grant parsons
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Address: **** ******* ***** **
City: Dayton
State: OH
Zip: 45458
Country: USA
Phone: 937-***-****
Skill Level: Senior
Salary Range: $150,000
Willing to Relocate
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Grant R. Parsons
GRANT R. PARSONS
8209 Station House Rd, Centerville, OH 45458 937-***-****
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ADVERTISING AND MARKETING SALES EXECUTIVE or CEO
Entrepreneur, Creative Guru & Investor
A creative, strategic visionary. Have achieved impressive career success record based on the ability to execute creative big ideas with some of the worlds most prestigious companies. Am known for high energy and unrelenting enthusiasm by colleagues. Also am able to consistently create high value and ROI. As CEO, have brought several companies to the equity event with superior outcomes. Eager to lend sales and entrepreneurial expertise to companies in many different industries, including international.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Business Development Automotive Industry Environmental Industry
International Consulting Creative Big Ideas Leadership/Mentoring
Entrepreneur Business Investor Advertising and Marketing
HIGHLIGHTED CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS
Created GM Silverados Like a Rock Campaign.
Designed FedExs When it absolutely, positively has to get there overnight. campaign.
Developed and sold three start-up businesses, yielding $7 million in profits.
Won $4 million project from GM to research international carbon credit market.
University degrees include BBA, MBA, and JD.
Revenue projections for Cane Goods Marketing over $50 million in 2012.
Revenue for clients: Hyundai, Honda, Chevrolet over $300 million in 2012.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Cane Goods Marketing, Dayton, OH 2009 Present
Vision: To develop a firm that provides fuel at $1.90 a gallon at the pump.
Startup (with two other investors) international marketing and consulting firm, creating opportunities for auto-related companies doing business in Brazil in the area of cane-produced fuel alternative. Six employees and creating tree free paper from sugar cane and bi-products.
CEO, Lead Consultant and Sales Executive
Began firm with contracts with Mohawk Paper, Mead Paper, Hyundai Motors America, Con Agra.
Executed a program for Hyundai to offer vehicles that will run on sugar cane-based fuel
selling for $1.90 per gallon.
Set up network of 990 gas stations in 22 states that offer $1.90 fuel.
For client Con Agra: Developed trade of carbon credit forwards with Canton CO2 to GICA of Zurich that will produce $62 mil. in additional profits.
CarbonEx Institute, LLC., Dayton, OH 2008-2010
Vision: To provide a limestone free concrete.
Start-up with 12 other investors. Marketing and consulting firm dealing in carbon and environmental markets for concrete
CEO, Lead Consultant, and Sales Executive
Developed 71 premiere technologies and green building products to become international licensed product of CarbonEx.
Devised synergistic partnership with Conestoga-Rovers for approval and certification of all new green technologies under United Nationals Protocol.
Orchestrated relationship and partnership with Enovio from MIT for world-wide market scan of absolute best green technology products in the world
Raised $1.3 million in private equity during first five weeks of operation. Sold firm in 2010 for over five times revenue ($10 mil.)
The Pontis Group, Dublin, OH. 2006 2009
Vision: Develop new profit center to sell firm for over five times revenue in three years.
Acquired 36-year-old national advertising and marketing agency. Key clients in private aviation, fire truck manufacturing and credit union insurance. Employed 22 people.
Owner and General Manager
Reengineered process for working with clients, restricting contracts to clients who would agree to minimum of one-year retainer.
Increased profit margin to 40%
Sold company for five times venues in five years.
Groupe Cossette Communications, New York, NY 1999-2006
Vision: Lead a Canadian-based advertising firm o become $300 million international marketing company.
Sr. Vice President and Executive Creative Director
Won and delivered over $150 million of new client business from the Chevrolet Div of GM, doubling the size of agency.
Continually sought, created and executed program to advance Chevrolet sales. One program garnered over 300,000 new Conquest car sales in 36 months.
Other key accounts were Mr. Goodwrench, Chevys Nascar marketing., Samsung Plasma TVs
Electrosphere Communications Group, Dayton, OH 1995-1999
CEO/Creative Director
Raised over $675,000 in new start-up capital in three months.
Grew sales activity from zero to over $18 million annually in 38 months.
Engineered and directed successful; sale of company for one-time payment so $6 million after tax
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
Elected to Ohio University Trustee Academy
Elected to Chief Executive Boards International
EDUCATION
Juris Doctor, University of Mississippi, Oxford MI,
Master in Business Administration, Magna Cum Laude, Murray State Unvisited, Murray, KY
Bachelor of Business Administration, Ohio University, Athens, OH