John Ely

Current

• Sr. VP of Marketing at Signature Worldwide
• Professor of Marketing at Franklin University

Past

• New Market Development Manager at Crane Plastics
• New Market Manager at Exterior Portfolio by Crane
• VP of Sales and Marketing at A Solar Inc

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Education

• Franklin University
• DeVry University
• Ohio Institute of Technology

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Recommended

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Connections

162 connections

Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog

John Ely’s Summary

• Senior executive with over 20 years of practical marketing and business development experience.
• Prolific writer with over 25 feature articles published in 2008
• Professor with over 6 years of experience teaching marketing and advertising at Franklin University
• Past experience includes new product development, business alliances, new market research and new business incubation

John Ely’s Specialties:

Corporate Strategy
Interactive/Web Marketing
Brand Development
Brand Management
New Product Development
Market Research
Business Alliances and Partnerships

John Ely’s Experience

• Sr. VP of Marketing

  Signature Worldwide

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  2006 — Present (3 years )

  Responsible for all marketing activities both domestic and international. Manage outsourced partnerships including: ad agencies, PR and communications, interactive, print media, and event coordination.
  
  Author monthly and quarterly columns in various publications on the following topics: Customer Service, Sales and Marketing, Managing the Customer/Brand Experience, Brand Development.
  
  Sit on executive board responsible for creation, management, implimentation, and evaluation of all corporate strategic initiatives.

• Professor of Marketing

  Franklin University

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

  2003 — Present (6 years )

  Teach marketing and advertising courses in undergraduate school of business.

• New Market Development Manager

  Crane Plastics

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Plastics industry)

  2004 — 2006 (2 years )

  Responsible for seeking out new market/product opportunites through various types of primary and secondary research projects.
  
  Managed business alliances with complimentary manufacturing and marketing partners.

• New Market Manager

  Exterior Portfolio by Crane

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  2004 — 2006 (2 years )

• VP of Sales and Marketing

  A Solar Inc

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Environmental Services industry)

  2001 — 2004 (3 years )

  Managed start-up corporation designing and selling photovoltaic systems for residential and commercial applications.

John Ely’s Education

• Franklin University

  M.S. , Marketing and Communications , 1999 — 2002

• DeVry University

  B.S. , Technical Management , 1994 — 1998

• Ohio Institute of Technology

  A.A. , Electrical Engineering , 1980 — 1982

Additional Information

John Ely’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog

John Ely’s Interests:

Social Media, Branding, Corporate Strategy, Staying in Shape, Motorcycles, Traveling

John Ely’s Groups:

Columbus AMA, ASTD, Tri-Village Lions

•    Sales Training Drivers
•    eMarketing Association Network
•    Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
•    Edge of Marketing Group
•    Columbus Marketing Executives
•    SalesBlogcast.com
•    Customer Experience Management
•    Franklin University MCM Group
•    Central Ohio Salesforce.com User Group
•    Interactive Marketers of Ohio
•    Linked For Marketing - by Jorge Olson

John Ely’s Honors:

Bronze Quill Awards - 2008 (2)

John Ely’s Contact Settings

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