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Josh Janicek

Josh Janicek

Sales Director at Dedico

Austin, Texas Area

Current
  • Sales Director at Dedico
  • Sole-proprietor at Scrubbly.com
  • Owner at HartzVictims.org
Past

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Education
  • St. Edward's University
Recommendations
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Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Summary

Highly motivated, competitive and experienced leader with extensive experience in business organization & operations, team leadership, consulting, client services, ethics, sales, technology & online media. My indomitable spirit drives me to continuously be of the utmost service to others.

Specialties:

Leadership, consulting, business development, brokerage, customer acquisition, management, sales training, business operations, finance, creative direction, project management, contract negotiation, account management, e-commerce, email technology/marketing, affiliate marketing, CAN-SPAM Act, CRM, SEO, SEM, branding, website development, HTML/PHP, internet/mobile applications, wireless technologies, social media, digital photography/video, Mac OS X, Windows, Microsoft Office, Quickbooks, Adobe

Experience

  • Sales Director

    Dedico

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    August 2010 — Present (2 months)

    Dedico is a premier Austin-based Web Services Company that offers a full suite of advanced web services. We help companies build a successful web presence from front to back and manage the equipment and support needed to run it. Dedico offers only Tier 4 data facilities, where we ensure our clients will enjoy the world’s foremost scalable, enterprise level routing infrastructure with a fully redundant battery of Cisco equipment which will allow all of our clients to deliver content to their users with unparalleled efficiency. With next-generation web design technologies, Dedico provides comprehensive web solutions to businesses of all sizes. At Dedico we unite experience, creativity and current web technologies to craft a web design that stands out from the competition and gives your company a robust online existence.

  • Sole-proprietor

    Scrubbly.com

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    April 2010 — Present (6 months)

    Scrubbly is a Windows-based desktop application designed for email affiliates & list owners. The application will
    scrub a mailing list against an encrypted opt-out list and return to the list owner a cleaned, mailable list.

    • Started company in ~30 days
    • Designed application's functionality & usability
    • Hired and managed development of .NET software
    • Designed logo & hired outsourced design firm for creative deliverable
    • Designed & developed website with e-commerce functionality and affiliate sales program
    • Integrated product licensing and registration utilizing third party software

  • Owner

    HartzVictims.org

    (Civic & Social Organization industry)

    2002 — Present (8 years )

    HartzVictims.org helps to raise awareness and provide a one-stop website where consumers and victims can find information on lethal Hartz products as well as other over-the-counter flea and tick medications.

    Site drives revenue by targeted banners, donations, contextual ads and Amazon aStore.

    Receives approximately 8,000 unique page views per month (71% organic search; 19% referrals; 9% direct)

    Strategic partnership with GreenPaws.org.

  • Director of Operations & Accounts

    UnsubCentral

    (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    November 2006 — March 2010 (3 years 5 months)

    UnsubCentral helps advertisers comply with email laws and data privacy requirements to protect their brands, deter lawsuits, and maximize email deliverability. UnsubCentral’s suppression list services enable advertisers from Fortune 500 companies and leading Internet businesses to securely exchange consumer data with affiliate partners while honoring consumer unsubscribe requests. UnsubCentral is integrated with major affiliate networks and email service providers, certified by LashBack, reviewed by TRUSTe, and employed by many of the nation’s most recognized brands.

    • Managed all daily business operations, client services and account management
    • Managed a team of account managers and client services personnel
    • Primary sales engineer for three external sales directors
    • Drove 30% quarterly revenue growth across existing accounts
    • Directly responsible for overseeing the billing and collections for $6,000,000 in annual billings
    • Primary trainer of all new sales, sales engineering, account management and client services staff
    • Collaborated with sales directors to land key accounts such as Experian UK, Intuit, Real Networks, Johnson &
    Johnson, Verizon, Dell, American Express Publishing, Salesforce.com
    • Worked with technology team to successfully deploy two milestone product releases within 12 months
    • Counseled clients and peers in email marketing and suppression list management best practices
    • Relentlessly focused on maintaining 100% client satisfaction (biannual customer service survey)
    • Authored many industry-related bylines

  • Operations Manager

    Wellness Works, LLC

    (Privately Held; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

    January 2003 — September 2006 (3 years 9 months)

    • Managed all daily operations including sales, customer service, employees, marketing, business development, inventory, fulfillment, purchasing, budget, accounting, shipping, network infrastructure and hardware, customer website development and maintenance
    • Overall Profit & Loss responsibility, budget development, analysis and forecasts
    • Managed customized, private labeling of 165 SKUs of nutritional and natural medicines offering
    • Increased net income 102%, resulting in company profitability
    • Maintained $1.4 million in annual sales
    • Reduced annual expenses by $250,000
    • Cut product labeling costs by 45%: http://www.systemsofmerritt.com/SOM2/medical.html
    • Cut shipping costs 40%
    • Doubled customer base and signed on company’s first international client
    • Customer logo/brand development
    • Account manager for 450+ client pharmacies

  • Webmaster

    Wellness Works, LLC

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

    January 2003 — April 2004 (1 year 4 months)

    • Prepared and managed all outside sales presentations and proposals
    • Developed and maintained 400+ client Websites and product catalog database
    • Designed client logos, brand and customized sales and marketing materials
    • Managed local printer and file sharing network
    • Developed online form to fax/e-mail prescription refill service for client websites
    • Fielded marketing and Website related customer inquiries

  • Communications Coordinator

    Scott & White Memorial Hospital

    (Non-Profit; 5001-10,000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    March 2002 — January 2003 (11 months)

    • Created new and edited existing clinical content for Scott & White’s new IBM Websphere-driven portal using Interwoven’s Teamsite content management system
    • Maintained online physician directory, regional clinics sites and online employee newsletter
    • Instrumental in the design and development of Website
    • Proposed and integrated streaming video promotion, developed online form for video orders and maintained video order database

  • Multimedia Editor

    Vidbook.com

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

    June 2000 — November 2001 (1 year 6 months)

    • Core contributor to exponential growth of Website content and development
    • Flash, HTML, Javascript design
    • Fully responsible for digital video capturing, editing and encoding
    • Maintained bi-weekly quality control to ensure site integrity and functionality
    • Ensured individual Web page optimization for search engine indexing

  • Intern

    Time Warner

    (Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    1999 — 2000 (1 year )

Education

  • St. Edward's University

    BA , Communications & Media Production , 1994 — 2000

    Activities and Societies:
    St. Edward's Communications Society
    Dean's List

Additional Information

Websites:

Interests:

Cooking, sales, photography, videography, video editing, making folks laugh

Groups:

  •    IEM 2.0 - Intelligent Email Marketing (+1000 members)
  •    Email Marketing Roundtable
  •    LashBack | Global Email Compliance
  •    Geek Austin
  •    Online Lead Generation
  •    Sales/Marketing VP's & Directors - Software & Technology
  •    E-mail Marketing
  •    Pro E-mail Marketing
  •    Email Experience Council
  •    HartzVictims.org
  •    NetworkInAustin.com
  •    St. Edward's University Alumni Association
  •    Video Marketing
  •    Performance Internet Marketing Association
  •    Austin Interactive Initiative
  •    Linked Local Austin, TX
  •    Email Geeks
  •    Client Services Professionals in Digital Marketing
  •    SmarterChaos