Demandii

- Efficiently developed and executed full-cycle recruitment campaigns, onboarding new team members within a month. I’m most proud of maintaining a 100% response rate to every candidate who applied or reached out personally. 

Responsibilities included creating job postings, screening applications, conducting initial calls, coordinating challenges, participating in final interviews, preparing scorecards, and managing onboarding processes.

- Collaborated on sales and marketing initiatives, setting up 50+ founders with Sales Navigator and creating industry-specific lead lists. Leveraged tools like Lead Delta and HighLevel to streamline processes and drive results. Helped founders increase their followers and connections on a monthly average of 30%

-Successfully hosted multiple virtual events with 1,000+ attendees, boosting engagement and enhancing the company’s brand presence.

Marketing and Talent Acquisition Manager

- Successfully guided 50+ founders and CEOs through seamless onboarding with various software platforms, utilizing phone consultations, email support, and Zoom screen-sharing sessions to ensure a smooth transition.

- Identified and resolved technical issues by testing, troubleshooting, and providing actionable feedback to teams and software providers for improved implementation.

- Implement new company policies and procedures and develop innovative improvements to promote efficiency and retention.

Operations Manager

lilford taylor real estate team

- Manage day-to-day office operations, including scheduling, correspondence, and record-keeping.

- Oversee document preparation, filing, and organization, such as contracts, listings, and property documentation.

- Handle mail, email, and phone communications, directing inquiries appropriately.

- Act as a central point of contact for the team, ensuring smooth communication among agents, brokers, and support staff.

- Assist with marketing campaigns, including creating property flyers, brochures, and email newsletters.

- Coordinate photoshoots, open houses, and other promotional activities.

- Ensure the office is well-maintained, organized, and fully stocked with supplies.

Office Manager

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My role as a people manager and senior leadership team member was to engage, encourage, and promote company culture.

- Executed full life cycle recruiting and assisted with developing HR processes and company growth map while focusing on team retention.

- Spearheaded in-person InboundCon marketing conference for 500+ attendees. My responsibilities encompassed every aspect of event planning, including venue selection, logistics coordination, speaker arrangements, catering management, and ensuring seamless execution from start to finish.

- Organized company events quarterly, birthday and work anniversaries

- Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable

- Managed calendars of CEO, CFO, Vice President of Sales and Marketing

- Administered company benefits through League

- Managed processes, data collection, and reporting for various tools such as 7 Geese, HR Purely, Team happiness scores

Operations and People Manager

Kale Eatery

Owner

Amber Restaurant & Bar

Assistant Manager

Sunny Cafe

General Manager

Hi, I’m Edyta! With over 8 years of experience helping startups scale, I specialize in operations, talent acquisition, and creating impactful events. My background as a restaurant entrepreneur taught me resilience, customer focus, and operational excellence—skills I bring to every role.

Highlights include:

- Talent Acquisition: Managed the full HR cycle, from job postings to hiring nearshore/offshore talent and seamless onboarding.

- Event Management: Organized virtual events with 1,000+ attendees and led InboundCon, a marketing conference for 500+ participants.

- Sales Development: Helped 50+ B2B founders and CEOs build LinkedIn sales pipelines through Sales Navigator and connect with their ICP.

Outside work, I enjoy nature, travel, and exploring interior design and construction projects. I’m also deeply committed to volunteering and supporting animal welfare causes.

Looking forward to connecting!
Edyta (Edit-ah)

Edyta McKindsey

Leadferno

Leadferno is powering businesses to create conversations and close more leads faster with omni-channel business messaging. We help you move at the new speed of business communication, combining SMS and messaging tools from the internet’s biggest platforms.

Co-founder / CEO

GatherUp

Led company to 180% growth over 3 years and an appearance in the Inc. 5000 in 2019. Company acquired by Alpine (ASG) in 2019.

Chief Executive Officer

GatherUp.com is a customer experience platform to gather, manage and market  Net Promoter Score, customer feedback and online reviews. Serving over 25,000 businesses globally. Led rebrand from GetFiveStars to GatherUp. Acquired in November 2019.

Chief Marketing Officer

Spyder Trap

Spyder Trap was a digital marketing agency producing websites, apps, search and social campaigns for Fortune 500, small businesses and non-profits.

Chief Operating Officer

Vice President

Five Technology

Five Technology is a full service web design and internet marketing firm.  I co-founded and led all sales and operations. Experience and expertise in web design, web development, web hosting, e-commerce, content management, blogs, internet video, email marketing, search engine optimization and web analytics.

We serve clients in a variety of industries including banking, retail, professional services, government, industrial, associations, internet companies and more.

Prime Advertising & Design

Web and multimedia department head.  Created and managed web and video marketing solutions for small and medium sized business in the Midwest.  Our solutions primarily consist of web design, development, CD-ROM, DVD, internet video production, seo, email marketing and more.

Web & Multimedia Director

Intrcomm Technology

IP Sales Manager

Co-founder and CEO of Leadferno, increasing website conversion powered by SMS to help businesses close more leads, faster. Ask for a few of our case studies to see numbers that you'll flip for.

Leadferno converts website traffic to leads with a web-to-text widget, optimized calls-to action, social proof, SMS powered lead forms, and more. The platform features 2-way SMS, Facebook Messenger and more in one shared inbox. Leverage powerful business texting features to work faster as a team via a desktop or mobile app.

As Past CEO of GatherUp I led:
+ Acquisition by Alpine Software Group in November 2019
+ 5X growth in 4 years
+ Appearance on the INC 5000 list for 2019 (#2240)
+ Launch of industry leading features TextBack and Insights powered by IBM Watson
+ Sales growth with multi-location brands and franchises
+ Building high performing teams

I have co-founded and been in executive roles in digital marketing agencies and SaaS companies.  
GatherUp serves over 20,000 businesses globally, helping them manage and market their customer experience including Net Promotor Score, customer feedback and reviews.  

I served as the Vice President and then COO of Spyder Trap, a digital marketing agency in Minneapolis, helping grow the business over 400% and scale from 6 employees to 45.  I co-founded and served as Vice President of Five Technology working with hundreds of small businesses on their website platforms and online marketing.

With nearly 25 years of experience in the field of web design, development, mobile, search engine marketing (SEO, Local), online reputation, social media and other online marketing strategies I speak internationally on many digital marketing topics. I value quality, brand, vision, process, problem solving, team building and storytelling to grow a company.

I was a founding board member of the Minnesota Search Marketing Association (MnSearch) and served on the board as Events Director and Vice President.  I was a partner in Local University (Acquired 2019) executing digital marketing events and co-host a podcast on running a SaaS company called TheSaaSVenture.com.

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