Tim C. Thompson, Jr.

Experience

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  The White House

  Mar 1987 - Nov 1988

  White House Advance Representative / Campaign Treasury Assistant

  Traveled throughout the U.S. coordinating all logistical event requirements in conjunction with the United States Secret Service and White House Communications Agency for then-Vice President and later, President George H.W. Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle. Supervised and managed all campaign operations for 62 Texas counties for Texas Victory '88 (Bush/Quayle) campaign. Directed speaking engagements, press conferences and travel aide for surrogates. Served as press spokesman.

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  Presidential Inaugural Committee

  Nov 1988 - Jan 1989

  Assistant Marketing Director

  Initiated the promotion of all commemorative products; coordinated marketing effort in a 10 state region through local media outlets (t.v., radio, newspapers). Served as press spokesman.

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  U.S. Department of Commerce

  Jan 1989 - Mar 1990

  Confidential Assistant / Import Administration

  White House presidential appointment; managed official correspondence for the Office of the Assistant Secretary, Import Administration which was charged with enforcing anti-dumping and countervailing duties on U.S. imports. Supervised 10 staff and served as office liaison for over 250 staff; spearheaded and initiated implementation of LAN computer tracking system; authored and new correspondence tracking manual; prepared and submitted analysis of congressional hearings; organized volunteer contribution activities for the office. Traveled to Bogota, Colombia to assist with the anti-dumping verification process of three Colombian flower companies. Counseled U.S. exporters by fielding telephone inquiries about the exporting process. Show less

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  Oklahoma Republican Party

  Mar 1990 - Dec 1990

  Political Director

  Coordinated candidate recruitment, training, managing and directing over 60 state legislative campaigns. Produced radio advertisements, brochures and other campaign literature. Served as press spokesman.

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  ABC Sports Television

  Jan 1991 - Feb 1992

  Sports Production Assistant

  Worked with teams assigned to produce and televise P.G.A. Tour golf tournaments, Monday Night Football, NCAA College Football. Tabulated scoring and statistics for booth announcers during the 1991 U.S. Open, British Open and Senior British Open golf championships.

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  1992 Republican National Convention

  Mar 1992 - Aug 1992

  Assistant Marketing Director

  Co-managed first-time hospitality and official gift center, "American Spirit Pavilion"; authored stories for the official convention newspaper. Served as liaison to corporate sponsored events: CNN, Turner Network Cable Sales, Eastman-Kodak, AT&T, Southwestern Bell, Continental Airlines. Supervised logistics, organized production schedules and meetings.

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  AIM/Invesco

  Apr 1993 - Jun 2001

  Marketing Specialist

  Marketed retail and institutional mutual funds to broker dealers, banks and institutional investors.

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  American Beacon Advisors

  Jul 2001 - Oct 2001

  Vice President, Fixed Income

  (Formerly AMR Investments). Regional wholesaler of fixed income mutual funds to banks, broker dealers and trust companies.

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  Oct 2001 - Aug 2003

  Sabbatical

  White House travel; Intensive Spanish, Barcelona, Spain; ONE Campaign consultant.

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  The White House

  Jan 2002 - Mar 2004

  Coordinated and managed all logistical requirements in conjunction with the United States Secret Service and White House Communications Agency for domestic and international Vice Presidential travel.Served as Trip Director; responsible for management of logistics for each trip. Worldwide logistics and event management for White House travel.

  • Deputy Director of Advance / Office of the Vice President

    Aug 2003 - Mar 2004

  • Presidential and Vice Presidential Advance

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2004
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  U.S. Department of Commerce

  Mar 2004 - Jun 2006

  Executive Director, Global Trade Programs/ Int'l Trade Admin./U.S. Foreign & Commercial Service

  White House Presidential Senior Executive Service political appointee. Head of trade events group; managed staff of 50. Led trade missions, delivered speeches to trade organizations and large global trade shows. Coordinated with U.S. Congressional offices in presenting U.S. Export Achievement Awards to companies throughout the U.S. Served as press spokesman.

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  Burson-Marsteller

  Jun 2006 - Aug 2007

  Director/General Manager

  Opened new Houston office; responsible for business development and management of office.

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  T-REX Engineering and Construction

  May 2007 - Jun 2015

  Vice President, Global Business Development + Communications

  Contributed to business launch, secured the first customer/project and continued to build strategic partnerships for projects that generated $100MM in revenueIdentified an opportunity with Petroamazonas, a unit of the Ecuadoran state oil company Coordinated RFQ response, translation, and executed negotiations with senior representatives to secure $40MM contract for 3 offshore shallow-water platforms project in Ecuador Leveraged relationships to secure a $50MM contract with Pacific Rubialas Energy, a leading Canadian offshore energy company, to refurbish and transport two shallow-water platforms for installation off the coast of PeruDeveloped and implemented a comprehensive corporate marketing and brand strategy that expanded industry exposure and streamlined internal and external communications: designed and developed collateral materials and presentation decks; created new website and content; and managed all social media marketing. Served as a company spokesperson with media/influencers, directed all external communications and media relations materials, and established communications best practices and procedures for the company * Member, Marine Technology Society* Member, American Marketing Association* Member, World Affairs Council* Member, Houston District Export Council Show less

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  Brunswick Group

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2010

  Crisis Communications Consultant - BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

  Provided media support and logistics for Sr. BP representative to generate local positive stories for restoring the gulf.

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  Double T Global Strategies, LLC

  Jul 2015 - now

  Founder

  Executive Consultant and Strategist: Business to Business Sales & Relationship Development; Marketing Communications; International Trade; Government Relations; media and public relations. Client work has included T-Rex Companies, Meridian Rapid Defense Group, Brunswick Group, Resonate, Outreach Strategists, Pastors for Texas Children; Calderwood Financial.

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  Invest Alberta

  May 2022 - Sept 2022

  Regional Manager of FDI

  Invest Alberta Corporation (IAC) works directly with investors globally to start up or scale up in Alberta, Canada. With offices in Calgary, Edmonton, along with 11 international offices located in key markets around the world, we connect industry, government partners, and economic development organizations and offer seamless services that make it easy for investment to flow into the province. With a strong entrepreneurial culture, we are taking new and innovative approaches to expediate the process of doing new business in Alberta.Established as a crown corporation of the Government of Alberta, Invest Alberta promotes Alberta as an investment destination of choice to investors internationally, attract high-value and high-impact investments to Alberta, Canada. Show less