Experienced wireless marketing, product strategy, and business development executive
Greater Atlanta Area
- Current
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- VP-Product Marketing, NA at SpinVox
- Past
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- VP-Digital Lifestyle at AMDOCS
- VP-Industry Relations at SinglePoint
- Associate Director - Messaging at Verizon Wireless
- Enterprise Product Development at Verizon Wireless
- Senior Manager - Third Party Revenue at Cingular Wireless
- Senior Manager - Consumer Data Alliances at Cingular Wireless
- Area Manager, Proposal & Response Center at Cingular Wireless
- Manager - CIMStudio at Cox Interactive Media
- Education
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- Emory University
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Douglas Busk’s Summary
Strong history of leading product development, marketing initiatives, and business development in the wireless carrier and vendor realms.
Douglas Busk’s Specialties:
Marketing; product management, development and strategy; and industry relations.
Douglas Busk’s Experience
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VP-Product Marketing, NA
SpinVox
(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)
December 2008 — Present (8 months)
Lead product marketing, strategy for SpinVox. SpinVox captures spoken messages and converts them into text.
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VP-Digital Lifestyle
AMDOCS
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DOX; Computer Software industry)
May 2008 — December 2008 (8 months)
Directed strategic product development of AMDOCS' digital commerce and advertising lines of business within the AT&T division.
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VP-Industry Relations
SinglePoint
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Wireless industry)
January 2006 — May 2008 (2 years 5 months)
Lead marketing and product strategy for SinglePoint (formerly Wireless Services Corporation). Responsible for product development, management and implementation. Drive industry and wireless-carrier facing business development.
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Associate Director - Messaging
Verizon Wireless
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VZ; Wireless industry)
May 2004 — January 2006 (1 year 9 months)
Directed product management team responsible for Verizon Wireless Text Messaging (SMS) product portfolio.
• Held marketing and technical product management and development responsibility for $500 million line of business.
• Drove strategic decision-making responsible for 100% growth year-over-year in peer-to-peer messaging, doubling of international carrier connectivity and traffic, evolution of mobile Instant Messaging client, and overhaul of consumer-facing messaging portal, vtext.com.
• Revamped premium messaging aggregator program to enable six additional aggregator partners, driving 300% growth in third party revenue. -
Enterprise Product Development
Verizon Wireless
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VZ; Wireless industry)
July 2003 — May 2004 (11 months)
Managed and developed applications that leveraged, and enabled connectivity to, Verizon Wireless high-speed data networks, including Wi-FiAccess (802.11) and BroadbandAccess (1xEV-DO).
• Led Wi-FiAccess product development, including all necessary reporting, development, and coordination with network, IT, revenue assurance, and sales divisions.
• Directly coordinated efforts of Wi-FiAccess network provider, Wayport.
• Overhauled VZAccess Windows-compatible PC software client, enabling users with one-click connectivity to the full array of Verizon Wireless data services as well as those of roaming partner and parent, Vodafone. -
Senior Manager - Third Party Revenue
Cingular Wireless
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Wireless industry)
November 2002 — July 2003 (9 months)
Directed product management team responsible for all platforms and strategy that enable third party application providers with either connectivity to or billing relationships with Cingular subscribers.
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Senior Manager - Consumer Data Alliances
Cingular Wireless
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; T; Wireless industry)
December 2001 — November 2002 (1 year)
Directed strategic alliance and partnership creation for all consumer-facing data products along m-commerce/finance, Location Based Services (LBS), and mobile marketing horizontal segments.
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Area Manager, Proposal & Response Center
Cingular Wireless
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; T; Wireless industry)
March 2001 — December 2001 (10 months)
Led 20-person Proposal Team responsible for Global Accounts (Fortune 500) sales division of Cingular Wireless.
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Manager - CIMStudio
Cox Interactive Media
(Telecommunications industry)
1997 — 1999 (2 years)
Douglas Busk’s Education
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Emory University
BA , Political Science , August 1992 — June 1996
President of the Atlanta Chapter of Emory Young Alumni 1998-2002
- Activities and Societies:
- Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, Student Government, School Newspaper "The Wheel"
Additional Information
Douglas Busk’s Websites:
Douglas Busk’s Groups:
Board Member - Mobile Marketing Association, 2007, 2008 terms, .mobi Mobile Advisory Group (MAG) and Policy Advisory Board (PAB), 2008 term. CTIA/WIC
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Amdocs - Employees of Past and Present -
Unified Communications Solutions -
Shotput Ventures
Douglas Busk’s Honors:
Mobile Marketing Association (MMA): 2008 Global Award Finalist for work on "Obama Mobile" in category of Leadership in Best Use of Mobile Marketing, Relationship Building - NA
Douglas Busk’s Contact Settings
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