There's a big difference between an award and a reward. In my industry the awards go to the companies that do projects for large companies. I help the small businesses, the ones without the big names or the big budgets. The best honors I get are the thank you's from my clients of how I've changed their business, and their lives.

I believe in a strong middle class economy, and will do my best to help others experience success for themselves.

Saving Small Business

The odds are stacked against small businesses. Only 50% of businesses launched today will survive five years. I want my innovations to help change that statistic because I still believe in the American dream. I don't want to live in a world where everyone works for a few large companies.

What am I doing to make this happen?

In the last six years, my company High Level Marketing, has launched over 1,400 small business websites and successful digital marketing campaigns. In the last year alone, powered by HLM’s technologies, our clients have hired an estimated 1,300 new employees because of the growth of their businesses. I'm currently working on multiple technologies to continue and expidite the growth of small businesses.

Experience

Co-Founder and CTO - VP of Product Development

2009 - Current

High Level Marketing, LLC

Self-funded, started in the face of a struggling economy, HLM has grown to over 4 million in revenue with 30+ employees. I currently lead R&D, technology, process, and project fulfillment. Client retention rates are the best in the industry with a 98% client satisfaction rate.

Web Director

2007 - 2009

Wireless Toyz - National Wireless Franchise Company

In 6 months increased organic search engine traffic from under 6,000 unique visitors per month to over 55,000 unique visitors per month. Developed a rate plan comparison tool to allow customers to compare all possible rate plan, text, and data packages available from all possible carriers.

Advisory Boards

Specs Howard School of Media Arts

Graphic Design Program

Specs Howard has a very high job placement rate for graduates. I assist those graduating students in prepping for interviews and preparing their portfolios for success in the interview process. My biggest achievement in that process is getting students to understand how they can be great assets to a business, not just great designers. In addition, I advise on the curriculum and technologies that future students will be using to best prepare them for the job market.

Community Involvement

Donated website and marketing campaigns to many non-profits such as:

The Plymouth Historical Society
Northville Grief Center
Home Fur Ever Animal Rescue

Education

Bachelor of Science in Architecture

1999 - 2004

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Trademarks and Patents

MYCE

September 10, 2009

IC 042. US 100 101. G & S: Application service provider (ASP) featuring customizable software for use in updating and maintaining a users own website, to track customer usage of the users website, and for use as in database management to track the user' associated costs. FIRST USE: 20071230. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20071230

Batman’s toolbelt can’t compete with mine.

His car is a lot cooler though.

Design & 3D Animation

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, & InDesign
Wireframes & Navigation Flowcharts
Autodesk Alias
3D Studio Max

Marketing & Leads

Branding
Copywriting (Specifically copy designed to sell)
A/B Testing
Email Marketing (Constant Contact & MailChimp)
Content Marketing & Social Media Strategies

Mathematics & Reasoning

Advanced Calculus - Differential Equations
Experimental Statistics
MATLAB

Agile Development & Servers

HTML5, CSS, SASS, Javascript, jQuery
PHP
LAMP Stack, MySQL
Responsive Frameworks - Zurb Foundation
CMS: MYCE, Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal
Many E-Commerce Platforms including MYCE, Shopify, and Magento
Any RESTful API
Email Systems
Shipping Integrations: Fedex, UPS, USPS

Google

Apps Setup, Usage, & Integration
Many API Integrations - OAuth 2.0
Analytics
Adwords
Search Engine Optimization: I survived through all Panda, Penguin, & Hummingbird updates.

Business Development

Improving Profitability & Forecasting
Company Org Structures
Operations Manuals & Documentation
EOS

Leadership & Management

Team Training & Skills Assessment
Long Term & Rapid Project Delivery
Employee Reviews & Performance Assessment
HR Onboarding & Communications

Office

Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Access
Open Office Draw and Suite
Editable PDF Creation and Deployment
Google Apps (Usage & API Integration)
Box.com

Workflow & Project Management

Teamwork PM
Zoho Support Desk & Projects
Basecamp
JIRA, Scrum
Git, Gulp, Stash

CRMs (Usage & API Integration)

Zoho
Salesforce
Pipedrive

Accounting (Usage & API Integration)

QuickBooks
QuickBooks Online
Authorize.net
PayPal
Stripe

On a personal note,

I currently reside in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan with my beautiful wife and two kids who are the inspiration for me every day.

I love to draw and play golf. I recorded my first hole-in-one this summer, so my golf game is probably all downhill from here. I’m a big Lions fan, even though it’s been hard, and I’m excited to have Jim Harbaugh in as Michigan’s coach. Go Blue!!

I’m open to talking about:

Website Design and Search Marketing

To take your business to the next level with a professional website and a search marketing campaign that will actually work, go to www.highlevelmarketing.com.

Consulting, Speaking, and Board Opportunities

Product development and growth strategies, marketing and design, technology and systems, process and logistics, documentation, system integration, and training are my areas of expertise.

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