years 1 month)
Brett Schklar’s Education
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville
BS - PR , Public Relations , May 1992 — June 1996
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Georgia Tech
Exec MBA , Biz
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Brett Schklar’s Honors:
Nominated for Denver Business Journal's top Forty under 40 awards
Board member of Denver Software Club
Brett Schklar’s Contact Settings
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