Jonathan Kirkland

Past

• President Asia Operations at Blackhawk Equity Group
• Managing Partner at Evolution Capital, LLC
• Vice President Events Management and Marketing at Elite Sports Group

• Partner/Owner at Encore Tickets

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Industry

International Trade and Development

Jonathan Kirkland’s Summary

STRENGTHS
• Over 17 years of management experience including over 3 years of international business management in Mainland China formulating business plans and market strategies
• Extensive experience uncovering business problems and formulating strategic plans for solutions
• Experience launching and managing new business concepts in new markets
• Established relationships and market knowledge of Mainland China

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
• Finance
• Event Management
• Sales Management
• Marketing
• Securities / Equity Markets
• Training and Education

Jonathan Kirkland’s Specialties:

• Cross-Culture Business Skills
• Executive Leadership
• Sales and Business Development
• Strategic Alliances
• Mentoring / Staff Development
• Presentations and Training
• Online Social Networking / PR 2.0
• Public Speaking
• Project coordination
• Viral Marketing
• NASD licenses 24,63,7,55
• Conversational Mandarin

Jonathan Kirkland’s Experience

• President Asia Operations

  Blackhawk Equity Group

  (Capital Markets industry)

  2005 — January 2009 (4 years)

  In late 2005, Mr. Kirkland joined Blackhawk Equity Group, an international private equity trading group, to come to Asia to assist in building its new operations in China.
  
  Overseeing the day to day operations, Mr. Kirkland led an aggressive management team to open over 10 offices in the top major cities in China, with over 210 employees, building profits from zero to over $2M within 2 years.
  
  Working closely with the Board to achieve its goals in China, Mr. Kirkland established a plan with policies and protocols specifically developed and adapted to the Chinese market.
  
  To manage and facilitate rapid growth, Mr. Kirkland developed the "Fast Start" Training Program for Chinese traders to become familiar with Blackhawk policies, trading software, and compliance with NASD rules and regulations. Under Mr. Kirkland's initiative, Blackhawk expanded its service and operations through strategic partnerships with FOREX institutions and commodities trading firms in both the USA and Asia.

• Managing Partner

  Evolution Capital, LLC

  (Capital Markets industry)

  2002 — 2005 (3 years)

  Equity trading firm specializing in providing execution, software, and clearing for day traders. The firm started with only five traders in 2002 and under Mr. Kirkland's leadership, within two years the firm staffed over 100 top equity traders. By late 2005, Evolution Capital employed over 400 traders in over 15 states.

• Vice President Events Management and Marketing

  Elite Sports Group

  (Hospitality industry)

  1996 — 2002 (6 years)

  As the Vice President of Event Management and Marketing at Elite Sports Group, Mr. Kirkland managed a team of event coordinators to successfully organize business social networking events ranging in size from 50 to 3000 attendees at some of the world's most prestigious sports events such as the Olympics, Ryder Cup Golf, World Cup Soccer, NFL Superbowl, MLB World Series, etc.

• Partner/Owner

  Encore Tickets

  (Entertainment industry)

  1990 — 1996 (6 years)

  Former Partner and Co-owner of Encore Tickets, a leader in the ticket brokering field in the USA. Encore Tickets was subsequently purchased by Razorgator.

Additional Information

Jonathan Kirkland’s Interests:

International travel, Adventure travel, Chinese culture, Language study (Mandarin), Motorcycles, Social Networking, Equity Trading, Investing, Real Estate, Motivational speaking, Coaching

Jonathan Kirkland’s Contact Settings

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• expertise requests
• business deals
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