Stephen Harris : Internet Marketing Executive : Credentials

Solution and Strategic Sales Professional/Online Marketing Executive

Results-driven solution provider, innovative, detail oriented, interactive strategic executive with extensive background in delivering real eBusiness and eMarketing results.

Recent Professional Experiences

Sales: Experienced at solution and strategic sales, winning and closing web technology in the North American marketplace.

Innovation: A passion for co-opting and optimizring online eMarketing business solutions, delivering real revenue results.

Trends: Realizing and leveraging new trends in online and social media marketing to maintain a strong competitive edge

Teams: Lead multiple complex projects and cross-functional teams in a competitive client-facing environment, demonstrating solid team leadership.

Partnering: Demonstrated ability to uncover and on-board affinity partners and vendor teams.

Recent Employment History

Web Spiders, Inc. 4/2007-Present
North American Solution Sales, Branding & Marketing and Client Services for this Rich Internet and Mobile outsource product development company. Client sales size has increased steadily each quarter as has the degree of innovation offered to domestic clients.

VP - North America
Solution Selling, Branding and Client Services

O3Performance, LLC 2006-2007
Co-founded and managed this online banner advertising, landing page and affiliate marketing platform optimization start-up company, leveraging a strategic agreement with Offermatica. Responsibilities included negotiating strategic alliances, building awareness of the company’s optimization technology, initial client sales and investment community discussions.

Co-Founder/Managing Director

DigitalGrit, Inc. 2002-2005
Deliver innovative and strategic solutions for this rapidly growing interactive online marketing company with direct impact on bottom line results and client ROI. The dynamic interactive online market requires fast-paced, creative and cost-effective innovations to drive qualified traffic and buyers to DigitalGrit’s Fortune 1000 client’s internet assets.

Director; eMarketing Technology

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) 1993-2001
A $6 billion provider of Payroll and Human Resource outsource financial services to over 450,000 businesses. Executive level responsibilities including strategic eBusiness project accountability, selection and management of multiple cross-discipline vendors, team and associate leadership and a technology budget of over $1M.

Director, eBusiness Marketing
Creating a new business model, online sales for this major corporation. Developing and then implementing the eBusiness strategy, allowing small businesses to learn about ADP Payroll, then select a solution that fits their needs - and then buy. In addition, greatly enhanced the workflow process for starting new payroll clients, greatly eliminating early defection.

Project Manager, Corporate Financial Systems Group (NJ)
Developed groundbreaking programs and analysis in support of the marketing and sales efforts for the small, medium and large client business units. I had responsibility for managing four senior level analysts and programmers utilizing a coaching/mentoring style and employing Situational Leadership. My key roles in this group, included Quality Survey reengineering, telemarketing program support, data segmentation for sales intelligence and support and the implementation and roll-out of the companies’ initial sales-force automation tools.

Technical Skills

Online channels: Google AdWords, Yahoo/Overture, MSN, FindWhat and QuePasa Contextual, Behavioral & Co-Reg platforms: IndustryBrains, Google Adsense, Claria & Empire Affiliate Channels: Linkshare, Commission Junction, BFree and DirectTrack Other Online Marketing enablers: Web 2.0, Social Networking, Rich Internet Applications, Adobe Flex, MS~Silverlight, Ektron CMS, Brand-building, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Blogs, eCommunity, eMail, Web 2.0 Strategy, Offermatica Multi-variant Online Media Optimization and Multi-Variable testing, adServing and eBay Stores

Education
University of Hartford School of Business Management
MBA Management Information Systems (MIS)

University of Hartford
BS - Management (Cum Laude)