Social Media Manager at AOTA
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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- Social Media Manager at AOTA
- Founder at PingSence
- Founder at AMP Agency
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- Sales & Marketing Manager at Current
- Marketing Manager at Nextone Communications
- Marketing Communications Manager at GCH Development Group
- Marketing Coordinator at WMUC Radio
- Account Executive at Sprint & Verizon Wireless
- Education
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- University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
- Gaithersburg High School
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Samuel Gonzales’s Summary
I have over seven years of marketing experience working with companies in various markets: high tech, wireless, online, and music industry. I am currently the Social Media Manager at AOTA. I manage the online presence and communications of the association in the Web 2.0 world and leverage sites like facebook and myspace to increase membership and two way communication. I'm also a social media, marketing, technology consultant to SMB's and startups.
Previously I worked at the CURRENT group. The leading provider of Broadband over Powerline (BPL) solutions and Smart Grid services. At CURRENT I was part of the team that marketed, branded and introduced the SmartGrid product to a relatively new industry.
Prior to Current, from 2005-2007 I was at NexTone, a VoIP software company where I was part of the marketing team that took the company through its global expansion and it’s re-branding in June 2006 which successfully resulted in the company becoming the leader in VoIP session border controllers technologies. As a result the company also won a number of awards.
I have a Bachelors degree from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland in Management Sciences and Statistics with specialization in Information Technology and minors in Entrepreneurship and Marketing.
I write a blog on cutting edge technology news and gadgets covering social media, Web 2.0, smart phones, VoIP, and more www.technologyspoon.com
You can find more information and the social networks I belong to at www.samgonzales.info I can be reached at sam at samgonzales dot info
Samuel Gonzales’s Specialties:
Marketing, Viral Marketing, Advertising, Web 2.0, Wireless, VoIP, Music, Social Media
Samuel Gonzales’s Experience
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Social Media Manager
AOTA
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
May 2008 — Present (4 months)
leveraging social media and web 2.0
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Founder
PingSence
(Internet industry)
2007 — Present (1 year)
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Founder
AMP Agency
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Music industry)
January 2000 — Present (8 years 8 months)
Founded the boutique marketing and promotions agency to represent artists in the U.S. and within the year expanded to European and Latin American artists and conducted promotions and marketing for clients such as Nike, Paramount Pictures, Red bull, lifestyle magazines and record labels
•Managed, marketed, and promoted artists, events and products throughout the United States
•Coordinated artist and event’s logistics, publicity and marketing
•Deployed campaigns to reach youth culture thru non-traditional forms of advertising such as viral and street marketing
•Execute awareness and branding campaigns for diverse clients -
Sales & Marketing Manager
Current
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Utilities industry)
September 2007 — February 2008 (6 months)
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Marketing Manager
Nextone Communications
(Telecommunications industry)
2005 — 2007 (2 years)
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Marketing Communications Manager
GCH Development Group
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Real Estate industry)
February 2002 — March 2005 (3 years 2 months)
Responsible for marketing, and Publicity to expose the startup commercial real estate firm and acquire new clients
•Developed, implemented and managed promotions, publicity campaigns, participation at tradeshows and networking events
•Established and maintained relations with local media
•Coordinated design, production, and distribution of publications and other promotional materials such as press releases, ads, brochures
•Conducted market research on target demographics, competitor initiatives, and industry trends and used data to revamp strategies -
Marketing Coordinator
WMUC Radio
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Music industry)
January 1998 — November 2000 (2 years 11 months)
Developed and implemented promotional and communications strategies to increase public’s awareness and support for College radio station.
•Developed on-air, on-line, off air promotional materials that targeted students at campus
•Managed promotional and communication strategies for each specific event, radio promotion and radio show
•Introduced, created and managed content for listener e-newsletter outreach including writing and editing, and selling sponsorship and ad space
•Supervised, scheduled and managed staff and volunteers -
Account Executive
Sprint & Verizon Wireless
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Telecommunications industry)
January 1997 — February 2000 (3 years 2 months)
-Business generation within assigned territory
-Devising creative and effective sales approaches and solutions
Samuel Gonzales’s Education
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University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
BS Management Science and Statistics, Info Technology, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, 1998 — 2002
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Gaithersburg High School
1993 — 1997
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Samuel Gonzales’s Groups:
•Info Systems Society - Univ of MD
•Entrepreneurship Club - Univ of MD
•American Marketing Assoc - Univ of MD, mashable
Samuel Gonzales’s Honors:
Recipient of Academic Excellence Honor Award (OMSE) - Univ of MD
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