Mark Brooks

Hi, I'am Mark Brooks, a consultant to Internet dating companies.

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In 1998 Mark Brooks started a popular adventure and social club serving Silicon Valley and then helped start eturn (now Remoba), an early competitor to Plaxo. In 1999 he helped develop an early personality profiling dating site called Hypermatch which was sold to EZBoard. After that Mark went on to help Friendster's founder seed and get initial press for Friendster in 2003. After working at FriendFinder and Cupid.com (VP) Mark Brooks started the Courtland Brooks Agency in 2005. His team has advised and worked for the CEO's of Cupid, Webdate, Plentyoffish, TRUE, Fling and WhiteLabelDating.com among others. June 2004 marked the first post on OnlinePersonalsWatch.com. 'OPW' has become the #1 online resource for the business of online dating and matchmaking. SocialNetworkingWatch.comfollowed in August 2006. Mark Brooks is a regular keynote speaker at conferences around the world, a consultant to internet dating companies and the President of Internet Dating Executive Alliance.

Chief Entertainment Officer at Ace Club

September 1998 - October 2007

ACE-CLUB.com was Silicon Valley's Adventure & Social Club. Sold and merged into UrbanDiversion.com in October 2007 to allow them to expand from San Francisco into Silicon Valley.

VP Marketing and Business Development at Cupid.com

July 2004 - May 2005

Acquisitions, site refinement, bus dev, strategy.

VP Business Development at Diet.com

March 2004 - April 2005

Senior Marketing Manager at FriendFinder

September 2003 - March 2004

Managing PR and affiliate channel mgmt. Media buys. Also advised on social networking functionality.

Director at Friendster

March 2003 - August 2003

Helped seed the Friendster community through media relations, promoters and events.

Director of Business Development at eTurn (now Remoba)

November 1999 - September 2000

Advised on product development, set up distribution deals, most notably with About.com and Excite, hired advisor.

Advisor at Hypermatch

June 1999 - June 2000

Advised CEO of compatibility profiling startup Hypermatch.com. Company sold to EZBoard.

Western Regional Sales Manager at Particle Measuring Systems

February 1999 - August 1999

Managed 18 reps, one office, 6 support staff. Sold laser based particle measuring systems to the semiconductor industry.

Western Regional Sales Manager at UBM Metrology Systems

September 1997 - February 1999

Sold non-contact laser based metrology systems to the likes of HP and Intel, mainly to the MEMS and semiconductor industry. Managed multiple groups of manufacturers reps. Designed new integration of a Keyence confocal laser and microscope with UBM stages and control system.

Senior Area Sales Manager at Keyence Lasers

June 1996 - September 1997

Sold non-contact measurement systems and managed team of manufacturers reps in Los Angeles, the Pacific Northwest, and Western Canada.

Area Sales Manager / Community Sales Trainer at Airpic Community Aerial Photography

June 1991 - August 1995

Sold aerial photography directly, door-to-door to communities in Pennsylvania and Michigan. Top salesman on first USA summer program in 1991. Also in 1992 and 1993, and 1994. Managed teams of sales people and was sales role model for company.

Advisor and Consultant at Plentyoffish

September 2006

Advisor and Consultant at Global Personals Media

June 2005

Principal Consultant at Courtland Brooks

January 2005

Courtland Brooks exclusively serves internet dating companies, and companies with best-in-class services suitable for the idating industry. Provides PR, business development, and marketing strategy services to internet dating companies, and companies that want to talk to them. See right bar of OnlinePersonalsWatch.com for current clients.

University of Hertfordshire (N.London)

1990 – 1994

B.S. (with hons)

Harvard Business School

Concentration: Launching New Ventures

Hiking, reading