Los Angeles Technology Visionary, Connector and Maven
Greater Los Angeles Area
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- Director of Community Evangelism at Crowdgather
- President and Tech Startup Advisor at The Purple Tornado
- Founder & Organizer at Los Angeles G33k Dinner
- Renegade GTD Evangelist at Fraternal Order of Ass Kickers
- Advisor at SuperViva
- Past
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- Founder, Organizer at Startup LA Technology Conference
- Blogger at Metroblogging
- Editor, Blogger at Daily Mantra
- unCoordinator at Barcamp Los Angeles - Technology unConference
- Blog Consultant (Sole Proprietorship)
- DJ at Theory Radio
- Vice President, Product & Operations at Kwikreel, Inc.
- Spokesmodel at DaLata Designs
- Senior Product Manager at Homestore.com
- Internet Marketing Consultant (Sole Proprietorship)
- Product Manager, Instant Messaging at America Online
- Marketing Programs Manager at iAmaze
- Marketing Communications Manager at Netmosphere
- Marketing Communications Specialist at The Vision Factory / Catalog International
- Marketing Events at Intervista
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Heather Schlegel (aka heathervescent)’s Summary
I get things done. I execute. On my own visions and if you hire me, yours.
I’m smart; I can deal with executives and sales people, engineers and admins. I know the product development lifecycle inside and out. My colleagues confirm this. I have worked for big companies and small ones. I started one.
I get excited by technology and products that integrate technology in ways that directly benefit humans to have a richer and more fulfilling life.
It is my dream to positively effect the lives of a billion people. That is why I live in Los Angeles.
Heather Schlegel (aka heathervescent)’s Specialties:
Current Passions: Personal Branding, Customer Experiences on & offline, Trendsetting, Firestarting, Kicking Ass
Other expertises: Technology evangelism, Real-time Video, Video conferencing, Blogging, Web 2.0/AJAX, Writing, Social Networks, 1:1 Marketing, Instant Messaging, HCI/Internet Usability, Product Development, Web Application, Client/Server, VoIP, Direct Marketing, Internet Broadcasting
Social Interests: LA Tech Community, BarCamp, Geek Dinners, Los Angeles, Cars, California Deserts
Heather Schlegel (aka heathervescent)’s Experience
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Director of Community Evangelism
Crowdgather
(Public Company; CRWG; Internet industry)
June 2008 — Present (2 months)
Having worked with Crowdgather as a client since February 2008, I joined the company full-time in June. My next adventure includes bringing light to the Internet underground forums and message boards and having a lot of fun doing it.
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President and Tech Startup Advisor
The Purple Tornado
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
September 2006 — Present (1 year 11 months)
The Purple Tornado is no longer taking new clients; however I are open to advisory positions with new companies wishing to benefit from my extensive technology startup knowledge and expertise.
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Founder & Organizer
Los Angeles G33k Dinner
(Online Media industry)
April 2006 — Present (2 years 4 months)
Silicon Valley in the City of Angels?! Yes, there are techie people down here. The geek dinner aims to bring us out from behind the computer screens and connect with likeminded people. An offshoot of BarCamp LA in March of 2006, the Geek Dinner is a monthly get together of the LA tech community.
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Renegade GTD Evangelist
Fraternal Order of Ass Kickers
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Religious Institutions industry)
December 2005 — Present (2 years 8 months)
I help people organize their life to get more done and make their dreams come true. I do this by evangelizing to the unorganized masses through ad-hoc teaching seminars, online video and instruction.
I am irreverent and use all possibilities to help you _do_ things. The focus is split equally between strategic visionary planning and down to earth tactical action plans.
My evangelism has changed people's lives in their ability to get things done and live a fulfilling life. -
Advisor
SuperViva
(Internet industry)
November 2005 — Present (2 years 9 months)
Product & Business Advisor pre and post-launch product development. I continue to advise and evangelize on an as needed basis.
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Founder, Organizer
Startup LA Technology Conference
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
August 2007 — November 2007 (4 months)
One of 5 Founder/Organizers of StartupLA - a technology unconference, October 26 & 27, 2007. See www.startuplaevent.com for more info.
This event was widely successful drawing a diverse audience focused on technology start-ups in Los Angeles. -
Blogger
Metroblogging
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Online Media industry)
July 2005 — July 2007 (2 years 1 month)
Blogger for Los Angeles based metroblog, blogging.la and occasional contributor to Boston Metblog. Focusing on local events and activities. I wrote multiple posts weekly and was consistently in the top 50 bloggers across metroblogging network of 50+ blogs. See http://blogging.la.
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Editor, Blogger
Daily Mantra
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)
January 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 7 months)
Developed, managed and launched Daily Mantra on time and budget. Editor in Chief filling multiple roles of writer/editor/blogger/site manager for Daily Mantra (www.dailymantra.com) a blog covering metaphysical topics, news and gossip. Manage a team of 6 authors, wrote daily posts, monitor stats and generally kept an eye on things.
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unCoordinator
Barcamp Los Angeles - Technology unConference
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
July 2006 — June 2007 (1 year)
Managed and coordinated Barcamp Los Angeles events in November 2006 and March 2007. Space, sponsors, food, equipment, clean-up and scheduling with a completely volunteer staff of 5. Over 150 registered attendees. Response from the community was overwhelmingly positive. Supported San Diego Barcamp coordination.
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Blog Consultant
Sole Proprietorship
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Online Media industry)
July 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 3 months)
Consult and set-up blogs for a couple business related sites. Consult on technology, style, layout and content.
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DJ
Theory Radio
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
June 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 4 months)
Currently on hiatus.
Internet Radio Host. Bi-weekly shows focusing on innovative music, mostly mash-ups. Troll billboards to find new music not available on mainstream or broadcast radio. -
Vice President, Product & Operations
Kwikreel, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
November 2004 — March 2006 (1 year 5 months)
Vice President and Founder of Entertainment/Tech start-up in the casting industry. Managed business operations, product definition and marketing operations.
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Spokesmodel
DaLata Designs
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Apparel & Fashion industry)
October 2004 — February 2006 (1 year 5 months)
DaLata Designs supports exceptionally talented Brazilian artisans by bringing their exciting, original fashions to US consumers. "Da lata" means "from the can" in Portuguese - Brazil's language.
I search out hip stores to carry this innovative social fashion. I evangelize it everywhere I wear it. I wear DaLata skirts, tanks, hats and use their bags. Check out www.dalatadesign.com for more information.
To date DaLata has gotten press coverage in Italian Elle and Elle Decor because of my efforts. -
Senior Product Manager
Homestore.com
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; homs; Computer Software industry)
September 2004 — May 2005 (9 months)
Launched several display ad products including leaderboard (728x90) IAB ad unit and Adsonar pay-per-click ad words. Spearheaded product redesigns, owned advertising roadmap, improved ad products and revised rate card. Renegotiated win-win contract with 3rd party vendor.
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Internet Marketing Consultant
Sole Proprietorship
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Internet industry)
October 1997 — December 2004 (7 years 3 months)
Specialized work for select companies and colleagues. Developed and implemented sales and marketing plans for small businesses. Designed and developed various Web sites, products and marketing collateral.
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Product Manager, Instant Messaging
America Online
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Computer Software industry)
August 2000 — November 2003 (3 years 4 months)
Invented, defined, evangelized and managed the development of Screen Name Linking successfully launched in 2003. Defined and managed many features on Instant Messaging Clients including VoIP hardware integration and the redesign of AIM.com with mobile instant messaging integration.
I also evangelized the iAmaze DHTML technology to more than 30 groups in my first year of acquisition. -
Marketing Programs Manager
iAmaze
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 1999 — August 2000 (1 year)
Before Web 2.0 there was DHTML. iAmaze built DHTML web applications, such as a powerpoint slideshow, a word processor and a calendaring application before being bought by AOL. I usability tested our first prototypes in addition to everything in start-up marketing from web infrastructure, web tracking software, marketing events, programs and evangelism.
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Marketing Communications Manager
Netmosphere
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1998 — September 1999 (1 year 9 months)
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Marketing Communications Specialist
The Vision Factory / Catalog International
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1998 — July 1998 (7 months)
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Marketing Events
Intervista
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
1996 — 1997 (1 year)
Where the name heathervescent was born.
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