Mara Johnson

Current

• Director of Business Development - West Coast Florida team at CoAdvantage
• Volunteer/Committee Member at Live United Network - United Way Tampa Bay

Past

• Director of Business Development at Nperspective
• AVP of Sales & Operations - Client Relations at Graduate Leverage
• Director of PR; Regional Marketing Director at AFS

• Small Business Development Intern at Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce
• Graduate Research Assistant - Marketing at University of South Florida
• Assistant Office Manager at GMS Florida West Coast

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Education

• University of South Florida - College of Business Administration
• Università per Stranieri di Perugia
• Bond University

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Industry

Human Resources

Mara Johnson’s Experience

• Director of Business Development - West Coast Florida team

  CoAdvantage

  (Human Resources industry)

  June 2009 — Present (2 months)

• Volunteer/Committee Member

  Live United Network - United Way Tampa Bay

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  October 2008 — Present (10 months)

• Director of Business Development

  Nperspective

  (Financial Services industry)

  June 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 1 month)

  Nperspective is a professional services firm offering a full suite of interim, part-time, and project based CFO, controllership, and accounting services.

• AVP of Sales & Operations - Client Relations

  Graduate Leverage

  (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

  February 2007 — March 2008 (1 year 2 months)

  ~Ensured message and communications between various departments and offices were consistent and accurate
  ~Developed internal client support and sales team in order to improve existing relationships, create new relationships and enhance cross-selling opportunities
  ~Managed client relations center and staff of 30 employees
  ~Reviewed, tracked, and maintained best practices to promote continued success between 3 offices (TX, FL, MA)
  ~Managed guarantee and origination services agreements process
  ~Directed loan servicing projects and create and implement procedures

• Director of PR; Regional Marketing Director

  AFS

  (Financial Services industry)

  August 2005 — February 2007 (1 year 7 months)

• Small Business Development Intern

  Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  May 2005 — August 2005 (4 months)

• Graduate Research Assistant - Marketing

  University of South Florida

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  March 2004 — July 2005 (1 year 5 months)

• Assistant Office Manager

  GMS Florida West Coast

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  August 1998 — December 2002 (4 years 5 months)

Mara Johnson’s Education

• University of South Florida - College of Business Administration

  MBA , Marketing, Management, International Business , 2004 — 2005

• Università per Stranieri di Perugia

  Italian Language and Culture 2001 — 2001

  Summer Abroad 2001

• Bond University

  2001 — 2001

  Semester Abroad - Fall 2001

Additional Information

Mara Johnson’s Groups:

American Marketing Association, Public Relations Society of America, Execunet

•    Executive Suite
•    American Marketing Association of Central Florida
•    USF Alumni Chapter- Tampabay Area
•    Salesforce.com Professional Network
•    TBTF - Tampa Bay Technology Forum
•    Turnaround Management, Restructuring & Distressed Debt (OPEN TO ALL)
•    On the Horizon Marketing Group
•    United Way of Tampa Bay
•    Live United Network
•    USF CONNECT
•    International Factoring Association
•    FEI-CFL -- Financial Executives Int'l of Central Florida

Mara Johnson’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch