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Kevin G. Johnson

Saugus,MA

Summary

Accomplished Executive Director/Marketing Executive recognized for leveraging strong team leadership and development to drive forward progress. 13 years leading cross-functional teams, optimizing operations, and elevating business growth. Highly organized, detail-oriented leader skilled in directing high-performing teams to develop solutions and solve operational and technical problems using unique proven methods of instilling employees with ambition and creating a reward system where the higher the profits end of the year the larger the bonuses, giving every employee to go the extra mile to provide superior customer service/sales as a direct result of now feeling rewarded for hard work. Extremely efficient in implementing systems across multiple divisions and teams with superior organizational and communication skills. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. A pragmatic leader loyal to a fault always learns all aspects of the business. Top-notch marketing campaigns with a proven history of success; both boots on the ground with marketing materials and social media/viral marketing with extreme analytics personally documented to make the most of each dollar spent, making it the strongest but most efficient version of itself. When it comes down to it, loyal to a fault, self-motivated to produce the best work I can possibly achieve, and willing to put aside any ego or personal preference in order to be open to learning new, better methods of handling many aspects of the modern business world, I take every opportunity as a learning experience.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Consultant

KJA Consulting
05.2020 - Current
  • Analyzed problematic areas to provide recommendations and solutions.
  • Collaborated with teams to define, strategize, and implement marketing and web strategies that were trimmed of all lacking aspects resulting in the initial intention without the bloat.
  • Delivered outstanding service to clients to maintain and extend relationships for future business opportunities.
  • Relied upon to create results when traditional methods have not produced expected results.
  • Created and developed detailed blueprints for clients to follow both short-term (implement immediately) and long-term (stages of executable actions to make a long-lasting change in the company's logistical operations and employee production increase).
  • Prepared presentations to explain revisions, enhancements, and process improvements of the organization's systems and programs.
  • Aligned closely with business owners and employees to gather information and gain operational insight.
  • Created this self-employed opportunity through the lasting memories of industry leaders directly impressed while interacting and working with them when running Foodler before the acquirement/sale to GrubHub.
  • Consulted with customers to assess needs and propose optimal solutions through outside-the-box ideas refined and perfected throughout the years of being the ranking director of a national company.
  • Due to contractual consulting cannot identify these very known companies, however after a week of observing multiple departments, my suggestions allowed them to downsize the staff by 28% and still see productivity increase by 13.3% (This is but one result of the logistical/operational/management knowledge which made it possible to produce results where others could not.

North American VP

Jungle Works
12.2018 - 05.2020
  • Achieved sales goals and service targets by cultivating and securing new customer relationships through new approaches after the American sector was failing to secure the needed clients.
  • Built relationships with customers and community to establish long-term business growth.
  • Collaborated with upper management to implement continuous improvements and exceed team goals.
  • Implemented systems and procedures to increase sales.
  • Compiled and analyzed data to determine approaches to improve sales and performance.
  • Enhanced profitability by developing pipelines utilizing marketing and sales strategies.
  • Communicated product quality and market comparisons by creating sales presentations and head-to-head software comparisons to highlight all of the software's superior features offered.

[Sadly the Covid Pandemic hit India even worse than the US, between both and the inability to travel, hold demonstrations as well as set up software trials and highlight its capabilities to crowds the decision to shut down the North American division for an undeterminable duration ended what could have been a very successful industry-leading wave that was starting to take hold between the Seattle and Boston HQ's]

Executive Director

Foodler.com
03.2013 - 04.2017
  • Worked closely with founder ad CEO who was in [name only],due to pursuing a personal goal to run marathons worldwide, and had no hand in daily operations.
  • Built relationships with over 1,602 restaurant partners some being presidents of national chains to ensure open lines of communication that benefit both delivery partner and restaurant.
  • Directly hired and monitored 1,802 independent contractor delivery drivers to motivate and shape their own self-improvement and strive to perform better through suggestive outcomes through a more professional approach, which is delicate to balance as ICs cannot be forced or told directly how to complete a contracted job(order) once assigned.
  • Exercised appropriate cost control to meet budget restrictions and maximize profitability which led to INC magazines [Fastest private growing company] for two consecutive years; once more two years later for a total of three awards.
  • Represented Foodler as a local community-driven company by giving presentations and speeches and participating in community events. Always providing free food and giveaways.
  • Monitored compliance with laws and regulations along with both attorneys that advised us when we would launch anything new or alter any part of our operations, to protect from legal liabilities and penalties.
  • Built and maintained strong company teams by hiring and training qualified staff to create positive and productive work environments.
  • Personally developed a new approach to assign orders to drivers that factored in a new approach not yet thought of and still not mirrored to date, leading to the fastest delivery times by multiple industry publishing institutions within some of the most congested and traffic-ridden cities.
  • Defined company roles and responsibilities to establish and enhance processes.
  • Always stay up to date with industry-changing software that streamlined the process of orders reaching restaurant partners while effectively making it possible for our system to hand-shake with numerous software systems used by many of our partners, allowing API hooks and better integration between systems.
  • Set organizational goals and objectives to meet quarterly, proving each operational & logistical change was indeed directly related to growth above the organic growth we would experience.

Education

MBA - Business Administration And Management

University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
05.2014
  • Dean's List [6 semesters]
  • [3.91] GPA
  • Ranked in Top [7]% of class
  • Completed AP course in [Marketing Strategies]
  • Elected to [Secretary] for Student Mock Government in [2013]
  • Thesis: [Decided to go the Non-Thesis direction as of the two paths the Non-Thesis incorporates more subjects and classes.

Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration And Management

University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
06.2011
  • Honor Roll [2010/2011]
  • GPA : 3.88
  • Ranked in Top 3.9% of class
  • cum laude graduate
  • Research Project: [Why production of textiles/plastic & electronic gadgets cannot efficiently be produced inside the continental United States], - Published in UNH student newspaper as a "unique and fresh take on an existing problem".

Associate of Science - Computer And Information Sciences

Southern New Hampshire University, Hooksett, NH
05.2009
  • Dean's List [3 Semesters]
  • [ Mensa Foundation Board of Trustees Scholarship]
  • [ Delta Mu Delta ] Honor Society Club [Business Majors]

Skills

  • Business Optimization
  • Market Planning and Execution
  • SEO Strategy and Execution
  • Sales Promotion
  • Analytics
  • Content Curation
  • Develop Campaigns
  • Effective Customer Communication
  • Excellent Written and Verbal Communicator
  • Startup Background
  • More can be provided if need be [Try to keep it to 10 most relevant]

Accomplishments

  • Forbes 30 under 30 in 30 industries [2016]
  • BostonBusinessJournal Top Local Businesses[2015/2016]
  • Boston Herald [Four featured articles on industry cutting edge actions
  • Achieved [~2 min hold time customer service] by completing the implementation of a Hunt Group that immediately will find an agent with no call and push the next in line to their phone, however if multiple agents are available the Hunt Group system allows for managers to assign hidden values to factor such as average call duration and % of satisfied customers.
  • Achieved Fastest delivery company by implementing [New approach to how orders are assigned to drivers] since I still own this approach and no one has yet to figure it out, not comfortable discussing it further without a signed boilerplate NDA/non-compete. Although from the time customer clicks order until food arrived at door was down to 28 minutes in Boston, a city known for its terrible road ways and traffic!

Certification

  • [Leadership and Management] Certification - Wharton
  • [Strategic Management] Corporate Strategy - UPENN
  • [Project Management Certification] - UPENN - 2019
  • [Salesforce Certified] • [Microsoft Suite / Windows Certified]
  • Computer Hardware Certification - Can build from ground up/repair/upgrade/re-solder broken circuit connections.
  • Typing 89 words per minute currently (Top 2.2%)


Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Limited Working
Italian
Limited Working

Timeline

Consultant - KJA Consulting
05.2020 - Current
North American VP - Jungle Works
12.2018 - 05.2020
Executive Director - Foodler.com
03.2013 - 04.2017
University of New Hampshire - MBA, Business Administration And Management
University of New Hampshire - Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration And Management
Southern New Hampshire University - Associate of Science, Computer And Information Sciences
Kevin G. Johnson