Mark Stanton

Experience

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  Computer Intelligence Agency

  Sept 2009 - Sept 2010

  Co-Owner

  Computer Intelligence Agency was a computer diagnostic, repair, and home theater consultation and installation company. We performed both in house and remote services.• Attain new business through sales and advertising.• Designed and implemented systems for job tracking and processing.• Responsible for designing the overall business strategy.• Legally created the business as a general partnership.

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  Thorough Concepts, LLC

  Oct 2010 - Oct 2013

  Founder

  Thorough Concepts, LLC began in the performance automotive parts manufacturing industry in October 2011, manufacturing drivetrain components as well as patented power steering setups. More recently Thorough Concepts, LLC has moved towards retail with the opening and rebranding of their website TCRparts.com which has integrated, among other things, an industry leading wholesale system for business customers. Thorough Concepts, LLC has been featured in numerous magazine and online publications such as: DSPORT, Project Magazine, and ScremingTyres.com, among others. We currently sponsor professional Formula Drift driver Michael Essa (Thorough Concepts, LLC / TCRparts.com can be seen on both last years Z4 and this years E46), the Bootleggerz drift team, and numerous respected individuals in the drifting community. Show less

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  Machine Tune

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  Co-Founder, Operations and Project Manager

  Machine Tune is a performance automotive speed shop focusing on custom project builds for customers. • Streamlined day-to-day operations by designing and implementing new systems for detailed tracking of job progress.• Responsible for pricing out and creating quotes for potential new business. Created “standard” quotes for common jobs.• Assessed, in detail, the capabilities of all personnel and created a new system for assigning tasks. This was both more efficient, and taught the less capable people the skills that others knew. Show less

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  Think Launch Grow | Unreal Media Inc.

  Feb 2013 - Jun 2014

  Business Development Manager | Project/Account Manager

  I work for both Unreal Media and Think Launch Grow (TLG) which are business digital solutions companies. TLG offers small business services such as but not limited to: logo design, web design, domain services, hosting and support, analytics, Google apps, and Google places. Unreal Media mainly focuses on large scale website and application design and development. • Manage and direct both design (artists) and development (engineering) teams for websites, web-applications, and mobile applications (both Android and iOS).• Define project objectives, schedule, and deliverables.• Create best practices guidelines for team members to follow.• Hire and train, design and development teams.• Develop, maintain, and grow business relationships.• Develop new business• All work is performed remotely from Los Angeles. Show less

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  SmartAction

  May 2014 - May 2016

  Technical Project Manager

  • Guide clients, engineering, and operational teams through the entire project lifecycle from defining scope through design & development and ultimately to launch• Define and track timelines, communicating closely with all stakeholders and managing expectations• Responsible for 20+ client accounts including numerous simultaneous projects in progress of varying scope, with competing priority and resources• Manage client relationships on an ongoing basis for the life of the business relationship, interacting with clients on all matters both technical and non-technical• Hold weekly status calls with all project stakeholders (on a per-project basis) to discuss the current state of the programs and address any issues that need attention• Keeping Salesforce, Jira, Confluence, internal wiki, Access DB, and other internal documentation up-to-date on project & customer status• Analyze applications based on historical data and trends (Quality Assurance)• Develop and present quarterly business reviews, highlighting both historical performance of applications as well as areas for improvement and business expansion through enhanced functionality and new applications• Complete statements of work and change orders based on specifications acquired from clients• Setup and maintain the billing database for all SmartAction applications from the operational side• Setup all Jira projects for the operations department• Manage several internal R&D projects to further company capabilities• Aid in the development of department processes and standardized materials• Communicate with potential new customers on their business needs and ways SmartAction could fill those needs (Business Development)• Collaborate with marketing in the development of materials and content• Supported clients on off-hours through a rotating on-call schedule (weekends and nights) Show less

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  Code Baron LLC

  Jun 2014 - now

  Founder, Technical Project Manager

  Originally founded as a website and application design and development company, we have since moved away from design and development and have been focusing on hosting and additional services.• Manage both design and development teams for website creation• Define project objectives, schedule, and deliverables• Hire and train design and development teams in our practices• Business-to-business sales• Develop, maintain, and grow business relationships with both clients and partners (Account Management)• Guide clients, engineering, and operational teams through the entire project lifecycle: defining scope, design, development, UAT, and launch• Define and track timelines, communicating closely with all stakeholders and managing expectations• Responsible for 25+ client accounts including numerous simultaneous projects in progress of varying scope, often with competing priority and resources• Manage client relationships on an ongoing basis for the life of the business relationship, interacting with clients on all matters both technical and non-technical• Complete statements of work and change orders based on specifications acquired from clients• Develop processes and materials• Communicate with potential new customers on their business needs • Supported clients on off-hours• Manage and direct marketing efforts• Manage the rebranding and refocusing of the company away from web development into hosting/ongoing support Show less

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  Workstate

  Oct 2017 - Sept 2018

  Senior Project Management Consultant

  • Define project scope, deliverables, and schedule• Work closely with both business and engineering teams to maintain project velocity• Work with client and marketing partner to manage changing requirements • Create new processes to aid in both internal and external efficiencies• Track project deliverables, metrics, and outstanding tasks at project, team, and individual levels• Follow the Agile project management methodology• Status reports and check-ins: internal team, marketing partner, and C-level client stakeholder team• Ad hoc reporting as required• Develop and maintain project documentation• Organize and track all business documentation related to the project into a project library• Address any team issues, removing roadblocks for individuals to maintain team momentum Show less

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  Emburse Chrome River

  Nov 2018 - now

  Technical Project Manager | Technical Shared Services Team