Biography

Jon is passionate senior executive business development & marketing professional with over 25 years of Business Development, Consulting Services, Brand & Marketing, SMB & Enterprise Sales and Product Management experience. He is an accomplished technical marketer with deep product management & sales expertise. He has held product marketing roles in B2B and B2C mobile product & software lines. He has served as worldwide director of marketing roles for enterprise line of business. With 20 years combined experience, Jon provides leadership, strategic direction and hands-on management in the areas of: (1) operations management, (2) product development, (3) brand/marketing and (4) business development with several large, medium size and start-up enterprises. He is highly experienced leading teams to provide large-scale operational and systems integration services to the Education P-20 (Hied & K-12) and SLG marketplace. He has directed teams in the execution of large business improvement projects, long-range technology plans, packaged technology selections and implementations. Jon is also experienced in building consulting services businesses, turnaround management, merger and acquisition preparation consulting, with a successful track record of assisting organizations with the alignment of business strategy and operational execution. Previous work by Jon includes, Executive Editor/Brand Manager, with MacMillan Publishing USA - part of Pearson Education. Additionally, during his career in the Technology, Media and Publishing sectors, Jon has served in various brand management, corporate marketing and operations management roles. Mr. Phillips received a Bachelor of Science, Communications and Marketing from Ball State University.