General Manager, Active Media Properties at The Active Network
Reno, Nevada Area
General Manager, Active Media Properties at The Active Network
Reno, Nevada Area
Senior Internet product and business development specialist.
* Internet product and business development
* Enterprise-level content management solutions
* Custom e-commerce enabled applications
* E-marketing product and strategy development
* Contemporary search engine optimization techniques
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Online Media industry)
April 2001 — April 2007 (6 years 1 month)
* Devised and administered corporation's Internet strategy across 14 newspaper markets
* Strategy included development and launch of following centralized solutions:
* Content Management
* Staged Demographic Profile Builder
* Custom Tracking
* Preference-based/geo-targeted ad server
* Online Classified Ad Builder
* Real Estate Solution
* Preference-based eMail Marketing
* Spider-friendly Business Directory and "Popular Topics" engine
* Collected functional and business requirements from autonomous business units
* Composed technical specifications and marketing requirements documents
* Managed development team through discovery, development, release and maintenance phases of Swift Web products
* Achieved after-tax profitability, exceeding 2003 projections
* Managed third-party contributor and vendor relations
(Public Company; Internet industry)
1999 — 2001 (2 years )
(Internet industry)
1999 — 2001 (2 years )
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Online Media industry)
December 1999 — April 2001 (1 year 5 months)
* Defined and led implementation of all product specifications for ecompany.com
* Staffed operation, established technical infrastructure, launched site by deadline
* Online content management and publishing applications and processes
* Searchable index of current and archived editorial content
* Full directory of web resources organized by topic, including internal Client/Server Directory Management Application
* Integration of community applications such as chat and discussion boards
* Conception and creation of proprietary Talent Pool and What Works applications
* Member Registration application
* Conducted formal usability studies, reported on and revised product based upon results
* Established e-marketing strategy, which resulted in average of 22% growth in unique visitors/month over 6 months
* Defined revenue strategy for the site, which included interest-based and geographic targeting, sponsorship and transactional models
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; seek; Online Media industry)
July 1995 — December 1999 (4 years 6 months)
* Defined product specifications and coordinated installation of Infoseek search technology in foreign markets (Japan, Italy, Mexico, Portugal)
* Planned and managed the design and development of new services and applications for Infoseek's GO Network
* Hired and managed team of 9 web developers through the design, development and release phases of the GO Network Internet Portal product
* Developed browser-based applications that allowed Editors and Producers to publish, manage and archive editorial content for use on go.com
* Spearheaded publishing technology integration programs between Infoseek Corporation and then newly acquired Seattle division, Starwave Corporation
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
January 1993 — July 1995 (2 years 7 months)
1989 — 1993
screen writing, trail running, guitar