Frank Ford
Denver,CO
Summary
Dynamic Senior Executive with nearly 20 years of experience in competitive B2B environments, recognized for achieving record-breaking performance and driving new business through exceptional customer service. Demonstrates expertise in building strategic partnerships and leveraging cultural acumen to secure multimillion-dollar deals across diverse industries. Proven ability to cultivate relationships with key decision-makers, ensuring client retention and loyalty while consistently increasing revenue. A strategic thinker with strong skills in business development, team leadership, and effective communication, dedicated to enhancing organizational success.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Founder/CEO
5280 Ventures, Inc.
Denver, CO
04.2022 - Current
- Company Overview: As the Founder and Managing Partner of 5280 Ventures Inc., I lead a private venture fund specializing in technology, healthcare, and media and entertainment companies.
- As an experienced leader in strategic partnerships, I specialize in enhancing access to capital, expertise, guidance, and driving growth and innovation in the startup ecosystem.
- Lead strategic planning and execution to enhance profitability and company growth.
- Develop and execute strategies for scaling the business domestically and internationally.
- Research alternative investments, such as commercial real estate, private equity funds, and venture capital funds..
- Performed research into industry sectors to identify attractive deals in private equity or venture capital.
- Built relationships with external partners including venture capital firms, universities, technology incubators in order to leverage their expertise in areas such as artificial intelligence or machine learning.
Managing Principal
Evolve Media Group (EMG)
Denver, CO
01.2015 - 11.2022
- Company Overview: At Evolve Media Group, we identify and create deep-rooted relationships with our clients (celebrities, athletes, and musicians) that we co-represent, and apply creative and innovative endorsement strategies and opportunities into the channels that will make the biggest impact for both parties.
- By leveraging our strategic partnerships, we focus on our partners' vision, and by doing so, we have created a full-service endorsement strategy company that offers the complete spectrum of services found in a larger firm, while maintaining the close client relationships and attention to detail of a boutique agency.
- Providing a collaborative team environment on every project, and an agile workflow to deliver quality work in very efficient time frames.
- Guide our clients to penetrate new markets, make powerful connections, and achieve exceeded expectations.
- Helping companies gain momentum and fast traction while working seamlessly with their internal teams.
- Connecting key decision-makers, innovative technology, sports, media, and entertainment companies together and further helping by strategically creating high-impact agreements.
Senior Vice President of Sports - Media & Entertainment
Broadnet
Highlands Ranch, CO
08.2008 - 01.2015
- Company Overview: Broadnet is a Colorado-headquartered technology, media, and communication company.
- Broadnet created numerous proprietary technologies that enable any organization to communicate with constituents and fans.
- Oversee the Commercial Business Development, and Sports, Media, & Entertainment divisions.
- Directly responsible for building extensive relationships in professional sports, where we had over 80% of all the teams in the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL as direct clients.
- Leverage communication skills in collaborations and building extensive relationships with Fortune 500 companies, franchises, publishing houses (book/music), music managers, agents, and labels, universities/colleges, large retailers/manufacturers, and more.
- Focused on results and increased revenues by building a multi-million-dollar division while leading the business development of unsecured, potential clientele.
- Spearheaded efforts to develop new products and continuously deliver profit-driven revenue models.
- Worked with cross-collaborative teams to analyze complex projects and develop product requirements to successfully lead business development efforts.
- Provided strategic guidance to executive team on operational decisions and initiatives.
- Cultivated and maintained industry relationships and customer partnerships to capitalize on opportunities and maximize business success.
- Provided organizational leadership and collaborated with executive partners to establish long-term goals, strategies and company policies.
- Managed relationships with external partners, vendors, and stakeholders to ensure successful collaborations.
- Built and cultivated significant relationships with diverse industries, directly impacting the bottom line, new business revenue.
- Developed marketing and sales communication strategies; new marketing campaigns resulted in an increase of brand recognition by over 60%.
Director of Sales
Pharmacy Choice, Inc
Denver, USA
01.2006 - 01.2008
- Chosen to develop startup program for this division, which successfully generated sales of roughly $500,000
- Successfully sold software to industry leading pharmaceutical companies (Kaiser Permanente, Abbott, GSK etc.) to help them operate and manage their library of programs for Continuing Education
- Hit highest sales record selling the Learning Management System, breaking all previous records and winning numerous awards
- Developed a new line of management/sales to capitalize on market penetration - created three different categories: Executive, Field and Direct phone groups to ensure maximum level of client support
- Developed lasting relationships with contacts at which prove to be an excellent referral source
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration - double major in International Business and Real Estate
Daniel's College of Business At The University of Denver
Denver, Colorado05-2005
Skills
- Strategic business development
- Strategic market positioning
- Strategic partnerships
- Strategic vision
- Relationship building
- Investor relations
- Brand promotion
- Solution selling
- Territory growth and development
- High impact sales
- Contract negotiations
- Project management
- Customer focus
Hobbies and Interests
- Being a dad and husband
- Skiing
- Surfing
- Playing golf
- Spending time with family
References
Available upon request
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Founder/CEO
5280 Ventures, Inc.
04.2022 - Current
Managing Principal
Evolve Media Group (EMG)
01.2015 - 11.2022
Senior Vice President of Sports - Media & Entertainment
Broadnet
08.2008 - 01.2015
Director of Sales
Pharmacy Choice, Inc
01.2006 - 01.2008
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration - double major in International Business and Real Estate
Daniel's College of Business At The University of Denver
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