Resume of Tom Forrest
 

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Tom Forrest - 20+ years of successful Sales/Engineering/Management/Marketing experience in the technology, software, medical, and Internet industries.
I have worked with startup and large public companies with over $500 million in revenue.
I have worked for SaaS companies and have built my own SaaS products that I sold to larger companies.

I have managed a team of 300 people, including 85 sales professionals and grew my business to over $25 million in annual sales.

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Please see my expert rating reports below.

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Search engine optimization — Expert

Interpreting online website performance metrics and understanding search engine optimization tactics.

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Marketing Expert

Understanding a target audience and how to best communicate with them, plus 20 years working in all aspects of traditional marketing and digital marketing.

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Extensive experience in many industries: Financial Services, Medical Technology, Law, Aerospace, Retail, Apparel, Electronics, Insurance, Pharmacy, Manufacturing, etc.
Combined with P&L responsibility and BS/MS studies in Computer Engineering, Marketing, Management and Accounting.

 

Education:
Graduate studies in Business and Engineering - MS Degree, Computer Engineering.
BS in Business with MBA course work - University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). BS - Illinois State University, Business and Engineering. Tom Forrest went to high school in Illinois.

 

EXPERIENCE:

1998 to present: HTP Company LLC, where Tom Forrest is CEO/CMO, Sales and SEO expert.

It is the responsibility of the CMO to be the architect of the entire marketing strategy, facilitate team building and align the company with their strategic vision. The core duty of a CMO is to facilitate business outside of the company while guiding employees towards the important company objectives.
A good CMO/CEO is involved in all aspects of a company including accounting, research, SEO, engineering, marketing, sales, operations, etc.

HTPcompany.com specializes in digital marketing consulting and all aspect of traditional marketing, software product development, search engine optimization, conversion optimization, web design, Internet publishing, sales and marketing consulting, pay per click advertising, product software development, SaaS, web hosting, e-commerce, Internet advertising, web site metrics, service and support.

We are experts in search engine positioning, marketing and business consulting.
 

1995 - 1998 MSC.Software.com, now owned by Hexagon.com, where Tom Forrest was Vice President, high technology software and services industry. Our software was used by all major corporations (DoD, Boeing, Ford, GM, etc.) and USA government agencies.

In charge of sales, marketing, administration, Internet marketing, technical services, and one engineering group.

Helped to increase revenue by 304%. Had 142 direct people reporting to me worldwide and 20 resellers/distributors reporting to me worldwide.

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1987 - 1996 HTP Company, where Tom Forrest was CTO, working with Fortune 2000 clients on enterprise resource planning (ERP), CRM, electronic records management, sales force automation project consulting, post implementation services for ERP and CRM software. Managed 39 people.

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For more information about Tom Forrest please read:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-forrest-0575635/

https://www.trustlink.org/Reviews/HTP-Company-LLC-205635652

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http://www.HTPcompany.com

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