Jacob Buckstead's Linkedin Analytics

Ever since I was a little kid, I have loved creating, building, writing, traveling, and engaging with people. I wrote my first graphic novel at age 7. Built a light-up trivia game machine at age 12. I was never more excited than when it was family vacation time and I loved making new friends. Now that I'm a grown up (well, at least I'm older), I'm honored to have been published in trade magazines and been a featured speaker at industry conferences. I'm an inventor of a US patent. My job is to work with an A+ team and meet interesting new people, then help make their lives easier and their businesses more successful. I am privileged to innovate and deliver solutions for industries that elevate people's livelihoods & enrich people's life experiences. I believe that you should always do right by others. Take care of people and help them achieve their dreams. Do what you say. Do the big & little things exceptionally well. Bring some fun into the workplace for your team & your clients. Embrace innovation, and balance big ideas with strong execution. Make sure your results can speak for themselves. Leave the world a better place than you found it. My specialties are sales leadership, marketing, business development, corporate and product strategy. I've worked in many industries including telecommunications, advertising/marketing services, hardware/electronics, software/SaaS, enterprise technology, financial services, payments & FinTechs. I've also done PR, social media, and web development. I've personally done business in 43 nations while working in start-ups, medium-size, and global Fortune 500 companies. I love to build and lead high performing teams and know how to scale a business quickly and profitably. Recently I was at Fiserv building partnerships with multiple industries including travel, hospitality, leisure, property management/real estate & working with #FinTechs, Money Services Businesses, Payment Facilitators, BillPay & New Markets. I now lead sales & business development for Episode Six, the world's first #issuing & #processing platform built for the #digital & #mobile first era. Episode Six's Tritium platform serves as a core ledger w/account mgmt. & purpose-built issuing & processing applications. Highly scalable & reliable with infinite possibilities for customization, Episode Six helps financial institutions & fintechs GTM quickly. Reach out and let's talk elevating your business, charitable endeavors that make the world a better place, travel, technology, family, sports, great restaurants, good wine or anything else on your mind.