Work experience
JAMES M. BLESIUS – INTERNET MARKETING CONSULTANT, Evanston, IL 2010 – Present
Search engine marketing, internet marketing and web site development.
Owner
Responsible for strategic planning, marketing, accounting and all business operations.
SOUTHWEST MEDICALS, Evanston, IL 2007 – 2010
E-commerce home health care products and medical supply store.
Owner
Responsible for strategic planning, web site development, marketing, accounting and all business operations.
AFRICAN HORIZONS, LLC, New Orleans, LA 1997 - 2007
Privately held international tour operator providing safaris and tours to east and southern Africa.
Director
Responsible for strategic planning, web site development, marketing, and accounting.
- African Horizons is listed on the first page for its primary keywords in all the major search engines.
- Since 1998 African Horizons has had over 900,000 visitors to its web site.
MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, L.P. Washington, DC 1993 - 1997
National commercial loan servicing and asset management company.
Director of Market Research
Responsible for developing all aspects of Marketing Communications including marketing materials, business proposals, rating agency submission packages, and annual marketing plan.
- Formulated strategic planning in the areas of product research and development, analysis of the competition, and market tracking and analysis.
- Developed company marketing materials including direct mail pieces, marketing presentations, press releases, company newsletter, World Wide Web site on the Internet, and corporate brochure.
- Wrote the loan-underwriting manual for the company’s commercial lending division.
J.E. ROBERT COMPANIES, Alexandria, VA 1992 - 1993
National commercial real estate asset management and investment firm.
Director of Market Research
Responsible for providing research and analytical services to all company offices and departments.
- Prepared economic and market reports of various metropolitan areas as part of the due diligence process related to the acquisition of real estate and commercial loan portfolios.
- Developed financial performance analyses for each of the fourteen real estate asset portfolios acquired during 1992 and 1993 with an aggregate value of $1.7 billion.
- Managed and sold a portfolio of nine sub-performing commercial loans with a principal balance of $14.8 million at a profit of 17%.
OAK TREE CAPITAL, INC., New Orleans, LA 1987 - 1991 National commercial real estate asset management and consulting firm.
Director of Research and Valuation
Responsible for asset valuations, market research, and real estate consulting services.
- Project manager for the valuation of the real estate and partnership interests in the second largest privately held multifamily housing portfolio with a real estate value of $4 billion.
- Prepared development assessments and economic feasibility studies for: a 2,755-acre tract of land on Laguna Madre, Cameron County, Texas; a proposed golf course and hotel on Kiawah Island, South Carolina; and a 2,000-acre planned unit development on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
- Developed a proprietary econometric model that indexes the real estate investment opportunity of a metropolitan area based on specific economic and demographic variables.
A d d i t i o n a l I n f o r m a t i o n
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Licensed Louisiana Insurance Agent, Travel, 1997 - 2006
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Member of the American Real Estate Society, 1996 - 1997
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Successfully completed Understanding and Using the Internet course, Rockford College, September, 1995.
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Committee member of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’, National Survey of Users of Employment Statistics, April, 1992.
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Panelist at real estate seminars held by A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, 1990 and 1991.
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Successfully completed Income Property Valuation, Appraisal Review, and Lender Underwriting course, University of New Orleans, Spring 1989.
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Successfully completed Real Estate Principles 1A-1 course, American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers, University of Georgia, March 1988.
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