Mountain View, CA 94040
Phone 408-438-3149
E-mail jonburnsdrum@gmail.com
Web communications professional with strong values and a diverse blend of communications, project management, Web and video production experience and an emphasis on consulting, coaching and leadership.
Core Business Strengths
• Broad multidisciplinary communications experience across the technology, financial and music industries
• Extensive personal experience with Web 2.0 social media sites and tools
• Effective consulting, teaching and coaching skills
• Superb project management for web, video, print and multimedia
• Strong analytical and operational systems skills
• Unique perspective and powers of observation
• Expert interpersonal, written, verbal and presentation skills
• Outstanding event coordination for seminars, corporate meetings and trainings
• Ability to learn and implement new knowledge and skills quickly and effectively
• Technical skills: Sharepoint, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher), Adobe Photoshop, HTML, Dreamweaver, EISI Profiles Professional, Mortgage Coach, HomeWorks, Calyx Point, iMovie, GarageBand, T-rax, ProTools, Windows Media Encoders, various audio-visual equipment
Professional Experience
Nov 2008 – present LSI Milpitas, CA
Intranet Manager
• Launched new Intranet to enhance employee productivity, knowledge, collaboration and community.
• Focused on driving collaborative execution with a strong team against the user-centered design strategy -- following best practices and the project plan -- on time and on budget. Specifically the drive to execution focused simultaneously on several key areas:
- Communication
- Deliverable tracking
- Governance definition
- Vendor management
- User training and support
- Analytics
- Project scoping
Wealth Building Consultant and Marketer
• Marketed and delivered consulting services to clients interested in wealth building through real estate. (Further details below, see “Other Experience”)
1996 – 2005 AMD Sunnyvale, CA
Web & Video Producer
• Developed multi-media (Web, e-mail, print & video) communications strategies for Corporate Internal Communications to effectively connect strategic messages from executives to employees worldwide.
• Webmaster for Internal Communications: Managed the corporate intranet site to ensure usability, high-quality content, and brand compliance. Duties included oversight of daily intranet content updates, management of grassroots community of internal departmental webmasters of widely varying skill levels and perspectives.
• Worked directly with CEO, officers and senior VPs to produce compelling and effective internal communications deliverables, including employee meetings, videos, webcasts, and intranet sites.
• Award-winning video producer responsible for production and distribution of all corporate-level internal executive videos including large-scale employee meetings, CEO presentations, press conferences, satellite tie-in broadcasts, training material and webcasts. Large multi-site video CEO meetings with 300+ onsite employees would be linked via satellite and video conference to 300+ employees at worldwide locations, and webcast to all 14,000+ employees worldwide
• Managed technical administration of closed-circuit corporate TV network (AMD-TV) including proprietary software system upgrades, maintenance, creating and programming graphics, video and patching in live events such as press conferences, breaking news, CEO video messages, and other marketing pieces.
• Team leader and advisor on communications effectiveness measurement for management.
• Consulted on communications efforts in cross functional areas of the company on internal communication issues.
• Facilitator for “AMD Values” workshop, presenting content and leading small group activities though program designed to support alignment of employees with the corporate culture
Other Experience
Jan – Aug 2008 LWS San Jose , CA
Member Development Specialist
• Worked directly with the president and senior VPs of the company to develop the South Bay area market.
• Planned, marketed, organized and hosted financial planning and wealth building seminars for 25-40 prospects each month.
• Customized marketing systems for the region including marketing and advertising planning, execution and tracking.
• Continuously refined systems and reported results to optimize marketing cost-benefit ratio for the entire team.
• Qualified prospective members to determine appropriate fit for the company’s financial program.
• Developed and maintained positive member relations.
• Proactively mined member relationships for introductions to potential new members, creating the systems to monitor the new members’ progress through each stage of the membership process.
June 2005 – Dec 2007 California Star Properties, Inc. Campbell, CA
Wealth Building Consultant
• Worked directly with the president and founder of the company to develop the local real estate and mortgage market
• Planned, marketed, organized and facilitated real estate investment and wealth building seminars for 25-40 prospects each month.
• Consulted with clients on asset optimization, equity management, and wealth empowerment.
• Provided strategies to clients for increasing their net worth, growing their assets and reallocating cash flow.
• Guided intrepid home buyers and budding real estate investors through the process of finding, financing and buying their home or investment property.
• Negotiated on behalf of clients in transactions with buyers, sellers and lender
• Oversaw the details of each client transaction
Mar 2005 – Mar 2008 Birch Green Park Homeowners Association Mountain View, CA
Treasurer and Member of Board of Directors & Social Committee Chairperson
• Treasurer fiduciary duties included annual budgeting, ongoing tracking income and expenses against budget, approval of expenses to vendors and service contractors, annual reserve study review.
• Memo writing and presentations to homeowners with regards to the association’s finances
• Participation at monthly board meetings in addressing homeowner concerns as they relate to the financial health of the HOA
• Organized, publicized and hosted monthly social events for the community designed to foster general positive relations and goodwill among neighbors in the community.
1997 – 2004 Andalusia Mountain View, CA
Manager and Drummer
Management responsibilities included:
• Promotion and Publicity - Planned and executed promotional and publicity campaigns, wrote and distributed press releases, radio promotions and distribution, developed relationships with contacts in music industry as well as music journalists.
• Booking and Tour Management – Planned, booked, executed tours for 100+ live performances locally and across the country, developed and maintained positive relationships with bookers, promoters and venue managers nationally.
• Production Management – Planned and executed the recording, mixing, mastering and replication of 4 releases of the band’s recordings.
• Resale Management – Arranged resale agreements with both online and brick and mortar vendors.
Education
1997-1999 San Jose State University San Jose, CA
MBA
• Corporate cohort program with AMD, National Semiconductor, HP and Motorola
1989-1994 San Jose State University San Jose, CA
BA – Radio, Television & Film
• Radio-Television-Film, cum laude
• Major GPA: 4.0
• Minor: Public Relations
• Received faculty invitation to Honors Program
• Wagner scholarship recipient
1985-1989 Bellarmine College Preparatory San Jose, CA
Fun Stuff
Life-long musician and songwriter
Former college radio on-air and production talent
Semi-experienced Mountain Biker
World-weary traveler
Husband of my beautiful wife of 12 years; father of the cutest two-year-old girl in the world
Eldest brother of six
References available upon request, or check out my LinkedIn Recommendations here
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