Will Hinton

Current

• Cost Recovery Advisor at Core Solutions Group
• Owner at Good Will Hinton

Past

• Senior Account Executive at CoStar Group
• Commercial Real Estate Broker at Equis Corporation
• Account Executive at Claritas

• VP Marketing at Paste Media Group
• Project Manager at Realticorp
• Developer at Pacific Meridian Resources
• GIS Developer at City of Marietta, GA

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Education

• Auburn University
• Henderson High School

Recommended

25 people have recommended Will

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

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Websites

• My Website

Will Hinton’s Summary

I am a serial entrepreneur and networker. I have worked in corporate America for over 15 years helping companies in the areas of strategic planning, change management, business development, and marketing. I am a problem-solver and a translator (I can speak technical and business equally as well; I understand and can communicate to both Baby Boomers and 20-somethings) I am now a free agent, consulting with with corporations, non-profits, and individuals providing the following services:

*Strategic planning/Vision-casting
*Business development/Sales strategy/marketing
*Web 2.0/Online content/Online community/Social networking
*Donor development/fundraising
*Strategic partnership development/networking (TopLinked.com)

Clients have included Starbucks, Deloitte, McDonald's, Federated Department Stores, Saks Inc, Randstad, Havertys Furniture, CBRE, Brinker Restaurants, Marriott, and Levis Strauss & Co.

Will Hinton’s Specialties:

Strategic planning, visioneering, business development, marketing, Web 2.0, blogging, community creation, fund-raising, commercial real estate, tenant representation, retail site selection, market analysis, database marketing, market research, GIS, competitive analysis, demographics

Will Hinton’s Experience

• Cost Recovery Advisor

  Core Solutions Group

  (Financial Services industry)

  June 2009 — Present (2 months)

• Owner

  Good Will Hinton

  (Management Consulting industry)

  January 2005 — Present (4 years 7 months)

  Turnkey consultancy for culture creating projects.
  
  * Strategic planning/Brainstorming/Visioneering
  *Web 2.0/Blogging (including website creation, content creation, SEO, copywriting, podcasting/videocasting)
  *Online marketing
  *Networking (access to my community of culture creators and influencers)
  *Fund-raising/Donor Development
  
  Clients include:
  Ancerno (www.anerno.com)
  Eric Volz (www.friendsofericvolz.com)
  Meet Justice (www.meetjustice.org)
  Innocence Atlanta (www.innocencenatlanta.org)
  Essential 2 Life (www.e2lonline.com)
  Fringe Atlanta (www.fringeatlanta.com)

• Senior Account Executive

  CoStar Group

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CSGP; Commercial Real Estate industry)

  February 2006 — April 2008 (2 years 3 months)

  I assisted companies on the use of commercial real estate data for investment sales, lease transactions, asset management, market analysis, and business development.
  
  My clients include Cushman & Wakefield, Colliers Spectrum Cauble, Carter, Deloitte & Touche, Georgia-Pacific, and Cypress Communications.

• Commercial Real Estate Broker

  Equis Corporation

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Commercial Real Estate industry)

  July 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 6 months)

  Provided conflict-free transaction advisory services for industrial and office real estate users.
  
  Clients included Daimler-Chrysler, USG, and Campus Crusade for Christ.

• Account Executive

  Claritas

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Market Research industry)

  September 1999 — June 2004 (4 years 10 months)

  Consulted with national retailers and restaurants on market analysis, site selection, and sales forecasting.
  
  My clients included Starbucks, CBRE, Levi Strauss, Havertys Furniture, Eddie Bauer, and Taco Bell.

• VP Marketing

  Paste Media Group

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

  January 2000 — October 2002 (2 years 10 months)

  Member of startup team for nationally-distributed music magazine, Paste Magazine.

• Project Manager

  Realticorp

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Real Estate industry)

  January 1998 — August 1999 (1 year 8 months)

  Directed research for land investment fund focused on retail. Developed GIS/research application to identify high-growth areas for retail development.

• Developer

  Pacific Meridian Resources

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1997 — December 1997 (1 year)

• GIS Developer

  City of Marietta, GA

  (Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Government Administration industry)

  January 1996 — December 1996 (1 year)

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Will Hinton’s Websites:

• My Website

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