
Social Media Optimization and Marketing
Greater Los Angeles Area

Social Media Optimization and Marketing
Greater Los Angeles Area
I have a strong history of entrepreneurship, starting my first business while still in college and launching it shortly thereafter. It quickly became the most popular company in its market. I am passionate about the business process and connecting companies with their current and potential clients through technology and social media. I succeed in large environments, I thrive in a boot-strapping situation.
I have been the Executive Director of two very large, very prominent non-profits which has given me insight into the non-profit sector that most people will never have. I have completely written and managed budgets, people and buildings. I am well versed and can lead teams of all sizes regarding HR, legal, communications, financial and strategic decisions.
I am very well rounded, having experienced all areas of the business cycle, from sales to marketing to tech to management. I've done everything from taking out the trash to signing the checks. Welcome to the wold of an entrepreneur!
social media, viral marketing, management consultation, communication strategy, HR, budget analysis and projection
(Online Media industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
I am advising companies with startup and sustainability questions. Using what I have learned from starting and running two companies, then running two large non-profits, I am advising groups and individuals how they can make an impact online, participate in social networks and respond to the people that are talking about them all over the world.
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
December 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)
http://mashable.com/author/matt-singley/
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Religious Institutions industry)
August 2007 — April 2008 (9 months)
-Member of Session, highest governing authority in the church
-Member of Personnel Committee (HR group)
-Member of Operations Committee (primary business group)
-Managed communications, IT, finance, facility and reception departments
-13 direct reports, 40+ dotted line reports
-Designed and deployed new global communications strategy
-Organized and executed Easter at the Hollywood Bowl, an event for 10,000 people. Duties included all contract negotiations, liaison with founding group of the Hollywood Bowl, organization of all employees, volunteers and participants
-Strategized and oversaw design and deployment of campus-wide directional strategy
-Chief architect of new electronic check-in system, increased usability and satisfaction for Sunday morning experience
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
May 2005 — August 2007 (2 years 4 months)
-Member of the Senior Management Team
-Personally wrote and managed $3.519 million budget
-Managed finance department
-Developed and managed communications and web team
-Developed and managed IT department
-Developed and managed facilities department
-Member of HR, Building, and Stewardship/Strategy Teams
-Worked with Session and Management Team over 14 months to establish a new vision and mission for Sunset, including presentation to lay leaders and congregation at large
-Reorganized Communications Team to develop a more appropriate and effective strategy for communicating with the congregation and community
-Chaired Operations and Stewardship Team, in partnership with one Elder, which set and implemented the church’s highest financial planning goals and strategies
(Computer Networking industry)
2000 — 2005 (5 years)
-Independent consulting firm that built and deployed computer solutions and team collaboration strategies for small businesses
-Specialized in work process and efficiency solutions
-Designed and Deployed Team Collaboration solutions
(Wholesale industry)
1994 — 2000 (6 years)
-Largest wholesale distributor of cigars in Pacific Northwest by 1997
-Entered retail market in 1998, becoming Portland’s “Best” by 1999, as named by local newspaper Willamette Week
-$1M in receipts by third year in business
Marketing, Business Administration 1990 — 1994
Business Management 1990 — 1994
Web 2.0, marketing, social networking, interactive video, scuba diving, gym