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CO-FOUNDER / OWNER
Professional Summary

Chief Product Officer and Design Thinker: Co-founder of two ministry-tech companies; Disciplr.com, Scripla.com, and SAAS platform; Coursla.com. Successful track record of leading companies and their cross-functional teams of developers, designers, and department directors on vision casting across areas of product building, digital strategies, and business growth. Seeking a senior product position, to work alongside companies developing innovative strategies, improve human- centered problems with technology solutions and products.

Work History
Company Name - Chief Product Officer / Co-FounderCity, State01/2009 - Current
  • Coursla.com: Co-founder of e-learning platform. Authored launch playbooks for go-to-market and customer acquisition strategies for SAAS platform.
  • Vetting and hiring developers to expand product teams.
  • Directing and managing team of 13 across product 2 launch initiatives.
  • Designing wire-frames and user stories for product features to sell through new ideas for product features that align with customer needs.
  • Prioritized product roadmap to increase customer acquisitions using design thinking methodology.
  • Expanding license deals to 940K and 500K in investment to expand platform and product lines.
  • Increasing revenue by 50% MRR in client accounts over 8 months through implementation of market strategies to determine CAC,
  • Evaluating usage patterns by looking at data and UX to understand customer interaction.
  • Conducting target market research to scope out industry competition and identify advantageous trends.
  • Writing, producing, and recording audio gram campaigns to communicate organizational value and generate promotional web content.
Company Name - Co-Founder / VP of ProductCity, State12/2014 - 06/2016
  • Co-Founded tech platform and launched June 2015.
  • Initiated product roadmap, UX strategy to onboard customers.
  • Collected user-feedback from 3 different cities providing live user testing sessions.
  • Organized feedback around solving human-centered problems of Sunday School teachers, target market.
  • Spearheaded direction of platform features.
  • Developed personas to gain insight into usage patterns.
  • Wrote and prioritized user stories to propose features for platform that create conversions.
  • Devised and deployed sales and marketing tactics to drive strategic growth and support achievement of revenue goals
Company Name - Director of Business DevelopmentCity, State08/2007 - 01/2009
  • Acquired strategic partnerships with non-profit organizations.
  • Achieved growth in online e-card business with 2 major brands, ABC/Disney and Mary Kay.
  • Worked with team of 3 animators to create e-cards for users to customize.
  • Increased e-card distribution by 20% by re-use of digital assets.
  • Reviewed new pilot-tested cards to track user engagement.
  • Created strategic and tactical sales initiatives for forward planning to meet key objectives
  • Managed and developed non-profit strategies to maximize exposure for campaigns around breast cancer, hunger, and animal rescue.
Accomplishments

Client Projects:
• Authored innovative strategies for some top brands in the world including; Coke Zero, Disney/ABC, Harper Collins, and Random House Publishers.
Apps:
• Produced the #1 Book App in the US Appstore, Jesus Calling IOS App.

• Jesus Calling Kids and Jesus Today IOS App.

• Spiritual Gifts by Mark Stewart won independent design award.

• TouchtoGive App featured in US Appstore New & Noteworthy.

About me:
  • linkedin.com/in/jakepress/
Skills
  • Entrepreneur and product visionary.
  • Leadership of cross-functional teams.
  • Ideation and visual storytelling.
  • Wireframe expert for building rapid prototypes.
  • Agile and SCRUM development process.
  • Uncovering human-centric problems.
  • Knowledge of varied SAAS, MarTech, and FinTech industry practices and products.
  • Vision casting with organizations to discover new opportunities.
  • Developing MVP of web and mobile platforms.
  • Product roadmaps and launch strategies.
  • Proficient in various online design, tracking and team-communication tools; (Balsamiq, Trello, Slack and others).
Education
Atlanta Christian College
City, State
Biology Major
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School Attended

  • Atlanta Christian College

Job Titles Held:

  • Chief Product Officer / Co-Founder
  • Co-Founder / VP of Product
  • Director of Business Development

Degrees

  • Biology Major

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