Nathan Elson

Current

• Manager of Projects & Consulting at Enthusiast Web Solutions

Past

• Marketing & Strategy Consultant at Rose Publishing, Inc,
• Small Business & Non-profit Consultant at Elson Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)
• Systems & Strategy Consultant at Philip L. Liberatore, CPA

• Adjunct Professor at Life Pacific College
• Director of Operations at Philip L. Liberatore, CPA
• Manager of Special Projects at The Foursquare Church
• Resource Manager & Marketing Editor at RCM Technologies

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Education

• Biola University
• California State University-Long Beach

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Nathan Elson’s Summary

Marketing Strategy and Organizational Development professional successful in all phases of implementation of marketing and business systems from planning, to systems architecture, through project management and launch. Skilled in helping organizations of all sizes plan and execute complex projects that include business development, product and brand marketing, and web marketing strategy.

Nathan Elson’s Specialties:

Strategic Planning and Analysis; traditional & Web Marketing Strategy; Re-organization & Turnaround Consulting; Operations & Process Improvement; Forecasting & Budgeting; Data & Information Architecture; Process Mapping and Streamlining

Nathan Elson’s Experience

• Manager of Projects & Consulting

  Enthusiast Web Solutions

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

  November 2007 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  Assist client companies in the conceptualization, design, development and deployment of custom websites driven by our Site Director Content Management System.
  • Provide marketing consulting to client companies focused on how to use the web and technology to fulfill established and future marketing goals.
  • Provide systems and data architecture for client companies in regards to data retention and dissemination via the web and other platforms.
  • Provide high-level strategic and conceptual marketing consulting focused on emerging and next-gen standards and technologies.

• Marketing & Strategy Consultant

  Rose Publishing, Inc,

  (Publishing industry)

  July 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 2 months)

  Assumed responsibility for the research, development and implementation of advanced marketing practices within the publishing industry. Worked with other consultants and corporate officers to develop marketing methodologies, establish goals and measureable and to identify tangible deliverables.
  • Oversight, planning and execution of the project to convert and market all materials in electronic format
  • Research & planning for the implementation of an e-marketing system, standards and procedures including the development of e-marketing campaigns
  • Development of an ONIX compliant data interchange system

• Small Business & Non-profit Consultant

  Elson Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Management Consulting industry)

  2000 — November 2007 (7 years)

  Work with small business and non-profits to help develop first class organizational structure from basic work flow paths to strategic planning and marketing.

• Systems & Strategy Consultant

  Philip L. Liberatore, CPA

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Accounting industry)

  December 2005 — November 2007 (2 years)

  Over a two year period spearheaded and oversaw several large conversion projects as well as offered strategic planning and insight into marketing, operations and client management.
  • Oversight of the conversion of company A/R system from QuickBooks to an enterprise A/R Solution. Designed the system, built templates, forms and developed procedural handbook.
  • Oversight of the implementation of a new corporate wide network including system architecture, security topology, back-up schemata, file structure and access restrictions, data protection and recovery, and asset tracking.

• Adjunct Professor

  Life Pacific College

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

  April 2007 — November 2007 (8 months)

  Adjunct professor in the degree completion program focusing on leadership, theology and ethics.

• Director of Operations

  Philip L. Liberatore, CPA

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Accounting industry)

  September 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 4 months)

  Managed the day-to-day operations of a multi-million dollar tax and accounting firm. Supervised approximately twenty employees, developed and refined policies and procedures, oversight of all firm functions and services, oversight of technology and organizational development, and management of several projects.
  • Implemented of a paperless office system - including IT systems analysis, software evaluation, implementation and training. The system is designed to comply with FTC document retention and security regulations.
  • Negotiated and finalized the purchase and financing of a 28,000 square foot office building, developed property management procedures, oversaw tenant improvement and planned the logistics for the company move to the new location.

• Manager of Special Projects

  The Foursquare Church

  (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Religious Institutions industry)

  April 2001 — October 2004 (3 years 7 months)

  Over a four year span managed, developed and provided research and consulting to several distinct departments within a fiscally large non-profit organization.
  • Metrics and Measurement Initiative – researched, identified and developed a model for performance measurement based upon the Balanced Scorecard model and implemented a participatory system to develop relevant metrics and measurements. Designed the systems needed for data collection, analysis, review and disbursement.
  • Website Family Re-Development – oversaw the transition of the development of the organizations website from a standard static HTML driving content disbursement model to the adoption of an organizational wide Content Management System model of website development.
  • Resource Center Transition – recovered $500,000 in outstanding receivables which aided in turnaround of nearly $800K in a one year period (700,000+ loss in 2001 to a modest net gain in 2002).

• Resource Manager & Marketing Editor

  RCM Technologies

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2000 — April 2001 (1 year)

  Responsible for account management for Fortune 500 companies such as Toyota America, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft including processing requirements, locating, interviewing and placing high-level IT consultants and support personnel. Responsible for the development of content and design for all marketing material (based on corporate specifications).

Nathan Elson’s Education

• Biola University

  MA, Org. Leadership & Development, 2002 — 2003

  Graduated Magna Cum Laude

• California State University-Long Beach

  BA, Comm. Studies, 1996 — 2000

  Activities and Societies:

  Debate Team, Beach Crew, Sigma Pi Fraternity

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