Ted Souder

Ted Souder

Google - Head of Sales - Midwest Travel

Greater Chicago Area

Current
  • Head of Office for Community Outreach at Google
  • Head of Industry, Central Travel at Google, Inc.
Past
  • Midwest Client Service Manager at Google
  • Game Day Operations Associate at The National Football League - various teams
  • Director of Advertising at Echo Networks
  • National Account Manager at Excite@Home
  • Account Executive at Digital City Denver
  • Account Executive at The Denver Business Journal
Education
  • University of Denver
  • Ottawa Hills High School
  • Brooks School
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Ted Souder’s Experience

  • Head of Office for Community Outreach

    Google

    (Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)

    December 2008Present (8 months)

    In addition to running the Travel vertical in the Central Region I also run our community outreach efforts for the office. In this position I place speakers at local community events, manage relationships with such entities as the City of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools and TiE Midwest and spearhead our involvement with such organizations as the Executives Club of Chicago. We believe it is important to be involved with the City of Chicago and we will continue to find innovative ways to be a good neighbor.

  • Head of Industry, Central Travel

    Google, Inc.

    (Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)

    June 2005Present (4 years 2 months)

    I run the Travel vertical in the Central region of the U.S. My team is responsible for the Google experience for some of the largest travel brands in the world.

  • Midwest Client Service Manager

    Google

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; GOOG; Internet industry)

    October 2001June 2005 (3 years 9 months)

    I created and managed the Operations team in the Chicago and Detroit offices.

  • Game Day Operations Associate

    The National Football League - various teams

    (Sports industry)

    September 1995December 2003 (8 years 4 months)

    Worked with the Marketing Directors of The Denver Broncos, The San Francisco 49ers and The Chicago Bears.
    Responsibilities included running several aspects of the football game including the National Anthem, Half Time and sponsored promotions as well as consulting on revenue generation opportunities via corporate VIP and sponsorship programs.

  • Director of Advertising

    Echo Networks

    (Internet industry)

    20002001 (1 year)

  • National Account Manager

    Excite@Home

    (Public Company; Internet industry)

    19982000 (2 years)

  • Account Executive

    Digital City Denver

    (Internet industry)

    19961998 (2 years)

  • Account Executive

    The Denver Business Journal

    (Newspapers industry)

    July 1995December 1996 (1 year 6 months)

    Sold local print advertising in the Denver market.


Ted Souder’s Education

  • University of Denver

    Business , 19901993

  • Ottawa Hills High School

    19851989

  • Brooks School

    19861988


Additional Information

Ted Souder’s Websites:

Ted Souder’s Interests:

Art, fly fishing, skiing, travel, scuba diving, new technology, design, cooking, food, public speaking

Ted Souder’s Groups:

Board of Directors, Chicago AMA
Block Museum at Northwestern University
Co-Chair 2009 Fur Ball, PAWS Chicago
Member, Economic Club of Chicago
President's Circle Member, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Member, Executives Club of Chicago
Regional Committee Member, U.S. Ski Team

  •    Excite@Home Alumni
  •    University of Denver Alumni
  •    Google Group
  •    American Marketing Association, Chicago Chapter (Chicago AMA)
  •    Googlers & Xooglers

Ted Souder’s Honors:

Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International - Top 25 Most Extraordinary Minds in Hospitality & Travel Sales & Marketing 2006
Google G-Values Award


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