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Geyman started OhioBiz Web
Consulting and the OhioBiz search engine in December 2000. As of March
9, 2001, the firm became a Limited Liability Company and operates as
OhioBiz Web Consulting, LLC. OhioBiz has come to be known as Ohio's
largest search directory of business, organization, community, and
education-related web sites.
Mark graduated from Bowling Green State
University with a B.A. in Speech Communications, specialized in
Radio-TV-Film and minored in Marketing/Sales. He has also taken
graduate business courses toward his MBA.
He
spent approximately eight years in the cable television industry. In
addition, he spent time as a sales consultant in the two-way radio
communications field (Cleveland Mobile Radio) and as a researcher for
Christian & Timbers, an
executive search firm, specializing in the computer industry.
Prior to forming OhioBiz Web Consulting, LLC,
for almost 6 years, Mark was responsible for new business
development at
Netforce Development,
Inc., a web development firm he co-founded in May 1995. Geyman has
been navigating the Internet for thirteen years. He has been
consulting and training businesses about the Internet for ten years.
He founded and lead the
Greater
Cleveland PC Users' Group Internet SIG for 2.5 yrs. For 3.5 years,
he was a part-time faculty member at
Lakeland Community College
and where he taught several Internet and Computer courses. Also, he
has taught at an Intro to Computers course at
Notre Dame College
and Web-based Microsoft FrontPage 2000 courses for
the International
Webmasters Association/HTML Writers Guild.
As
of Labor Day, 1995, he created Geyman's Northern Ohio Directory of
World Wide Web Sites which evolved into SitesOnline Ohio, a
site with linked to over 10,000 local sites, covering the state of
Ohio. The main purpose of that site was to promote Ohio's electronic
community (it was a "labor of love" too!)..
Mark is presently VP of the
Beaumont
School Father's Club, and is serving on the Parish Pastoral Council at
St. Gregory the Great Parish
in South Euclid, OH. He has served as Chairperson and as a member of the School Advisory Board at
St. Gregory the Great School
for six years. Also, he has served as a Civil Service Commissioner for the
City of South Euclid, Ohio,
a member of the John Carroll
University Entrepreneurs Association,
Northeast Ohio Software Association
(NEOSA), and the
Heights Regional Chamber of Commerce (HRCC). He has served on the
board of the HRCC.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
/ EXPERTISE
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Created
two and
maintain a large, locally-based index of Internet / Web resources.
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Known in the
industry as a local expert in the field of Internet resources and
training.
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Experienced in
developing and teaching Internet courses, training programs and
seminars.
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Skilled in
identifying needs, solving problems and accomplishing results.
PROFESSIONAL
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
INTERNET
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Turned
a hobby into a profession – consulting with businesses regarding the
benefits of researching the Internet and developing a business
presence.
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Over 10
years “hands-on” search experience on the Internet and commercial
online services, such as America Online and CompuServe.
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Started
and led the Greater Cleveland PC User Group’s Internet Special
Interest Group for 3 years, this included leading many training
sessions covering all facets of the Internet.
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Have
made appearances and received local recognition from Ted Henry - WEWS-TV
, The Plain Dealer, The FreeTimes, NetNews – WERE Radio, Ohio
Magazine, Northern Ohio Live Magazine, Crain’s Cleveland, Small
Business News, Inside Business and other publications.
WEB SITE CONTENT DEVELOPMENT/MANAGEMENT
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Created, developed and maintained SitesOnline
Ohio
(http://www.sitesonline.com)
- an index of Ohio's business, organization and education-related Web
sites.
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Researched and submitted new content to the
OPLIN (Ohio Public Library
Information Network) Web site.
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Update
and maintaining multiple client sites including site and search engine
promotion.
TRAINING/TEACHING
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Has
taught four
Internet courses, Introduction to the Internet , Using the
Internet for Research, Intro to HTML, and Microsoft FrontPage at
Lakeland Community College.
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Have
made training presentations at ECCO’s (Educational Computer Consortium
of Ohio) Technology Fair to K-12 teachers and administrators.
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Trained
small businesses on the features and benefits of using the Internet as
a source of valuable business information.
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As an
Internet SIG Leader for the GCPCUG, I conducted many training sessions
for the general public.
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