Ram Mikulas

- Managed Central Reservations, team of 40, before shifting my focus to ecommerce. - Established strategic business plans and goals and objectives to increase ecommerce sales. - Manage vendor and partner relationships and support technology platforms f or internal and external users. - Identify and lead projects across platforms and departments within Copper and with outside partners. - Increased and maintain ease of user experience to increase ecommerce sales conversion. - Work closely with the Marketing Team to maintain balance and continuity of the Copper marketing plan and strategy. - Generate and implement new online sales initiatives to increase ecommerce sales and profitability. - Provide expertise on current ecommerce industry best practices. Consult on cross -functional projects to ensure -commerce principles are incorporated. - Conduct ongoing research of new opportunities and technology to identify new areas of ecommerce opportunity.

- Identified, researched and executed a business opportunity. - Created and executed business plans and financial strategies and evaluated and expanded revenue growth. - Established and maintained contract and relationship management, labor management and accounting.

Direct management oversight and execution f or all aspects of Intrawest Colorado's shared Marketing Operations that included the Internet Marketing Team and the Graphic Design Team. - Established and executed key strategies while providing leadership and strategic direction to the Internet Advertising and Revenue Manager, the Internet Strategy Manager and the Design Manager. Developed RFP's, vendor evaluation and selection and ongoing vendor management f or internet projects. - Executed strategic business planning and budgeting f or Intrawest Colorado Marketing Operations. - Maintained a productive relationship with Directors within the Sales and Marketing Division as well as with the heads of relevant areas within Copper Mountain, Winter Park, Steamboat, Intrawest Colorado and Intrawest Corporate. - Management of website updates and analytics.

January 2002 - October 2005 Janus Capital Group, Denver CO - Responsible f or coordinating the planning, development and implementation of business systems of large -scale projects and to align technology solutions with business initiatives. - Manage application maintenance projects with internal marketing staff and out sourced arranged vendors to prioritize and implement changes across multiple websites and applications. - Monitored life cycles of projects to ensure timely completion within budget constraints. - Research, procurement, and management of contract vendors to assist with internet project engagements.

- Coordinated and supervised multiple website functionality enhancement testing efforts. - Consulted and worked with internet project teams to identify and implement test strategies. - Research and procurement of contract vendors to assist with internet project engagements. - Vendor management including contract negotiation and service level reporting.

- Successfully created and developed the Web Testing Team at Janus. - Managed the testing effort for a multi million-dollar web project involving over f if ty testers. - Hired and supervised a team of six quality assurance testers.

- Recruited, hired, trained, supervised, and evaluated staff - Maintained inventory and sales of multiple lines of product in retail store. - Created training materials and processes.

- Coordinated the design and manufacture of motion simulator rides. - Assisted with development of motion simulator components ranging f rom circuit boards to pneumatic valves to graphics. - Represented the company at numerous trade shows and conventions as a marketing representative and product specialist.

Developed and implemented strategic business and marketing plans f or multiple new recreation business locations; including physical location selection and set up, guest and employee work f low process, an d marketing. - Planned and executed sales strategies in different demographic regions. - Recruited, hired, trained, supervised and evaluated staff - Negotiated contracts f or key business locations. - Administration of company budgets, accounts receivable, account s payable, employee payroll and daily accounting.