Joe Stephens

Current

• Senior Producer at StratDV

Past

• Director of Specialty Retail at Verint Video Solutions
• Corporate University consultant at Allegis Group
• Director of Admissions at Covenant College

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Education

• Auburn University, College of Business
• University of Maryland College Park

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Connections

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Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Joe Stephens’s Summary

An experienced and creative professional with over 20 years of deep hands on knowledge in the fields of sales, marketing, and business development.
--Extensive marketing and sales experience in the field of video analytics, and video over networks for security and loss prevention applications.
--Deep presentation and sales experience to C-level executives, in banking and retail.
--An award winning producer of video content with an extensive knowledge of new media production and technology applications over the internet.
--Growing knowledge of SEO, and website optimization.

Joe Stephens’s Specialties:

International business development, channel management, consultative selling, project management. Video production, post production, non-linear editing, creative development, web video production, interactive media development. Marketing communications, product marketing, identity and branding, competitive analysis, copy writing, trade shows, sales training content development, white papers, ROI methodologies, and TCO analysis.

Joe Stephens’s Experience

• Senior Producer

  StratDV

  (Media Production industry)

  June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

  StratDV provides video and multimedia communication production and consulting and content development for small businesses and non-profit organizations.

• Director of Specialty Retail

  Verint Video Solutions

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; VRNT; Computer Software industry)

  May 2002 — June 2007 (5 years 2 months)

  Development of new markets both in the U.S. and Internationally for Verint's line of networked video hardware and software technologies.

• Corporate University consultant

  Allegis Group

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year )

  Assisted Allegis Corporate in the development and branding of an e-learning educational model, designed to support field staff in the 4 main business groups.

• Director of Admissions

  Covenant College

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

  1992 — 1999 (7 years )

  Increased freshman class growth and applicant academic caliber at this U.S. News and World Report Tier One Liberal Arts College. Spearheaded marketing efforts, including online strategies.

Joe Stephens’s Education

• Auburn University, College of Business

  MBA , Marketing , 1998 — 2000

• University of Maryland College Park

  BS , Geography , 1978 — 1980

Additional Information

Joe Stephens’s Interests:

Video production technology, new media, new marketing technologies, business development, consultive sales, music, guitars, marketing communication, higher education, ministries to the poor and disadvantaged.

Joe Stephens’s Groups:

WEVA, Streaming Media Online,, Controlled Chaos, Rockbridge Academy, Chartwell Country Club, Bay Area Community church, Jonathan Edwards Institute, GV Expo, St Andrews Swim club, Annapolis EP Church

•    Inbound Marketers - For Marketing Professionals
•    Web Video Marketing Council
•    Technology Marketing Community
•    Flypaper.tv Think Tank
•    Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
•    Marketing Communication
•    Future of Web Video
•    New Media Hire
•    Auburn EMBA Alumni
•    University of Maryland, College Park Alumni Association
•    Baltimore-Annapolis Professionals
•    Event Peeps: For Live Event Industry Professionals
•    DC Media
•    Auburn College of Business Alumni
•    Networked Video Surveillance Servers (NVS)- CCTV, NVR- Video Analytics
•    Dice News
•    Maryland Internet Marketers
•    Online Video Report

Joe Stephens’s Honors:

2008 Telly Award Recipient
2008 W3 Award Recipient for Creative Excellence in Online Video Production.
2009 Telly Award Recipient in the category "Use of Humor"
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Joe Stephens’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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