Matt Hames

CEO at Acru, Director of Enterprise Architecture at Community & Southern Bank

Woodstock, Georgia

Financial Services

Acru - Greater Atlanta Area since Jan 2001
CEO
Community & Southern Bank - Greater Atlanta Area since Sep 2012
Director of Enterprise Architecture

Matt is on the executive board of the Kennesaw State University Athletic Association and serves as director for the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Foundation, and Timothy + Barnabas. Matt is a native of Woodstock, resides there, and is an active member of the First Baptist Church of Woodstock where he teaches a young adult Sunday school class.

Manager of Media Communications at Colgate University

Hamilton, New York

Marketing and Advertising

Colgate University - Hamilton, NY since Nov 2011
Manager of Media Communications
International Institute of Buffalo - Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area May 2011 - Nov 2011
Board Member
Adrian Dayton and Associates - Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area Aug 2011 - Sep 2011
Digital Media Coach and Analytics Developer
Eric Mower and Associates - Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area Oct 2006 - Aug 2011
Social Media Strategist -- EMA Insight
SKM Group Sep 2005 - Oct 2006
Senior copywriter

Humber College 1994 - 1995
Media Copywriting, copywriting University of Toronto at Mississauga - Erindale College 1988 - 1992
BA, English

Social Media Marketing
Marketing Strategy
Advertising
Web 2.0
Web Analytics
Curling
Web Services
Blog Marketing
Digital Strategy
Analytics
Social Media
Blogging
StumbleUpon
Web Content Production
Digital Marketing
Digital Branding
Digital Solutions
YouTube
Flickr
Ning
Digg
Tumblr
LinkedIn
Facebook
Skype
Twitter
Mac/PC proficient
Creative Writing
Writing
Word
Research
Copywriting
Marketing ROI
Link Analysis
SEO copywriting
Online Marketing
Internet Strategy
Keyword Research
Organic Search
Video Development
Media Monitoring
Interactive Marketing Strategy
Speakers
Presenting Ideas
User Journeys
Personas
Social Networking
Engagement
Digital Media
Public Speaking

Social media, curling, my family, reading, writing, working at a full-service ad agency. I also do speaking on social media, and have been hired by companies to teach social media to their staff.

I won two Ontario Curling championships, and even competed at the US National Curling Championships. I'm a dad, a husband, and a marketer. These days, I'm trying to figure out how the internet fits into marketing. Lets discuss it together (or you can ask me curling questions).