
CEO of Sparksight, Event Management and Media, Entrepreneur, Investor, Speaker.
Austin, Texas Area

CEO of Sparksight, Event Management and Media, Entrepreneur, Investor, Speaker.
Austin, Texas Area
Entrepreneurship is the best job I've never had.
Sales, Marketing, Business development, Accounting/Finance, Product Strategy, Product and Brand Development, Product Management, Creative Services, Analyst and Industry Relations.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
December 2006 — Present (3 years )
Sparksight® offers interactive marketing and event management services that help organizations deliver compelling experiences online and in-person. Sparksight uniquely expands the reach of event planners to deliver online events that leverage unclaimed assets surrounding conferences and provides comprehensive production facilities to broadcast audio/video from sessions for instructional or commercial purposes.
Conference Planning and Production
New Media and Interactive Marketing
Web Design and Digital Branding
Full Service Video Production
Conference Broadcasting/Streaming
http://www.sparksight.com/
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Consumer Services industry)
June 2000 — Present (9 years 6 months)
Justice Strategy was purchased by Sparksight, Inc. in June 2007.
Justice Pest Services offers services tailored to the needs of home owners and commercial businesses. Our personalized termite and pest protection services protect the value of your investments and our unique customer service model educates customers to identify potential problems for themselves. With 30 years experience and thousands of satisfied customers, we’ve built a reputation on dedication, trust, integrity and responsiveness.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
August 2007 — July 2008 (1 year )
AustinIMA is a non-profit professional association dedicated to championing innovation in digital marketing to brand marketers, publishers and agencies through educational, networking and association events.
http://www.austinima.org
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
February 2007 — February 2008 (1 year 1 month)
Open Source Matters, Inc. (OSM) is a non-profit organization formed under United States law to provide organizational, legal and financial support for the Joomla Open Source Content Management System project. The Joomla project has a community of over 90,000 and Joomla is used by hundreds of thousands of sites in every industry.
See http://www.opensourcematters.org and http://www.joomla.org
(Non-Profit; Investment Management industry)
April 2006 — February 2008 (1 year 11 months)
Founded in 1954, the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) is a global association for professionals involved in corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions. Today ACG stands at more than 10,000 members from corporations, private equity, finance, and professional service firms representing Fortune 500, Fortune 1000, FTSE 100, and mid-market companies in 51 chapters in North America and Europe. For more information, please visit www.ACG.org.
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)
March 2002 — September 2007 (5 years 7 months)
Justice Strategy was purchased by Sparksight, Inc. in April 2007.
Justice Strategy L.L.C. is a professional services firm specializing in growth programs for small and medium sized businesses. Justice Strategy provides early stage companies and entrepreneurs the training, tools and infrastructure to develop sustainable business plans and growth strategies. Our core competency is built around the use of Open Source technologies that provide alternative, cost-effective solutions for increasing business productivity and profitability.
http://www.JusticeStrategy.com
(Public Company; VIGN; Computer Software industry)
March 2003 — April 2006 (3 years 2 months)
Responsible for the strategic direction of enterprise content management, integration and collaboration products. Product management, marketing and janitorial work after 5pm. (gotcha)
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2001 — March 2003 (2 years 3 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Computer Software industry)
January 1999 — January 2001 (2 years 1 month)
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
March 1996 — May 1999 (3 years 3 months)
BS , Computer Science , 1989 — 1994
Conferences, Live Streaming, new media, video production
IEEE, ACG, PRSA