Brad DePasse

Bradley DePasse

Technology & Marketing Director

Appleton, WI
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Proven collaborative leader with passion to drive diverse teams and resources in accomplishing innovative customer objectives in the technology and marketing arena while maintaining a high level of client satisfaction. Organized, detail-oriented, proactive and uncompromising work ethic. Highly motivated, self-starting problem solver with high-level multiple disciplines across wide range of technology and platforms.

Experience

2016 Apr - 2020 Jun
AV Engineering Manager / Consulting Engineer / Technical Architect-AV
Heartland Business Systems / Little Chute, WI
  • Directed all Integration and Technicians for all Cisco Video Telepresence Systems for Corporate, K-12 and Higher-Education customers instrumental in retaining $4.7 Million in revenue.
  • Built a $.5 Million Digital Signage division from the ground up, responsible for all sales, vendor and subcontractor partnerships, technology integration, installation, maintenance, and customer training
  • Headed cloud-based real-time vendor pricing process to cut pre-sales quoting time by more than 50%
  • Directed installation and integration teams traveling the U.S. as Lead Engineer for all out-of-state audio-visual projects.
  • Orchestrated all audio-visual integrators and programming sub contractors for state and local government, higher education, corporate and house of worship projects
  • Designed and developed automated Microsoft Visio AV Schematic documents and AV project file structure and workflow for efficient operations and trained all integration team members
1997 Jun - 2016 Apr
Owner / Creative Director / Producer
Ark Media Group / Menasha
  • Produced the CUNA Diamond Award-winning “Talk to Us, We’re Listening" Campaign for outstanding marketing and business development for Fox Communities Credit Union - exceeding loan volume goals for 4 consecutive years.
  • Contracted marketing and design consultants to the largest Orthopedic surgery provider in Wisconsin and 2nd largest Credit Union in Wisconsin for over 8 years, including writing and producing ads for television and radio.
  • Developed the Digital Signage Solution for the 2nd and 3rd largest credit unions in central Wisconsin with installations in over 35 locations
  • Directed production of all media for winning congressional campaign of Wisconsin Congressman, Dr. Steve Kagen
  • Produced largest Wisconsin car dealer’s annual corporate sales event - driving their sales team to exceed selling 3000 cars in 45 days across 24 dealerships for 7 consecutive years.
  • Earned the Children’s National Environmental Health Recognition Award from the Environmental Protection Agency for designing The Allergy Family Guide™ for K-12 educational curriculum.
  • Maintained full commercial audio recording and video production facility for musicians, recording artists, music directors and corporate media and marketing directors

Education

1989 - 1991
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
Bachelor / Music - Voice, Recording Engineer, Business

Completed course work mid-year and prepared and performed my senior recital in the spring semester. It was 45 minutes of memorized music for a vocal recital in three languages; English, French and German.

1985 - 1988
University of Wisconsin - Fox Valley
Associate / Architecture, Engineering, Music

I began on an engineering/architecture track then shifted to music & recording technology

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