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You've read 'The Dream Manager' and you're ready to implement. 

Good news! You don't need to figure it out on your own. Lean on me as your Fractional Dream Manager. I have the tools and personality to help you implement a game-changing dream program within your business.

I specialize in using technology and one-to-many coaching models to make life coaching, dream coaching, and mental fitness coaching available at scale within businesses, and accessible to those who need it the most.

🚀 Launching your Dream Manager program doesn’t need to be complex or crazy expensive. It just takes the right partner.

And you've found him!

Principal Consultant | Dream Coach & Activator | Hope Dealer

Project 14.4

The Project 14.4 handbook ⏱️📒 is now available via digital downloads with hard copy coming in November 2024. Snag it and learn how 14 minutes & 24 seconds will change you life by generating an up 🌀 spiral of contagious momentum. Stay tuned for coaching, community, keynote, and workshop opportunities for you and your team.

Architect → Author → Activator

Digital Wise Owls

Personal Heart Transformation to Unleash your True and Best Self - that’s Love ⤵️
I'm honored to be part of Joon Chang's personal transformation mission and one of the founding members of this growing movement & community. The best is yet to come. Stay tuned for more 🦉

Master Community Member

Positive Intelligence

PQ Mental Fitness Coach

Zillion Insurance

VP - Partner Success

Forsite Benefits

Engagement & Operations Leader

Motion Connected

Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company

♦ Cross functional leader in sales unit with accountabilities that bridged personal lines and commercial lines divisions.
♦ Developed and enhanced partnerships with eCommerce savvy jewelry businesses, making it quick and easy for their clients to protect their jewelry with a trusted industry leader.
♦ Acted as business owner / sponsor for a corporate initiative focused on streamlining technical integration process with industry partners while also improving the customer's experience.
♦ Owned a newly launched concierge program that provided a carefree experience for luxury jewelry consumers who value an exclusive level of service when protecting their jewelry.
♦ Built and maintained a portfolio of differentiating member benefits that complemented core insurance products.
♦ Led a talented group of commercial lines oriented customer relations specialists.

Director, Signature Service & Express Partners

♦ Developed underwriting talent and maximized the individual strengths of each team member to better the team and organization.
♦ Leveraged people and change management skills to guide our teams and agency force through a significant system conversion that heavily impacted day-to-day operations (Guidewire).
♦ Played an integral role in stabilizing the loss ratio of our commercial lines book of business - moving from a historical average of 56% to 39% in each of the last three years.
♦ Sponsored a project that successfully implemented a member benefits sales approach including the delivery of a sales tool to effectively demonstrate the full value of a client doing business with Jewelers Mutual.  
♦ Co-lead of an initiative that successfully delivered a new cross-functional model for identifying, courting, writing, and servicing large and specialty accounts.  Exceeded premium targets in first year by $480K. 
♦ Heavily influenced the creation of an innovative policyholder benefit to assist members with the mental / emotional trauma resulting from being the victim of a jewelry crime.
♦ Fostered ongoing, positive relationships with our independent agent partners with a focus on mutual respect and appreciation.
♦ Managed top line performance and profitability of commercial lines results for our south region, and in collaboration with leadership peers, managed the same for the entire commercial lines book.
♦ Reinvigorated focus on leveraging loss prevention expertise as a significant differentiator.  
♦ Led the continual enhancement of our loss prevention educational offerings.  This included initiating use of YouTube, social media, webinars, and evolving our online learning environment.
♦ Frequently spoke at jewelry industry events with a focus on security and life safety.  Consistently received positive feedback on presentation skills, style, and content.

Director, Commercial Lines Underwriting & Loss Prevention

♦ Built an active, business-oriented PMO focused on delivery of top corporate initiatives.
♦ Advised PMO collaboration with outside expertise to successfully implement billing, claims, and policy systems companywide (Guidewire).
♦ Actively managed a project to convert an AAIS-based business owner’s policy (BOP) to an ISO-based product.
♦ Actively managed a project that delivered and implemented a reinvigorated future-state model for the organization’s loss prevention function touching people, process, and technology.   
♦ Developed leadership talent and succession plan resulting in a seamless transition when moving to a new position.  
♦ Facilitated strategic planning and annual business planning for the enterprise.
♦ Ensured business plan execution through the effective use of project management practices.
♦ Led the establishment of a formal business analysis function within the organization.
♦ Supported the introduction of agile practices within the organization.

Director, Project Management Office (formerly Strategy Management Office)

♦ Led projects aimed at simplifying the process of obtaining a quote and binding personal jewelry insurance at the counter of the jewelry story and online.
♦ Collaborated with a project team to deliver a solution that won a “CIO 100” Award.

Senior Project Manager

♦ Managed the day-to-day activities of 12 analysts responsible for troubleshooting system and process issues, process improvement, software testing, and business intelligence/reporting.
♦ Frequently consulted to lead and resolve operational and technical issues such as productivity bottlenecks.

Production Support Manager

♦ Responsible for customer service, risk selection, and pricing of a territory of retail, wholesale, and manufacturing jewelry risks in NY, NJ, PA, and FL.
♦ Co-lead of project to replace policy/claims/billing processing system.
♦ Took over project management responsibilities mid-stream after working on the project as a business unit representative and demonstrating talents and abilities.

Commercial Lines Underwriter

Sentry Insurance

Sales Representative

Accenture

Analyst

The Dream Dude 🔥 Helping 100,000 people DREAM ✨ again, more or bigger → 🚀 Dream Manager Implementation Pro →Transforming YOU into a FULFILLED LEADER people are talking about via the 'Onward' High Performance Ecosystem

I'm a *hope dealer* specializing in dream-activation and momentum-generation.

Business leaders inspired by The Dream Manager book, look to me as their go-to partner in launching a program for their people.

I've also created a method, movement and handbook called "Project 14.4 - How 14 minutes & 24 seconds will change your life" geared at helping mid-career professionals create an up 🌀 spiral of momentum in their life. 

My superpowers are approachability, encouragement, and innovation.

I use technology & one-to-many coaching models to make life coaching and dream coaching available at scale within businesses, and accessible to those who need it the most.

🚀 Launching your Dream Manager program doesn’t need to be complex or crazy expensive. It just takes the right partner.

Currently, I'm on a mission to help 100,000 people DREAM ✨ again, more, or bigger.

And now, to my story 👇

After 14+ years in an organization, I was a wreck.

I’d lost my energy, drive & hope.

Outwardly, I looked successful - making good money, dressed well, fit, smiling, super family. 

But inside I was a mess.
 
I was living a life of quiet desperation.

I didn't know what my life dreams were, and I was terrified to even look for them. 

I just knew they were no longer about climbing the corporate ladder… and becoming a powerful executive.

But, I was scared of what others would think. Including those closest to me.

Because I was less engaged and passionate in my life as a whole, I naturally started showing up to work less engaged.  I started to bring less energy to my family and friends, too.  

Then one September day in 2016, I hit the eject button.

I quit my "dream career" without a plan and with a wife and kids to support.

I knew I needed to bet on me. I also knew I needed to make time, room, and space in my life to figure out how to best show up as a greater version of me… how to make sure my life made a difference (while also paying the bills).

Miraculously, Matthew Kelly's book The Dream Manager crossed my path at just the right moment. It gave words to both my leadership style and what I was personally struggling with.

It inspired & encouraged me to reignite my life goals and dreams.  

It guided me to clarity of my life’s purpose… which has turned into my career.  

Now, I get to help people identify & get after their life goals & dreams. 

When your people become more engaged in their life as a whole, they naturally become more engaged & effective in the workplace.

Which is good for both the business and the person. 

It's all about the Win-Win!

Onward ✌️

Mark Cumicek

Pine Mountain Digital, Inc.

I work with organizations, creatives, and teams to help shape the narrative arc behind what they do—whether that’s a podcast, a brand message, or a strategic idea still finding its form.

This role blends structure and emotion, form and function.

- Develop original podcast concepts and multi-episode arcs

- Produce live webevents across multiple platforms with an eye toward high-quality user experiences

- Advise on positioning, messaging, and digital strategy

- Coach creatives and executives through idea development and audience clarity

- Produce immersive, research-based audio, video and web content

I also create original work (like Dawn Patrol, The Mine and Twilight Bark) that explores how stories—true or not—echo across time and place.

I call it narrative strategy. Others call it "how did you figure that out?" Either way, it works.

Narrative Strategist & Producer

Pine Mountain Digital

We help thought leaders and people leaders tell their stories through cleverly designed and crisply produced digital media enabled user experiences. Focusing on Live Webevents (Conferences, Seminars, Book Launches) and On-Demand content (Podcasts, Videoblogs).

Founder|Owner

The Global Institute For Thought Leadership

Founding Partner

davesummers.com

https://davesummers.com
Let's talk about your digital go-to-market content strategies, including webcasts, podcasts, explainer videos, etc.

Independent Digital Media Producer/Coach/Animator

American Management Association (AMA)

Production Team Leadership
-Created from ground up new digital media team capability at AMA
-Internal evangelist for digital/streamed media products and services
-Recruited and hired skilled, motivated personnel
-Managed multiple concurrent, cross-functional project teams
Web Video
-AMA needed to move into web video production for enhanced marketing and instruction
-Designed/implemented end-to-end mobile/portable HD web video production workflow
-Technology/techniques utilized combination in-classroom interview and composite shots
-Resulted in faster content turn, improved quality of rapidly expanding web video library
Digital Signage
-Delivered concept prototype for in-center HD video-wall
-Created content/procedural workflow for remote content maintenance
-Rolling out to other AMA Conference Center properties
Public Webcasts
-Led RFP process which led to cost-effective, high quality SAAS webevent platform
-Designed and equipped 2 internal AMA digital media studios (audio and video)
-Defined and delivered on-demand/live high-quality user experience and editorial content
-500K have attended these free programs providing high cust-sat scores throughout
-Currently implementing mobile viewing app based solution for these programs
Pay-Per-View Webinars
-Pay-per-view (PPV) e-learning webinar series created to drive complementary revenue
-400+ PPV programs have consistently generated $1M revenue per year
Podcasts
-AMA wanted to leverage iTunes (and other audio streaming distribution channels)
-Designed a framework for ongoing weekly interview audio podcast program
-Produced over 300 programs with author/thought-leader guests
-12K “listens” per week across entire program library
-Negotiated content distribution licensing agreement with Audible.com

Director, Digital Media Production

Osprey Communications

Continuing Medical Education (CME/CE)
-Osprey clients required unique web-based customer e-learning programs/videos
-Worked directly with customer product teams on needs analysis and use case
-Led design and oversaw development 23 streamed videos, DVDs, and hybrid CDs
-Generated user requirements and wireframes for e-learning support sites
-Produced 5 Mechanism of Action (MOA) 3D animated product videos
-Developed and oversaw quality testing of all deliverables
-Coordinated with client IT teams on media delivery platform issues
-Negotiated and contracted with skilled external expert design/production resources

Interactive Producer

Interaxm (digital media consultancy)

-Worked with client team on needs analyses and script outlines for training videos
-Developed storyboards based upon outlines
-Oversaw editing and post-production of streamed video deliverables
-Coordinated multiple rounds of content review and refined editing with client teams

Principal Consultant

Digital Island/Cable & Wireless

-C&W partnership with Cisco - content delivery network (CDN) behind firewall
-Managed tech team that worked closely with C&W sales reps on client pitches
-Developed marketing toolkit which laid out C&W/Cisco push/pull solution
-Clients included multinational corporations and large university systems

Professional Services Lead - Content Delivery Networks

SNP/MT2

-SNP leadership wanted to be early leader in web-based broadcast programs
-Brought on-board to formulate initial user-experience and tech requirements
-Created concept prototype simulator of MT2 network for end-user POV
-Worked with early potential clients and development partners on product definition

Digital Products Lead

Cambridge Technology Partners (CTP)

-CTP wanted to be player in web-based e-learning and performance support systems
-Created CTP methods and tools for interactive instructional content development
-Worked with IT team to establish CTP e-learning technology infrastructure
-Hired and ramped-up internal development resources for this offering

Director - Performance Technologies

Up your show in the marketplace of ideas! 
Making you look and sound great makes me happy!
Your face, your voice, your ideas can be adapted to multiple digital platforms.
I'm a digital media producer/coach/animator.
I create impactful podcasts, interactive web-events, irreverent video-blogs, instructive explainer videos and more.
If you're looking to have your story told, your brand built, and your audience expanded, please reach out!

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