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Marc Pollard is an innovative marketing and management professional with more than eighteen years of experience in business-to-business and consumer-product marketing, business development, and media communications. Marc has managed and directed marketing campaigns for clients such as Air National Guard, Navy, Army, Microsoft, Ford, Hawaiian Airlines, Avis Rent-A-Car, VW, Audi, Speedy Auto Glass, DC Lottery, Washington Lottery and KFC among many others. Marc has worked for Fortune 500 advertising firms, such as the WPP Group, Ogilvy & Mather and J. Walter Thompson, to deliver high-end advertising and marketing campaigns that focus on revenues, profits, customer loyalty and overall product branding. Marc’s key strengths include creating and implementing internet marketing, sales, and joint venture strategies for both on/offline business, exceptional organization building skills and communication skills plus the ability to motivate at all levels in order to realize individual and client goals. For the past 12 years, he has emerged himself in the technology industry as an online marketer, program manager, and managing the operations of multiple professional services firms. He discovered early that the power of technology can form new customer relationships, streamline the workplace efficiencies, and reduce overhead. Marc has proven expertise in building clients’ business unit operations through technology and process improvement. Marc has proven expertise in obtaining federal and state contracts, contracting policy and certifications, and currently is the Facility Security Officer to obtain a Secret Facility Clearance for MACROsystems and their key employees. Marc has procured a half dozen federal and state schedules and contracts for IT companies in the public sector, such as the GSA 8aSTARS, GSA70 IT Schedule, Washington State GA Schedule, Seattle City Gov. and Washington State OMWBE. Prior to joining Advantive, Marc was Chief Operating Officer of public sector IT consulting firm MACROsystems, Inc. and was instrumental in quadrupling the company’s revenue over a 2 year period. | 