Rick Kenney

Current

• Team Manager at Avalar Real Estate Clarksville

Past

• Sales at Dell
• Marketing at Sun Microsystems
• Marketing at Participatory Culture Foundation

• Sales and Marketing at XWiki
• Peer Mentor/Peer Mentor Leader at Austin Peay State University

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Education

• Austin Peay State University

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Industry

Real Estate

Rick Kenney’s Summary

I come primarily from a technology background having worked in marketing roles ranging from volunteer work evangelizing an open source project that resulted in a CNET Webware award, to a Brand Marketing Internship that extended almost a year with a Fortune 500 that was just acquired by Oracle.

Most recently I have departed from my tech. company roots, leaving a sales job with Dell to take on the role of Team Manager at a real estate agency, where I capture business performance metrics and implement programs to improve agent and company production.

Rick Kenney’s Specialties:

project management, competitive analysis, market research, vertical sales, brand marketing, web development

Rick Kenney’s Experience

• Team Manager

  Avalar Real Estate Clarksville

  (Real Estate industry)

  November 2009 — Present (1 month)

  Track agent and business performance, generating custom reports for broker/owner and coach consumption. Implement and manage marketing and sales technologies, providing agents with training on their use. Create, execute, and quantify business improvement programs designed to increase agency profitability.

• Sales

  Dell

  (Public Company; DELL; Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2009 — November 2009 (5 months)

  Provide consultative technology sales to small to medium businesses. Gain the confidence of decision makers in order to explore their business, identify pain points, and provide a comprehensive solution to their problems. Carry a $300k+/mo. quota.

• Marketing

  Sun Microsystems

  (Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2008 — April 2009 (1 year )

  Junior Project Manager behind the development of a Fortune 500’s focal community sites. Moderate content and monitor high volume communication channels. Collaborate with engineers to communicate changes to users and incorporate community feedback into future releases.
  
  Engage over 40 potential social media partner companies as business development lead for the Brand Marketing and Advertising Group. Develop the brand requirements for a $2.3M partnership. Conduct market research; generating reports and advice for internal partners in an effort to grow the sales funnel.

• Marketing

  Participatory Culture Foundation

  (Non-Profit; Computer Software industry)

  January 2008 — May 2008 (5 months)

  Handle a diverse range of marketing tasks including media relations and advertising. Leverage social media and direct marketing experience to secure a CNET Webware Award. Conceive and source the creative for current online branding.

• Sales and Marketing

  XWiki

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  May 2007 — February 2008 (10 months)

  Independently design, document, and launch a partner based sales program, bringing company to market in the US. Perform lead qualification, pre-sales consultation and sales support. Responsible for company’s marketing communication, public relations, copy editing and sales collateral creation.

• Peer Mentor/Peer Mentor Leader

  Austin Peay State University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2005 — August 2007 (2 years 1 month)

  Assist in a class designed to increase success among incoming freshman.
  
  Responsible for leading 14 other Teaching Assistants, each charged with mentoring a section of conditionally admitted students.
  
  Work as part of team to create and execute the initial training of new Teaching Assistants.
  
  Guide new students through orientation and registration.

Rick Kenney’s Education

• Austin Peay State University

  BS , Mass Communication , 2005 — 2008

  General Business and Computer Science minors. Extensive coursework in Geology.

  Activities and Societies:

  New Student Programs, Collegiate Leadership Summit, Student Government Association Senator of the Year, President's Academic Council, Book Store Bid Committee, Spread Firefox Campus Ambassador

Additional Information

Rick Kenney’s Interests:

open source, startups, social media, futzing, writing, sustainable business

Rick Kenney’s Groups:

Barcamp Nashville, Participatory Culture Foundation, Spread Firefox

•    The Dell Workforce
•    US Army
•    Hacker News
•    Sun Microsystems, Inc.
•    United States Army Network
•    Austin Peay State University Alumni

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