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Besides being j. simms agency's walking encyclopedia
on all things San Diego, Julia Simms is a fourth-generation Coronadan.
She grew up exploring the tidepools in Point Loma, the nooks and
crannies of Balboa Park and the hidden entrances of the Hotel
Del Coronado. Born and raised on the island, Julia attended Coronado schools and San Diego State University before graduating from the University of Phoenix in San Diego. She claims to have never lived outside the county (except for a two-month stint at age 17 of which the details will remain hidden forever). ___________________ Michael Simms
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Mike
Simms grew up overseas but eventually settled in San Diego. Actually,
four generations of his family now call San Diego home. His grandparents
owned a five-and-dime store in Encinitas in the 1960s and Mike
visited them often to roam the candy and toy aisles and make big eyes at the staff. His favorite
spots in the county are Moonlight Beach in the North County and
the Air & Space Museum in Balboa Park. Oh, and Old Town too. His long-term avocation is to find
the best carne asada taco on either side of the border before the rest of his hair falls out.
Mike holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree
from the former U.S. International University’s San Diego
campus and previously worked in software development for Mitchell International and Globalink, Inc. before
joining j. simms agency.
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Ray
Davies
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
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Even though Ray Davies hails from the snow belt, his 14 years
of sales and marketing experience made him an extremely attractive
addition to the j. simms team. With a start at Cleveland-based
International Management Group, Ray negotiated sponsorships to
private sector, sports industry and media partners for IMG properties
and personalities. His impressive client list included Callaway
Golf, Marconi, Coca-Cola, Goodyear, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,
Ping, Visa, Ikon, Xerox, General Motors, Visteon, Penske Logistics
and Enterprise Rent-a-Car.
He has also led the Strategic Partnership/Corporate Sponsorship
Division of a major non-profit in Ohio that enabled the organization
to shift its focus from fundraising to ROI-based marketing platforms,
which achieved $750,000 in new revenue within 6 months. He negotiated
agreements with American Express, Ernst & Young, Cadillac,
Smith Barney, KeyBank, National City Bank, Labatt USA, Coca-Cola,
Westfield Insurance, First Energy and Medical Mutual. With a new-found
love of text-message marketing, Ray has practically written the
book on sponsorship activation.
Ray has specialized in strategic partnerships and advertising
alliances across multiple industry segments from coast to coast
but he chose San Diego to raise his family. And now having welcomed
baby No. 4 to the family, he has proved his expertise in that
arena as well.
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Hailing from foggy San Francisco, Bonnie came to j. simms agency by way of San Diego State University on a mission to fulfill a life-long dream of beach living. The resident expert in Pacific Beach, her prized possession is a red beach cruiser and she can out do any Fodor’s guide in naming the best beach eateries and hangouts up and down San Diego’s coast.
A devout SDSU Aztecs fan, she observes every game day religiously and claims to personally know the school’s mascot, Monty Montezuma. And even though the song says she should have left her heart in San Francisco, we are quite certain San Diego has stolen it away.
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Jennie
Rodrigues
Director of Mobile Marketing
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Born and raised in NorCal, Jennie considers herself to be a San Diegan since she's been here since 1981. While attending school, she worked part time with a growing company called Ticketmaster and became enthralled with the excitement of the business and access to shows. During her 20-year stint with Ticketmaster, Jennie experienced the ever-changing entertainment industry in a myriad of positions including management of the client services, operations and marketing departments. From university stadiums and huge amphitheaters to hole-in-the-wall venues, Jennie knows each and every place for live entertainment throughout San Diego and has the hook-ups to get the best seats anywhere.
Live entertainment was the center of her life, until her three children arrived. Today her kids, music and live entertainment still rule her life as she has taken on the additional role as a roadie for her talented children including her daughter Aja Alycean.
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Our very own International Man of Mystery, Paul O'Sullivan has been chased by angry hippos in Kenya, attended university in Granada, Spain, camped under the stars in Alaska, and "touched" tomb walls in Giza, Egypt (we're not sure we want to know about that last one). He also has studied poisonous snakes in Costa Rica -- which is just plain wierd if you ask us.
But even after all of that, Paul decided while studying International Relations at the University of San Diego, that the most interesting country to get to know was our very own neighbor to the south, Mexico. Embracing the spirit of our multinational community in San Diego, Paul has worked tirelessly to promote cross-border communication and commerce for 20 years.
Using all of his multicultural expertise and extensive contacts on both sides of the border, Paul opens up true cross-border markets for clients of j. simms agency and it's sister company O'Sullivan Internacional. We still don't know what he did to tick off those hippos, but we're glad he's a member of our team.
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Suzanne was born in San Diego but moved to the Dallas/Fort Worth
area at age 11. Determined to return to California, she enrolled
at San Diego State University and four years later, walked away
with a degree in Communications, Public Relations. Suzanne spent
most of her later California life trying out various places in
the county but finally found her perfect place in Pacific Beach.
She enjoys keeping up with all of her college friends as well
as her high school friends from Texas. She is glad to be back
to her original home of San Diego and loves spending time at the
beach.
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Jonathan is a native Californian who fully embraces the lifestyle with daily surf sessions and a steady diet of sunshine. Before becoming a member of the j. simms agency, Jonathan operated a freelance design business for a select group of clientele. Jonathan designs for print and web and produces what he likes to call “true works of art.” The latter of that being debatable, he does put his entire creative muster into the projects he’s entrusted with and makes it his goal to help build the client’s brand and business using the power of creative communications. Like the rest of the team at j. simms, Jon wears more than one hat and has recently taken over the responsibilities of promoting clients via the growing world of social media.
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George
Dowden
On-Line Marketing Specialist
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Having vowed to never to live more than 20 minutes from the ocean, George arrived in San Diego circa 1979 from Newport Beach. He graduated with distinction from SDSU (yet the meaning of this honor had to be explained to him) and remains a loyal alumnus of the black and red. When not churning out dazzling Web site designs for j. simms or rooting around in the dark places behind every site, he serves on the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District Tech Preparation Advisory Panel in the areas of Graphic and Web design.
His favorite stomping grounds are Old Town, Anza Borrego desert, Coronado and pretty much any Mexican restaurant in between. And in all sincerity, he believes a Siberian Husky is the closest thing on earth to perfection. George is a j.simms agency affiliate.
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