JOSH STOMEL

Executive Profile

A professional networking connector, consultant, and entrepreneur with executive experience in such verticals as Internet, Entertainment (music, film and talent), Fashion and Public Relations, Investment Communities, and Mergers & Acquisitions (prospecting and brokering). Deep expertise in commercial real estate investment and management and the rapidly expanding Internet real estate (domain names) industry.

Core Skills

• Business concepts and start-ups, project planning, funding, and venture capital
• Strategic headhunting and recruiting
• Networking and connecting people, businesses, industries, and ideas
• Marketing and sales (Offline and online, affiliate, campaign creation/management, traffic creation and metrics)
• Online lead generation, metrics, landing page and search engine optimization
• Domains (parking, sales, brokering, and build-outs) and Internet real estate
• Competitive and market research/analytics
• Commercial real estate development and management

Professional Experience

ResumeBucket.com, Santa Monica, CA  February 2007-Present

Founder

ResumeBucket.com is a privately-held Web 2.0 company that allows users to upload, share, view and edit resumes, and allows companies to search the database free of charge.

• Develop concept and launch company with two partners and venture capital funding.
• Formulate affiliate marketing relationships to enhance the company’s revenue stream.
• Expand the site’s functionality by adding various value-added features, including college searches, job searches, resume metrics to track resume views and attention, and job-related content to assist job hunters.
• Generate press through viral marketing techniques, job fairs, social networking sites, and blogs, as well as through traditional media tactics.

Neohire.com, Encino, CA     September 2002-Present

Founder

Neohire is a privately-held, forward-thinking recruiting agency that finds top talent and helps other companies enhance their build-out strategies by analyzing and improving their technology to turn a business idea into a profitable and sustainable operation. Neohire.com was establish at the end of 2007, and has grown to a multi million dollar company.

• Leverage leading industry knowledge, deep contacts, and start-up and technology experience to build company from the ground-up.
• Work with leading companies to enable their true growth potential by applying extensive experience in recruiting and corporate development.
• Provide access to a global network of contacts that enables clients to make strategic introductions, form partnerships, and benefit from landscape intelligence.
• Supply custom web applications to clients, serving as a catalyst for their business. 
  

Felfam Ltd.       September 1999-Present

Commercial Real Estate Investor/Manager

Felfam Ltd. was established in 19956 and is a family-owned real estate trust that focuses on the acquisition and management of retail centers and office properties in and around California and Denver, Colorado.

• Prospect for commercial real estate through extensive research and utilize a comprehensive set of metrics to determine profitability of specific purchases.
• Negotiate, invest, and oversee the management of various commercial properties that have delivered a high rate of return. 
  

Low.com, Los Angeles, CA    October 2007-December 2007

Business Development

Low.com is a privately-held division of Oversee.net that specializes in connecting consumers with mortgages and other credit-based products.

• Built and scaled a high-quality mortgage lead generation network. 
• Leveraged experience and skills in corporate development, strategic recruiting, business development and competitive research to build out this profitable business line for Oversee.

Oversee.net, Los Angeles, CA    September 2005-October 2007

Senior Business Development/

Strategic Recruiter

Oversee.net is a privately-held, technology-driven online marketing solutions company whose core businesses are domain services and online marketing services.  Some of Oversee's key brands include SnapNames, DomainSponsor, LowFares.com, and Low.com.

• Enhanced corporate development activities, including prospecting and merger and acquisition for domain portfolio acquisitions, clients, and organizations that were a strategic fit for Oversee.

• Conducted consumer experience testing.

• Created and nurtured lender/partner relationships.

• Aligned strategic partnerships with the overall corporate growth initiatives.

• Developed and managed lead generation and media display analytics.

• Led strategic recruiting of technology and non-technology staff.

Yahoo        April 2005-October 2005

Senior Technical Recruiter/Business Development

• Built the YPN (Yahoo Publisher Network) team from 1 to 16 employees.
• Developed the Beta Ad Team.
• Served as a domain expert on Yahoo! Search Marketing's number one revenue-generating product, Sponsored Search, matching ads to search queries.
• Segmented and analyzed syndication partners' businesses to formulate strategies that maximized ROI on vertical channels.
• Recommended product customizations to help attract/renew/up-sell current partners.
• Advocated changes to Product Management.

LowerMyBills.com      October 2004-April 2005

Senior Recruiter

LowerMyBills.com is a publicly-held company and the premier online service for consumers to compare the lowest rates on monthly bills and reduce their cost of living.

• Secured top talent in the marketplaces through methodical strategy and keen awareness of core skills across multiple positions and industries.
• Aligned technical and marketing professionals, such as Java developers, business analysts, search engine marketers, media buyers, QA, and .Net developers with appropriate positions within the organization. 
  

ExpanXion        July 2004-October 2004

Technical Recruiter     

ExpanXion is a privately-held boutique staffing and recruiting firm.

• Placed technical candidates within various organizations to meet client expectations.

• Developed knowledge of the recruiting and staffing process through networking and building relationships with major companies and start-up firms.

Technology Specialties

• Net
• Java
• CPM
• CPA
• CTR
• Landing Page Optimization
• Media Acquisition
• Co-Reg
• Affiliate
• Email Marketing
• J2EE
• JSP
• Struts
• Hibernate
• Servlets
• AJAX
• Perl
• Mod_Perl
• Weblogic
• QTP
• Loadrunner
• Winrunner
• CVS
• CSS
• JavaScript
• TCP/IP
• Peoplesoft
• Linux
• Unix
• Solaris
• Windows
• Oracle
• SQL
• Domain Arbitrage
  
• Click Arb
• Algorithm

Education

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA  2004

• BS degree in International Marketing, Import and Export, and Organic and Viral Online Marketing.

London Business School International Marketing, London  2002–2003

• Attended London University for a 6-month International Marketing concentration while earning BS degree.

References on Request