Marcus "Esports" Howard

I have 15 consecutive years of strategic/tactical experience with building startups in various industries, including gaming, news media and restaurants. I specialize in identifying exponential growth opportunities and converging trends in consumer markets. Also, I excel at creating/executing blue ocean business strategies. Growth Hacker. Innovator. Techie. Leader.

Chief Growth Officer

We're redefining education and workforce development with esports. We offer end-to-end services clients needs to create a truly wow factor esports gaming space or large scale arena. We recently completed the world's largest investment in the high school education esports space. Reach out to us if you have any projects or questions that we could help you with.

www.vesselxr.com

Marcus Howard

RottenHOAs

Fastest growing HOA review and vendor database in the US

Founder

Circle K Pro

Leading the North American B2B Fleet Inside Sales Team for Circle K Pro, I wear many hats: such as selling alongside my team, interviewing potential reps, onboarding, training, and crafting SOPs with executive leadership. Ensuring we hit company targets is our collective goal. #OneTeam #OneDream #CircleKPro

Highlights: Shaping digital and sales best practices, collaborating globally on SOPs, WoWs, strategy, and ideation. A secret talent? Hiring and Training – I revel in watching peers go from 0 to 1, outperforming me and beyond! ⛽️🚀🤑

Senior Inside Sales Lead

Generated new business opportunities within the transportation and logistics sectors:

• Consulted with fleet managers to optimize fuel efficiency and cost management
• Developed tailored solutions for businesses with diverse fleet requirements
• Built and maintained a robust sales pipeline through strategic prospecting

Highlight: #oneteam < we live by this

B2B Fleet Sales

Convoi Ventures

I believe in Scott, Trent & the future of Utah 

-Built out multiple lists of highly targeted angel investors and LPs/MPs at top-tier firms for portfolio companies
-Other projects when needed 

Highlight: meeting and helping awesome founders

Entrepreneur In Residence

LiveLitigation

• Hired, trained and managed 3 remote Customer Success reps 
• Revamped digital marketing strategies 
• Building and maintaining client relationships
• Providing support and assistance throughout the contract lifetime
• Identifying further use cases to increase value and liaise regularly to develop strategies
• Manage inbound channels: mix of new biz (which I would close) and current customers

CSM Manager/Training Lead

Yelp for Restaurants

• Developed strategic relationships with multi-location restaurant groups and hospitality chains
• Conducted needs assessments to identify operational improvement opportunities
• Created customized solution proposals addressing specific client challenges
• Collaborated with implementation teams to ensure successful product adoption

Mid Market Account Executive

The Shop Creative Advertising, Inc

Writers Assistant / Silly Goose

Chewse

**acquired*
• Led the West Coast sales team in new client acquisition initiatives
• Implemented strategic sales methodologies resulting in growth in new accounts
• Developed comprehensive training programs for the sales organization
• Collaborated with leadership to refine go-to-market strategies
• Mentored junior sales representatives to exceed performance benchmarks
• Established cross-functional workflows with marketing and customer success teams
Notable Achievement: Recognized for sales leadership excellence by CEO, contributing to team performance that positioned the company for successful acquisition.

Highlight: Tracy, the CEO, was the definition of inspiring. I learned a ton from Tracy especially when it came to Leadership and Training & Development. Thanks, Tracy, forever in debt to you 😊

Sales Team Lead

byte®

Scaled the west coast sales team prior to HQ moving to UT and being acquired by Densply for $1.04 billion

Sales Manager

Freebird

As the first sales hire at this hospitality tech startup:

• Pioneered market entry strategy resulting in successful launches in Los Angeles and Boston
• Built and managed a team of 4 inside sales representatives from recruitment to full productivity
• Developed and implemented sales methodologies that became company standard
• Established strategic partnerships with key bar and restaurant chains across target markets
• Created cross-functional workflows with marketing, product, and design teams

Founding Account Executive

SERVIZ

**acquired by Porch

Led nationwide sales initiatives for this home services technology platform
• Built and managed regional sales teams across 3 key markets
• Developed standardized sales processes that increased conversion rates by 11%
• Created strategic partnerships with service providers to expand platform offerings
• Implemented sales training programs that improved team performance 
• Collaborated with product teams to refine platform features based on market feedback
• Contributed to company growth that positioned it for successful acquisition

National Sales Manager

Obsessed with sales, humans, startups and writing

I love to read and write. I sometimes like to think.
#bipolarsocialclub #rottenHOAs 

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