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Team and a Dream® Executive Team
Meet your Philadelphia Internet Marketing Dream Team. We are Social Media experts, Internet marketing specialists and Web business development specialists who combine decades of experience. We are passionate Internet marketing practitioners dedicated to growing YOUR business!
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- Skip Shuda - Co-founder, CEO
- Bechara Jaoudeh - Co-founder, Chief Business Development Officer
- Steve Levine - VP Social Media & Market Research
- Melissa Shusterman - Chief Storyteller / Video and Digital Strategist
- Jason Lomberg - VP Search Engine Marketing
- Josh Meth - Senior Analyst and Web Analytics Expert
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Co-founder, CEO, Team and a Dream®
Skip is the founder of Team and a Dream, a Social Media and Internet Marketing Strategy company that partners with growing businesses to provide visibility to profitability using goal-driven dashboards. Skip and his team employ Social and Search channels coupled with community building tactics to drive results.
Skip has a passion for building Internet and software companies and guiding others who seek to do the same. In the mid-90’s he started an eCommerce software company that created one of the world’s first online banking systems for Bank of America. He has provided Web marketing and strategic guidance to brands like Comcast Corporation, The Vanguard Group and Mellon Financial. He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups and teaches entrepreneurship at the Wharton Small Business Development Center.
Skip has Certificate level training in Integral Theory (study of human perspectives), Holacracy (system of agile governance), Role-based Assessment (team building typology), SEO and Web Analytics. He is currently studying for his black belt in Aikido and lives with his family in suburban Philadelphia.
Bechara Jaoudeh
Co-founder, Chief Business Development Officer, Team and a Dream®
Bechara is a business consultant and entrepreneur with a strong business management and sales background. Bechara started his career in the telecommunication industry, were he helped re-launch several retail outlets for T-Mobile, Verizon and Nextel.
Bechara managed projects that
encompassed designing and implementing methods and procedures to drive
sales, developing motivating commission structures and building
strategic alliances with independent accessory dealers to gain an edge
in the retail space. He is known for his deep understanding of consumer
pain-points and needs.
Bechara started and operated a restaurant from 2004 through mid-2007. He
has also been involved in numerous project management efforts and is a
certified Green Belt in the Six Sigma process. Six Sigma seeks to
improve quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the
causes of defects (errors) and variation in manufacturing and business
processes. Bechara also
holds a degree in Business Management and Entrepreneurship from Temple
University.
Steve Levin
VP Social Media & Market Research, Team and a Dream®
Steve is a holistic marketing professional who leverages a strong background in customer experience, marketing research, and social media to help clients improve relationships among prospects and customers (b-to-b / b-to-c). Along with his experience and superior knowledge of social networks, Steve provides a 360 degree consultative approach delivering on client goals with highly actionable outcomes.
Steve’s accomplishments include:
- Partnership with a major client contributed to their winning the Baldridge Award.
- Insight that contributed to a significant offering in the Tech sector that we all use today.
- Led International Research Best Practices both onsite for Fortune 1000 clients and via webinars.
- Well known in spearheading technology and etiquette initiatives.
- Founder of DontDuit, Inc. whose focus is on technology and safety.
In April of 2010, Steve presented to the MRA (Market Research Association), “Marketing Research: Back to the Future” where he discussed the evolution and future of marketing research. In June of 2010, Steve was selected to lead part of The Philadelphia Business Journal’s Social Media Summer Camp Series.
Melissa Shusterman
Chief Storyteller / Video and Digital Strategist, Team and a Dream®
Melissa has over eighteen years creating successful broadcast, and web video for a variety of companies and media outlets.
As a producer/director and writer Melissa has created series for the following: MTV, VH1, HGTV, The Food Network, Travel Channel, fX, QVC, and Baldwin Publishing.
As a graduate Cum Laude from The American University Film and Video Master’s Program, Melissa has shared her knowledge as an Adjunct Professor at The University of Colorado, and Red Rocks Community College in Denver Colorado.
She has also given lectures on Social Media and Web 2.0 to the Eastern Tech Council as well as private lectures to CEO’s and CMO’s of emerging companies.
Jason Lomberg
VP Search Engine Marketing, Team and a Dream®
Jason develops and implements a wide array of Internet Marketing strategies for a broad range of industries, focusing on measurement and tracking of Search Engine Marketing initiatives. These strategies include Natural Search Engine Optimization, link building, Website development, database development, press release and article distribution, affiliation program development, Search Engine Marketing and much more.
Combining over fourteen years of Internet development and ten years of Marketing experience, Jason brings a unique combination of Technical and Marketing expertise to Team and a Dream. With a strong background in Search Engine Marketing strategy, he is an expert at applying traditional Marketing techniques to Internet strategies and has successfully implemented Internet Marketing strategies for dozens of clients.
As the former co-founder of Interactive Service Technologies, Inc., Jason has managed the development of over seventy-five database driven Websites and has extensive experience developing secure high-end database driven Internet applications including: content management systems, client relationship management systems, invoicing systems, reporting systems, email marketing applications, eCommerce solutions and much more.
Jason is currently a doctorial candidate in business. He holds an MBA with a concentration in eCommerce from Rutgers University Graduate School of Business and a BS in Marketing from Rutgers University Business School. He has fourteen years of database and programming experience, specializing in the Cold Fusion Application language and SQL Database programming.
Josh Meth
Senior Analyst and Web Analytics Expert, Team and a Dream®
Josh is Start-Up enthusiast and has been involved in marketing research and execution in an array of industries such as import/export and web 2.0 apps. Josh is focused on Website analytics along with the measurement and reporting of Website KPI's (key performance indicators). He is instrumental in the development and maintenance of Team and a Dream's Dashboard.
Still on his path towards receiving his undergraduate degree in Marketing from Temple University, Josh has realized that nothing makes up for real world experience.
Josh is now a senior Web analyst for Team and a Dream where he is soaking up as much knowledge and experience as possible. Josh also assists team members on a wide array of Marketing initiatives.
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