Sam Thorpe

May 2002 – June 2006 (4 years 2 months)

- Led strategic and tactical development of AgentAchieve shipping the first version of the product in only 3 months. Consistently exceeded delivery commitments to the company’s multi-million dollar clients – product is currently being used by 7,000 agents in the California Bay Area alone
- Delivered sales and investor presentations to C-Level executives at numerous FORTUNE 500 companies. Successfully presented to, entertained and closed thousands of real estate agents in large scale customer rollouts with groups ranging from 400 to 800 at a time
- Created product UI, information architecture, product roadmap, requirements & strategy, on-line help, developed creative design and managed large-scale enterprise customer rollouts
- Built and led an industry-leading development team including 10 direct reports
- Developed corporate and product brand and identity, as well as web and print collateral

March 2000 – May 2002 (2 years 3 months)

- Led the development of WebTop 3, an intranet-style real estate application for brokers and agents, which was nationally recognized and was acquired by First American Corporation
- Developed rollout plans for new technology to company-owned offices and trademark licensed companies
- Responsible for ongoing analysis of company’s current technology along with research and comparison of competing technologies
- Led focus groups of branch managers to evaluate the direction of corporate web applications
- Created Flash website tours, promotional pieces, CD-ROM's and educational materials involving streaming audio and animation
- Qualified and met with outside consultants and third-party vendors for potential business partnerships
- Created and developed marketing materials to support on-line marketing initiatives

June 1998 – March 2000 (1 year 10 months)

- Performed celebrity/artist interviews, including John Lee Hooker, Roy Rogers, Butch Vig of Garbage (and producer of Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins & Sonic Youth), Les Claypool, and members of the Howard Stern show
- Photographed performers at live venues onstage and backstage, including Prince and Courtney Love
- Organized and wrote back to back cover stories for national MacDirectory magazine; articles included Making Music with the Macintosh and Macs in Hollywood
- Contributed work to SLAMM Magazine (San Diego), MacDirectory, Ink19 Magazine (Florida), and RockLove On-Line Magazine

March 1998 – March 2000 (2 years 1 month)

- Designed and implemented public relations strategy targeting trade publications, radio/television stations and newsprint; press hits included CNN, PC Magazine and Rolling Stone magazine
- Designed new company website and corporate identity
- Designed direct mail, marketing materials and internet banner ads
- Called upon dealers and distributors to develop channel sales