Colin Jensen

Current

Founder at Business a Week
VP of Operations at SharpEnglish
Director of Business Development at RAM Print & Communications

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Past

Spanish Teacher at Dunbar Magnet Middle School
Owner at The Wedding Guy
Principal / Administrator / CEO at Pinnacle Learning Center, a Kimber Academy

Night Dean at Everest College
Director at The Academy of Little Rock, a Paul Mitchell Partner School
VP of Operations at DMRevolution
VP of Operations at Auction Video
Business Development Consultant at Scheduleworks
Teacher at Alpine School District
President at The Bride Book
Latin Teacher at Granger High
Spanish Teacher at Westlake Junior High
Latin Teacher & substitute at Brigham Young University
Seminary Teacher at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Missionary at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Education

Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Dominican University of California

Novato High

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Recommended

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Connections

487 connections

Industry

Printing

Websites

Colin Jensen’s Summary

To contact me directly, use linkedin@colinjensen.com

RECENT AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• 2007, The Pinnacle Learning Centers, after 5 months of my management, went from unlisted by The Sutherland Institute to ranked as fourth of 858 Utah schools in all three Best Learning Environment categories.
• 2006, I helped finalize a $100M deal to develop cell-phone broadcasting services for major cell phone manufacturer.
• 2005, DMRevolution, a transnational MLM I launched, signed its 15,000th distributor.
• 2005, Auction Video, the default provider of video hosting services for eBay, of which I was VP of Operations, was described by eBay CEO Meg Whitman as “[possibly] the next PayPal.”
• 2004, SharpEnglish, under my lead, grew from launch to 4,000 students in just over six months. For this position I also hired and trained over 200 employees.
• 2003, The Bride Book, which I founded, was listed in Utah’s Book of Lists having one of the “Top 25 E-Commerce Sites in Utah.” That year we printed over 30,000 copies per issue of our 400 page magazine.

Colin Jensen’s Specialties:

MBA in Strategic Leadership (current); BA in Education (2001); educational administration, Entrepreneur; specialties in videoconferencing and internet streaming, education, private schoos, charter schools, wedding industry, and printing; degrees in Latin Teaching & Spanish Teaching; auction industry

Colin Jensen’s Experience

Founder

Business a Week

(Management Consulting industry)

November 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)

I start a business a week. Really, I average a business about every month, but I try.
VP of Operations

SharpEnglish

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; E-Learning industry)

September 2004 — Present (4 years 11 months)

A property of MET Holdings: SharpEnglish is a videoconferencing-based ESL school. Statistics show that most everyone in the world wants to learn English, and SharpEnglish fills that demand at all levels, from beginning ESL to advanced accent reduction classes. Because it happens over the web, it's very cost effective. SharpEnglish is really an unparalleled effort into the future of education.
Director of Business Development

RAM Print & Communications

(Printing industry)

1975 — Present (34 years)

RAM has been Marin County's dominant printer since 1969. With virtually zero turnover, the employees at RAM average over 20 years employment there, and that brings an unparalleled expertise to the printing industry. (415) 383-4177.
* Currently developing POS-system & database-driven website
* General strategic consulting and IT development; Webmaster
* Graphic Artist for Marin, Sonoma, Contra Costa, and Napa/Solano Express books
Spanish Teacher

Dunbar Magnet Middle School

(Primary/Secondary Education industry)

August 2007 — May 2008 (10 months)
Owner

The Wedding Guy

(Printing industry)

October 1997 — 2008 (11 years)

Founder of a system of wedding invitations and thermographic printing (weddings, graduations, corporate stationery). For this role I was made a recognizable character in a movie you may be familiar with.
* Organized wedding-industry trade shows for tens of thousands of brides
* Developed successful marketing plan involving a network of subcontractors, salesmen, and clients
* Invited to bid for commercial thermographic printing for public corporations
* Outfitted register templates for 13 Bay Area fast food franchises
Principal / Administrator / CEO

Pinnacle Learning Center, a Kimber Academy

(Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Education Management industry)

August 2006 — February 2007 (7 months)

I am the Principal of a well-known K-12 LDS private school in Lindon, Utah, ranked by the Sutherland Institute as the #4 Learning Environment in Utah. Our average student, no matter their background or skill-set, scores at a college freshman level in all 21 areas of the GED diagnostic by age 14. They are amazingly socially and spiritually capable and confident. Simply put, we do school right.
Night Dean

Everest College

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; COCO; Higher Education industry)

2006 — 2007 (1 year)

Night Dean, Project Manager and Instructor with varying tasks within a $1.5B public corporation
* Personally developing database driven student scheduling system for 140 colleges
* Audited for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance in a public & pseudo-governmental framework
* Consulted with students in various contexts, including teaching and tutoring Management, Accounting, Computer Science, and GE courses
Director

The Academy of Little Rock, a Paul Mitchell Partner School

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)

2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

College President
VP of Operations

DMRevolution

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2005 — April 2006 (1 year 4 months)

A property of MET Holdings: DMRevolution sells a variety of technology products and electronics through resellers and distributors. Contact me for info.
VP of Operations

Auction Video

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

September 2004 — February 2006 (1 year 6 months)

A property of MET Holdings: Auction Video is the default designer and provider of streaming video onto many large companies with which you are familiar. Through patented technology, we can enable you to post a video, commercial, etc. onto any website that allows HTML, without any increased server load. If you'd like a live or streaming video anywhere, I can advise.
Business Development Consultant

Scheduleworks

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

August 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 1 month)

Scheduleworks is really the only software out there for employee scheduling. Popular with restaurants, it allows any employee to request a schedule or time off online, and our servers calculate the most mathematicaly agreeable schedule possible, saving each office manager an average of five (5!) hours per week in scheduling, and completely avoiding the primary source of morale issues in many organizations. Contact me for info.
Teacher

Alpine School District

(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

January 1998 — May 2005 (7 years 5 months)

Substitute-taught anything in need; Grades 7-12
President

The Bride Book

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

October 2001 — March 2003 (1 year 6 months)

* Designed business; Wrote contracts; Developed software and network;
Sold ads; Wrote articles; Maintained business relations with 800 vendors
* Personally trained and supervised all salesmen, designers, and programmers
* Organized printing and distribution of 30,000 copies of a 525-page bridal resource guide; over 100,000 copies in 3 states are estimated for 2004
* Oversaw construction of thebridebook.com, listed by Utah Business magazine as "One of the Top 25 eCommerce Sites in Utah" for 2002. The web site, in its first official month, was visited by 4,000 customers.
Latin Teacher

Granger High

(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

2001 — 2001 (less than a year)

Taught Latin I and II, Grades 10-12, Granger High School
Spanish Teacher

Westlake Junior High

(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

2001 — 2001 (less than a year)

Taught Spanish I, II, and III, Grades 7-9, Westlake Junior High School
Latin Teacher & substitute

Brigham Young University

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

1997 — 2001 (4 years)

Co-taught Honors Accelerated Latin 111; Adult
Tutored Math, Religion, Latin, and Greek; Adult
Seminary Teacher

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

1998 — 1999 (1 year)

Taught Church History to Severe/Profound Special Education students; Ages 12-23
Missionary

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Religious Institutions industry)

May 1995 — May 1997 (2 years 1 month)

Texas San Antonio Mission: Mission Secretary, Volunteer Missionary, Trainer, District Leader

Colin Jensen’s Education

Brigham Young University

BA , Latin Teaching , 1993 — 2001

Activities and Societies:

Eta Sigma Phi
Brigham Young University

BA - minor , Spanish Teaching , 1993 — 2001
Dominican University of California

MBA , Strategic Leadership

3.9 GPA

Activities and Societies:

scholarship
Novato High

Additional Information

Colin Jensen’s Websites:

Colin Jensen’s Interests:

Advanced knowledge of computers, PC (DOS-WinXP), Mac (OS6-X), Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Quark Xpress, expert at internet research, Illustrator, HTML/Web Design, troubleshooting, hardware installation; Type up to 120 WPM, Martial Arts, Karate, Shaolin Kempo, Kosho-ryu Kenpo, Hapkido, Taekwondo, Contact Kickboxer (19 yrs)