Bacontrepreneur
Greater Seattle Area
- Current
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- CEO at talentspark
- Bacontrepreneur at J&D's Bacon Salt
- Past
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- VP, Professional Services at Jobster
- Sr. Director, Strategic Partnerships at Jobster
- Director of Market Development at Jobster
- Interactive Consultant at TMP Worldwide
- Recruiting Manager at MSA (now Modis)
- Education
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- University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business
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Dave Lefkow’s Summary
Dave Lefkow is currently stumbling at full speed through the seasoning, grocery and supply chain management industries as the co-founder of J&D's Bacon Salt. We're looking for brokers, distributors, retail outlets and other potential partnerships to accelerate the growth of our business and accomplish our goal of making everything taste like bacon. http://www.baconsalt.com
Dave Lefkow’s Experience
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CEO
talentspark
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Human Resources industry)
February 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)
talentspark helps organizations gain a competitive advantage in their pursuit of top talent through a combination of people, process and technologies. A strong area of focus is to help organizations identify and optimize new technologies.
In addition, we provide strong domain expertise to venture capital firms looking to invest in the talent management industry. -
Bacontrepreneur
J&D's Bacon Salt
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Food & Beverages industry)
January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)
J&D's Bacon Salt is an innovative new seasoning that currentlly comes in three flavors (Original, Hickory and Peppered) and is delicious on a wide variety of everyday food items. According to Chicago Tribune editor Gerry Doyle, “this could revolutionize our lives, just like the Space Shuttle and sneakers with little roller skates in the heel.” While that might be a little extreme, we think that the spice and seasoning industry might be one of the last non-automated industries that's ripe for disruption.
The conventional wisdom is that you need $20-30 million to launch a successful seasoning product. Which is why we're using a combination of social marketing techniques and contextual targeting to get the word out and level the playing field. To date, we've been mentioned in Serious Eats, the front page of MSN.com, the AP, WWE magazine, PC Gamer, Entrepreneur magazine and hundreds of blogs and online forums. Visit www.baconsalt.com or www.baconsaltblog.com to learn more. -
VP, Professional Services
Jobster
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
April 2006 — February 2007 (11 months)
- Responsible for all aspects of innovative professional service model that included RPO-like elements (sourcing on demand), managed services (referral rewards and screening) and consulting (employee/alumni referrals and career website optimization); on path to be successful $3-5 million additional high margin revenue stream for Jobster with significant additional impact on customer acquisition and retention
- Drive strategic technology partnerships; responsible for creating business relationships with the leading vendors in the Talent Management space, including Taleo, Peopleclick, VirtualEdge, iCIMs, and eQuest, among others
- Lead technology integration team; created simple integration model that eliminated barriers to sale for over 40% of customers
- Industry evangelism and relations, including whitepapers, webinars, public speaking at events with 500+ attendees and monthly articles in ERE (www.ere.net) -
Sr. Director, Strategic Partnerships
Jobster
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
October 2005 — April 2006 (7 months)
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Director of Market Development
Jobster
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
June 2004 — October 2005 (1 year 5 months)
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Interactive Consultant
TMP Worldwide
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Internet industry)
June 1997 — June 2004 (7 years 1 month)
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Recruiting Manager
MSA (now Modis)
(Public Company; Internet industry)
1995 — 1997 (2 years )
Dave Lefkow’s Education
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University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business
BA , Marketing
- Activities and Societies:
- President/coach/player, University of Iowa water polo team
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Food - Product Development
Dave Lefkow’s Contact Settings
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