Steven Flaig

About Steven Flaig

Steve Flaig is a visionary marketing executive known for building and developing high performing marketing organizations through launching comprehensive marketing strategies, developing brand and position, and applying innovative market research and analysis. Creates long-term value for organizations based on an in-depth understanding of how to cultivate customers, markets and alliances. Authored a blog named as one of the “Crucial websites on data centers for IT specialists” Designed/implemented a content marketing program generating over leads/year Built and managed a global marketing organization in US, Europe and APAC Implemented a new website that drove traffic from 4K to 20K visitors/monthSteve Flaig has demonstrated his strong leadership from developing and executing successful marketing strategies to driving the improvement of people, productivity and delivering long-term profitability to sustainable operations with the following category champions: Compass Datacenters, Digital Realty, HI-LINE, Verio and LANOptics, now know as EZchip.If you are interested in what Compass Datacenters and Steve Flaig can do for you, your products or your company; Implementing a lead generating content marketing strategy Developing sales generating marketing plans Defining your target audience and their buying behaviorPlease contact Steve at: Call / Text +19•••••••64 Steve Flaig @ TX. RR. comMaster of Science (MS) History, University of North Texas, Denton, TXMaster of Arts (MA) Telecommunications, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MIBachelor of Arts (BA) Telecommunications, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Experience

1. VP Marketing

   Compass Datacenters

   Mar 2012 — Present

   Compass Datacenters was founded in 2011 with the goal of providing customers with a solution that reflected a dramatic change from the conventional alternatives like wholesale colocation or build to suit. Compass is led by an executive team that has built in excess of $3B in data centers, and operated over 6 million square feet of raised floor, all over the world and has translated the lessons learned from these efforts to enable us to deliver a solution that is superior to competing alternatives through its provision of more features and personalization options at competitive price points in every market regardless of size.As the VP of Marketing, Steve Flaig guides all marketing and PR for this data center firm specializing in delivering strategic innovation solutions and customized integrative solutions to customers. • Developed and launched the branding and positioning strategy, resulting in sales of $25M• Achieved Red Herring 100 award for Branding, 2015• Designed and implemented content marketing program, generating over US sales leads annually• Implemented and write weekly blog recognized as one of the “Crucial Websites on Data Centers for IT Specialists”• Delivered successful PR program generating advertising equivalency of over $300K

Education

• University of North Texas

  Master’s Degree, History

• Michigan State University

  Master’s Degree, Telecommunications

• Michigan State University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Telecommunications

Skills

• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Strategy
• Channel
• Managed Services
• Team Leadership
• Co-Location
• Unified Communications
• Marketing
• Program Management
• Professional Services
• Product Marketing
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Demand Generation
• Account Management
• Business Development
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Lead Generation
• Product Management
• Strategic Partnerships
• Crm
• Sales Process
• Salesforce.com
• Marketing Strategy
• Networking
• Direct Sales
• Management
• Public Relations
• Business Strategy
• Saas
• Cloud Computing
• Competitive Analysis
• Selling
• Start-Ups
• Channel Partners
• Data Center
• Telecommunications
• Solution Selling