Sales, marketing and business development expertise in the sustainability realm
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Sustainability Business Development Consultant at Williams Consulting
- Past
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- Site Manager, San Francisco Headquarters at Obama for America
- MBA Graduate at Presidio School of Management
- Marketing & Communications Director at LiveNeutral
- Western US Sales Manager at AlphaSmart
- Eastern US Sales Manager at AlphaSmart
- Managing Director and Board Member at Green Street Studios
- Project Director at SCN Consulting
- VP, Product Development at GlobaLearn
- Education
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- Presidio School of Management
- Quinnipiac University
- New York University
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Jessica Williams’s Summary
I work with companies who want to leverage sustainability, either as it is already functioning in their business, or to understand how it could be, in order to grow their sales.
Because my ten plus years of experience in sales and marketing has been with start-up entrepreneurial type companies I focus on strategy plus implementation. Depending on what a company needs most immediately, the work I do with them may lean more towards sales or towards marketing or towards partnership and product development.
I work with only a small group of clients at any one time and focus on customizing what I do for them based on what will most quickly and efficiently allow them, or me, to take action on our strategy. So the relationship might be a contracted marketing plan, or commissioned target market work, or a broader, retainer-based networking and business development focus.
I am currently working with a green painting contractor, leadership development organization, and a personal growth retreat center.
Jessica Williams’s Specialties:
Sustainability sales and marketing, sustainability product integration and education, professional development training and presentations, partnership and business development
Jessica Williams’s Experience
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Sustainability Business Development Consultant
Williams Consulting
(Management Consulting industry)
February 2009 — Present (6 months)
I work with companies who want to leverage sustainability, either as it is already functioning in their business, or to understand how it could be, in order to grow their sales.
Because my ten plus years of experience in sales and marketing has been with start-up entrepreneurial type companies I focus on strategy plus implementation.
Depending on what a company needs most immediately the work I do with them can lean more towards sales or towards marketing or towards partnership and product development.
I work with only a small group of clients at any one time and focus on customizing what I do for them based on what will most quickly and efficiently allow them, or me, to take action on our strategy. For instance the relationship might be a contracted marketing plan, or commissioned target market work, or broader, retainer-based networking and business development focus. -
Site Manager, San Francisco Headquarters
Obama for America
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Political Organization industry)
September 2008 — November 2008 (3 months)
Office manager and then site manager for one of the most productive phonebank campaign offices in the country.
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MBA Graduate
Presidio School of Management
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)
January 2006 — May 2008 (2 years 5 months)
Presidio offers an MBA in sustainable management integrating social and environmental values into every course. www.presidiomba.org.
My specific interests include business opportunities in sustainable agriculture and educating the public about the importance of sustainable communities and what they can do to bring them into existence -
Marketing & Communications Director
LiveNeutral
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Environmental Services industry)
May 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 8 months)
Developed and managed marketing and communications for all aspects of the company from sales brochures to educational material online and off.
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Western US Sales Manager
AlphaSmart
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
June 2005 — March 2006 (10 months)
Relocated to take over the Western sales region.
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Eastern US Sales Manager
AlphaSmart
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
September 1999 — June 2005 (5 years 10 months)
Promoted from sales representative to managing sales for the Eastern U.S. region covering 25 states with an $18 million sales goal and a team ranging from 4-6 sales people.
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Managing Director and Board Member
Green Street Studios
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Performing Arts industry)
September 2000 — June 2004 (3 years 10 months)
Managing director until Dec 2001, continued as board member for one of New England's premier centers for dance and movement. Managed day to operations in conjunction with 2 other volunteer administrators along with developing programming and writing grants to support the programs.
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Project Director
SCN Consulting
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; E-Learning industry)
April 2001 — October 2001 (7 months)
Part-time project director. Worked with clients to convert distance learning curriculum into appropriate online formats for successful learning. Clients included University of Vermont, Educational Testing Services and PBS Teacherline.
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VP, Product Development
GlobaLearn
(Non-Profit; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
1995 — 1999 (4 years)
GlobaLearn was a pioneering Internet-based education company focused on providing American students with education and insight into the global community through world-wide expeditions they followed online.
I started as Director of Education and as we grew company from original 5 employees to 20 I took on more responsibilities. I managed a cross-functional team of sales representatives, website developers, writers, and explorers to implement company’s web-based, international education program. I also managed the department budget and established original curriculum framework supporting company’s web-based educational goals.
I designed and produced company’s first teacher’s guide (125-pages) and first CD ROM (in partnership with Pierian Spring, Inc) and presented at Smithsonian’s annual symposium on technology and education, attended by 500+ government, business, and education leaders.
Jessica Williams’s Education
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Presidio School of Management
MBA , Sustainable business Management , 2006 — 2008
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Quinnipiac University
M.A.T , Masters of Teaching in English and French , June 1993 — June 1995
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New York University
B.A. , Gallatin Division, Intercultural Communications , 1987 — 1991
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Presidio School of Management Alumni Network
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