Entrepreneur, Consultant
Charlotte, North Carolina Area
- Current
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- Consultant at A Clever Cartel Productions, Inc.
- Past
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- CEO at Brahma Beverage Distribution
- Director of Information Technology at Adhesion Technologies
- Sr. Network Engineer / Internet Developer at Moretz Sports / Moretz, Inc.
- Information Technology Consultant at N.C. Assoc. of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging
- Education
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- University of Phoenix
- Duke University
- North Carolina State University
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Josh Bevan’s Summary
Josh Bevan is an entrepreneur with extensive background in Media and Information Systems, and business experience that spans the globe, including Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Pakistan, South Korea, Ukraine, and Vietnam. He is an accomplished business strategist and operations manager, and has a proven track record in seeking and implementing organizational efficiency and cost reduction.
In college Josh studied business, Asian culture, digital media, and film. In 2000 he graduated with a Bachelors of Multidisciplinary Studies from North Carolina University and in 2008 he received a Master’s degree in Information Systems from the University of Phoenix. He was introduced to HTML in 1994, published his first Web site in 1996, and began streaming video online in 1999. He also received a certificate from Duke University as a Certified Internet Web Professional (CIW).
Josh worked in the Internet and Information Systems field until 2006, when he left a Director of Information Technology position at Adhesion Technologies to manage full-time Brahma Beverage Distribution, Inc., a company he had founded in the preceding year. In the months that followed the business grew to over 600 wholesale accounts across North Carolina. The company also gained a foothold in vending with customized machines, designed by Josh, which accepted credit cards and were wirelessly connected to the Internet. This revolution in vending machine technology allowed the company to remotely monitor sales, inventory, and system status.
In January 2007 Josh sold the business, founded A Clever Cartel Productions, Inc., began consulting at Speed, and hired a small overseas development team to begin building and expanding in-house Web sites.
Josh Bevan’s Specialties:
Online media, business planning, strategy, operations, information technology, negotiations, purchasing, sourcing, cost cutting, and entrepreneurship.
Josh Bevan’s Experience
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Consultant
A Clever Cartel Productions, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
January 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)
A Clever Cartel Productions, Inc. provides online media consulting and production.
SPEED (Fox / News Corp):
Provide Business Process Management for alternate video distribution, including: Cable / Satellite Video on Demand, Broadband, Mobile, Podcasting, and Electronic Sell Through initiatives - plan and deploy technology, integrate new production processes with current alternate distribution processes to realize efficiencies, train and manage Production Assistants and Associate Producers.
Implemented a new production solution with minimal ongoing support costs, increased productivity more than 400%, increased distribution more than 600%.
Other Clients / Projects:
Provide IT consulting. Manage Chinese and Indian development teams. Develop SDLC requirements documents and manage ongoing rapid application development, SEO / SEM online marketing, provide project management, art direction, and strategic planning and monetization to support an aggressive growth plan. -
CEO
Brahma Beverage Distribution
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Wholesale industry)
September 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 5 months)
Applied Internet and Information Technologies to a traditional industry to gain a big advantage.
Founded a revolutionary vending company with Internet connected vending machines to track sales, manage inventory, and accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and AMEX credit cards.
Expanded vertically into DSD Distribution with a focus on the Hispanic markets, opened the Metrolina, Triangle, and Triad markets, 600 accounts, and warehousing statewide in six months.
Managed executive staff, oversaw vendor relationships, logistics, negotiations, sales, and accounting.
Sold business. -
Director of Information Technology
Adhesion Technologies
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2004 — April 2006 (1 year 9 months)
Managed Systems Team, coordinated projects and deployments with Dev Team and Executives.
Implemented remote hosting of Windows Small Business Servers, and multi-client Internet hosted applications (Schwab Portfolio Center, Portfolio Management System) using custom deployments of Windows Remote Desktop and Group Policies.
Planned and deployed business, development, and staging server environments (Solaris, Linux, Windows 2003).
Deployed redundant backup routines and log reports.
Planned and led consolidation of local and remote systems infrastructure and isolated legacy environment (Solaris) into a separate network to reduce administrative overhead.
Renegotiated Internet access contracts, doubling bandwidth (to two T1 lines) at one-half the original cost. -
Sr. Network Engineer / Internet Developer
Moretz Sports / Moretz, Inc.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Textiles industry)
September 2002 — August 2004 (2 years)
Managed a team of 3 employees and a network of 500 nodes.
Planned and led Windows XP Professional migration.
Led implementation of a Linux-based domain on Samba technology, transparent to Windows clients and System Administration, for a fraction of Microsoft and IBM cost alternatives.
Implemented System Access controls to secure the network and reduce Administrative overhead.
Initiated Outlook migration. Implemented spam filters (reducing company's spam problem by over 90%).
Set up a centralized file system to reduce Administrative overhead and increase security.
Set up and administered backup routines and log reports.
Renegotiated IT purchasing agreements with vendors, reducing expenses by an estimated 15 - 20%. Reduced Web and email hosting expenses by 89%.
Key player in the development and implementation of an integrated B2B solution. -
Information Technology Consultant
N.C. Assoc. of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 2000 — September 2002 (2 years 9 months)
Created and implemented IT processes which reduced annual IT costs by 65%.
Identified infrastructure problems, and rebuilt local area network (LAN) based on discoveries.
Trained staff, provided informed purchasing and technology recommendations.
Josh Bevan’s Education
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University of Phoenix
MS, Masters of Information Systems, 2006 — 2008
The Master of Information Systems (MIS) program provides the knowledge to understand the role of business systems within the organization and apply the principles of systems analysis and design, to analyze and evaluate information technologies, and to create project, risk, and information systems strategic plans.
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Duke University
Certification, Certified Internet Web Professional (CIW), 2001 — 2002
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North Carolina State University
BA, Multidisciplinary Studies, 1996 — 2000
A self-directed degree approved by the Multidisciplinary Studies board, with intensive courses in Business, Computer Science, Design, Communications, Multimedia, and Film Studies.
- Activities and Societies:
- NC State Entrepreneurship Education Initiative (EEI), NCSU Film Club
Additional Information
Josh Bevan’s Websites:
Josh Bevan’s Interests:
cars, motorsports, movies, independent film, filmmaking, traditional and digital art, 3D, animation, vfx, technology, learning, reading, skiing, my puppies, adventure, entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, international business, investing.
Josh Bevan’s Groups:
NC State Entrepreneurship Education Initiative (EEI)
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PixelCorps
Josh Bevan’s Honors:
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People® certified (2007).
IMPACT 2007 Social Entrepreneurship Workshop participant (http://seimpact.org).
Published artwork, "The Best of 3D Graphics - From Concept to Creation" (Rockport Press, 2001).
Finalist, N.C. State University 7th Annual Carroll Joyner Business Plan Competition (2000).
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America (1993).
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