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Sales Marketing

Location:
Reston, VA
Salary:
150,000
Posted:
February 01, 2017

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Michael Hodge

***** ******* *****, ****** ******** 20190

(M) 301-***-****

****@*****.***

Employment:

September 2013 to Present BCAST.com, Reston, Va.

CEO

• Founded and responsible for overall management of the BCAST mobile live streaming network

(www.bcast.com). BCAST is a new media social broadcasting platform/ecosystem that enables users to instantly and easily broadcast live streaming videos from/to mobile devices, wearable and 360 VR devices, the web and smart TV’s for both consumer and public safety uses.

• Overall responsibility for product development (backend, web, iOS, Android) and release of the BCAST social broadcasting platform which included managing various teams (design, IT (mobile, web) development, marketing, etc).

• Managed all strategic partnerships, alliances and day to day operations.

• BCAST selected by Red-Herring Magazine as 2016 top 100 innovative companies in the USA and BCAST selected as Sprockitt 2015 Top disruptive companies in Broadcasting.

• Bcast acquired January 2017.

December 2009 to August 2013 FullCircle Geosocial Networks, Inc., Reston, Va. Founder/CEO

• Created, funded and responsible for overall management of this mobile geo-social network

(www.fullcircle.net).

• Raised 1.7 million dollars in venture capital, grew membership to 800+k and imagined, developed and added a portfolio of products, mobile applications and services to enhance user experience.

• Managed product development (web, iOS, Android) and release of the Fullcircle Geosocial Application. August 2007 to December 2008-Terrestar Networks., Reston, Va. VP Strategic Marketing/Partner Development Ecommerce/Mobile

• Senior Marketing professional for Terrestar Networks which was building an all IP based integrated satellite and terrestrial 4g mobile network.

• Responsible for marketing/sales and business development initiatives/sales strategy and partnership development across a broad array of verticals incorporating e-commerce and mobile applications.

• Company merged with another provider.

February 2005 to August 2007-SunRocket, Inc., Vienna Va. VP E-Commerce/Partner Marketing

• Ecommerce and online strategic partnerships executive for the second fastest growing residential VOIP

(Internet Telephony) Communications provider in the US.

• Originated a number of partnerships and ecommerce initiatives which caused the division under my supervision to grow from zero sales to almost 1/2 of all company sales in under a year.

• Developed e-commerce best practices and partnerships with many well known worldwide wireless, broadband, equipment and ecommerce companies.

January 2002-January 2005: TALK America, Reston, Va. VP/Director of E-Commerce and Strategic Partnerships

• Senior executive holding direct P&L responsibility for the Online/E-Commerce division of this publicly held (ticker: TALK) local and long distance telecommunications provider.

• Achieved 2,000% growth in online sales and was recognized by J.D. Power and associates with the highest rated web site of all telecommunication carriers in the United States based upon customer satisfaction.

• Using a very focused direct response and data intensive methodology, we built and grew the E-Commerce channel from last place to one of the top performing channels in the company.

• ECommerce channel generated over 70 million dollars in revenues my last year on over 8,000 online new customer activations per month.

• Responsibilities also included corporate wide strategic partnerships and alliances, having conceived, developed and nurtured many successful initiatives. February 2000 to January 2002: FrontlineCapital., NY, NY/Herndon, Va. Vice President-Business Development/Strategic Alliances

• Frontline Capital was a 500 million NY based venture capital fund with a number of Ecommerce/web/mobile initiatives within its portfolio. As Vice President of Strategic Alliances my responsibilities included defining, initiating, developing and maintaining strategic partnerships and ecommerce strategy with Internet firms, telecommunication and wireless carriers, voice portals and other companies that fit our target market.

• Responsibilites also included additional responsibility for building and managing a team of senior sales managers and setting in place the necessary sales management system to track and reward productivity. February 1999 to February 2000: Online Media Services, Inc., Washington, DC Senior Vice President- Business Development/Strategic Alliances

• As the Vice President of Business Development of this Internet consulting firm, I was principally responsible for marketing/sales and content development programs including advertising joint ventures, web alliances, and content sharing arrangements and other marketing agreements for both OLM owned sites and on behalf of clients.

• Marketing efforts resulted in industry recognition for extensive web content including web awards from USA Today and Microsoft. Took several web sites from inception to being the largest on the Internet in their class.

August 1993 to February 1999: Washington Office Center, Inc. Washington, DC Managing Partner

• As the founding managing partner/president of this turn-key "Executive Suite" office leasing firm I was responsible for the overall operations management of the company including Marketing/Sales, administrative, finance and facilities maintenance.

• Annual revenues grew from under $0 to over $3,000,000 and the company became the largest provider of turnkey offices in Washington DC designing, developing and occupying over 120,000 square feet of office space in four locations and providing services to over 200 companies. Education:

College of Business and Management University of Maryland Bachelor of Science Past President U of Md. College of Business and Management Alumni Association Awards:

September 2013 Finance-Monthly Magazine CEO of the Year United States. http://headley.co.uk/headturner/FMCEOA13 (page 48)



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