Jeremy Armer

Hi, I'm Jeremy Armer. Welcome to my profile!

A true self-starter, I got sucked into the technology world in the early 1990's because I needed to learn HTML to promote my band. Within a few months I was producing high quality websites for local and international businesses and got bit hard by the entrepreneurial bug. I helped grow a small web hosting company to a global co-location provider, later acquired by Verio. I was the only web developer for publicly traded Big Entertainment (BIGE, now HOLL) lead them through the browser wars and was integral in their transition from a brick and mortar retail chain to a click and mortar online powerhouse competing head to head with eToys, Amazon and eBay. In 2000 I attained my NASD Series 7 License and worked first as a retail broker, then Assistant Operations Mgr, then Series 55 Licensed Equities Trader at J.P. Turner & Company (JPTC on the box) in Atlanta, GA where I learned what really made the markets move. In 2007 I acquired my Series 65 and FL State Life, Health and Variable Annuities License to become a Financial Advisor at Ameriprise Financial. In 2009 I cold-emailed serial entrepreneur and domainer Rick Latona who sent me to Manila, Philippines to oversee his development operations and also worked briefly for domain broker Toby Clements. Today I monetize a portfolio of ~750 domain names and have several startups in various phases. I'm currently participating in Venture Camp 1.0 as one of only 12 participants selected from more than 500 applicants and am eating, sleeping and dreaming execution with the help of many extremely talented and successful people for 2 months here at the Kessler Mansion in Indianapolis.

Platform Manager at Latonas.com

September 2009 - November 2010

Financial Advisor at Ameriprise Financial

August 2007 - December 2008

Attained Florida State Life, Health and Variable Annuities License and NASD Series 65 to become a licensed Financial Advisor.

Equities Trader at J.P. Turner & Company, LLC

February 2000 - October 2006

I started at small branch office in Tampa, FL self studying for my Series 7 exam and cold calling business owners out of the yellow pages while tending bar at the restaurant downstairs. I soon partnered with the firm's highest producer and relocated to the corporate headquarters in Atlanta, GA where I gained a reputation as the go-to guy for technology stocks and operational efficiency. I accepted the Assistant Operations Manager position after digitizing every paper form and creating a new paradigm for broker/client/operations and compliance chain. Soon after I was offered a position in the Trading department because of my attention to detail and multi-tasking abilities. I attained my Series 55 Equities Trader license and worked as an Agency Trader until late 2006 when I decided to pursue my dream of starting my own company.

Webmaster / Web Developer at Hollywood Media Corp.

January 1998 - April 1999

Was integral to the company's (then Big Entertainment Corp.) transition from retail chain store to complete e-commerce model using Tango Application Server on IBM AIX. Maintained main corporate website and regularly created custom branded theme stores for special events like movie premiers, dvd releases and industry events. I was the only web developer in the IT department during the time I was with Big Entertainment. The company completed the merger with Hollywood Media Corp. soon after I left and the corporate site (BigE.com) was folded into Hollywood.com.

Linux Systems Administrator / Tech Support at Dialtone Internet

December 1995 - April 1997

Duties included answering technical support inquiries by phone and email, registering customer domain names with the InterNIC via email templates and NIC handles, creating new customer accounts on Linux server by hand editing Apache configuration files, creating print media advertisements, create banner ads, maintain company website and also some customer websites. Dialtone Internet was acquired by Interland in 2004 after growing into a profitable dedicated hosting and colocation company.

Partner at VerticalConcepts.com LLC

October 2007

VerticalConcepts.com LLC is a joint venture holding company for various intellectual properties and electronic assets. Pure Mantram LLC became VerticalConcepts.com LLC in 2012.

CEO at ZenWorkers.com

July 2005

On June 2, 2013 I took ZenWorkers.com off the back burner and entered it as a from-scratch startup in Venture Camp 1.0 and am currently hacking away and pitching my rear off getting ready to shout my message from the digital mountain tops of social media.

NASD Series 7 Study Manual

2000 – 2008

NASD Series 7 - General Securities Representative

South Broward High School

1992 – 1995

Diploma

Concentration: General Studies

Marketing, Branding, Guitar, Skateboarding, Punk Rock, Performance Art, Domaining, Photoshop, Web Development, Travelling, Southeast Asia, StartUps, Entrepreneurs, Philippines, History, Religions, Philosophy, Metaphysics, Quantum Mechanics