Hunter Brown

Experience

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  Blowing in the Wind, Inc

  Jul 2000 - Oct 2009

  Self Employeed

  • Grew gross sales over 400% over 5 years.• Managed all aspects of the business including purchasing, marketing, financing, sales, customer service, networking, and web presence. • Received the “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” award in Wilmington for 2006.• Reviewed all financial aspects of the business in order to increase profitability.• Negotiated numerous purchasing agreements, sales and commercial space leases. • Attended multiple industry trade shows and made decisions on product lines to carry. • Hired and developed numerous employees over the 9 years of owning the business.• Planned and held multiple marketing events to attract business and grow customer base.• Cultivated a strong local, tourist and mail order customer base. • Was the first supplier of kiteboarding products in the Cape Fear area and was a top dealer in the US for multiple major brands. • Developed a strong mail order and e-commerce segment of the business.• Opened and operated a second location in Wrightsville beach for 3 seasons. • Completed college degree while running the business for 5 years. Show less

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  Go Kitesurf, Inc.

  May 2004 - Oct 2010

  President / Owner

  • First to offer professional kiteboarding lessons in the Cape Fear area.• Developed lesson plans to achieve the highest level of success by our clients. • Managed a crew of instructors and coached them to perform above our clients expectations.• Managed insurance and safety requirements for operation and never had a claim against us.• Was featured in numerous articles in local and national publications.

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  Downtown Parking Advisory Committee

  Sept 2005 - Sept 2008

  Representative and Chairman

  Served as a representative of downtown merchants on the Downtown Parking and Advisory Committee. Later was elected Chairman of the committee for a year. While serving in this position I helped to enhance the parking experience in Downtown Wilmington for both patrons of downtown, business owners and people who lived and worked in the downtown area. While in this position I gained experience working in the Public Sector.

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  Focus Kite Designs, Inc.

  Jun 2008 - May 2010

  Co-Founder

  • Created new products and developed production plans.• Used innovative marketing strategies to gain market awareness and drive sales.• Managed the various projects we had to complete to ensure on time completion. • Monitored the daily operations of the business including purchasing, marketing, and financing. • Dealt directly with our customer base to grow market base and earn loyal customers. • Grew brand with consistent month over month sales through life of the brand. • Developed and planned out the company web site with innovative features. Show less

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  Verizon

  May 2010 - Sept 2011

  Retail Sales Consultant and Small Business Specialist

  • Use Sales Consultant Approach to assist customers with sales and customer service issues and find the best solution for their needs. • Top performing rep in our district finishing in the top 10 out of 120 reps multiple months.• Sold the most tablets in our district during the first Quarter of 2011.• Held Key Holder position to serve as a manager when managers were not available and to complete opening and closing duties. • Cultivated a loyal customer base that sent me referrals for years. • Discovered and closed numerous business to business deals. • Selected to train new hire reps before they went to new hire training. • Chosen to participate in the 2011 Career Builder program and graduated from the program. Show less

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  Verizon

  Sept 2012 - May 2016

  • Lead team to go from last place in 4th quarter 2014 to first place in 4th quarter 2015.• Lead team to be first Wilmington Verizon Store to hit major SMB milestone in Dec 2014. • Hire, train, develop, motivate, and coach team in a top performing Verizon Wireless location.• Completed multiple manager development programs with Verizon Wireless.• Managed store operations including inventory, merchandising, key metrics, and store reporting. • Hand selected to be the Interim Store Manager for a top producing Verizon location. • Lead the store’s 20 employees to achieve record new line sales during a major device launch.

  • Business Specialist

    Oct 2014 - May 2016

  • Assistant Manager

    Sept 2011 - Oct 2014

  • Interim Store Manager

    Sept 2012 - Oct 2013
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  CastleBranch

  May 2016 - Jan 2018

  Sales Leader - Sales Development Manager

  • Lead Team to pass off opportunities with expected revenue that exceeded expectations by 300%.• In 2017 had 6 team members get promoted into new positions in the company.

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  LINQ

  Mar 2018 - Sept 2023

  • Manage Roadmap for multiple products owning the decisions on new features to maximize our opportunities and serve the needs of our clients. • Conducted Market Research and Data Analysis to drive data driven decision making regarding product strategy and roadmap planning.• Work collaboratively with cross functional teams emphasizing the focus on the user and user experience through user centered design. • Manage both internal and external stakeholders gathering feedback and keeping them updated on status of the product. • Act as Product Owner to write user stories, manage backlog, practice agile methodology, and lead scrum ceremonies for multiple products.• Managed legacy online payment solutions serving over 550 school districts and 240K users.• Created new School Fee Management solution to better meet the needs of School Districts as it relates to the management of their various school fees and collect online payments. • Managed the Launch Readiness for multiple products including regular internal stakeholder calls, companywide demos, and executive team / board level presentations. • Presented new solution to potential new investors by request of our SVP of Product and company CEO.• Successfully presented to external stakeholders, internal teams, executive team, and company board meetings. • Serve as SME for payments in the education space for our company. • Participate in RFI for new payment provider and review contracts. Show less • Regularly lead scrum ceremonies for multiple scrum teams alone and with scrum master. • Write clear and effective user stories, bug tickets, and production support tickets. • Conduct interviews with end users to understand their workflows, problems, and how our solutions can work better for them. • Be the expert of our customers problems and work with internal and external resources to create easy to use solutions for those problems.• Completed Certified Product Owner course. • Completed Certified Scrum Master course. Show less

  • Product Manager

    Jul 2021 - Sept 2023

  • Product Owner

    Aug 2020 - Jun 2021

  • Account Development Specialist - K12 Payment Center

    Jan 2020 - Aug 2020

  • Inside Sales Manager

    Feb 2019 - Jan 2020

  • Inside Sales Representative

    Mar 2018 - Jan 2020
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  Quorum

  Jan 2024 - now

  Product Manager II

  As the Quorum PAC Product Manager, I am responsible for managing the product life cycle for Quorum’s PAC product. I work closely with engineers, designers, product managers, and other internal and external stakeholders to build and execute on a product strategy for our Quorum PAC product. I am responsible for building business cases, conducting user interviews, writing and delivering product requirements, compiling and analyzing key metrics, and collaborating with stakeholders to launch new features and products. Show less