Vincent Panero

Current

• Regional Sales Manager at Coconut Bliss (Bliss Unlimited LLC)

Past

• APEX Education Initiatives & Video Jedi at Yahoo!
• Community Education Manager at Right Media LLC (A Yahoo! Subsidiary)
• Business Development Manager at Lunar Logic

• Member at Lost Valley Educational Center
• Outcall Lead at Lunar Logic
• Fashion Modeling/Acting at Donna Baldwin, Ford Agency, etc. (Self-employed)
• Show Host and Producer at KWAB 1490
• Director at Summer Camp USA Exchange Program (Japan) (Sole Proprietorship)

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Education

• Harvard: Graduate School of Education
• University of California, Santa Barbara

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Vincent Panero’s Summary

Job experiences in a number of industries in the US and abroad--start-ups, tech giants, universities and broadcast media--give me a unique viewpoint regarding how a company can most effectively interact with its customers today. Things I bring to the team: sound UX perspectives, effective methods of educating a client and creating 'community' around a product's users, prudent marketing methodology, effective program management and--ultimately--an impact on your bottom-line.

Recent achievements:

Under extremely tight deadlines involving communications with nearly 100 Yahoo stakeholders and vendors, played major roles in the creation of strategic marketing and orientation media for APT.yahoo.com, Yahoo's '08 top priority next-gen advertising platform. Acted as writer, storyboard creator, editor, on-site videographer, interviewer, audio/video engineer, voice talent, producer, and program resource manager. Received multiple commendations for all jobs well-done and delivered early.

Vincent Panero’s Specialties:

"New media" web approaches, online social media, corporate blogging, marketing, storyboarding/video production/editing/webcasting, project/program management, audio engineering, on-site client relations, branding and identity, conference presentations, "Communitization" of a user base, pedagogy and experiential education perspectives, long term marketing strategies and buzz generation, Final Cut Studio, Camtasia, Captivate

Vincent Panero’s Experience

• Regional Sales Manager

  Coconut Bliss (Bliss Unlimited LLC)

  (Food & Beverages industry)

  March 2009 — Present (5 months)

  I manage sales of Coconut Bliss, from the mid-west to the southern part of the United States.

• APEX Education Initiatives & Video Jedi

  Yahoo!

  (Public Company; YHOO; Internet industry)

  April 2008 — February 2009 (11 months)

  Acted as writer, storyboard creator, editor, on-site videographer, interviewer, audio/video engineer, voice talent, producer, and program resource manager for a suite of media initiatives relating to Yahoo!'s new next generation ad management solution, "APT From Yahoo". http://Apt.yahoo.com Managed my creative teams in a constructive, emotionally intelligent way. Received multiple commendations for jobs well-done and on-time, including a commendation from a Director two levels above.

• Community Education Manager

  Right Media LLC (A Yahoo! Subsidiary)

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YHOO; Internet industry)

  June 2006 — April 2008 (1 year 11 months)

  Oversee educational and 'community-focused' initiatives for Direct Media Exchange product of Right Media (acquired by Yahoo July, 2007). Responsibilities range from corporate blogging, creating user outreach "opportunities", production of user testimonial videos & "how to" videos, and other 'new media'. Created "Road Show" events to publicize our product and spotlight our users (who later became evangelists for our product). Contributed to research/marketing/messaging of Beta version of DMX website. My marketing efforts have significantly increased the visibility of and driven the adoption rate for our niche product DMX.

• Business Development Manager

  Lunar Logic

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  November 2004 — March 2006 (1 year 5 months)

  Contributed to educational content of NCLB benchmarking software. Forged strategic partnerships with federal, national and state educational institutions. Attended conferences, co-designed and organized collateral and booth experience, scheduled itineraries regarding our presentations. Oversaw sales staff members and coordinated their operations. Interviewed, filmed, co-edited user testimonial footage. 3X sales in less than 11 months. Represented company at national sales events and other presentations.

• Member

  Lost Valley Educational Center

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Higher Education industry)

  May 2004 — February 2006 (1 year 10 months)

  Served on planning and steering committees involving budgeting, review, and long term planning for the educational center. Volunteered over 400 hours for counseling individuals during 4 day residential communication workshops. Webmaster for the center's website. Contributed to marketing and promotional initiatives.

• Outcall Lead

  Lunar Logic

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; E-Learning industry)

  September 2003 — November 2004 (1 year 3 months)

  As "Outcall Lead", created own proactive outreach program within iLrn Technical Support section. Made over 1300 outcalls to strategic users of our elearning product, and maintained a 24% success rate. Contributed to successfulness of sales force, increased rapport between users and support base, ultimately protected major accounts.

• Fashion Modeling/Acting

  Donna Baldwin, Ford Agency, etc. (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Entertainment industry)

  June 2001 — August 2003 (2 years 3 months)

  Modeled for national print media campaigns. Auditioned for voiceover and acting roles in national and regional TV commercials.

• Show Host and Producer

  KWAB 1490

  (Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  October 1999 — June 2001 (1 year 9 months)

  Conceived, developed, produced, marketed and oversaw public relations for multiple news and advocacy shows. Produced and acted as on-air talent for own weekly show. Researcher/technical producer for special election broadcasts. Selected to conduct one-on-one live interview with presidential candidate on election night. Created over 180+ on-air commercials and elements. Created and/or contributed to 5 spots nominated for 2001 CBA awards. Oriented and trained new employees.

• Director

  Summer Camp USA Exchange Program (Japan) (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; International Affairs industry)

  November 1994 — October 1995 (1 year)

  Conceived, marketed, recruited and conducted a Japanese educational tour of the USA. Negotiated with numerous agencies--travel, insurance, government bureaus--in conversational Japanese. Required a thorough sensitivity to complex cultural differences. Managed/trained staff, developed manuals and created curriculum.

Vincent Panero’s Education

• Harvard: Graduate School of Education

  M. Ed , Curriculum, Technology, Experiential Education , 1993 — 1994

• University of California, Santa Barbara

  BA , English , 1987 — 1990

  Activities and Societies:

  Sailing Team

Additional Information

Vincent Panero’s Interests:

Spending time with family, hiking and surfing.

Vincent Panero’s Groups:

•    Yahoo Employees and Alumni Group