Julio Fernandez

Julio Fernandez

Marketing strategist ~ Find me here: http://fernandez.co/

Location
Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area
Industry
Marketing and Advertising

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Julio Fernandez's Overview

Current
Past
  • Online Editor, Producer at The Miami Herald
  • Business Manager at The Miami Hurricane
Education
  • University of Miami
  • Hialeah Miami Lakes HS
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Connections

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Julio Fernandez's Summary

Successful marketing strategist helping companies that want to embrace search and social media, extend market share, and extinguish competitors.

*** I began my online career in 1994. Founder of a successful dotcom company in the mid 90s with its obligatory IPO before the dotcom crash.

*** Online news editor and senior Web producer in the late 90s for Miami.com, Herald.com and elHerald.com with The Miami Herald Publishing Company.

*** Director of global marketing for Oracle Corporation since 2000. Supported Oracle teams (Global Mkt, Field Mkt, Acquisitions, Sales, Partners, Oracle University & Strategic Accounts) in 100+ countries and executed marketing campaigns in 50+ languages.

*** I currently work for Ogilvy & Mather. A subsidiary of WPP Group (NASDAQ: WPPGY)

*** Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/SocialJulio

*** For Speaking Engagements & Conferences, look at the "Additional Information / Interests" section at the bottom of this page.

Specialties

Metrics, metrics, metrics: Omniture web analytics, SiteCatalyst, Discover, A/B testing, multivariate analysis, behavioral targeting, site auditing, Google Analytics and more.

Julio Fernandez's Experience

Senior Partner

Neo@Ogilvy

Public Company; 501-1000 employees; WPPGY; Marketing and Advertising industry

September 2008Present (3 years 10 months)

Develop Search Engine Marketing strategies for global enterprise companies. (Intent modeling, content strategy, performance auditing, Social Shelfspace TM & optimization)

Ogilvy & Mather is a subsidiary of WPP Group (NASDAQ: WPPGY).

Vice President, Enterprise Search & Social SEO

Global Strategies International

Public Company; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry

September 2008Present (3 years 10 months)

Global Strategies International, was acquired by Neo@Ogilvy, the digital and direct media arm of the Ogilvy & Mather. A subsidiary of WPP Group (NASDAQ: WPPGY)

Co-founder

B2B Social Media Council

May 2008Present (4 years 2 months)

Inspired by my previous work with the Google B2B Technology Council, the B2B Social Media Council is a group of 10 social media evangelists from leading Fortune 500 B2B companies working on case studies for our industry.

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; GOOG; Internet industry

June 2005July 2008 (3 years 2 months)

The Google B2B Technology Council is a group of 14 search / online marketing evangelists from leading Fortune 500 B2B companies who meet quarterly to provide feedback to Google's engineers on their latest products and services.

The Council also hosts several public conference at the Googleplex each year to share best practices with over 250 B2B leaders and SEM experts.

Global Marketing Director

Oracle Corporation

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; ORCL; Information Technology and Services industry

October 2000June 2008 (7 years 9 months)

Developed and led a global marketing team responsible for effective online campaign execution, tracking and reporting via different channels including email marketing, landing pads, online event registrations, and search engine advertising ( SEO / SEM ).

Supported Oracle teams (Global Mkt, Field Mkt, Acquisitions, Sales, Partners, Oracle University & Strategic Accounts) in 100+ countries and executed marketing campaigns in 50+ languages.

Evangelist for social media and micro-blogging tools for honest interaction with prospects, customers, and partners.

Founder and CEO

College Press Network

July 1994October 2000 (6 years 4 months)

As business manager for the University of Miami Hurricane newspaper, I saw the opportunity to create the first national content syndication and online advertising network targeting the collegiate market.

Bankrate.com acquired my company in 1998. Successful road show and IPO in 1999. College Press Network was sold to Colleges.com in 2000.

Online Editor, Producer

The Miami Herald

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MNI; Newspapers industry

June 1992December 1998 (6 years 7 months)

After my internship with the editorial design department of The Miami Herald, I was hired by the newspaper and later promoted to their new online edition where I was able to work on many exciting projects including:

- Daily production of Herald.com and elHerald.com selecting stories to run on the home page and different section fronts.
- Liaison with Web site partners and other Knight Ridder Newspaper Web sites implementing KR's ecommerce solutions, and special marketing packages to increase traffic and banner inventory.
- For the print edition, responsible for the production of graphics including breaking stories. The Miami Herald won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for our team coverage of Hurricane Andrew.

Business Manager

The Miami Hurricane

Nonprofit; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry

June 1993June 1994 (1 year 1 month)

Any former Miami Hurricane staff members? Lets get together!

Julio Fernandez's Education

University of Miami

June 1988June 1994

Activities and Societies: Business Manager - Miami Hurricane Newspaper

Hialeah Miami Lakes HS

June 1985June 1988

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HML class of 87 or 88? Email juliof@gmail.com

Julio Fernandez's Additional Information

Interests:

2012 Conferences: ~ Consumer Electronic Show ( CES ), Las Vegas ~ SXSW, Austin, TX 2011 Conferences: ~ Consumer Electronic Show ( CES ), Las Vegas ~ South by Southwest Interactive ( SXSW ), Austin, TX ~ AdobeMAX Conference, Los Angeles 2010 Conferences: ~ Consumer Electronic Show (CES), Las Vegas ~ South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW), Austin, TX ~ O'Reilly Web 2.0 Expo, San Francisco ~ AdobeMAX Conference, Los Angeles 2009 Conferences: ~ Consumer Electronic Show (CES), Las Vegas ~ South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW), Austin, TX ~ Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA), Miami ~ Search Engine Strategies, San Jose, CA ~ AdobeMAX Conference, Los Angeles 2008 Conferences: ~ Covario Inflection Point, San Diego, CA ~ South by Southwest, Austin, TX ~ Google B2B Executive Summit, Mountain View, CA ~ Search Engine Strategies, San Jose, CA ~ O'Reilly Web 2.0 Expo, New York, NY ~ SMX Keynote, Buenos Aires, Argentina Future Conferences & Speaking Engagements: http://fernandez.co/

Groups and Associations:

Kiwanis, Circle K International, Key Club Florida District 87-88

Honors and Awards:

CMO Marketing Excellence Award – Oracle Corporation.
For outstanding contributions to the company.

1993 Pulitzer Prize, Public Service – The Miami Herald.
Hurricane Andrew team coverage. Editorial Design Team.

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