Vickie McGee: Executive Director in Mission Viejo, CA
Work experience
Transitional Marketing
Executive Director | 07/2014 - Current
Transition from traditional outbound marketing to buyer-centric inbound marketing and increase your qualified lead generation. Attract, Convert, Close & Delight!
HubSpot Inbound Marketing Certified
Services: HubSpot Inbound Marketing, Marketing Communication, Product Marketing & Product Management, Cause Marketing.
Questys
Director of Marketing and Product Management | 05/2010 - 06/2014
Enterprise Content Management (ECM) On-Premise & In the Cloud/Secure Cloud Faxing
• Search Marketing: SEM – Setup paid advertising and increased lead generation by 50%
• Search Marketing: SEO – Increased Google SERP results from page 863 to page 1 (within 3 months) by removing previous employees black hat links and updating website content
• Social Media – Setup and maintained blog, LinkedIn, Twitter & Facebook accounts
• Website – Increased cross-sell between companies by instilling a common user interface
• Email Marketing – created monthly eNewsletter and weekly lead generation emails
• Event Marketing – Managed online webinars and tradeshows with speaking engagements
• Business Development - Worked with technology and channel partners to increase value/sales
• Increased sales leads 10% by aligning products to targeted customer vertical/industry segments
• Developed sales tools; data sheets, white papers, case studies, testimonials, presentations, feature matrix and competitive a
FDB Media
Sales & Marketing Director - Consultant | 10/2009 - 05/2010
FindDemoBuy™ search optimization technology engine on FDB Network directory
• Website - Streamlined multiple products (over 100) into branded solutions making it easier to sell
• Event Marketing/Lead Generation – Facilitated roundtable events for business development
• Sales – brought in multiple key accounts
Where2GetIt.com
VP of Marketing and Business Development | 06/2007 - 09/2009
Location based services – web (buy local/online), mobile (SMS, iPhone apps)
Clients included Brook Brothers, Monster Cable, Office Depot and Outback Steakhouse
• Website - Redesigned new corporate website within 3 weeks - local search for national brands
• Search Marketing: SEM - Increased SEM impressions by 145% & clicks by 75% in the first year
• Search Marketing: SEO - Increased SEO traffic on Google and Yahoo by 60%-66% respectively
• Social Media - Established and maintained Facebook & Twitter accounts
• Email Marketing - Editor of weekly eNewsletter - received 40% higher CTR than average
• Public Relations - Increased press release page views by almost 400%
• Event Marketing/Lead Generation - Increased tradeshow leads 5x and reduced cost per lead 50%
• Google AdWords - Certified Sales Professional
Local.com
VP of Product Management | 01/2006 - 01/2007
Product management; local search, mobile (WAP/SMS/iPhone) & advertising platform
• User Experience - Created user personas for to better target various customer needs
• User Interface - Worked with usability experts to increase click through rate (CTR) & page views
• Website - Incorporated partner content; which increased market share and repeat traffic
• Partnerships - Managed technology partnerships including Acxiom, Tele Atlas, AdJuggler
• Project Management - Implemented process to capture, prioritize and track all new feature requests
• Established weekly (versus monthly) product releases which reduced product development duration and shortened the time to market of new features by 75%
Viacore
Manager, Product Management | 07/2002 - 01/2006
Managed product lifecycle for enterprise software as a service (SaaS) solutions
• Created strategic product roadmap, scope of releases and product schedules
• Implemented internal support tools which reduced the number and duration of trouble-tickets
• Worked with clients like HP, Cisco, and Qualcomm to define next generation service requirements, including uses cases to capture functional requirements
• Responsible for IBM R&D partnership (license for WebSphere Partner Gateway)
- Successfully managed and released two products on time and within budget
Quest Software
Director of Product Management | 01/2001 - 01/2002
Managed the low-end enterprise design, develop and deploy software product lines
• Managed products that provided 50%-60% of the total company revenue ($100M)
• Managed a bi-weekly product release calendar for all product lines (about 80-90)
• Established and managed the company Beta Program using the internet, which allowed quicker feedback and release to market
• Successfully managed cross functional teams with multiple offices around the world
Wonderware
Director of Product Marketing | 01/1998 - 01/2001
Managed product releases for three software business units; Industrial Automation (IA), Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
• Coordinated the “Suite” of IA software components to release together
• Managed the logistics team including marketing communications, sales operations, production, licensing, localization, and purchasing for all product rollouts
• Established/managed Beta program for quicker feedback and release to market
• Managed third party OEM/branding