Community Evangelist at LinkedIn
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Community Evangelist at LinkedIn
- Blogger at Marketing Nirvana
- Past
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- Manager, Client Services and Project Lead at The TDA Group
- Business Development Manager at NAVAJO Company
- Marketing Consultant at California State University
- Education
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- California State University-Fresno
- University of Madras
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Mario Sundar’s Summary
Community Evangelist with over 5 years experience in the high-tech industry developing marketing initiatives for Fortune 50 brands including Intel, Hitachi and Sun Microsystems. Currently, defining and implementing the social media and community strategy at LinkedIn.
Mario Sundar’s Specialties:
Customer Evangelism, Community Marketing, Project Management, Social Media Strategy, Corporate Blogging, Direct Marketing, Customer Reference Programs
Mario Sundar’s Experience
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Community Evangelist
LinkedIn
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
March 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)
• Help LinkedIn understand its users better
• Help users understand LinkedIn better
• Craft social media strategy & implement it
• Build, edit & grow LinkedIn's corporate weblog -
Blogger
Marketing Nirvana
(Non-Profit; Myself Only; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
Thought Leadership in customer evangelism, social media strategy and community marketing through my blog - Marketing Nirvana.
• Top 30 Social Media Influencers (15th on the Social Media Index created by Edelman)
• Top 10 Marketer Blogs
• Viral Garden's Top 20 Marketing Blogs
• ToddAnd's Power 150 - Top Marketing Blogs
• Technorati Authority: 513 -
Manager, Client Services and Project Lead
The TDA Group
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
October 2006 — March 2007 (6 months)
• Project Leader – responsible for ensuring that marketing agency delivers best-in-class marketing services to Fortune 50 clients
• Client Advocate – responsible for overall client satisfaction
• Marketing Evangelist – responsible for evangelizing the latest-and-greatest marketing concepts & tools to help Fortune 50 clients connect better with their target audience -
Business Development Manager
NAVAJO Company
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2004 — September 2006 (2 years 5 months)
• Instrumental in building the web collateral segment into the fastest growing business group within the agency
• Created strategic partnerships with Fortune 500 companies including Intel, Hitachi, NetApp, WebEx and others. Also managed a series of marketing projects for Sun Microsystems -
Marketing Consultant
California State University
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)
May 2002 — May 2004 (2 years 1 month)
• Organized the “Entrepreneurship High School Program” as a Coleman intern, the only such event held in the Central Valley involving nearly 200 students
• Developed Marketing Plans for Chafee Zoological Gardens, Learning Resource Center, and Integrinautics Pvt. Ltd -
Marketing Communications Manager
Prolease
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)
March 2001 — April 2002 (1 year 2 months)
• Developed and managed multiple marketing & PR projects for an emerging high-growth start-up
• Planned, defined, and evaluated print and interactive marketing collateral and programs -
Software Development Manager
Covansys
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 1999 — March 2001 (1 year 8 months)
• Managed one of six software development teams involved in providing Y2K follow-up solutions
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Intern
Wipro
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Hardware industry)
March 1999 — June 1999 (4 months)
• Audit of Information Technology & Business Process Solutions for small businesses in Technology, Healthcare & Consumer Products Sectors
Mario Sundar’s Education
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California State University-Fresno
MBA , Marketing , 2002 — 2004
President - Craig MBA Student Association – Revived the only Association for Business Graduate Students (2001 - 2002)
Increased membership by 75% in a span of 2 years- Activities and Societies:
- Craig MBA Student Association
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University of Madras
BS , Electronics , 1995 — 1999
Additional Information
Mario Sundar’s Websites:
Mario Sundar’s Interests:
Blogging, Marketing, Advertising, PR, Social Networking, Photography, Golf, Movie Making, Travel (California)
Mario Sundar’s Groups:
American Marketing Association, AMA, AMA (Silicon Valley), Software Developers Forum, SDForum
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MarketingProfs -
The Corporate Blogging Think Tank -
Twittering -
'09 Grads -
LinkedIn Advertising Forum -
Tech Talk Conversations -
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Small Business Conversations -
White House -
Sequoia Capital Social Media Group
Mario Sundar’s Honors:
MBA from Craig School of Business (2002 - 2004)
1) Fresno Merchant Scholar - 1 out of 15 invited into membership of “Craig Business Scholars” through Leadership activities
2) Ron Dorrell PEPSI Scholar 2003-04
Mario Sundar’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
