Experienced Operations Manager
Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area
- Current
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- Founder, Principle & CEO at GreenGurus.net
- Past
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- CEO at DistinctiveFabric.com, Inc.
- Assistant Director of Sustainability & Senior Production Artist at The Do LaB
- C.O.O. at Dianovo.com
- Director of Media Relations at Rooftop Promotions
- Operations Manager at Hidden River Adventures
- Event Actor/Trainer, Coordinator & Designer at Mainestreme Productions / Ghosttour.com
- Mail Clerk at Front Line Ready
- Education
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- Santa Monica College
- The Bradley Academy
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Jeffrey "Jedi" Wright’s Summary
Founder, principle and CEO of GreenGurus.net - Green Solutions For the Home & Business. Formed a team of consulting gurus for a wide range of roles to meet the growing needs of the sustainability movement. Developed companies processes, products and services; managing corporate affairs, business development, marketing, etc.
Served as the President and CEO of Distinctivefabric.com, Inc. where I filled virtually every role since not long after it's startup in early 2004, by founding Chairman Adam Wiggins.
In addition, I've worked as a production artist w/The Do LaB on a number of events, including their annual Green arts & music festival: Lightning In A Bottle.
Jeffrey "Jedi" Wright’s Specialties:
Business processes & development; product creation & sales; customer & equipment transpo; tour design; materials & product sourcing; fulfillment systems; marketing/PR; web dev, branding/corp identity, ecommerce & social network architecturing; CRM, brand marriage management; event production: set, prop & costume design; sustainability consulting, fair trade materials/sourcing, carbon footprinting, alternative waste management solutions, team/staff awareness education & support.
Jeffrey "Jedi" Wright’s Experience
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Founder, Principle & CEO
GreenGurus.net
(Environmental Services industry)
March 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)
Responsible for company's day-to-day operations which include marketing, blogging, site design/maintenance, customer relations, designing and implementing custom sustainability solutions for the home and business, and much more.
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CEO
DistinctiveFabric.com, Inc.
(Textiles industry)
July 2004 — February 2009 (4 years 8 months)
CEO of one of the top internet fabric suppliers in the world.
Currently focused on cultivating investor relations, marketing, website maintenance, updates, blogging, and developing a sustainable fabrics division and our eCommerce site's software into a highly customizable, off-the-shelf product. -
Assistant Director of Sustainability & Senior Production Artist
The Do LaB
(Events Services industry)
July 2000 — September 2008 (8 years 3 months)
As one of the core Do LaB team members (and a life-long friend to its founding brothers), I provide a number of services to this custom event and lighting production company.
From warehouse management to materials sourcing, prop design, event production and much more. -
C.O.O.
Dianovo.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Renewables & Environment industry)
June 2006 — February 2007 (9 months)
Co-founder and COO for Dianovo.com, where my vision was to make significant change and growth in the global marketplace and beyond by raising business and consumer standards of conduct with regards to the environment, professionally and personally, for the greater benefit of the earth and all of it's citizens. My focus was on fusing the latest Web 2.0 / 3.0 technologies with both modern and tribal conscious, Eco and Green principles to educate and enlighten the widest audience possible.
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Director of Media Relations
Rooftop Promotions
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Music industry)
April 2003 — April 2004 (1 year 1 month)
Responsible for the distribution of new releases/promos to both press and radio to strengthen retail sales and exposure for this premier European record promotions company. Day-to-day duties include compiling label reports (an in-depth collection of feedback, press and radio charts for each release), writing formal introductory and follow-up letters, inventory (cataloguing, organizing, etc) packaging and mailing promo‘s, using a series of email and phone correspondence to ensure their placement in the College Music Journal, and maintaining the press and radio database.
Artists handled included Simon Posford aka Hallucinogen aka Sphongle, Monolake, O9, Broker/Dealer, King Tubby, Sly and Robbie, Kruder and Dorfmeister / Richard Dorfmeister, Noiseshaper, Luciano and many others. Labels included Twisted, Different Drummer, Select Cuts, Asphodel, and Disko B, to name a few. -
Operations Manager
Hidden River Adventures
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Recreational Facilities and Services industry)
August 1996 — June 2002 (5 years 11 months)
Progressed in a six-year career with this successful tri-state outfitter from an entry-level position in operations to managing key business functions including customer relations; marketing, planning and implementation of guided eco-tours; quality control of products and services; sales and rentals of new and used equipment; facility and equipment maintenance; transportation scheduling of customers and equipment; and staff hiring and training.
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Event Actor/Trainer, Coordinator & Designer
Mainestreme Productions / Ghosttour.com
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)
September 1996 — April 2002 (5 years 8 months)
Designed, developed and operated special events. Duties included: theme, set and costume design; transportation of equipment, props and supplies; design and implementation of local advertising campaigns; staff/cast selection and training; coordinating/booking artists, performers, equipment and venues.
We ran multiple, historical haunted sites in and around Philadelphia including the original "Terror Behind the Walls" at Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary and Fort Mifflin, as well as Lizzie's Haunted House. -
Mail Clerk
Front Line Ready
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Automotive industry)
June 1989 — August 1989 (3 months)
As a mail clerk, I helped process the monthly newsletter mail-outs at FLR, which was at the time, one of the leading authorities in the automotive industry for the latest trends in sales, leasing, etc.
It was also one of my first childhood jobs where I received some of the more impressionable and invaluable business lessons (as taught by my father who owned and operated FLR), used in my adult, professional life today.
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Jeffrey "Jedi" Wright’s Interests:
greengurus.net, thedolab.com, distinctivefabric.com, new technology, blogging, journaling, dot-com biz, startups, techcrunch, toyshoppe productions, sci-fi and fantasy: books, films, etc., nanotechnology, green technology, greening the web, sustainable business, sustainable technology, sustainability, programming, film, reading, designing, music , electronic music composition, dancing, martial arts, zazen, massage, healing arts, hiking, being
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