Employer Name  

Planar Systems

Employer  Website

www.planar.com

Job Title  

Strategic Marketing Manager

Additional education

UCLA MBA 2004

Briefly describe what you do   

Develop programs to accelerate revenues for a $70 million business unit. I also lead our efforts to build marketing systems (analytics, CRM) to help us understand the effectiveness of current and future activities.

What other jobs have you had? Please include job  title and name of organization 

Entrepreneur - Software Consultant

What are the key skills, abilities, and personal qualities necessary to succeed in this type of work?  

Curiosity and a balance between analytical and creative approaches to problem solving.

What do you enjoy most about your current position?  

Seeing successful results of an activity that I led from start to finish

Most important/valuable lesson or activity in college that impacted your career  

Explore career paths that interest you while you are in school.

What advice for someone entering this field?

Do a lot of learning on your own. You can't learn it all in a classroom.

Questions?

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