Bart Bruns

A performance driven professional with over 25 years of leadership in management, sales, and marketing. Bart brings broad experience in media, technololgy, and the business association market place.

Media &Technology:

Served as VP of Global Sales & Marketing for the eLocal Network. Lead team accounts totaling millions in contracted revenues (e.g. AT&T, Microsoft, Liberate iTV, BT-Yell, Go2systems, Wysdom, Giant Bear, Hands-On, and Kforce). With AT&T’s BNS & GBCS units in Denver Bart was responsible for implementing a Professional Qualification Program to over 700 Account Executives. As a Media Manager, he lead projects or departments at KUSA-TV, KWSC-TV,  KWSB-FM, and Jones Intercable. Other projects centered on cable’s,  VCTV projects with TCI and US West.  Bart earned six first place awards from the Colorado Broadcasters Association (CBA).

Association Management:

His performance at the largest business organization in country, NFIB,  resulted in breaking sales and management records. As Director of Training he led broad projects of revamping training and sales processes, onboarding,and eLearning. As Director of Business Development & Salaes Technology, Bart led efforts of modernizing systems and tools for selling including POS real time processing & Mobile deployement of custom software and tablet field presentations. Bart was the number one Division Manager in revenue gain and productivity as well as leading training programs for the 365 member field force as the National Director of Training. At NWYC, he served as a National Trainer, leading management sales systems for the organization as well as the Number one ranked District Manager. He has consulted various associations and businesses including the SGMA, NWYC, MATR, Whitehall Products, Rue Antibes Corp. and various other groups.  

Degrees:

MA, Telecommunications Management, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI. 

BA, Mass Media Communications, BS, Psychology,  Magna Cum Laude, Western State, Gunnison, CO.