Mar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

• The mission of the Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship (VACE) is to srengthen Kentucky's economy through entrepreneurship and business outreach.

Jan 2017 – Present · 9 yrs 3 mos · Miramar Beach, Florida

• OMNICOMMANDER builds and hosts gorgeous websites while also creating amazing marketing campaigns for our clients. Our focus is on design and we ensure that every site is fully mobile responsive, SSL encrypted, easy to navigate and ADA compliant. Since we build our websites to be fully accessible our organic SEO typically lands our clients on the first page of most search engines. Our outsourced marketing service provides social media, branding, reputation management, logo design, email campaigns, video production, targeted marketing, advanced analytics, access to a world class team of graphic artists and much more!

Jan 2016 – Jul 2016 · 6 mos

• Responsible for driving business development activities across the US along with further developing relationships among technology partners. Lead a group focusing on on Mergers and Acquisitions while simultaneously driving sales efforts and building a team of professionals to bring on new core clients.

Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 · 3 yrs

• 2ONE6 provides strategic planning, consulting services, and training programs for financial institutions/individuals/companies. Eric Isham is a keynote and motivational speaker in addition to a consultant and trainer. His dynamic and engaging speaking style have also made him a popular and sought out speaker. Eric has worked in the financial industry for 15+ years specializing in payments and core processing.
• Eric Isham is a HIGH Energy, fast paced Motivational Speaker. In addition to delivering keynote speeches he provides invaluable consulting services and training programs to financial institutions and third party providers.
• One of Eric’s greatest passions is to mentor people on a one on one basis. In his coaching role. Eric listens to individuals and provides advice on personal development.

Feb 2005 – Feb 2015 · 10 yrs

• Diabetes runs in my family. After my younger cousin was diagnosed with it, I decided to make a difference. I founded The 216 Foundation with the mission statement of raising money to find a cure. I manage a fantastic group of volunteers that throw fundraisers all over the country. I Initiated a monthly recurring revenue model through automatic donations. I am also the chief organizer of a large annual black tie gala that is held around Cincinnati, OH.

May 2002 – Dec 2013 · 11 yrs 7 mos

• At iPay I worked directly with senior management at Banks and Credit Unions on bill pay decisions. My responsibilities started with generating leads from channels, user groups, trade shows, etc... and elevating suspects into prospects. I would handle every aspect of the sales cycle from presenting my solution, to providing custom proposals, to delivering contracts and ultimately closing the deal.
• I began my career at iPay by building the inside sales department from the ground up. This included "writing the book" for what this role would eventually become. I would call on existing clients and up sell them on new products and work with them to extend their contract.
• After 2 years I transitioned into a new client sales role. Within this capacity I managed over a dozen referral and reseller relationships. I would travel to various national conferences and user groups where I would often be asked to speak to those in attendance. These speaking engagements would range from specific topics such as online bill pay to more broad views on payments in general and the future of the financial industry.
• I held the senior national sales executive position for over 8 years and was responsible for approximately 1,000 new client sales. I was trusted as the expert in bill pay for of all my partners that I worked with.

Feb 1997 – Sep 2008 · 11 yrs 7 mos

• I enlisted into the KYARNG in 1997 as a combat medic (91 Bravo). I completed basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri then attended school at Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. While in school at the combat medic academy, the top academic students qualified to take the national EMT test and I passed. I reported for duty at Ft. Knox, Ky and was attached to an Armor battalion. I was identified as a top junior NCO and competed and won the Soldier of the year award.
• I also volunteered one summer on the Drug Eradication Task Force, which was a joint local, state, and federal effort to destroy illegal drugs in Eastern Kentucky. I was the assigned medic on the Blackhawk team, where we would repel from the helicopters into the mountains to destroy marijuana. I had the pleasure of working with State Police, DEA, FBI, and occasionally other federal agents.
• After deciding to take on more of a leadership role, I signed up for OCS (Officer Candidate School). For one weekend a month for 18 months I trained to be an officer. During this challenging period of time, our class shrunk from over 100 students to graduating approximately 30. This school included basic infantry skills as well as mastering Troop Leading Procedures. I served as the Vice President of my class.
• The next level in my military training was Armor Officer School, that I attended at Ft. Knox, KY. I learned how to operate and lead a platoon and company of M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks. The training combined classroom, small group, and practical exercise instruction designed to build leadership skills and Warrior Ethos.