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Joe Noonan

Founder of Independent Media Ventures

Nicholasville, Kentucky

Overview

Work Experience

  • Member

    2015 - Current

  • Fund III & Fund IV Manager

    2015

    Manage funds for Kentucky based start-up companies. Active in screening, due diligence, coaching, and consulting with entrepreneurs to optomize their opportunities. BGA's Fund II & IV represent over $9.8MM of invested capital.

  • Founder, Chief

    2014

    Blending media, sales, operations with data to optimize market opportunities and accelerate growing and startup advertising focused companies

  • COO

    2008 - 2014

    As COO I ran all day-to-day operations reporting to Co-founder/CEO. Responsible for facilitating high-level growth and maximum operating efficiency. Successful at growing revenue, EBITDA and numerous industry partnerships by instilling an entrepreneurial culture and unwavering integrity. We maintained a high level of technical sophistication allowing the leverage of operational proficiency into numerous growth opportunities and horizontal business expansion. Viamedia grew revenue x4 and EBITDA x5 while I was COO and tripled the number of partner companies under representation. This helped the founders to monetize their investment and sell to private equity under very favorable terms.

  • Regional Vice President

    1997 - 2007

    As Northeast RVP, I was responsible for all aspects of TWC Media Sales and operations in New York State and Maine (except NYC.) Performance Highlights include: * leading region for cash flow and revenue growth 2004, 2005 & 2006 *launched TWC's first Regionalized Operations Center for all sales, traffic, finance, HR, research, promotions and billing resources *helped launched three 24-7 local news channels * 7 award winning video production studios *developed TWC's first Upfront Sales effort

  • General Manager

    1996 - 1997

    General Manager of TCI Media Sales office, covering two DMA's in Northeast Ohio. All aspects of Sales, Operations, Production, Long-form etc.

  • New York & New England Regional Sales Manager

    1989 - 1996

    Worked in all aspects of sales and sales management for this turnkey, advertising representation firm owned and operated by Harron Communications. Metrobase Cable Advertising represented numerous Cable TV providers for advertising sales across New York State, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire.

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