Stephanie Chavez, CTSM's Linkedin Analytics

I'm a hands-on, highly versatile marketing exec with a deep commitment to servant leadership & 30+ years of proven experience in: - Driving rapid-yet-sustainable growth - Building healthy & high-performing teams - Transforming organizational culture - Leading innovative & effective campaign initiatives - Helping companies worldwide gain more market share, resulting in more revenue I first build partnerships of trust w/clients to gain a nuanced, in-depth understanding of their needs, challenges, & growth objectives. I work collaboratively w/all relevant stakeholders to engineer new opportunities & provide effective tools, campaigns, & collateral for seizing them — including implementing robust inbound initiatives w/demonstrated value in the tens of millions. I have a deep passion for creating healthy, vibrant workplace cultures united by a shared mission & purpose that is as committed to inspiring high performance as much as promoting well-being. I embrace the ethos of servant leadership & treasure my time investing in activities that deepen my personal & professional capacity & provide me w/opportunities for developing the next generation of leaders. A few accomplishments I’m proudest of: - Driving a 6x increase in ARR over 3 years at Zen Media - Recruiting, training, & developing top industry talent, expanding Zen Media’s talent pool from 6 to 65 in the span of less than 3 years - Spearheading multiple internal initiatives, including strategic pivots in Zen’s business model, co-wide platform upgrades & trainings, extensive process improvements, & much more - Dramatically transforming Zen’s culture, creating a workplace climate characterized by mutual appreciation, high degrees of trust, creative collaboration, individual empowerment, & a spirit of camaraderie - Wearing multiple hats, including roles in HR, sales, accounting, client relations, & more — a testament to my versatility & eagerness to personally understand every aspect of a business from a first-hand perspective - Building an internal marketing team from the ground up, fueling a high-powered inbound marketing machine that yielded over $60M in annual proposals while @ The Trade Group - Helming the successful launch of two successful subsidiaries - Event Architecture & Abacus3 - Successfully leading the development & launch of OP Live - the 1st esports event to combine academia, students, industry, parents, & pro teams in one holistic environment - A 2019 Cynopsis Top Women in Media honoree - Earning my CTSM certification (“The PhD of the events world”) from NIU & Exhibitor Media