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TONY DELSIGNORE, JR.

Sterling,Virginia

Summary

Seasoned Senior Manager with expertise in strategic business planning and development. Demonstrated leadership, communication, decision-making, and problem-solving skills. Proven track record of driving operational efficiency, enhancing team productivity, and implementing innovative marketing strategies.

14+ years of experience in Event Marketing, Program Management, Entrepreneurship, Business Development, Mobile Application Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Systems Engineering, and Project Coordination. Proven sales expertise in the federal and commercial marketplace. Skilled creative artist and business owner with 12+ years of professional photography experience. Demonstrates strong initiative and leadership abilities.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Manager, Event Marketing

Verizon
Ashburn, Virginia
11.2020 - Current

Tony is responsible for planning and managing Tier 1 events for Stacy Cummings in the Customer and Employee Engagement Team, under Mike Cingari. Those Tier 1 events include Mobile World Congress Barcelona and Las Vegas, as well as CES and AWS re-invent.

Tony is also the liaison between VBG Marketing and the CMO sponsorship team, which works to maximize the relationships that Verizon Business has with professional sports organizations with whom Verizon Business has sponsorship agreements.

Tony also plans and manages customer events and advisory boards throughout the year for Denise Corbett, who leads VBG's Customer Advisory Board team. In addition, Tony supports the Verizon Business Innovation Session program, Kickoff Roadshow, as well as his teammates' Customer Advisory Boards throughout the year.

Product Marketing Consultant

Verizon
Ashburn, VA
11.2017 - 11.2020

Managed all networking events for Danny Johnson's Product Marketing team. Events included Cisco Live, SDN NFV World Congress, ONUG as well as the very first 100% digital conference in VBG, ONUG Digital Live.

Collaborated with leaders across Verizon business units, Product, Public Sector, Sales, and Solutions Architects to produce content, whitepapers, webinars, keynote speaking engagements, and sponsorship materials for conferences, trade shows, and partner engagements. Traveled to trade shows and conferences around the country to represent VBG.

Hosted demos and conversations at booths, created social media posts and live videos, coordinated on-site logistics and shipping and facilitated key customer dinners.

Managed the Product launch calendar for the Networking team. Worked with stakeholders across the team who were responsible for all new product launches and enhancements to keep leadership up to date with the very latest updates, launch changes and critical information. Produced a weekly Executive level deck that detailed all this information.

Certified Marketo user with experience running email campaigns, event communications, and invitations, social media posts, and internal sales messaging.

Managed the yearly Product Marketing budget for the Networking team, including MDF funds with partners like Ericsson, Cisco, and Intel. Organized and operated the intake process for the Networking Product Marketing team, which included receiving vetting requests, hosting a weekly call to present all new projects to leadership, and producing an Intake Director call deck for Danny. Coordinated Danny Johnson's team staff call, budget, events, schedules, and communications as his Chief of Staff.

BUSINESS OWNER, PHOTOGRAPHER

DEL SIGNORE PHOTOGRAPHY
, USA
01.2012 - Current
  • Company Overview: Delsignore Photography excels in sharing compelling stories through the fine art of portrait and landscape photography
  • Our mission is to create a narrative through passionate imagery and artistry
  • Founded Del Signore Photography, LLC
  • Located in northern Virginia
  • Increased company revenue 150% Y1/Y2 and 100% Y2/Y3
  • Commissioned by Academy Mortgage in Sterling, VA to capture landscape and nature scenes from Loudoun County to be featured in large format in their office
  • Featured fine art photography in displays across the metro DC region
  • Awarded 'Photo of the Month' by Landscape Photography Magazine (featured in January 2015 Issue)
  • Traveled to targeted international icons and destinations to expand customer base, resulting in over 40 sales from our global portfolio
  • Delsignore Photography excels in sharing compelling stories through the fine art of portrait and landscape photography
  • Our mission is to create a narrative through passionate imagery and artistry

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT MANAGER

IT CADRE
04.2011 - 11.2017
  • Develop account-based marketing strategies targeting new customer accounts
  • Generate, qualify and close sales opportunities within federal and commercial accounts
  • Assess needs of current and prospective clients, presenting company capabilities clearly and effectively
  • Obtain direct sales appointments with leaders in accounts
  • Social Media Lead for firm; responsible for setting up profiles and creating promotional content
  • Coordinate all major networking events, including trade shows, job fairs, and tabletop government shows
  • Obtained over 30 unique sales meetings with high-ranking government officials throughout the Department of Defense and other federal agencies
  • Integral member of capture team involved in acquisition of a large commercial contract with an independent healthcare system
  • Designed and implemented social media plans for the mobile application EasyGrouper and IT Cadre, including Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, which increased exposure and connected with clients

SYSTEMS ENGINEER

IT CADRE
05.2011 - 08.2014
  • Provided Visualization Engineering expertise on worldwide ARMY IT Service Management analysis team
  • Managed Visualization Engineering deliverables for the ARMY ITSM project
  • Designed large technical Visualization Diagrams to capture customer business processes, systems layouts, and data interfaces
  • Provided engineering support for a large Agile development contract with General Services Administration (GSA)
  • Optimized a global supply chain for a radio-pharmaceutical firm which supplies hospitals across the country

Education

BACHELORS DEGREE -

George Mason University
05.2010

Skills

  • Professional photography
  • Strategic Planning
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Cross-functional team leadership
  • Documentation And Reporting
  • Data Analytics
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Excel
  • Word
  • PowerPoint

Entrepreneurial Experience

In 2012, I founded DelSignore Photography with the mission to create a narrative through passionate imagery and artistry. Over the first five years, my efforts resulted in a 100% year-over-year increase in company revenue. In addition, I am the proud recipient of the Landscape Photography Magazine's "Photo of the Month" award. I am passionate about photography and believe that the best way to capture a story is through imagery that evokes emotion. I love working with clients to capture the perfect image that will tell their story. My landscape photography has been featured in numerous magazines and websites as well as coffee shops and furniture stores in Washington, DC and Virginia.

Accomplishments

  • Graduated from the Verizon Pre-Leader Academy in 2024

Affiliations

  • Landscape and Nature Photographer
  • Creative gardner and landscape designer
  • Community volunteer
  • Event Coordinator and emcee

Timeline

Senior Manager, Event Marketing

Verizon
11.2020 - Current

Product Marketing Consultant

Verizon
11.2017 - 11.2020

BUSINESS OWNER, PHOTOGRAPHER

DEL SIGNORE PHOTOGRAPHY
01.2012 - Current

SYSTEMS ENGINEER

IT CADRE
05.2011 - 08.2014

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT MANAGER

IT CADRE
04.2011 - 11.2017

BACHELORS DEGREE -

George Mason University
TONY DELSIGNORE, JR.