Moonshot

STRATEGIC MARKETING + COMMUNICATIONS

Collaborating with diverse and project teams to shape marketing and communication strategies, leading to the successful launch of 110+ startups, generating thousands of pieces of earned media worth millions of dollars in advertising equivalent.

AWARD WINNING BRAND DEVELOPMENT + MANAGEMENT

Crafting breakthrough categories and strategic narratives, enhancing brand positioning, culminating in prestigious client awards, including "Best State Court Research and Analytics Platform 2023," "Fast Company Innovative By Design 2021,"  and " Central Banking Finnovator of the Year Award 2021".

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS + THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Devising and implemented marketing and comms plans with project leads, coordinating w/ subject matter experts to drive national and industry-specific media messaging. Successfully prepared an executive client for testimony before the US House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services and Task Force on Financial Technology.

Orchestrating speaker and influencer programs featuring high-profile figures such as Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayan.

CREATIVE CAMPAIGN DEVELOPMENT

Utilizing a range of storytelling mediums (short-form video, image carousels, social audio events, podcasting, and online courses) to engage key audiences and convey compelling project narratives.


Staying ahead of digital and traditional marketing trends, executing integrated marketing initiatives like a street marketing campaign at SXSW involving a 10-person team, and art directing out-of-home advertisements in Times Sq.

Proactively exploring new technologies and trends, venturing into diverse fields such as remote sensing, hyper spectral imaging, agricultural water rights management, and legaltech.

EVENTS AND INFLUENCER PROGRAMS

Masterminding notable events, including the private hedge fund investor summit Compound:Thesis, and a high-profile launch event for 300+ Atrium stakeholders, raising over $35,000 in event sponsorship.

Founder | Global Director of Marketing and Public Relations

First Round Fast Track

Working 1:1 with First Round network founders to identify opportunities to share their stories and build personal and professional brands that deliver on business objectives such as fundraising, recruiting and customer development. First Round Fast Track mentors meet bi-weekly for 12 weeks per cohort.

Mentor - Public Relations 

Alchemist Accelerator

Founder pitch practice, message crafting and PR roundtables with leading technology industry reporters from The Wall Street Journal and TechCrunch.

Mentor - Public Relations

StartX.

Empowered early-stage startups with strategic insight into marcomms, effectively positioning their unique stories to reach key audiences, including mainstream media, and key stakeholders. Leveraging my 10+ years of experience in PR, marketing, and branding, I've developed and implemented repeatable frameworks spanning content, social media, and events to elevate early stage founders and teams. My deep understanding of the innovation ecosystem and climate sustainability has resulted in notable brand growth and industry awareness for StartX companies.

500 Startups

Supporting multiple cohorts of portfolio companies with public relations training and hands-on growth communications and go-to-market mentorship  with global early stage founders from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Mexico, Nigeria Poland Mexico, South Korea, etc.

Mentor - Marketing and Communications 

SparkPR

Senior Communications Manager

Cleantech Law Partners

VP Business Development

Google

Intern, Google News

Viacom

Marketing Intern - MTV

Strategic storyteller and publicist driving scalable marketing outcomes for Silicon Valley executives and brands. I craft category-defining narratives that have helped companies raise $1.5 billion in new investment

Every great company is actually a social movement.

Bring me a highly-technical founder with a muddy storyline, and I will deliver a movement leader with a sparkling new narrative that dominates headlines, and drives business results. 

I’m a media storyteller, community-builder, and thought partner to high-performing executives, investors and visionary founders. 

Together we activate audiences to tackle humanity’s most pressing challenges with ingenuity, passion and deep expertise.  

Everyone says they’re result-driven, but over the past decade I’ve consistently transformed high-growth technology founders into category leaders, launching more than 80 startups that have earned thousands of media features. 

Collectively my clients have raised more than $1.5 billion from the top venture capital funds and private equity groups. 

Leveraging my extensive network of investors, operators and media, I curate unforgettable events that lead to strategic relationships and unlock opportunities that propel my clients to the head of the line. 

I don’t win awards, but my clients do. 

Whether it's being recognized as a Fast Company Most Innovative Company, Central Banking Magazine’s Finnovator of the Year, or receiving the Core77 Design Sustainability Award, the founders I support stand out among their peers year after year.

After 14 years in the heart of Silicon Valley, I remain fired up about technologies that tackle humanity’s greatest challenges, including food security, global warming, and how the rise of artificial intelligence will impact small business owners, knowledge workers, creative professionals and educators.

When I’m not working you can find me coaching my son’s soccer team, nerding out about all things Arsenal Football Club, or exploring San Francisco’s bounty of mysterious nooks and crannies on two legs. 

I’m a lover of spicy food, black coffee and true crime documentaries. 

Lifetime learner.

I only work with clients I know I can help. 

Reach me at: chikodi@moonshotpr.com

Chikodi Chima

Vendux LLC

We help your company grow your sales leadership capital by matching you with the sales leader and team necessary to transform your sales strategy, increase revenue and move your business to the next level. 

Our proprietary PerfectMatch™ system identifies the ideal sales leader matched to your unique business requirements with the highest level of precision and assurance to achieve your sales goals. 

Our flexible process allows you to choose a sales leadership model that meets your needs today, onboarding fractional CSOs and CROs, interim teams or full-time sales resources to scale as you grow. 

Ultimately, we help companies achieve sales velocity by identifying and onboarding a sales leader within days, not months, ensuring an efficient and effective path to new customers and revenue. 

Grow your sales leadership capital with Vendux.

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

#befractional.

For operators, by operators. A course designed for executives looking to start or grow their own fractional or consulting practice.

Are you a Fractional CRO, CMO, COO, CTO or any other type of Fractional Leader?
Do you consider yourself a Consultant, or do you want to learn to be one? 
Are you just dabbling in the Fractional space but have been Advising for some time?

Invest in your success - Come learn with us.

This course will help you:
- Start or grow your business
- Understand what it takes to market and sell yourself successfully
- Learn from others who have been there
- Avoid costly mistakes
- Reduce "time to happiness"
- Create a stand-out positioning and messaging	
- Scale and exit your practice with intent
- Understand fractional vs consultant vs advisor

Co-Founder & Executive Coach

Fractional Leadership Alliance

The Fractional Leadership Alliance (FLA) envisions itself as the thought leader and guiding force within the fractional leadership industry, uniting a diverse community of organizations and professionals. Our vision is to foster collaboration, promote growth, and shape the future of the fractional leadership industry on a global scale. The FLA seeks to define fractional leadership excellence, setting the industry's gold standard.

Executive Director

Pavilion

Pavilion is powered by an international community of revenue leaders from the world’s fastest growing companies. Together, we teach new skills, forge meaningful connections, and help our companies grow. 

As Functional Group Leader, I lead an international group of functional Executives and support their journeys of continuous learning and development. Through moderation and group facilitation, I support my peers and create a space for them to share best-practices, strategize, and problem-solve.

Unlock your professional potential and level up with community-powered learning for CEOs, GTM leaders, and teams. Join today at joinpavilion.com/apply-now.

Envoy for Advisors / Consultants / Fractional Executives

Pavilion, formerly the Revenue Collective, is a private, invitation-only community of sales and marketing executives at growth-focused companies.

Chapter Head and Co-Chair for Advisors / Consultants / Fractional Executives

Melfred Borzall, Inc.

Melfred Borzall is the world’s leading innovator and manufacturer focused solely on tools for Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD). Since 1946, they have designed and built the drill bits, reamers, swivels and pullers that have helped install underground utilities around the world.

VP of Sales and Marketing

Whiznook

Focused on methodologies that drive measurable results, Whiznook is based on behavioral psychology research that facilitates successful team dynamics. Robust analytics backed by advanced AI technology provides organic team motivation while enabling more intelligent team management, all while adding a spark of fun to any team’s work week!

Advisor

Goldn 

Our mission is to offer the simplest, most collaborative product building platform for formulation-driven industries. Combining extensive industry, technology, and start-up experience, we aim to delight creators of all backgrounds and levels of expertise with a new way to imagine and develop formula-based products. We believe simplicity and connectedness are essential ingredients of a delightful experience.

Member Of The Board Of Advisors

Solutions (Software, Data, and Services) for Every Link in the Supply Chain. UL helps to harness the power of Intelligent Innovation, Compliance and Promotion with a collection of solutions for Product Stewardship and Risk Mitigation, backed by world-class scientific and regulatory expertise.

Led a global team of 48 sales professionals, merging 5 sales organizations, generating $80m in revenue in 2018 and achieved a CAGR of 20% over 4 years.

Global Sales Director - Materials & Supply Chain | Software, SaaS, Service | Transformation | Growth

UL’s Prospector® is a powerful raw materials search engine that spans ten industries, helping product developers, designers and engineers find raw materials faster.

Managed a business of $15m, servicing 1,200 clients with a team of 60+, improved margins by over 40 points.

Managing Director Prospector® | SaaS | Innovation | Leadership

IDES and Innovadex, part of UL Information & Insights, are the leaders in vertical search for raw materials and ingredients. Our online services include lead generation, lead and data management, media, as well supply chain information solutions.

Led a team of 56 Sales, Marketing and Digital Media professionals in 8 countries, while merging two organizations, redesigning media delivery and reducing rework by 50%.

Director Global Sales & Marketing - Information & Insight | Software, SaaS, Service | Transformation

Innovadex

The Innovadex Cybrary - founded as Chemidex, now UL Prospector - is the chemical industry's most powerful search engine, designed specifically to accelerate formulation and promotion in the chemicals industry.

Built and led a global team of 30 sales professionals in 8 different countries delivering consistent double-digit revenue growth.

VP Global Sales | SaaS | Growth | Leader

The Innovadex Cybrary - founded as Chemidex, now UL Prospector - is the chemical industry's most powerful search engine, designed specifically to accelerate formulation and promotion in the chemical industry.

Founded, built and managed the company to service European and Asian customers, profitable within 2 years, ultimately contributing over 40% of the total revenue.

Co-Founder | Managing Director | Global Leader & Entrepreneur | SaaS | Innovation | Growth

Bayer AG, Germany

Managed Bayer's co-ownership of Elemica, led a global team to develop and implement the integration of this first digital transaction hub Elemica with Bayer's global buy- and sell-processes.

Head of Global Project Management "Elemica" | Transformation | Entrepreneur | Chemicals

Established and managed the Supply Chain Organization for Inorganic Pigments, and later Isocyanates. Responsible for forecasting, demand planning, scheduling, warehousing and order management of a $600m business. Greatly improving KPI's on customer service and on-time delivery. Developed and implemented first generation e-Business tools.

Supply Chain Manager | Transformation | Chemicals

Established and managed the Supply Chain Organization for Inorganic Pigments in North America. Responsible for forecasting, demand planning, scheduling, warehousing and order management of a $100m business. 

Lead task force to integrate a newly acquired business with 2,000 customers, 400 products and 30 warehouse location.

Managed Sales activities with 5 direct salespeople and 10 commissioned agents.

Supply Chain and Sales Manager | Transformation | Chemicals

Directed scheduling, packaging and logistical activities, as well as Market Information System for $400m global business of Iron Oxide Pigments.

Product Manager | Chemicals

Helping growth-minded Founders, Owners & CEOs to grow their sales leadership capital by using our proprietary PerfectMatch™ system to identify the ideal sales leader matched to their unique business requirements.

We help your company grow your sales leadership capital by matching you with the sales leader and team necessary to transform your sales strategy, increase revenue and move your business to the next level. 

Our proprietary PerfectMatch™ system identifies the ideal sales leader matched to your unique business requirements with the highest level of precision and assurance to achieve your sales goals. 

Our flexible process allows you to choose a sales leadership model that meets your needs today, onboarding fractional CSOs and CROs, interim teams or full-time sales resources to scale as you grow. 

Ultimately, we help companies achieve sales velocity by identifying and onboarding a sales leader within days, not months, ensuring an efficient and effective path to new customers and revenue. 

Grow your sales leadership capital with Vendux.
Call me at (913) 620-0807 or email me at henning.schwinum@vendux.org.

Who am I?
Creative, adaptable and results-driven global business executive with extensive domestic and international experience in Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, and General Management, both in a corporate and entrepreneurial setting.

Highly accomplished and exceptional leader that uses strong communication and interpersonal skills to build successful teams, strengthen critical global client relationships, and accelerates revenue channels for the company and decision-makers.

• International Expansion - I took what had been built successfully in the US, and by establishing legal entities, hiring staff and supporting sales efforts on the ground made it successful globally, ultimately delivering over 40% of the total revenue.

• Building Successful Teams - I hired, coached and led globally diverse, dispersed virtual sales teams, with 50+ staff in home offices around the world, making them each successful, loyal and trusting, achieving 94% retention.

• Revenue Growth - I led a sales team delivering 20% CAGR over four years in a mature market by winning new logos, realizing synergies and changing pricing models.

• Optimizing Processes - I established a first-ever Supply Chain Organization, responsible for forecasting, demand planning, scheduling, warehousing and order management of a $600m business.

• Product Innovation - I ideated and developed two new services that today deliver 70% of the platforms’ revenue.

• Margin Improvement - I managed a business of $15m, servicing 1,200 clients with a staff of 60+, improved margins by over 40 points within one year.

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