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With more than 18 years of experience, Spencer builds growth through enterprise sales, performance marketing, affiliate marketing, lead generation, SaaS, AI, legal technology, healthcare, financial services, and digital media\. Spencer’s strengths include commercial strategy, partner development, account expansion, M&A sourcing and due diligence, customer acquisition, and building repeatable sales systems in startup environments\. At GRP Ads, Spencer generated $1\.8 million in net new revenue while managing a $2 million portfolio of more than 20 enterprise accounts, and sourced and evaluated more than $30 million in acquisition opportunities\. Earlier, Spencer helped scale Content Ignition’s U\.S\. business from startup to $5 million in annual revenue and led Revenue Connect to a 50% increase in company revenue\. Spencer has also expanded a Netspend account from a small test to $1\.5 million annually by identifying audience overlap and commercial fit\. Spencer holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Howard University\. ## Services - Business Process Improvement - Relationship Development - Return on Investment - Vice Presidents - Recruiting - Leveraging Relationships - Conferences - Revenue Generation - Account Relations - Development & Production of Publications - Partner Identification - Customer Experience Transformation - Account Optimization - Strategic M&A - Growth Strategies - Internal & External Clients - Optimizing Performance - Building Long\-term Relationships - Key Account Acquisition & Retention - Direct Client Interaction - Executive Development - Strategic Customer Development - Key Client Relationships - Critical Control Point \(CCP\) - Affiliate Relations - Identifying New Revenue Streams - Customer Retention - Think & Act Strategically - Value\-added - ROI Optimization ## Highlights - Generated $1\.8 million in net new revenue at GRP Ads while managing a $2 million portfolio of more than 20 strategic enterprise accounts, contributing to 15% year\-over\-year recurring\-revenue growth\. - Grew existing GRP Ads partner revenue by 35% over three years across fintech, healthcare, insurance, legal services, and sports betting\. - Led buy\-side M&A sourcing and due diligence for more than $30 million in opportunities and identified more than $5 million in potential synergies\. - Negotiated enterprise partnerships and media agreements across email, affiliate marketing, paid media, SMS, call\-center, and lead\-generation channels\. - Built repeatable GRP Ads playbooks for partner onboarding, account expansion, campaign optimization, and executive business reviews\. - Expanded the Netspend account from a small test to $1\.5 million annually by identifying audience overlap and new commercial opportunities\. - Led four direct reports and worked with a broader team of approximately eight sellers under a team quota structure\. - Drove a 50% increase in company revenue through new\-client acquisition and partnership expansion at Revenue Connect \- DIGITAL LEAD GEN\. - Launched and scaled Revenue Connect’s Medicare agency business, increasing EBITDA by 12% year over year\. - Held full P&L ownership at Revenue Connect, including budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and business performance\. - Developed and closed enterprise partnerships with multiple Fortune 500 brands at Revenue Connect\. - Launched and commercialized Content Ignition’s U\.S\. operations and established its U\.S\. go\-to\-market strategy\. - Scaled Content Ignition from startup to $5 million in annual revenue through enterprise sales, partnerships, and customer acquisition\. - Built Content Ignition’s repeatable outbound sales engine through cold outreach, referrals, cross\-selling, networking, and conferences\. - Secured and expanded Content Ignition relationships with Fortune 500 brands and developed U\.S\. sales collateral, marketing initiatives, messaging, and scalable sales processes\. - Improved campaign ROI at eGENTIC by aligning audience targeting, media strategy, and creative execution to client performance goals and demographics\. - Opened new eGENTIC revenue streams in previously untapped verticals and managed paid\-social strategy and budget for awareness, lead generation, and return on ad spend\. - Supported CoStar’s retail\-product launch with research that helped win clients including Hibbett Sports, Quiznos, Chick\-fil\-A, TJX Companies, Weingarten Realty Investors, General Growth Properties, and Ramco\-Gershenson Properties Trust\. - Produced Washington, D\.C\.\-metro lease comparables, GSA lease abstractions, quarterly market reports, economic and industry reports, and CoStar Advisor Newsletter articles at CoStar Group\. - Conducted internal, pre\-implementation, and process audits at CoStar Group and recommended operational and financial changes based on audit findings\. - Secured Ibiza Nightclub sponsorships from Budweiser, Heineken, Ciroc, Diageo, and AstraZeneca\. - Trained security staff and 50 personnel at Ibiza Nightclub and negotiated artist fees, rental agreements, and contracts for internationally known artists\. - Developed Prince George’s County programs supporting ex\-offenders’ re\-entry through education, job placement, and housing assistance while serving in the U\.S\. House of Representatives\. - Co\-founded Impossible Games and led development of Yuzzle, a casual game set to launch in 2025\. ## Experience - **Vice President of Business Development & M&A Strategy at GRP Ads** (2023\-10\-01–2026\-07\-01) — As Vice President of Business Development & M&A Strategy for 930 Ventures and its subsidiary, GRP Ads, I was responsible for driving enterprise revenue growth through strategic partnerships, new business development, and acquisition strategy\. • I worked closely with executive leadership to identify acquisition opportunities, expand commercial partnerships, and launch new revenue initiatives across performance marketing, first party data, affiliate marketing, email, call centers, AI, and digital media\. • GRP Ads is a performance marketing and MarTech company that helps leading brands acquire customers through first party data, automation technology, cohort driven analytics, and omnichannel customer acquisition solutions\. • Key accomplishments: • Generated $1\.8M in net new revenue while managing a $2M portfolio across more than 20 strategic enterprise accounts, contributing to a 15% YOY increase in recurring revenue\. • Grew existing partner revenue by 35% over three years by expanding st - **Co\-Founder at Impossible Games** (2021\-11\-01–2025\-12\-01) — As a Co\-Founder at Impossible Games, we spearheaded the mission to innovate customer acquisition through casual gaming\. By leading the development of our first game, Yuzzle, set to launch in 2025, we aimed to bring a fresh perspective to the industry and drive growth in a competitive market\. - **Vice President Of Business Development at Revenue Connect \- DIGITAL LEAD GEN** (2018\-01\-01–2023\-10\-01) — \*\*Key accomplishments:\*\* \* Held full P&L ownership, including annual budgeting, revenue forecasting, financial planning, and overall business performance\. \* Built and expanded strategic partnerships that opened new revenue channels, strengthened agency relationships, and created long term growth opportunities\. \* Led business development strategy and execution, driving a \*\*50% increase in company revenue\*\* through new client acquisition and partnership expansion\. \* Launched and scaled the Medicare agency business, increasing \*\*EBITDA by 12% year over year\*\* through new client growth and operational improvements\. \* Developed and closed enterprise partnerships with multiple Fortune 500 brands by delivering consultative sales strategies aligned with client business objectives\. \* Collaborated with executive leadership to identify new markets, diversify revenue streams, and execute growth initiatives that improved long term profitability\. - **Director of Sales and Business Development at Content Ignition** (2014\-07\-01–2018\-01\-01) — \*\*Key accomplishments:\*\* \* Led the launch and commercialization of Content Ignition's U\.S\. operations, establishing the company's presence and go to market strategy in a new market\. \* Scaled the business from startup to \*\*$5M in annual revenue\*\* through enterprise sales, strategic partnerships, and new customer acquisition\. \* Built a repeatable outbound sales engine by generating opportunities through cold outreach, referrals, cross selling, networking, and industry conferences\. \* Secured and expanded relationships with Fortune 500 brands by delivering consultative sales strategies focused on measurable business outcomes\. \* Developed the company's U\.S\. brand positioning by creating sales collateral, marketing initiatives, messaging, and scalable sales processes that accelerated growth\. \* Partnered with executive leadership to refine go to market strategy, identify new revenue opportunities, and establish a foundation for long term expansion\. - **Sales Manager, Online and Direct Marketing at eGENTIC North America Corp\.** (2013\-10\-01–2014\-07\-01) — \*\*Key accomplishments:\*\* \* Developed and managed custom digital marketing campaigns for advertisers focused on customer acquisition and lead generation across multiple industry verticals\. \* Improved campaign ROI by aligning audience targeting, media strategy, and creative execution with each client's performance goals and key demographics\. \* Wrote high converting advertising copy and marketing content that increased engagement, lead quality, and campaign performance\. \* Opened new revenue streams by expanding into previously untapped industry verticals and selling performance based digital advertising solutions\. \* Built revenue forecasts and sales projections using historical performance data, campaign trends, and client advertising budgets\. \* Represented the company at industry conferences, trade shows, and networking events to generate new business opportunities and strategic partnerships\. \* Managed the company's paid social media strategy and advertising budget, optimizing campaigns - **Software Sales Executive at Vocus** (2012\-09\-01–2013\-08\-01) — Vocus provides an integrated suite that combines social marketing, search marketing, email marketing and publicity into a comprehensive solution to help businesses attract, engage and retain customers\. \-\- Developed new client relationships and leveraged existing and past client relationships to build and manage a sustained pipeline of opportunities \-\- Created detailed proposals for prospective clients \-\- Kept business owners up to date on industry trends/publications, competitors, and marketplace \-\- Maintained a pipeline of qualified prospects sufficient to meet monthly/quarterly/annual quota requirements using Salesforce \-\- Lead negotiations at the executive level, driving urgency & limiting discounting to achieve consistently high ASP \-\- Identified and qualified prospects by telephone, generating new business accounts and closing sales opportunities using superior presentation, management and negotiation skills - **Corporate Sales Director/Operations Manager at Ibiza Nightclub** (2007\-06\-01–2012\-08\-01) — ― Established and implemented departmental policies, goals, objectives, and procedures, conferring with board members, organization officials, and staff members as necessary\. ― Determined staffing requirements, interviewed, hired and trained new employees, or oversaw those personnel processes\. ― Conducted extensive training to security staff and 50 personnel to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives\. ― Discussed and negotiated artist fees, rental agreements and implemented contracts for internationally known artists and the venue\. ― Scheduled, confirmed appointments and coordinated all artist flights, ground transportation, hotels, catering and show production\. ― Obtained and acquired sponsorship from nationally known brands such as Budweiser, Heineken, Ciroc, Diageo and AstraZeneca\. ― Administered and oversaw all aspects of corporate and political parties including Logistics, Catering, Sponsorship and security\. - **Research Analyst at CoStar Group** (2007\-05\-01–2011\-01\-01) — ― Conducted intensive interviews of landlord reps and tenant reps to create and produce lease comps of Washington D\.C\. metro area retail, office and industrial properties\. ― Effectively performed lease abstractions of GSA leases provided through written FOIA requests\. ― Prepared and arranged market reports for Washington D\.C\. area Commercial brokers quarterly\. ― Presented oral and written reports on general economic trends, individual corporations, and entire industries including articles for the Costar Advisor Newsletter on noteworthy real estate transactions\. ― Successfully conducted extensive research backing Costar’s retail product launch that resulted in gaining major retailers clients including Hibbett Sports, Quiznos, Chick\-fil\-A and TJX Companies, Weingarten Realty Investors, General Growth Properties, Inc\. and Ramco\-Gershenson Properties Trust\. - **Quality Assurance Analyst at CoStar Group** (2006\-02\-01–2007\-05\-01) — ― Performed and validated internal audits on portfolio research, field research, specialty research groups, and international contractors to ensure proper research is being followed\. ― Reported to management about asset utilization and audit results, and recommended changes in operations and financial activities\. ― Prepared detailed reports on audit findings as well as worked closely with various departments and offices\. ― Conducted pre\-implementation audits to determine if systems and programs under development will work as planned\. ― Collaborated with research teams ensuring efficiency, effectiveness, and consistency in research processes\. ― Audited processes to ensure they are properly implemented and produce the desired effect\. - **Legislative Correspondent at U\.S\. House of Representatives** (2003\-09\-01–2005\-05\-01) — ― Performed administrative functions including preparing constituent correspondence via e\-mail, phone and writing\. ― Created and developed programs through conducting necessary research in Prince Georges County Maryland to help ex\-offenders re\-entering the community with education, job placement and housing assistance\. ― Coordinated and gave guided tours of the U\.S\. Capitol for constituents\. ## Education - Howard University - Bachelor of Arts, Communications — Howard University ## FAQ ### What does Spencer do now? Spencer is Vice President of Business Development & M&A Strategy for Factua and GRP Ads\. Spencer works with executive leadership on corporate development, AI commercialization, new revenue initiatives, strategic partnerships, and acquisition opportunities\. ### What are Spencer’s core areas of expertise? Spencer’s work centers on corporate development and M&A, strategic partnerships, AI\-powered sales and marketing, publisher development, revenue growth, commercial strategy, performance marketing, affiliate marketing, and business development\. Spencer has more than 18 years of experience across affiliate marketing, lead generation, SaaS, AI, legal technology, healthcare, financial services, and digital media\. ### What did Spencer accomplish at GRP Ads? At GRP Ads, Spencer drove enterprise revenue growth through strategic partnerships, new\-business development, and acquisition strategy for 930 Ventures and its subsidiary, GRP Ads\. GRP Ads is a performance\-marketing and MarTech company that supports customer acquisition through first\-party data, automation technology, cohort\-driven analytics, and omnichannel solutions\. Spencer generated $1\.8 million in net new revenue while managing a $2 million portfolio of more than 20 strategic enterprise accounts, contributing to a 15% year\-over\-year increase in recurring revenue\. ### How has Spencer expanded enterprise partnerships and accounts? Spencer grew existing partner revenue by 35% over three years across fintech, healthcare, insurance, legal services, and sports betting\. Spencer also negotiated enterprise partnerships and media agreements across email, affiliate marketing, paid media, SMS, call\-center, and lead\-generation channels built playbooks for onboarding, revenue expansion, campaign optimization, and executive business reviews and improved partner retention, campaign profitability, operational execution, and customer success\. ### What is Spencer’s M&A experience? Spencer led buy\-side acquisition sourcing and due diligence for more than $30 million in acquisition opportunities, assessing financial performance, strategic fit, operational risks, and integration potential\. Spencer identified more than $5 million in synergy opportunities and built relationships with founders, CEOs, investment bankers, and advisors to originate acquisition opportunities and strategic partnerships\. ### What did Spencer accomplish at Revenue Connect? At Revenue Connect \- DIGITAL LEAD GEN, Spencer held full P&L ownership, including annual budgeting, revenue forecasting, financial planning, and business performance\. Spencer led business\-development strategy that increased company revenue by 50%, built partnerships that opened revenue channels and strengthened agency relationships, and launched and scaled the Medicare agency business, increasing EBITDA by 12% year over year\. Spencer also developed and closed enterprise partnerships with multiple Fortune 500 brands and worked with leadership to enter markets, diversify revenue, and improve long\-term profitability\. ### What did Spencer accomplish at Content Ignition? Spencer led the launch and commercialization of Content Ignition’s U\.S\. operations, establishing its U\.S\. presence and go\-to\-market strategy\. Spencer scaled the business from startup to $5 million in annual revenue through enterprise sales, partnerships, and customer acquisition built a repeatable outbound engine using cold outreach, referrals, cross\-selling, networking, and conferences and secured and expanded Fortune 500 relationships\. Spencer also developed U\.S\. sales collateral, marketing initiatives, messaging, scalable sales processes, and revenue opportunities with executive leadership\. ### What was Spencer’s work at eGENTIC North America Corp\.? At eGENTIC North America Corp\., Spencer developed and managed customer\-acquisition and lead\-generation campaigns for advertisers across industry verticals\. Spencer improved ROI by aligning audience targeting, media strategy, and creative execution with performance goals and demographics wrote high\-converting advertising copy and marketing content opened revenue in untapped verticals created forecasts using historical performance, trends, and advertising budgets represented the company at industry events and managed paid social strategy and budget to improve awareness, lead generation, and return on ad spend\. ### What is Spencer’s experience in fintech, email marketing, and account growth? Spencer has experience in email marketing, MarTech, and selling to fintech clients\. Spencer expanded the Netspend account from a small test to $1\.5 million annually by identifying audience overlap, finding new audiences, and demonstrating commercial fit for expansion\. Spencer has managed long attribution windows, including a six\-week conversion\-feedback loop, through consistent client communication and expectation management\. ### What sales leadership and revenue\-management experience does Spencer have? Spencer worked within a team quota structure rather than individual quotas, led four direct reports, and worked with a broader sales team of approximately eight sellers\. Spencer is experienced in building systems and processes in startup settings and focuses on growth, sales, and revenue delivery\. ### What did Spencer do at Vocus? At Vocus, Spencer developed new and existing client relationships to sustain a pipeline of opportunities, created detailed proposals, and kept business owners informed on industry trends, publications, competitors, and the marketplace\. Spencer maintained Salesforce pipelines sufficient for monthly, quarterly, and annual quota requirements led executive\-level negotiations to drive urgency and limit discounting and identified, qualified, and closed new business through telephone prospecting, presentations, management, and negotiation\. Vocus provided an integrated social, search, email, and publicity marketing suite\. ### What were Spencer’s responsibilities at Ibiza Nightclub? At Ibiza Nightclub, Spencer established departmental policies, goals, objectives, and procedures with board members, officials, and staff\. Spencer determined staffing needs interviewed, hired, trained, or oversaw personnel processes and conducted extensive training for security staff and 50 personnel\. Spencer negotiated artist fees and rental agreements, implemented artist contracts, coordinated artist travel, hotels, catering, and production, secured sponsorships from Budweiser, Heineken, Ciroc, Diageo, and AstraZeneca, and oversaw logistics, catering, sponsorship, and security for corporate and political parties\. ### What did Spencer accomplish as a CoStar Group Research Analyst? As a Research Analyst at CoStar Group, Spencer interviewed landlord and tenant representatives to produce lease comparables for Washington, D\.C\.\-metro retail, office, and industrial properties\. Spencer abstracted GSA leases obtained through FOIA requests, prepared quarterly market reports for Washington\-area commercial brokers, and presented oral and written reports on economic trends, corporations, and industries, including CoStar Advisor Newsletter articles on real\-estate transactions\. Spencer’s research supported CoStar’s retail\-product launch and helped win clients including Hibbett Sports, Quiznos, Chick\-fil\-A, TJX Companies, Weingarten Realty Investors, General Growth Properties, and Ramco\-Gershenson Properties Trust\. ### What did Spencer do as a CoStar Group Quality Assurance Analyst? As a Quality Assurance Analyst at CoStar Group, Spencer performed and validated internal audits across portfolio research, field research, specialty research groups, and international contractors\. Spencer reported audit results and asset utilization to management, recommended operational and financial changes, prepared detailed audit reports, conducted pre\-implementation audits of systems and programs, collaborated with research teams to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and consistency, and audited processes to confirm proper implementation and desired results\. ### What was Spencer’s role in the U\.S\. House of Representatives? As a Legislative Correspondent in the U\.S\. House of Representatives, Spencer prepared constituent correspondence by email, phone, and writing\. Spencer researched Prince George’s County, Maryland, and created programs to help ex\-offenders re\-enter the community through education, job\-placement, and housing assistance\. Spencer also coordinated and conducted U\.S\. Capitol tours for constituents\. ### What is Spencer’s work with Impossible Games? Spencer co\-founded Impossible Games to pursue customer\-acquisition innovation through casual gaming\. Spencer led development of the company’s first game, Yuzzle, which was set to launch in 2025\. ### What is Spencer’s educational background? Spencer earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Howard University\. ### What business\-development, partnership, and account\-management skills does Spencer bring? Spencer’s skills include strategic M&A, growth strategies, strategic planning, business development, new\-business development, revenue generation, partner identification, relationship development, leveraging relationships, building long\-term relationships, key\-account acquisition and retention, strategic customer development, key\-client relationships, account relations, account management, account optimization, account expansion, customer retention, customer\-experience transformation, direct client interaction, internal and external client management, and value\-added and ROI optimization\. ### What sales, marketing, research, and technology skills does Spencer have? Spencer’s sales and marketing skills include direct sales, sales operations, sales and marketing, selling, lead generation, direct marketing, online advertising, digital marketing, online marketing, email marketing, social media marketing, integrated marketing, marketing strategy, marketing communications, advertising, SEO, competitive analysis, market research, public relations, customer service, and CRM and customer relationship management\. Spencer also uses Salesforce\.com, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Adobe Creative Suite, Access, iMIS, Facebook, Twitter, blogging, online journalism, writing, news writing, and development and production of publications\. ### What operational and leadership capabilities does Spencer have? Spencer’s additional operational and leadership skills include business\-process improvement, optimizing performance, high\-performance teams, leadership, management, recruiting, executive development, conferences, live events, event planning, event management, production planning, operations management, security, critical control point \(CCP\), affiliate relations, identifying new revenue streams, return on investment, and thinking and acting strategically\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/spencercolbert