Educator, Leadership Generalist, ENFP Idea-Generator, Entrepreneur, MBA (current)
Little Rock, Arkansas Area
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- Spanish Teacher at Dunbar Magnet Middle School
- Owner at OfficeSpares.com
- VP of Operations at SharpEnglish
- Owner at The Wedding Guy (Self-employed)
- Strategic Consultant at RAM Print & Communications
- Past
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- Night Dean at Everest College
- Principal / Administrator / CEO at Pinnacle Learning Center, a Kimber Academy
- 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
- Education
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- Brigham Young University
- Brigham Young University
- Dominican University of California
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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
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Spanish Teacher
Dunbar Magnet Middle School
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
August 2007 — Present (10 months)
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Owner
OfficeSpares.com
(Business Supplies and Equipment industry)
June 2006 — Present (2 years)
OfficeSpares recycles and refurbishes donated office phone systems. Most phones we have to pay to take to the dump, but the rare few we can clean up and find a home for. Any profits go to make possible my role in local schools. See officespares.com for details.
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VP of Operations
SharpEnglish
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; E-Learning industry)
September 2004 — Present (3 years 9 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.
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Owner
The Wedding Guy (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Printing industry)
October 1997 — Present (10 years 8 months)
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 -
Strategic Consultant
RAM Print & Communications
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Printing industry)
1990 — Present (18 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 -
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 -
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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Brigham Young University
BA, Latin Teaching, 1993 — 2001
- Activities and Societies:
- Eta Sigma Phi
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Brigham Young University
BA - minor, Spanish Teaching, 1993 — 2001
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Dominican University of California
MBA, Strategic Leadership
3.9 GPA
- Activities and Societies:
- scholarship
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)
Colin Jensen’s Groups:
Marin County Sheriff's Dept. Search & Rescue,
Eagle Scout
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v100 member
Colin Jensen’s Honors:
The Sutherland Institute, #4 Environment in Utah
Utah's Book of Lists for Top eCommerce Sites, 2003
Colin Jensen’s Contact Settings
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