Jacob Shea

Summary

Having spent the last several years as an advisor to brands and startups, I'm looking to focus on larger scale growth with a strong team of people and wizards. I bring a unique view as I'm from a development background but keen to digital tactics and managing teams for the last decade.

Career Summary

18 years of development in Digital, Technology and Marketing for products and services.
15 years of managing development, creative and account management teams.
Started a consulting agency that provided technology expertise, development execution and product management of projects for Dell Computers for 6 years. Solution provider for application, database and marketing development.
Cofounded an Interactive Agency in San Diego 2005, sold in 2010.

Work History

Work experience

Chief Motivator and Boss

Digital Boss

Jul 2010 - Present

Advise clients on Digital, Product, Marketing strategy and execution, and with our extended network of partners and agencies, we’re able to reach out to the best resources to get the job done, thus putting the best "Digital Boss" within a project.
Over the years we've supported and deployed eCommerce, marketing solutions and technical operations for NASCAR, F1, INDY 500, NFL teams, Qualcomm, Pixar and PGA.
Support startups for technical sustainably, eCommerce, business planning for product growth and execution.

Entrepreneur in Residence & Senior Associate

Monthly Ventures

Jan 2014 - Present

Interview startups and founders about their products and platforms.
Represent firm at events, attract deal flow potentials and push our services.
In house Entrepreneur to provide advisement of new trends, products and platforms in the technology and digital space.
On going services for startup advisory and internal product development.

Chief Information Officer / Digital Advisor

FanVision (RSE Ventures)

Jul 2010 - Oct 2013

Advised FanVision on Digital architecture, product development and strategic growth of platform and service.
Oversaw development teams, creative teams and external agencies for digital deliverables.
Grew infrastructure from one sport F1, to NASCAR, INDY 500, 12 NFL teams, US Open, and PGA events.
Deployed new eCommerce platform to support worldwide purchases and cross-sport.
Deployed a secure transaction environment for online sales, fulfillment and B2B communication.
Deployed mobile Point-of-Sale systems to work with different vending partners and international sales.
Bridged the gap between IT and the business through solutions benefiting both the consumer and our business partners. Formulated strategic goals for growth and costumer acquisition.
Deployed new eCommerce, marketing solutions and technical operations to work with different third parties for distribution and activation of service
Brand evangelist to represent the service and technology at events such as NASCAR races, F1 races, NFL games, and CES.
Set IT budgets and set goals for company growth and sustainability for operations.
FanVision is a Stephen Ross company, owner of Miami Dolphins, Related Companies and Equinox. Able to execute new product ideas and technologies in these other properties to track consumer response of new technologies.

Managing Director, EVP of Interactive and Technology

JHG (Sold to Goble & Associates in 2010)

Jan 2006 - Jul 2010

Managed client business and strategy for solutions, including the production and creation of technology and digital solutions for clients created by staff.
Accountable for all client interactive projects, budgets and final execution.
Grew company from 4 to 50 people, with $8 million in business. Managed 30 staff members. Managed all client production teams (development, creative, and account management).
Set IT budgets and set goals for company growth and sustainability for operations.
Provided project requirements and estimates guidance to supporting internal teams to allow production managers to build proposals, timelines and to avoid scope creep.
Provided strategic support to internal groups and clients with digital strategy, creative campaigns and development tactics.
Sample clients: Comcast / Disney / Buzztime / Yahoo Sports / Rogers Communications / JVC / Volcomm / Qualcomm / FLO TV / NBC / NFL

Software Architect / Product Advisor

Dell Computers

Jan 2000 - Jan 2006

Provided technology-consulting support for Dell Computers for 6 years as a solution provider for web application design/development, eCommerce buy-flow/reporting and data mart development.
Trusted to evaluate tools and applications for clients to meet both consumer-facing and internal needs based on in-depth knowledge of clients’ high-level strategic goals and industry.
Deployed new search engine for Support.Dell.com and forums
Manage team of developers to implement medium to large-scale online applications from support to eCommerce.
Developed custom applications using ASP.NET, SQL Server, Oracle, Tandem, Java and Open Source technologies.
Designed and built databases and cubes with over 1B million rows weekly of data to support web applications and worldwide reporting systems for Dell Computers.
Worked with internal groups like Dell IT, Logistics, Tech Support, Dell Home Sales, Product Group, Product Group IT, Product Group Finance and Dell Home Sales Finance
Deploy programs and implemented processes by developing client/server tools, reporting data marts and web applications to automate/revamp old processes to meet the needs of customer growth.

Programmer / Program Analyst III

Dell Computers

Nov 1997 - Sep 2000

Design / Develop customer facing web products and services for Dell.com, Support.Dell.com and intranet applications. Dell.com was the largest highest transactional website in the world at that time.
Design and Build databases and reporting cubes to support web applications and executive staff.
Administrator of web and database servers.
Received the Vice President's Award, which were awarded twice a year for the company.

Volunteer Experience & Causes

Social Good support as CTO of TreeTag supporting the JungleBird.org foundation
Movember Spokesperson.