HeyVail

Co-founder of the AI revenue partner that you always wish you had. :D

Co-Founder

Meetball

GTM Marketing advisory. Occasional spotlighting as Head T-Shirt Boy.

Marketing & GTM Advisor

SwipeSwipe

Advisor on marketing, GTM, positioning, and copy for a Founder Institute graduate startup

Advisor

CrowdTamers

Crowdtamers grows startups from $0 to $2MM+ ARR. As founder & CEO of CrowdTamers, I've taken 12 startups to $2MM+ ARR, each in under 18 months. We've launched 50+ startups, mentored more than 200, and taught branding, positioning, and growth to nearly a thousand through organizations like Founder Institute, StartupHub, and more.

Founder & CEO

MantaBond

Part of the cofounding group that is the super group of founders known as MantaBond. Scaling is hard. Get a suite of C-level execs to help.

Ended this role with merging MantaBond into Crowdtamers to make CrowdTamers Automation and CrowdTamers Content Engine teams.

Chief Mustache Officer

Indivity

Co-founder of Indivity.io, a solution that integrates data about people across software.

Co-founder & CEO

Unito - Unite your tools & work better. Together!

Evangelist, enthusiast, and encourager. Marketing, customer success, & revenue visionary. Chief Mustache Officer. Key accomplishments:

• First non-tech hire; led business recruiting efforts to grow team to 8 in 10 months.
• Built and ran CSM team from scratch, achieving CSAT of 95% average over 9 months & NPS 33
• Created entire pricing & revenue funnel from scratch, growing to $90,000 MRR in 18 months
• Drove business sector of company to help attract & land seed round of $2MM

BeeTrip.io

Co-founded BeeTrip, a better way to manage business travel expenses. Recruited and hired team up to 8, self-funded development with other co-founders, created first full UX & UI, led creation of MVP, found first 5 customers, and led drive to fundraise. Sadly, ran out of money & time and had to close shop before getting enough traction to get seed investment.

Kontakt.io, Inc.

While serving as the Head of Marketing for Kontakt.io's huge growth year of 2015, I was also asked to serve as interim head of product to help solve problems with the team's ability to ship new products; they'd launched the Cloud Beacon and the Tough Beacon in 2015 and had not had another key product launch since. Taking over in July 2015, I served as Head of Product alongside being Head of Marketing until, in December 2015, I concentrated solely on the Product role.

Key achievements:
* Increased key launch velocity over 600%, launching a key product every month in January - June 2016
* Built 1 and 2 year product roadmaps and achieved 80% win rate on hitting target release dates.
* Created cross-functional scrum teams that aligned the whole company (engineering, software, marketing, and sales) around product and gave the entire company complete knowledge of our roadmap.

Head of Product

I joined Kontakt.io in a newly-created role of Head of Marketing, and built up the marketing team there from scratch to a group of 7 high-achievers. While I was Head of Marketing, the marketing team was instrumental in: seeing the company through a landmark year of growth, securing a series B round of funding, and establishing a strong company brand and story.

Key achievements in 2015:
* Grew lead captures from 100 a month to over 1,000 a month through content marketing and SEO
* Launched 9 events in 7 cities in 6 months, driving 20% of the company's volume of units sold in 2015 for under $75,000 in event marketing budget.
* Oversaw growth of company sales volume to #1 in the market, an achievement that ABI Research noted and found a "surprising" achievement, with 500,000 units sold in 2015.

Head of Marketing & PR

GOG.com

I joined GOG.com when in the newly-created head of Marketing & PR role when it was a scrappy startup and I was the 16th employee. When I left, they had over 70 employees, were #1 in the classic gaming market segment with over 75% of the market, and had increased revenues over 1,000% from 2010 to 2014. 

Key achievements:
* Grew user base from 250,000 to over 4 million in 4 years; MAUs from 1,000 to over 10,000.
* Organized award-winning tradeshow at PAX; also organized profitable events at E3, Gamescom, GDC and others.
* Front page of Reddit 9 times; front page placement in key trade media at least once a quarter; organic site traffic from social and press sources increased 430% in 4 years. 
* Successfully repositioned brand from niche classic games distributor to leading independent games distributor with ~50% market share on indie games.
* Created high-achieving marketing & PR team of 11 from scratch & had 90%+ employee retention from 2010 - 2014.

Head of PR & Marketing

I build million-dollar marketing engines. 15x from $0 to $3MM+ ARR so far. Founder @CrowdTamers

I launch 🚀 startups. 15x from $0 to $2MM+ ARR so far, founder @CrowdTamers. CrowdTamer, leader, and growth content marketing thinker.  FI Mentor since 2017; my mission is to help 1,000 founders make >$1MM in annual revenue.

Check out my blog at http://crowdtamers.com/blog to read about how. ;)

Key achievements:
* Oversaw growth of 15 companies to grow them from $0 to $3MM+ in annual revenue
* Built 12 high-achieving international teams of marketers from scratch at different companies
* Generated more than $50MM in revenue for companies I've lead marketing & revenue at

Specialties: senior management, management, product portfolio management, public speaking, PR, online marketing, marketing planning, team leadership, writing, and video games.

Trevor Longino

On Point Communications, LLC

In our team Masterclasses and 1-1 Executive Mentorship, clients have raised 100s of millions in deal flow, LP / VC funding, Fortune 500 partnerships, sponsorships, and more. When you learn to balance "The Art and Science of Persuasion," your  ability to influence changes. You become a Messaging Maverick. 

You leave with the mastery to:
► Craft CLEAR, compelling story / narratives for any audience
► PRESENT AUTHENTICALLY with polished, masterful delivery, even during Q/A.
►Chiseled personal introductions, talk openings and questions you phrase.

Advanced Presentation Skills - HOW-TO™ Move Audiences to Action

Executive Presence. Influence. Owning the Room. What is It? How do you get it? We all know when someone has It... and we know when someone doesn't. Your leaders will perform better with It - for you.

Leaders with high levels of Executive Presence bring people with them. You'll drive a meeting to the intended end - including guiding the decisions. You'll move ideas forward. Others will look to you for your opinions You will shine personally, and on behalf of your brand.

Executive Presence Consulting - HOW-TO™ Command Meetings with Gravitas

Time, energy, money, employee turnover - and missed opportunities: This is the "Cost of Not" for Corporate Innovation Labs. Without training teams to improve how they communicate your innovation, it could cost you.  

After working with us, team present ideas and business cases with confidence. They move ideas through internal stakeholder meetings faster. We have worked with thousands of "Crazy Smart Scientists and Tech Geniuses," to help them simplify the complex.  

We help teams engineer and balance the Voices of Scientific Authority to "humanize the science whilst scientizing the humans" - so they can achieve balance with ANY audience - science or not.

Corporate Innovation Labs: We help you "Humanize the Science Whilst Scientizing the Humans."

Super Founder

Invited to serve as an elite member of the Super Founder Global Advisory Council launched by Jeremy Barr. 

Together, we support the global network of entrepreneurs and startups, studios, fund management and beyond.

Storytelling Head: Elite Advisor for Entrepreneurs

Filter Fox

Advisor to the Founder 
Executive Communications and Strategic Growth

Strategic Advisor

VC Lab

Invited by leadership to be an Elite level consultant for fund managers. We provide masterclasses to teams, hold regular office hours, and support participants in 1-1 calls so they can walk confidently into conversations with LPs, family offices and institutional investors to fund their funds.

Elite Coach for VC Fund Managers

Comprise

Like On Point, Comprise likes taking on the Hard Stuff and making it look easy (as noted at their web sort). I am excited to provide Comprise clients with, as needed, the expert level presentation skills coaching and media training they need as they expand their brands through PR. www.comprise.agency

Presentation Development & Coaching Specialist

Rockies Venture Club

**Certified Instructor of RVC Educational Content: 
Selected to be part of a 4-member team of instructors who can disseminate RVC's high quality VC content (14 total courses) and present as needed around Colorado and beyond.

Member of RVC Screen Team, selecting companies for upcoming Pitch Events. Coach presenting companies for CCC and ACC, the 2 largest Investor Pitch events in Colorado. 

Invited to speak at Angel Capital Summit, 2017.

Certified Instructor of RVC Pitch Academy | Pitch Coach | Advisor to Companies

Innosphere

Completely Transformed the Pitch Process for SAGE monthly presentations. 

Incubated a model in Innosphere that has now become our own IP - the HOW-TO Model published in Forbes.com. Science and Tech leaders at Google, DuPont, AEM, Lenovo, Microsoft and countless innovation labs including NREL, CU Boulder and many more now rely on this persuasive tool to tell scientific innovative stories that have order, flow, intrigue and that stay out of the weeds.
SAGE is key part of Colorado's thriving innovation engine.

2019 Onboarding Coach of the Year
2018 Onboarding Coach of the Year
2017 Onboarding Coach of the Year
2016 Performance Award 

Since becoming the Head Pitch Coach for incoming presenters, the quality of SAGE pitches has substantially improved. Also an active Screen Team member, collaborating with others to  determine which applicant companies are "SAGE-ready." Served as Team Lead and on several engagements.

SAGE Advisor | Head Pitch Consultant

NeuroDevelopment Center of Colorado

Phase I: Established Initial Brand & Growth Strategy 
Collaborated with clinic director to start a clinic. Managed media relations, created press kits, developed critical referral sources via grass roots PR strategies.  Spearheaded HR packages for new employees, assisted in nationwide hiring strategies. Conducted performance reviews for front office staff.

Phase II: Optimized Internal Personnel Training and Growth 
Assisted with management of front office team. Developed systems for filing/archiving system, created marketing materials and mailing lists, contributed to web site development.  Identify objectives/strategies for personnel growth.

Co-Founder/Strategic Advisor

Spectrum Science - a GHMC Company

Overview:
Storytelling skills - specifically in the field of health care and science - became critical as I entered the field of public relations. Pitching a story to the media requires developing a persuasive message with exceptional precision. If reporters aren’t interested in the first 10 seconds, they'll hang up. It’s critical to cut to the core of the sales pitch and have techniques at the ready to keep reporters interested and on the line. 

Participating in an action-packed process that is constantly in motion - literally making the news stories you see on your TV or device – was exciting. In 2002, the entire agency pulled together, got on the phones, and launched Amevive, achieving for Biogen an excellent media presence. For another client who had virtually no media buzz to date, our team executed an outstanding PR plan and secured press coverage they needed to take the company public. The company met its goal, and started trading on the NASDAQ just 2 years later.

Account Service - Scientific Storytelling to Media Outlets

University of Georgia

I also moderated focus groups on an NIH funded research grant.

For my graduate thesis, I analyzed the persuasive strategies at work in the (then) newly created category of prescription drug advertising. In 1997 the FDA shook the direct-to-consumer drug companies to its core. In an unprecedented move, prescription drug companies (e.g. Zoloft, Claritin) obtained FDA approval to market to consumers. At issue was their need to blend scientific voices with consumer voices in their ad content. It made for a fascinating study. Voted #1 Public Speaking Instructor by my students, I thoroughly enjoyed teaching undergraduate courses in public speaking, organizational and interpersonal communications. 

I studied message persuasion in depth (Rhetorical Criticism) and taught Undergraduate Public Speaking.

NIH Grant Research Assistant & University Instructor

Your ideas are brilliant. And ... complex. If your stakeholders don’t “get it,” they won’t greenlight it. If it's not delivered with clarity and command, that game-changing innovation could bite the dust.

That’s where strategic storytelling comes in. (Starring YOU as Chief Storyteller.)

In science, tech, and pharma, complexity is a given. And clarity? That’s the make-or-break factor. 

When stakes are high and your audience's buy-in is critical—think board presentations, investor meetings, post-acquisition integration meetings, internal strategy rollouts—your message has to land with precision, confidence, and be compelling. 

And YOU need to inspire.
That’s the work we're trusted to do.

By applying the proprietary HOW TO® Model I developed, senior leaders sharpen their message. They know exactly what to say, what story to tell, and HOW to say it so people care, remember, and act. 

Rooted in our expertise as rhetoricians, this work blends deep message strategy, story architecture, and rehearsal planning that drives alignment, influence, and traction.

Trusted by executives and technical teams at DuPont, Microsoft, JP Morgan Chase, Dechra Pharmaceuticals, and national labs like NREL and NSF funded engines. We help you by seeing from "outside of the fishbowl" so you can transform complex ideas into inspired action, and out into the world.

This isn’t generic presentation skills training. It’s surgical storytelling for experts who already perform at a high level—and are ready to break through to elite status.

One recent example: A Fortune 250 executive preparing for a pivotal presentation to the Board after a major acquisition. With a refined storyline and use of our Rehearsal Trifecta, he earned praise, built trust, and led the board to greenlight the vision—unveiling a new storyline inside the company.

Yes, we love working with self-professed nerds. But the real magic happens when they can speak clearly across the aisle. We teach you how to humanize the science—while scientizing the humans in your stakeholder audience.

We help you Nail It.

If this sounds like your next edge, let’s connect. 
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📗 Author of the forthcoming book "Red Light Green Light: How Top Leaders Present with Polish, Get Buy-in, and Become More Influential"
📍 https://onpoint-communications.com/book/  

🎙 Podcast Host: Red Light, Green Light
📍(https://www.youtube.com/@onpointcommunicationsllc3908/videos)

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