May 2023 – Present · 3 yrs · Sarasota, Florida, United States · Hybrid

• Sarasota's top tech meetup. We're connecting Sarasota's tech community and driving the city forward.

Jan 2022 – Nov 2022 · 10 mos · Remote

• I helped lead Webflow community initiatives on a grassroots level since 2017. Before they even had a formal community team.
• In 2020 I helped organize the largest paid community of Webflow developers at Finsweet and in 2022 hosted the first ever community organized Webflow Conference "State of Flow" with Webflow as lead sponsor.
• Along the way I helped seed their global meetup network, supported more than 100 events and hosted some of the most prolific Webflow community events including CloneComp, Global Open House, Ugly Website Party, and more.

Oct 2020 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos · United States

• Responsible for community driven growth marketing efforts at Finsweet.
• Community
• Helped build and launch paid community, website and user portal
• Thousands of paying community members
• $150K in revenue in first 90 days
• Led an initiative to secure a six figure multi-month marketing grant to support Webflow related events and community building efforts globally.
• Agency
• Consistently helped increase agency visibility and more than 2x lead flow in 18 months
• helped launch a number of successful digital products impacting more than 45 million webpages monthly
• Managed a global team of devs, creators, and designers.
• Content (all organic, no paid ads)
• 136 Livestreams = An average of twice a week for more than a year
• Grew channel to more than 80K+ views per month average
• Drove hundreds of concurrent viewers twice a week with 1-3K views (first 24 hours) per episode on average.
• More than 1,000,000 total views in first year
• 100,000 hours of watch time in first year
• All organic viewership, no paid ads
• Grew email list from 1K to 10K+

Aug 2015 – Dec 2020 · 5 yrs 4 mos · North Port-Sarasota Area

• Creatively Connecting Sarasota

May 2015 – Dec 2017 · 2 yrs 7 mos · North Port-Sarasota Area

• Boutique software development team focused on building mission driven software.
• Designed and project-managed new and existing products
• Worked with start-up brands to drive sales and new business development
• Planned community events (meetups, hackathons, professional development, etc)
• Led video production, web strategy and other creative agency services

May 2012 – Present · 14 yrs · Hybrid

• I help emerging brands build community and drive online growth.
• I specialize in the following areas:
• Building, scaling and monetizing online and offline communities.
• Building online directories, digital community tools and automated workflows.
• Building online trust and brand value through world class web design and video storytelling.
• Community marketing, event planning, content strategy, creative strategy, and multimedia production.
• Planning, promoting, organizing and facilitating large events.

Mar 2011 – May 2015 · 4 yrs 2 mos · North Port-Sarasota Area

• Digital media, content/multimedia marketing, and sales/marketing consulting.
• Sales coaching and in-house team building strategies
• Rewriting sales copy and overhauling sales presentations for clients
• Designed campaigns focused on building buyer impulse and driving sales intent
• Responsible for driving and growing online engagement
• Drove content strategy & online growth hacking for various clients

Dec 2009 – Jul 2010 · 7 mos · Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

• Regularly ranked top 50 out of 1200 sales reps nationwide.
• Extensive B2B sales experience specializing in short term, impulse based sales strategies.
• Specialized in sales training and sales coaching, developing sales systems.
• Interviewing and teambuilding was part of my daily work flow.
• Traveled as a trainer and helped grow and develop 5-30 person sales teams in new territories all across the midwest.

Mar 2005 – Oct 2008 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Bradenton Florida

• New business development, client management, complex account sales. Commercial Property and Casualty sales. $1Million + in sales within my first year in the industry.
• Specialized in high-risk property insurance, medical malpractice liability and medical professional liability. Managed multi million dollar property exposures, helped underwrite and mitigate risk at multi location imaging centers and worked with large scale manufacturing facilities to reduce risk and optimize coverage.
• Recognized by the Florida Association of Insurance Agents as the Young Agent of the Year and earned the certification of Accredited Adviser in Insurance.

Mar 2004 – Apr 2005 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bradenton Florida

• New car sales
• Top 5 sales rep 9 out of 13 months (out of 17-24 reps)
• Was recruited from car dealership to insurance agency where I quickly climbed the ranks as a young property and casualty insurance agent.