Ryon Harms (www.thesocialexec.com)

Current

Internet Marketing Manager at efi Sports Medicine

Past

Founder & President at webIR
President & CEO at Trilogy Capital Partners
Marketing Director at FLUX Business Communications

Staff Writer at Los Angeles Daily News
Marketing Manager at OnPoint Marketing

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Education

University of San Diego
Regent's College, London
Marymount College

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Recommended

6 people have recommended Ryon

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

Pacific Executive Network

Ryon Harms (www.thesocialexec.com)’s Summary

Co-founded and grew The Pacific Executive Network to more than 230 active members within three months

Created The Social Executive blog to write about networking, careers and social media for executives with a monthly circulation of nearly 10,000 readers

Sought-after key note speaker on the topics of executive networking, social media, and aftermarket support following a reverse merger

Conceived and built the architecture for a massive social network that gives individual investors the ability to share and rate investment ideas

Created a unique CRM system designed for investor relations professionals that included market feeds, press release automation and perception analysis

Conceived and executed 30+ market visibility campaigns that helped public clients increase market capitalizations by an average of 186%

Ryon Harms (www.thesocialexec.com)’s Specialties:

Executive Networking
Investor Relations
Brand Management
Strategic Planning
Creative Direction
New Product Development & Launch
Social Networks Guerilla Marketing
Integrated Marketing Campaigns
Pay-per-click Advertising
Internet Marketing
P&L Management
Direct Mail Marketing
Interactive Marketing

Ryon Harms (www.thesocialexec.com)’s Experience

Internet Marketing Manager

efi Sports Medicine

(Privately Held; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

March 2009 — Present (9 months)

Increased e-commerce sales by 40% within three months of employment

Currently implementing a best-practices social networking strategy that integrates a company blog, Twitter accounts and a proprietary social network
Founder & President

webIR

(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

June 2008 — March 2009 (10 months)

Conceived and created the architecture for Symblr.com, a next generation investor community that allows investors to crowd-source investment ideas

Created a beta-version of ShareHub, an investor relationship management (IRM) system that streamlines shareholder communications and provides unprecedented analytics

Made scores of investor presentations to major angel groups and venture capitalists in California and on the East Coast
President & CEO

Trilogy Capital Partners

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

July 2006 — August 2008 (2 years 2 months)

Led team of 8 world-class executives in a dramatic turnaround that saw campaign success increase by 486%

Worked intimately with CEOs of emerging public companies to restructure corporate strategy as a means to increasing market liquidity

Wrote several in-depth plans that established marketing strategy for 12-month periods—updated in real-time based on market feedback
Marketing Director

FLUX Business Communications

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

June 2004 — April 2006 (1 year 11 months)

Led major re-branding effort for restaurant chain that accelerated franchising growth from 10 locations to nearly 200 in development within two years

Wrote extensive marketing plans for companies in the restaurant, commercial real-estate and automotive aftermarket industries

Spearheaded several new product launches with specific emphasis on branding, distribution and Internet marketing

Provided creative direction for a team of 6 designers, art directors and writers
Staff Writer

Los Angeles Daily News

(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)

September 2002 — March 2004 (1 year 7 months)

Wrote scores of feature articles for second largest newspaper in L.A. market

Often quoted theatre and music critic at premier LA events

Interviewed several community and business thought-leaders in Los Angeles
Marketing Manager

OnPoint Marketing

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

March 1999 — August 2002 (3 years 6 months)

Conceived and led state-wide guerilla marketing campaigns for Nike, Taco Bell, the National Geographic Channel and Thomas Kemper Root Beer

Follow-up studies indicated that guerilla tactics netted 300% greater ROI than traditional advertising in major California markets

Managed large street teams with 50-100 members handing out products and collateral direct to consumers at large public venues

Ryon Harms (www.thesocialexec.com)’s Education

University of San Diego

B.A. , English, Psychology , 1999 — 2002
Regent's College, London

English Literature 1998 — 1998
Marymount College

English Literature 1997 — 1998

Additional Information

Ryon Harms (www.thesocialexec.com)’s Websites:

Pacific Executive Network

Ryon Harms (www.thesocialexec.com)’s Interests:

Social Media, Yoga, Mythology, Marketing, Behavioral Economics, Technology, Cloud Computing and Sociology

Ryon Harms (www.thesocialexec.com)’s Groups:

Pacific Executive Network, McDermott & Bull, Laguna Niguel Connectors

eOffice
Executive Suite
On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
Networked Recruiter (34,197+ total network) 3rd Largest Recruiting and HR & 2nd Largest Agency Group
Business Intelligence
Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
Google Group
eMarketing Association Network
RecruitingBlogs
University Of San Diego Alumni Association
McDermott & Bull Executive Network
Hedge Fund Network
Startup Specialists
Social Media Marketing
Openreq.com (Recruiters & Staffing Professionals)
Fitness Executives
NSCA
SIX FIGURE PLUS NETWORK
Fitness and Wellness Stakeholders and Professionals
Laguna Niguel Connectors
Senior Level Fitness Industry Professionals (Executives)
Pacific Executive Network (PEN)
CAREEREALISM
Twitter Power for Business
The Career Bloggers Network (CBN)
Career Mastermind Network