Experience

Volition Studios • Director, Writer, Producer, Editor • 2002 – Present
Award winning, boutique production company specializing in full video content creation from concept to completion. Write, Direct, Produce, Compose and Edit complete video solutions for a variety of media including web, DVD and television broadcast. Specializing in short form videos from :30sec to 10:00min productions.

SCSI • Director of eCommerce & Marketing • www.superiorcooling.co • 2007 – Present
Industry leader in custom manufacturing & service for diesel engine cooling systems.
Led development and launch of company’s new dynamic eCommerce B2B website utilizing Magento software platform, offering complete product listings for over 2,000 custom manufactured radiator packages for heavy equipment machinery. Lead ongoing SEO, SEM, PPC and affiliate marketing efforts for company’s leading industry eCommerce position.

Drop to Sell It • Owner • Consultant • www.droptosellit.com • 2003 – 2007
Online Retail Consignment Business & Franchisor • Dallas, Houston & Austin, TX
• Successfully pioneered beta store in 2003 and led company to profitability within three months
• Created & registered franchise in 2005 and led company’s growth to sale of 4 retail franchise locations
• Developed proprietary, automated consignment software for efficient product supply chain and store growth
• Arranged sale of company and transfer of ownership in the spring of 2007 – Served as ongoing consultant

J. Spence Associates, L.P. • General Partner • Consultant • New York, NY • 2001 – 2003
Private equity fund developed for the management buyout of a mid-market public manufacturing firm traded on the NYSE. Deal terms for the acquisition were not reached; however, the fund achieved a 63% return for private investors before liquidation in 2002. Consulted directly with executive management on restructuring.
• Pitched investment prospectus to accredited investors with successful acquisition of fund’s target minimum
• Successfully recruited shareholders in direct marketing campaign for change of management via proxy votes

Putnam Lovell NBF • Financial Analyst •  www.putnamlovell.com • 1999 – 2001
Mergers & Acquisitions Financial Institutions • San Francisco, CA & New York, NY
• Analyzed corporate acquisition targets by building detailed & extensive financial models
• Pitched potential acquisition targets to Financial Institutional buyers
• Assisted in arranging the sale of a middle market broker with $10 billion in assets under management

Education
University of Colorado at Boulder • Leeds School of Business • 1996 – 1999
BBA – Finance, Marketing & Entrepreneurship
• Investment Banking Seminar (New York) – 1999
• London Finance Seminar  – Thesis: Entrepreneurship – U.S. vs. U.K.  1998
• Profiles in American Enterprise –  Eastman Chemical Co. chapter author

Technical Skills

Highly Proficient: Apple – Final Cut Pro, Motion, Logic Pro, Soundtrack Pro, et. al., Avid / ProTools, Adobe – After Effects, Fireworks, Photoshop, et. al., Mac/Unix software, Xcode, Mac OS & Server Administration, MS Office (Excel, Word, PP, etc.), HTML, HTML5, DHTML, XML, PHP, MySQL, etc.

Interests: Award winning filmmaker, outdoor sports, Microbrew connoisseur, “My red hot smokin’ wife”

Past Certifications: Series 7, 55, 63 and 65, Investment Advisor Representative, Google Adwords Professional