Jeff Barson

Focused on technology that solves problems and creates lasting value. Long experience with startups, leadership, business strategy, technology, community building, interaction design, sales and marketing, and the creative use of... well, being creative.

Sendside: Chief Evangelist, Director of Product Marketing, Experience Czar, Channel & Reseller Support of Sendside, the world's most advanced business communication platform.

Nimble: Founder & CEO of Nimble, a technology platform that allows local businesses to sell excess inventory.

Surface Medical: Founder & Managing Partner of Surface Medical, a cosmetic medical business with multiple clinics around the US.

MedicalSpaMD.com: Founder of Medical Spa MD a world-wide community of physicians.

Wild Blue Creative Partners: Managing Partner of a creative agency with local, regional and national accounts.

Jeff Barson’s Specialties:

Entrepreneur. Startups. Product marketing. Product development. Community development. Channel & Reseller strategy. Technology. Business and organization development. Marketing, branding, and advertising. Creative direction. Brand creation. Angel investing.

Jeff Barson’s Experience

Director Marketing l Experience Czar

Sendside Networks

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

Sendside: The most advanced business communication platform on earth.

What do I do? Product marketing strategy, creative direction, community development, user experience and interaction, reseller and channel support, product development, product management and the occasional sales foray.
Principal

Wild Blue Ventures

(Internet industry)

2005 — Present (4 years )

Angel investor and advisor to entrepreneurs with equity stakes in a number of start-ups. Focused primarily on internet and communication technologies.
Founder

Medical Spa MD

(Privately Held; Medical Practice industry)

2004 — Present (5 years )

Medical Spa MD is the largest active community of plastic surgeons, dermatologists and aesthetic physicians on the web with more than 4,000 physician members world-wide. We've successfully built Medical Spa MD as a clinical exchange platform and launched a number of successful products into the community.
Partner

Wild Blue Creative Partners

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

July 2001 — Present (8 years 5 months)

Creative Direction & Marketing. Partial Client List includes: Intel, Iomega, Ask.com, Microsoft, Telocity, AlphaGraphics, Agilent, Surface Medical, Sorenson Communications, Utah Technology Alliance, Commerce One, Ruby River, SentRx, Sendside, Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield.
Founder/CEO

Nimble

(Internet industry)

October 2005 — August 2007 (1 year 11 months)

Nimble enables consumers to purchase unused capacity from any local businesses at a discount. Consumers purchase online using a credit card and can use their purchase immediately.
Founder and Managing Partner

Surface Medical

(Medical Practice industry)

2001 — March 2007 (6 years )

Founded Surface Medical in 2001. Surface grew to seven clinics in four states and attracted venture funding. Exited Surface in March 2007.
Artist / Painter

NYC

(Fine Art industry)

1989 — 2000 (11 years )

Artist living and working in Manhattan. Taught, lectured, painted.
Named one of ten artists to change the American Art Market. Clients include: Warner Brothers, Ziff Davis, Penguin, Random House, Euro RSGC, DSW, Sommerset House, every major publisher in North America and more than 120 others.

Some of my work is here: http://nimbleit.squarespace.com/display/ShowGallery?moduleId=935559
Managing Director

Russian American Society for the Protection of Animals

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

January 1996 — November 1998 (2 years 11 months)

Managing Director of a 501c charity. RASPAs goal is to provide education and support to save critical areas and species in the former Soviet Union.After the fall of the Soviet Union, the new countries were left with no history of environmental action and no infrastructure or law to support any protection. Our initial focus was on critical species that were fast going extinct. There's a Polar Bear named Jeff Barson out there that speaks Russian.

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Jeff Barson’s Interests:

organizational development, strategic planning, painting, art, medicine, branding, advertising, copywriting, business development, sales, community development, grass roots and guerrilla marketing