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Meet Jon AsmussenVisual Resume

Mobile

Business Development

Enterprise Sales

M.B.A.

Strategic Partnerships

Leader

Coach

Entrepreneur

Marketing & Branding

Product Management

Email:jon.asmussen@gmail.com

+Education – UndergraduateLeadership | Entrepreneurship

I graduated from CSU, Chico with a B.A. in Public Administration. My efforts went beyond the classroom.

I wrote a grant for purchase of clean-air student trolley

Exchange program to Mexico where I volunteered in rural villages

Authored student-life book that sold over 1,000 copies

+Education - M.B.A expected Sept. 2014

Strategy | Entrepreneurship | Innovation | ManagementI am nearing completion of my M.B. A. at the University of California, Davis, working professional program.

Snapshot of coursework completed:• Finance• Marketing• New Business Ventures• Innovation• Organizational Behavior• Articulation & Critical

Thinking

+Cellular One (now AT&T) ’93 - ’00Sales | Technology | Innovation

I overachieved sales quotas and won President’s Club. I also conceptualized and developed the first customer intranet for AT&T.

• I sold enterprise mobile applications ten years before the iPhone hit the market.

• Completed web development and telecom engineering courses.

• Conceptualized and developed the first customer intranet for wireless purchasing.

+AvantGo (acquired by Sybase) ’00 - ’06Business Development | Product Management

I closed key distribution agreements with wireless carriers and device OEMs and product managed software & service integration with Microsoft’s PocketPC and Windows Mobile platforms.

Led web content platform business development with Canadian carriers and Sprint.

Signed distribution deals and led channel relationships with Nokia, Palm, Handspring, Alltel, HP.

Owned software integration & out-of-box experience for Windows Mobile platform.

+AvantGo (acquired by Sybase) ’00 - ’06Business Development | Product Management

I helped grow revenue for one of the first mobile web content services and app stores. I also product managed the first instance of salesforce.com’s mobile app.

Product managed mobile internet service with 6M+ subscribers. Revamped UX, developed ad products that commanded premium CPMs.

Secured agreement with salesforce.com to develop and jointly sell a mobile version of the CRM service. Product managed solution.

+Hands-On Mobile & HipLogic ’06 - ’07 Product Management | Mobile Advertising | Startups

I product managed mobile lifestyle applications for a leading mobile apps developer. Then I led mobile advertising strategy for 8 person startup that was ultimately acquired by Zynga.

• Product managed and launched a mobile entertainment/lifestyle applications.

• Developed mobile ad strategies for applications and created sponsorship pitches for agencies and brands.

• Led mobile advertising product strategy for a mobile applications platform startup.

• Developed and refined business strategy and story in preparation for series A fundraising pitches VC firms.

+Verizon ’08 - ’09 Business Sales Manager | Leadership

I led a sales team focused on sales growth and customer retention in the construction, finance, and healthcare verticals. Developed comprehensive prospecting and networking programs.

Several innovative programs were recognized as best practices and adopted throughout the sales region.

Recruited, hired, developed and appraised a seven person sales team.

+Verizon ’07 - PresentGlobal Enterprise Mgr., Technology | Solution Selling

I am now a sales leader in Verizon’s top strategic enterprise sales organization. Global Account Manager for three of Verizon’s largest customers in the

technology vertical representing over $20M in annual revenue.

Partner with customers to match the Verizon portfolio of solutions to business needs in the areas of mobility, cloud, M2M, data networking.

Negotiated and executed multi-year, multi-million dollar agreements. Closed one of the largest single enterprise sales in Verizon Wireless’s history.