Jordan Wilson

Everyday AI

- Everyday AI is a fast-growing media and consulting company helping professionals grow their companies with Generative AI.
- Everyday AI fills the AI knowledge gap between the demand for GenAI skills and the lack of business trainings.
- Jordan Wilson is a seasoned digital strategist, a 'Top AI Voice' on LinkedIn, a top-rated Generative AI Instructor on Coursera and AI keynote speaker.

Founder

- Provided strategic AI consultancy, translating complex AI capabilities into actionable business strategies for top-tier clients.
- Crafted tailored AI adoption frameworks, aligning with corporate strategies to leverage generative AI for competitive advantage.
- Implemented organization-wide AI governance protocols, ensuring ethical and compliant use of AI technologies.
- Advocated for responsible AI integration, establishing best practices for minimizing risks while fostering innovation.
- Spearheaded initiatives to prepare organizations for impending AI regulations, ensuring proactive compliance and informed policy development.

Chief AI Officer

- Conducted personalized GenAI Strategy Sessions to demystify AI adoption for over 2,400 business leaders.
- Crafted bespoke AI integration and strategy plans, streamlining decision-making processes and operational efficiency.
- Guided top-tier companies through the AI landscape, establishing industry-standard best practices for competitive edge.
- Served as a trusted AI expert for corporate clients, providing clarity and actionable insights on complex AI initiatives.
- Pioneered methodologies for harnessing AI to reclaim valuable time and resources across business operations.

Generative AI Business Optimization Specialist

- Developed and executed ChatGPT strategies, enabling businesses to scale operations and enhance customer experiences.
- Leveraged generative AI to refine software engineering practices, overseeing teams where one engineer supports the productivity of hundreds.
- Instituted AI governance measures, controlling AI usage within the workplace and mitigating risks associated with personal AI applications.
- Drove the implementation of autonomous agents, reducing the need for user prompting and enabling higher-level problem-solving capabilities.
- Championed the integration of open-source and multimodal AI models, paving the way for more sophisticated, application-centric AI solutions.

ChatGPT Strategist

- Trained more than 2,400 business leaders live on core competencies of prompt engineering and large language model basics. Students of course included leaders from dozens of Fortune 500 companies, including Meta, Microsoft, TikTok and others. 
- Recognized as a leader in prompt engineering, earning a perfect 5.0 review from hundreds of prompt engineering students, optimizing GPT-4 models for contextually relevant outputs.
- Mastered enhanced contextual understanding in LLMs, delivering nuanced responses for complex business scenarios.
- Innovated in multimodal prompt engineering, integrating text, images, and audio inputs to revolutionize user interaction across platforms.
- Developed domain-specific prompt strategies, tailoring AI responses for specialized fields such as finance, healthcare, and legal industries.
- Conducted immersive workshops on the art and science of crafting prompts, elevating the standard of AI interaction in high-stakes environments.

Prompt Engineer Trainer

Accelerant Agency

Accelerant Agency scales small businesses by developing and executing their digital strategy. After a decade of partnering with Fortune 500s, Accelerant’s CEO wanted to those bring enterprise-level strategies to small businesses. 

Accelerant Agency takes the guess work out of growing online. We take a different approach: selectively seeking out ideal small business partners with enormous growth potential. We meticulously pair your online blind spots with the right digital strategy to explode your potential.

How we’re different

1. We don’t work with everyone — We tirelessly search for ideal small business partners that meet our criteria. We vet hundreds of businesses with our Accelerant Growth Formula to find highly combustible opportunities in your digital strategy.

2. We guarantee growth — Unlike marketing companies, as a Digital Strategy company, we won't just sell you a high-priced services.  Not only do we turn down clients, but we only offer select strategies to our current partners. That's how we guarantee growth.

3. Or, we'll fire ourselves — That's not a misprint. How confident are we that we'll grow your revenue potential? 100%. Because of our selectiveness, we know our partners will scale. And if we don't grow your business, we'll fire ourselves.

Founder | CEO

Triple Threat Mentoring

•	Led all strategy, marketing and branding efforts with Nike and Jordan Brand, including national activations and yearlong campaigns
•	Helped create and lead highly visible community and marketing projects with Nike and Jordan Brand, both nationally and locally, including Jordan Brand Wings, Nike Equality, Nike Learn Your Game, Nike Future Varsity, the Nike Zoom League and others. 
•	Created marketing program and event materials for Jordan Brand and Nike, as well as other partners
•	Re-branded entire look, feel and language of org, with emphasis on creating a consistent brand strategy that equally appealed to at-risk youth and affluent adults who could volunteer and partner with 3T
•	Helped grow our reach from impacting a few hundred kids a year to more than 5,000 by through strategic partnerships with Nike, Jordan Brand, BET, Powerbar and others
•	Created web applications to fully automate our volunteer processes, saving the organization more than 1,000 hours a year
•	Created print and digital materials that helped grow volunteer base, youth involvement and strengthen national partnerships with sponsors such as Nike, Jordan Brand and Powerbar among others.
•	Increased online conversion rate by 40% through split-testing inquiry forms, layout and language
•	Led Marketing team across multiple locations and up to 10 people, leading projects in print, digital, analytics, PPC advertising, paid social and organic social media marketing
•	Created strategic marketing initiatives to leverage high-value partnerships with Jordan Brand, Nike, Powerbar and BET to attract other partners, volunteers, interns and donors 
•	Increased website users by 300% through strategic SEO/SEM, content strategy, Google Ads optimization, targeted PR placement, CRO, link-sharing and cross-promotion with partners

National Marketing Director

•	Served as lead for multi-state, large-scale partnerships with Jordan Brand and Nike
•	Created and lead US-based Jordan Brand WINGS community program, the Michael Jordan-backed international community initiative 
•	Ran local WINGS program development, R&D, training, recruiting, executing, marketing and logistics – for 300 students at 6 schools on the south and west sides of Chicago
• Helped create national partnership programs with Nike and Jordan Brand, including marketing, communication, development and strategy
• Executed large-scale events, national activations, and bolster ongoing programs with Nike and Jordan Brand 
•	Helped grow organizational support and capacity from 5 full-time employees in one location to more than 30 full-time staff in four locations. 
• Helped position the organization for long-term success, national partnerships and financial support
•	Collaborate with national marketing and logistics agencies for major partnership events 
•	 Help grow Triple Threat‘s young leaders, creating teamwork experiences and personal development opportunities to help retain staff and increase positive culture
•	Helped create, pitch and secure multi-year, large-scale partnerships that created opportunities to impact thousands of at-risk youth each year

Executive Director Of Operations

Lightswitch, Inc

- Helped Chicago video startup grow in its first major market
- Worked with CEO to build best processes for independent contractors
- Helped create marketing and promotional content

Freelance Marketing Consultant

Las Vegas Review-Journal

•	Wrote 5-8 in-depth stories a month, interviewing national experts on variety of health topics including preventative health, infectious diseases, fertility and cancer, among many others. 
•	Summarized all the latest health studies for men’s health, general health, and senior health
•	Regularly created more than 10,000 words of unique, thoroughly researched medical content each month

Content Writer

Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

•	Selected as one of the first Pulitzer Fellows for Crisis Reporting 
•	Produced photo, video and feature stories on-location in Kenya detailing the plight of internally displaced persons

Pulitzer Fellow

Chicago Sun-Times

- Won Capitol Beat "Best of Statehouse Reporting" award
- Broke Sun-Times record for most viewers in a live blog
- Produced and reported on international stories around the impeachment of Rod Blagojevich and his appointment of then-President Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat
- Became only reporter at the time to produce written content, live blogs on the Sun-Times website, and photo contributions for print and web
- Wrote 2-4 stories a week covering statewide and national politics

Multimedia Reporter

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

•	Wrote 2-5 feature and breaking news stories a week as a reporting intern; took photos and produced video for online and print editions
•	Became only reporter at the time to produce and publish written content, video content, multimedia content and photography

Daily Egyptian

• Won Associated Collegiate Press Story of the Year, the highest national award for a journalist
• Paper won Best in Show award from the Associated Collegiate Press
• Lead paper to become one of the first 5 college papers in the nation to use social media in 2006

Editor In Chief

Peoria Journal Star

•	Wrote 7-12 deadline stories a week as a reporting intern ranging from breaking news to board meetings and features

'Everyday AI' Show host | AI Strategist and Consultant | Startup scaler and investor | Digital Agency Owner | Strategy > Marketing

Accelerant Agency scales small businesses by developing and executing their digital strategy. After a decade of partnering with Fortune 500s, Accelerant’s CEO wanted to bring those bring enterprise-level strategies to small businesses. 

Accelerant Agency takes the guess work out of growing online. We take a different approach: selectively seeking out ideal small business partners with enormous growth potential. We meticulously pair your online blind spots with the right digital strategy to explode your potential.

Douglas Bolin

ClearJet

Vice President of Business Operations

SmartKargo

Startup Leadership: Spearheaded the startup venture of Deliver Direct in collaboration with Delta Airlines, introducing an innovative parcel delivery solution by leveraging passenger airline cargo holds.

Strategic Partnerships:
- Next Day Air: Forged strategic alliances with Walmart Go Local and Uber, ensuring timely and efficient final mile deliveries.
- 2 Day Air: Orchestrated a robust nationwide partner network of regional carriers, optimizing the 2-day air delivery process.
- Standard Delivery: Collaborated with USPS, tapping into their expansive network for consistent and reliable parcel delivery.

Operational Excellence in Startup Environment: Navigated the challenges of building a U.S. e-commerce shipping business from the ground up. Achieved performance excellence through mentorship, keen monitoring of KPIs and OKRs, and adept resource management.

P&L Responsibility: Oversaw profit and loss responsibilities, ensuring financial sustainability and growth of the venture. Implemented cost-saving measures and optimized revenue streams.

Contract Management & Negotiations: Led contract negotiations with partners, ensuring favorable terms. Managed contracts effectively, ensuring compliance and mitigating risks.

Stakeholder Engagement: Cultivated strong relationships with major retailers and 3PLs, ensuring seamless service integration and maximizing customer satisfaction in a competitive startup landscape.

IT Integration & Global Leadership: Leveraged advanced IT solutions, drawing from my Business Information Systems expertise. Led teams across diverse markets, drawing insights from previous roles, ensuring Deliver Direct's success on a global scale.

Associate Vice President of Logistics

As the Senior Director of Logistics at SmartKargo, I've embraced a role that merges strategic foresight with hands-on management. I've had the privilege of leading both US-based and offshore teams, fostering a cohesive, global work environment that encourages innovation and operational excellence.

-Nationwide Partner Network: Established a robust partner network that covers more than 90% of the US population, underlining our dedication to broadening our reach and improving service coverage.
- Operational Tools and Reports: Collaborated with the development team to create essential tools and reports, which have become crucial in managing and scaling our network.
- First-Mile and Warehouse Operations: Initiated and managed multiple first-mile and warehouse operations, including those within our clients' premises. This hands-on approach improved efficiency and maintained a high On-Time Performance (OTP) of over 90% during our first peak.
- KPIs and Metrics: Introduced and implemented key performance indicators and metrics that align with our operational goals, guiding strategic decision-making and tracking progress.
- Technology Implementation: Led the strategic implementation of technology solutions, resulting in significant savings in time and costs per final mile integration.

In my continuous pursuit of excellence in the logistics sector, I am committed to harnessing cutting-edge technologies, fostering cross-functional team collaborations, and designing strategic approaches that align with the ever-evolving demands of the logistics industry. I am dedicated to not only meeting but surpassing industry standards, and creating innovative solutions that propel us forward. As I look to the future, I'm excited to lead my team towards new frontiers, conquering challenges and seizing opportunities that lie ahead in the realm of logistics.

Senior Director of Logistics

We Ship Express

Directs and coordinate logistics activities for We Ship Express, Wan Hub, and Secure Delivery Solutions divisions of the We Ship Express family of companies. Tailored solutions for regulated CPG movements of Wine, Beer, Spirits, Tobacco, Electronic Cigarettes, Medical Cannabis, and other regulated goods.
Lead mode optimization, lane management, line haul optimization, middle mile and final mile network build out. Develop, implement, and optimize short and long-term strategic plans are in place to meet corporate objectives.
 - Responsible for transportation budget exceeding $60 million annually across all modes; making up 60% of company revenue.
 - Increased regional carrier network from 28 states and a population coverage of 68% to 42 states with 88% population coverage.
 - Collaborated with VP of Operation in creation CPG focused startup subsidiary – WAN Hub LLC. Generating new revenue more than $45 million annually.
 - Created network of regional carriers to deliver P.A.C.T. Act compliant services for e-cigarette customers resulting in an additional $40 million in annual revenue.
 - Scouted new warehouse location in Buffalo, NY. New volume opportunities in excess of $2 million annually.
 - Brought on new 3PL partner to enhance middle mile shipping options. Resulted in increased carrier network, visibility options, and reduced YoY LTL spend by 12%.
 - Ground up development and implementation of KPIs and reports; sourcing data from SQL, and creating dashboards in Excel, Tableau and Zoho analytics; solutions developed in partnership with Operations, Transportation, Sales, and Customer Service.
 - Collaborated with Director of North American Operations in LEAN time studies resulting in new operational layout and a 400% production increase.

Director Of Global Logistics

U.S. Electrical Services, Inc.

Brought on to transform the entire multi-site supply chain network, reduce costs, align business units and create and implement overall strategy for nationwide operations. Influence cross-departmental collaboration to reduce expenses and improve customer experience.
•	Reduced YoY injuries by 70% by creating a culture of safety across the multi-site distribution network and meet OSHA standards for safety.
•	Collaborated with HR and Transportaion departments during DOT audit of fleet operations.
•	Identified 10% savings over 3 years through right sizing and reduction of redundant inventory of nationwide warehouses.
•	Identified and transitioned 3PL Dedicated Fleet to a new provider increasing on-time delivery from 93.4% to 99.3% and 0 missed deliveries in the first three months of service.
•	Project manager for the implementation of WMS with Eclipse ERP resulting in $7.5M/YoY ROI in labor savings across distribution network.
•	Cross-departmental team-building with operations, finance, purchasing, and vendor relations to define standards for shipping. Reducing dock-to-stock time by 36 hours and lowered receiving errors by 30%.
•	Built plan and team to gather dimensional data for 13,000 unique SKUs in 8 weeks, for industrial and CPG inventory, coming in on-time and under budget.
•	Hands-on in network optimization and site locator RFP to combine distribution centers, reduce expenses, and improve customer experience.
•	Reduced turnover by 27%  and improved employee retention through pay increase and a net decrease of $1,200,000 due to performance improvement and reduced onboarding costs.

Senior Director of Operations - Supply Chain and Logistics

Jayco, Inc.

Led corporate warehousing and transportation departments, responsible for setting strategic vision for the global logistics network of the company. Oversaw all corporate inbound and outbound freight, logistics network optimization, global warehouse/distribution operations and inventories valued at over $100M. Created and implemented continuous improvement plans to create efficiencies and drive cost savings, developed KPI’s and metrics.
•	Eliminated order lead time on all stock parts orders from 11 days to same-day shipping  by utilizing LEAN methodologies to implement 5s, 4M, and workflow change, resulting in improved customer experience.
•	Strategically aligned departments and increased cross departmental knowledge by creating cross functional, hands-on, meetings with Engineering, Production, Safety, and Procurement.
•	Built KPI’s for warehouse operations and by each department to assess warehouse productivity. 
•	Data-driven, analytical approach to identify the most help needed areas by department, impact of $1,600,000 savings. The implementation resulted in the development of new policies, safety standards, metrics, and quality assurance programs
•	Identified $7.3M savings over 5 years through inventory right-sizing, carrying-cost avoidance, and transportation reduction.
•	Onboard cargo insurance program resulting in a reduction in supply chain exposure, days sale outstanding for logistical claims recovery, and filing time of claims. Reduced days-outstanding on freight claim times from 85-day avg to 4 day avg.
•	Implemented an on-demand package creation system resulting in $1,000,000 savings over 5 years through material savings, reduced shipping charges, and improved packaging performance.
•	Applied Lean Six Sigma practices resulting in an increase in production by 248% with no additional headcount.

Director Of Operations - Warehouse and Logistics

Utilizing Salesforce, managed sales territory of account executives and consulted on long-run vision, go-to-market strategies, operational savings, and subject matter expert to build flexibile and creative solutions in the areas of: supply chain, warehousing, inventory management, technology, engineering,  marketing,  sustainability, international shipping, and project management.
•	Increased customer profitability and churn reduction by 20% YOY.
•	First of combined Supply Chain and Inventory optimization project sold resulting in a 16% sales growth and $7.5M realized customer savings. 
•	Identified $7.3M savings over 5 years through inventory right-sizing, site location, warehouse design, and mode optimization, year 1 savings $3.2M.
•	Consulted with client and third-party marketing companies for plan to increase top-line revenue 13% YoY increase  
•	Onboard law firm with $500,000 in new business buy addressing legal industry specific concerns; case and client numbers, accounting reconciliation, and ease-of-use to ship from existing software. 
•	Design supply chain project to inbound full-containers from Italy and drop-shipped directly to U.S. customers with end-to-end visibility of inventory, container and international paperwork in transit, and inventory unloading at destination. 
•	UPS Sales Award: World of Champions Silver 2016

Customer Solutions Manager

Virtually supported team of customer solutions managers in strategy, vision, and client solutions. Analyzed customer solutions and actively participated in the implementation of technical, engineering, and supply chain solutions. Project managed solutions from conception, deployment, and ensured the implementation and follow through.
•	Researched and analyzed shipping data resulting in process improvement to  shipping business rules and  $1.2M in new business.
•	Consulted with racing company to hospitality costs by $600,000 through the use of tracking technology.
•	Built standards for tracking progress for projects with corporate leadership, Director of Customer Solutions.
•	Project manage deployment of shipping platform for large college campus to meet the needs of multiple departments and grant requirements
•	Trained new business development personel in business acumen, financial planning,  and building presentations for new business

Customer Solutions Specialist

Advanced business acumen of UPS information systems architecture and software. IT project manager, mentored new and existing technicians, and supported multiple branches of UPS. 
•	Project manager for rapid deployment of UPS Airline facility. Scheduling and installation of: workstations, network equipment, setup of inter/intra-net, certification of LAN (fiber and copper runs); working with multiple internal departments and external vendors.
•	Business Continuity Head: responsible to develop disaster recovery plans for site outages, server and network failures, internal system failures, and proactive testing of plans for 15 state area.
•	Internal Assessment Chair with 34 direct reports. Built standards, documentation, processes, and methods for auditing. Create SQL data warehouse for asset management, data integrity, historical picture, and reporting. Redesigned district and region SharePoint websites to reflect changing and new SOPs. 
•	Onboarded new subsidiaries into UPS computer network: UPS Freight, UPS Forwarding, UPS Supply Chain Logistics.
•	Coached and mentored 2 technicians to Senior Technician, Train 4 new Technicians.

Senior Technician

Responible for helpdesk activities: troubleshooting computer and network hardware and software issues, assist users to resolve computer related problems, and support external UPS customers. CompTIA A+ and Network+ certification.
•	Worked with business development for shipping process improvement. Integrated SAP-Oracle with UPS shipping software to meet international customs regulations and the continuous improvement goals of customer.
•	Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Server software and hardware lifecycle replacement.
•	LAN lifecycle from Cisco to HP Switches, updated wireless access points, and installed LAN/WAN monitoring.

Technician

Fast-paced position responsible for production, scan accuracy, and error-rate KPI’s. Committee chair leading union employees to be mentors to new, non-union, hourly employees. Mediate issues between management and union employees. 
•	Built dedicated team of mentors resulting in new hire churn reduction by 20% YoY, increasing operational performance and decreasing training costs.
•	Coached 4 mentors into operations supervisors

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For business inquiries or potential collaborations, feel free to reach out at: douglas.bolin@outlook.com

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