Sean Simon

Past

Director of Business Development at Predict Wallstreet
V.P. Business Development at Questus
Director - Funds @ Equastone at Equastone

Director of Affiliate Relations at QPR Wines
SVP Business Development at EarthQuake Media
Sr. Account Executive at Yahoo!
Sales at broadcast.com
Media Planner at Anderson & Lembke

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Education

Rowan University
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

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Sean Simon’s Summary

I have partnered with (and sold to) a broad spectrum of professionals throughout the past fourteen years, which positions me well to succeed during the next phase of my career. Most recently I have developed lucrative sales and business development relationships with a variety of media companies dealing with people at all levels within their organizations. Previously I had worked with Vice Presidents of Marketing and Directors of Communications at both large and small company’s nationwide discussing website development, content delivery and market research. In the past I have had much success researching, identifying, and selling to advertising agencies and Publishers, as well as, media and technology companies. Selling to this wide array of customers has taught me how to effectively and efficiently focus on their needs and provide them with a service or resource that directly addresses their needs. My unique ability to blend a results-driven management style with a needs-based sales assessment has allowed me to open new doors for the companies that I have worked with. I am skilled at addressing a client’s short and long-term needs and strategies, and modifying my pitch on the fly to address different markets and varying goals. My strong track-record of successful sales and business experience and high-level management roles has positioned me to be an experienced leader on any team.

Sean Simon’s Specialties:

Sales, negotiations, deal flow, management, business development, and product idea generation. The real skill is combining all of these previous tasks and creating new skills.

Sean Simon’s Experience

Director of Business Development

Predict Wallstreet

(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

December 2008 — July 2009 (8 months)

PredictWallStreet will be the largest community and social media provider in the finance space. Our white labeled platform will enable publishers and online brokerages to capitalize on the power of community via unique and relevant social media applications. PWS will combine the power of community with the worlds largest investor sentiment database to create tools that can't be matched. PWS has been collecting investor sentiment data for more than four years and this helps us determine investor sentiment today.

My specific role is to educate & partner with publishers and brokerages to harness the power of collective intelligence. I will work with our partners to develop a product that is specifically designed for them and their users. With publishers, I can help them increase traffic to their site, keep users their longer, and generate more ad revenue. With brokerages, I can help them attract new subscribers, provide those users with additional trading methods & research, and drive more revenue from trades and deposits.
V.P. Business Development

Questus

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

January 2008 — October 2008 (10 months)

My newest role brings me back to my roots. I am excited to be back on the agency side and immersing myself in the newest technologies. My role is to help our agency close business and grow by making the world aware of all the amazing services we have to offer the right clients. We specialize in Web Development, Creative, Research, and Media. We have some of the smartest people in the industry to help our clients grow their businesses.
Director - Funds @ Equastone

Equastone

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Investment Management industry)

September 2007 — November 2007 (3 months)

Director - Business Development in the funds group. My primary role is to interact with current, past, and potential clients and inform them on the happenings of the various funds that Equastone is managing. Ultimately, my goal is to bring new clients into the funds by showing them how successful Equastone and its management team have been over the last 15 years. I will primarily work in the Greater Northwest from San Jose to Seattle, but I will travel wherever opportunities present themselves. We only work with accredited investors therefore most of my time is spend with High Net Worth individuals, Financial Advisors, and Institutional folks.
Director of Affiliate Relations

QPR Wines

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Food & Beverages industry)

January 2005 — May 2005 (5 months)

QPR Wines is a wine buying tool/newsletter thatr cross references major critics quality scores with price to determine value. My role is to develop affiliate relationships with wine merchants across the country in an effort to have them re-sell the product to their customers.
SVP Business Development

EarthQuake Media

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

May 2004 — December 2004 (8 months)

I am responsible for heading up new business efforts. I do many different things day to day, but ultimately, I need to bring in new business.
Sr. Account Executive

Yahoo!

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; yhoo; Marketing and Advertising industry)

May 1997 — January 2004 (6 years 9 months)

Ad sales executive responsible for agency and client relationships and sales.
Sales

broadcast.com

(Investment Management industry)

1997 — 1999 (2 years)
Media Planner

Anderson & Lembke

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

February 1995 — February 1996 (1 year 1 month)

Executed and managed all Internet advertising for Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Developer products. I was responsible for vendor relationships and communication with internal teams and clients at Microsoft. I was in this position at a time when internet advertising was just begininng. Me and my colleagues were pioneering the online advertising industry during this time frame. I was responsible for some of the largest online media buys at this time in the industries history.

Sean Simon’s Education

Rowan University

BA , Communications/Advertising , August 1991 — November 1994

Activities and Societies:

Ad Club
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

BA , Communications/Advertising

Activities and Societies:

International Exchange Program