Executive Sales

George Blake

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City: Atlanta

State: GA

Zip: 30327

Country: USA

Phone: 404-***-****

Skill Level: Senior

Salary Range: $100,000

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George R. Blake

660 North Island Drive NW, Atlanta, GA, 30327

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GOAL: I seek to use my broad experience in the news media, as a financial professional and as a corporate leader/CEO to help build reputation and marketing successes.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Pridatco Inc. Atlanta, GA

Chairman

Pridatco, the Private Data Corp., seeks to give consumers the tools to assert their privacy rights and profit from their personal information. Websites launched by Pridatco include DoNotTrackUs.com and MoneyForMyData.com. Pridatco owns the rights to the Do Not Track Registry name and trademark.

OurTown Media LLC HQ:Cincinnati, OH

Chief News Officer

OurTown.com has developed more than 70,000 hyperlocal websites across the U.S., including every ZIP code, I am chief news officer and have created an advisory board of prominent journalists. OurTown is licensing local editors who will both report local news and sell local advertising, keeping proceeds. Local editors also will share in national advertising. OurTown combines local news, local views and community information with local search and commerce. Now in final beta, the company is licensing clusters of ZIPs to OurTown's first 1000 Local Editors.

FORMER:

Brandwatch Global Technology HQ: Seattle,WA

Chairman, CEO and President

Built company from a money-losing concern with great potential into a major international player in its field (anti-counterfeiting technologies). Expanded product line and developed international sales on five continents. Worked with shareholders on reorganization of ownership structure into single-class stock, allowing company to attract new investments. Worked with holders of convertible debt to convert to company stock. Successfully recruited investors.

AXA Advisors, National Life of Vermont Cincinnati, OH

Financial Planner

Financial planner, client recruiting. Developed successful programs for Ohio Treasurer and Secretary of State to offer financial planning as employee benefit. NASD licenses: Series 6, 66 and 7

Gannett Co. Inc. Multiple locations

Editor and VP

Editor of Pacific Daily News (Guam), Fort Myers FL News-Press, Cincinnati Enquirer. Each paper won multiple regional, state and national awards under my leadership.

Vice President Community Affairs, Cincinnati Enquirer.

Developed online sites (Cincinnati.com, Enquirer.com).

EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

Wheeling Jesuit University * BS in Economics

College of Mt. St. Joseph, Cincinnati OH * PhD (hon)

Guest lecturer at 23 colleges and universities.

Part of companywide task force that developed AdQ advertising quality program for Gannett Co.

AFFILIATIONS/AWARDS

"Best of Gannett" editor three times (only person to do this).

Three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee.

Past president, Ohio Newspaper Association

Past chairman, Ohio Newspapers Foundation.

Past VP, Florida Society of Newspaper Editors.

Former two-term board member, Associate Press Managing Editors (APME)

APME committee chair (modern living, foreign news, minorities, research)

Former member, American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE)

Chaired ASNE training sessions at annual convention

Former national chair, Task Force on Minorities in the Newspaper Business.

Chair of nine charitable boards (see below).

Numerous awards for writing, editing.

NONPROFIT EXPERIENCE

Board chair: FreeStore/FoodBank, Neediest Kids of All, Explorer Scouts, Friars Club, ACT (a welfare-diversion agency), the Family Development Corp., Greater Cincinnati Sports & Events Commission, the Fund for Northern Kentucky University and the United Food and Clothing Drive.

Board member: Greater Cincinnati Convention & Visitors Bureau (executive committee, vice chair), Dan Beard Council/Boy Scouts (executive committee), Easter Seals of Southwest Ohio (executive committee), College of Mount Saint Joseph, Caracole, Coalition for a Drug-Free Cincinnati (treasurer), Cincinnati Works, The Heimlich Institute, Northern Kentucky University Foundation and Children's Theatre.

Fundraising: Chairman FreeStore/FoodBank Capital Campaign (raised $3.5 million against goal of $2.5 million); Chairman Fund for Northern (Northern Kentucky University) first volunteer chairman to raise more than $1 million. Executive committee: successful $15 million capital campaign for Dan Beard Council/Boy Scouts to build Scout camp. Executive committee: Successful capital campaign for Heimlich Institute. Volunteer on numerous annual fund campaigns and capital campaigns.

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