Londre Marketing Consultants, LLC

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LARRY STEVEN LONDRE
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www.Londremarketing.com

11072 Cashmere Street, Second Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90049
310.889.0220 office
310.403.0220 cell
310.889.0221 fax

Marketing Executive with expertise in creating media, marketing, sales, collateral programs and expert witnessing. Introduced campaigns that translated strategic marketing plans into tactical sales actions -- driving revenue growth, expanding market penetration, achieving dominant market share, maximizing brand equity and capitalizing on market opportunities.

Recognized strengths in establishing and maintaining executive-level client and strategic partner relationships. Strong conceptual / analytical skills, ability to identify new market segments. Participative leader with excellent skills in cross-functional teambuilding, motivation, quality performance and productivity improvement.

MBA in Marketing.
Active Board member of the Advertising Club of Los Angeles since 1983.
Active Board member, Executive Board member Advertising Industry Emergency Fund, member since 1980.

Featured Areas:

Marketing & Business Development
Direct Market Analysis / Identification / Targeting
E-business
Strategic Partnerships & Alliances
Strategic & Tactical Marketing Planning
Public Relations
Expert Witness

Product & Sales Management
Sales Promotion and Collateral Materials
Brand Management
Events & Trade Shows
Business to Business Marketing
Advertising Agency Alliances

Selected List of Companies: DIRECTV, GE Capital, Vons Grocery, The Music Center of Los Angeles/Performing Arts Center of LA, Bell Atlantic / Verizon, Disney, Alliance Environmental Group, ICL Systems, Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, SPNB, Bank of America, University of Southern California, Beverly Hills Savings.

Public Service Organizations: Advertising Club of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Fire Department, Advertising Industry Emergency Fund, California Special Olympics, Partnership for a Drug Free America, Town Hall, L.A. Downtown Marketing Group, LACVB

Senior MBA Marketing Professor: University of Southern California, Cal State University, Northridge, Loyola Marymount University and Pepperdine University

Professional Experience

MARKETING CONSULTANT/ EXPERT WITNESS – LMC Marketing, Los Angeles, CA
2001 to Present, and 1994 to 1997
Independent Marketing Consultant Group

Provide expertise in campaign strategy, new business development, rollouts, advertising, collateral programs, expert witnessing, market penetration, and effectively identifying marketing opportunities for local and national business organizations.

Selected clients include: GE Capital-ResCom (subsidiary of GE); USC; Getty Museum, Cedars-Sinai; Alliance Environmental Group, ICL Systems, Saturday Night magazine, the Herald Tribune, Barr Engineering, HRCS, and the Printing Industries Association, Inc. of Southern California.

• GE Capital-ResCom (subsidiary of GE) - Engaged as National Marketing Director. Consistently exceeded monthly goals for market penetration as a result of national telephone, cable and security systems introduction campaign in all media.
• Herald Tribune (publication) - Introduction and marketing strategies made a major impact on this new publication, generating the largest weekly circulation west of the Rockies for targeted, segmented market in Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley.

Concurrently teaching in the graduate and undergraduate programs at USC and CSUN. Classes: Strategic Marketing, Global Communications and Media, Integrated Marketing, Media & Communications, and Intro to Advertising.

DIRECTV, El Segundo, CA 1997 to 2001
Entertainment / Communications Company
MARKETING DIRECTOR, Special Markets and Strategic Partnerships

Created and orchestrated marketing programs, strengthening product positioning, improving marketing operations, establishing corporate partner alliances, planning strategies and promotional tactics. Built marketing team that capitalized on individual talents and strengths; hired, trained, mentored, and motivated team.

• Competitively positioned company in several market segments by increasing customer base by 40% through marketing partnerships with Verizon / Bell Atlantic, Quest / US West, GTE, SBC / PacBell, and others.
• Instrumental in achieving a 43% increase in sales and over 200 third-party programs by securing and managing a major sales program targeted to residential, multi-family dwellings, hospitality, and private offices.
• Benchmarked highly effective 25-piece collateral marketing and advertising program for MSOs and key accounts, including nine-part "right-of-entry" sales kit. Designed and implemented simplification program for new dealers.
• Dramatically increased private office acquisitions by 321% and multiple dwelling units by 8.7%.
• Teamed with advertising firms to create television, radio, print and online media marketing campaigns.
• Innovative trade show and co-op trade show programs with 80 different partners. Acknowledged as "Partner of the Year" from Private Cable and Wireless Cable Magazine (1999).

Music Center of Los Angeles / Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles
1988-1994
VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Award-winning leadership of numerous activities including marketing, promotion, public relations, advertising, fundraising, community access programs, special events, direct mail and collateral materials. Spearheaded planning and events for the 25th Anniversary celebration. Won eight PRSA and Publicity Club Awards including "Best Southern California Program" for 1991 and 1992.

• Moved organization from a passive reactive model to proactive marketing model changing corporate vision that resulted in motivating executive team and staff.
• Important gains achieved, increasing annual fundraising by 7.3% and retail store sales by 450%.
• Innovative creation of LA Alive!, Dorothy Chandler Awards, Spotlight, Viva Las Artistas and TGIF Concert Series and fundraising events.
• Lead by example, setting high personal standards, building relationships and team value for win-win results.
• Exploited the presence of Education Divisions live arts programs, developing all aspects of program for heightened appeal and attraction to 1.2 million students throughout Southern California.

Grey Advertising / Grey Entertainment & Media, Los Angeles, CA
1975 to 1983 & 1987 to 1988
Nationally recognized advertising agency

VICE PRESIDENT - MANAGEMENT SUPERVISOR (1987 to 1988)
VICE PRESIDENT - ACCOUNT SUPERVISOR, ACCOUNT SUPERVISOR, ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE (1975 to 1983)
Aggressive leadership with broad-based marketing responsibilities for national, regional and local entertainment / retail / sports / public service accounts. Fast track promotions to positions of increasing responsibility to VP-Management Supervisor, handpicked for planning and execution of multimedia marketing programs.

• Increased four-year market share from 11.9% to 17.3% by creating and designing marketing and store opening campaigns for Vons Grocery Co. Spearheaded 73 televisions spots plus expansion into new, out-of-state markets.
• Maximized exposure of Showtime Cable Network and RKO Video/Pictures by designing national advertising and promotions campaigns.
• Earned a reputation for top-notch design of marketing and media promotions for ABC Television Network.
• Implemented creative marketing programs with vision and strategy for expansion of existing and new services for Southern California Edison.
• Achieved record-breaking fundraising dollars and involvement of highly public figures by developing high-quality public service advertising and event marketing for the California Special Olympics.

Abert, Newhoff and Burr – Los Angeles, CA
1983 – 1987
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
National, regional and local multimedia accounts at nationally recognized advertising agency.

• Created and designed advertising for 14 Sheraton Hotels and Resorts which surpassed all existing sales figures on hotel occupancy and won the 1985 “Agency of the Year” award from ITT Sheraton.
• Designed and created advertising for Beverly Hills Savings, National Medical Enterprises with 19 hospitals and an HMO, RKO Video/Pictures.
• Created and developed the award winning "There's Nothing Cool About Fireworks," an anti-fireworks program for the Los Angeles Fire Department. Saved approximately $30 million in property damage.  Won Belding, Clio, California League of Cities, and other awards. Continued participation with the Fire Department program for 14 years, through 1998.

Security Pacific Bank – Los Angeles, CA
1971 - 1975
MARKETING OFFICER
Responsibilities included creating, implementing and executing regional and community marketing programs. 

Professional Teaching Experience

For 35+ years, taught in undergraduate and graduate programs at the University of Southern California (Annenberg School For Communication and Journalism and Marshall School of Business), CSUN (California State University, Northridge), Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine University. Guest lecturer at UCLA, Graduate School of Television, Film and Digital Media, “Trends in Television and Emergence of Multiplatform Media,” and USC Marshall School of Business.

My courses have included:

• MBAM 659 and MBAM 660: Business Strategies Development, Execution and Implementation (Final, capstone classes in the MBA program at Pepperdine)
• MBFE 658: Strategic Marketing
• MKT 653: Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC)
• MBAM 619: Business Strategies and Implementation
• COMM 599: Global Communication
• COMM 542: Business Strategies for Entertainment and Communication Companies
• COMM 541: Integrated Media and Communication Strategies
• GSBA 528: Marketing Management
• MKT 440: Integrated Marketing Communications
• JOUR 340: Introduction to Advertising
• BUS 307: Marketing Management
• MKT 304: Marketing Management
• MKT 100: Conceptual Foundations of American Enterprise

Most recently, I taught spring semester, 2010 concurrently at University of Southern California (USC) and California State University, Northridge (CSUN). Will teach fall 2010 at USC.

Education

Master of Business Administration - Marketing, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Dean’s List); GPA: 3.94; 1974.
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Marketing, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Dean's List); 1971.

Ongoing Professional Development

USC Global Conference, Taipei, Taiwan (2009)
USC’s Teaching with Technology Conference: The Power of the Edge (2009)
USC Global Conference in Tokyo, Japan (2007)
USC Pacific Rim Executive Education Program, in Seoul, Korea (2004)
USC Advanced Management Program (1995)
Claremont Advanced Management Program (1983)
USC Modern Marketing Program (1994)
Town Hall Executive Series, "Leaders Talking to Leaders" (1992)

Awards/Acknowledgements

“Polished Apple” Award Recipient, honoring commitment to students at California State University, Northridge (2008)
Nominated USC Parents Association Teaching and Mentoring Award (2006)
“Polished Apple” Award Recipient, honoring commitment to students at California State University, Northridge (2006)
Distinguished Professor (1999) California State University, Northridge
Outstanding Citizen Award (1993), Los Angeles City Council ("There's Nothing Cool About Fireworks")
Joseph Roos Community Service Award (1993), Public Relations Society of America
Extraordinary Service Award (1993), Wilshire Chamber of Commerce
Awards for Best Community Program (1991 & 1992, Publicity Club
Award from California League of Cities (1991)
Belding Award (1990), Advertising Club of Los Angeles
PRSA Award (1990)

Professional Affiliations

• Board of Director, Advertising Club of Los Angeles (1983 to Present)
• Chairman and member, Advertising Club of L.A., Summer Internship Program (AIEF)(1983 to Present)
• Board of Director, Secretary of Executive Board, Advertising Industry Emergency Fund (1975 to Present)
• Board of Director/Vice president, Westwood Hills Homeowners Association (WHPOA) (2003 to present)
• Chair, 50th Anniversary Celebration of Westwood Hills (WHPOA) at W Hotel (9/14-15/2008)
• Media Captain, Partnership for a Drug Free America
• Advisory Board of Directors, California Special Olympics
• Member, Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Anti-Fireworks Program, Los Angeles Fire Department
• Member, Los Angeles Town Hall