Join co-hosts Richard Coyne & Bill Zahller as they interview guests who left successful careers to pursue a different path on the Road Less Traveled Show! In this episode, we spend time with Joseph McElroy! Joseph is a technologist, artist, poet, and hotelier! Joseph spent time at IBM and lead the development of internet gateways that allowed traffic to flow over IBM’s proprietary networks! Joseph went on to have a long career in tech and marketing working with some of the biggest brands in the world. Now Joseph has his own consulting company and has purchased his childhood home which is a motel in the Smokey Mountains! Joseph is growing revenue at that motel as he has done for many of his clients!
A bit more about Joseph:
- Joseph McElroy is a technology, marketing, hospitality, and search engine optimization expert who understands it takes much more than “words” to enhance a brand. It takes wise words and wise content. Joseph possesses the depth that allows him to live and breathe a brand and realizes the emotional and psychological elements of marketing. Joseph’s experience with big-data tools, AI, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategy and implementation, and wise content development have brought him in contact with some of the top brands in the world.
- Joseph is a graduate of Computer Science and Economics from Duke University, which he attended on a full mathematics scholarship won via a national competition. Joseph was a former team leader at IBM. At IBM he led the development of Internet Gateways that allowed Internet traffic to flow over IBM's proprietary networks worldwide. While at IBM, he won IBM Division Award for Technical Excellence.
- Joseph became an entrepreneur and marketer after his time at IBM and was part of the original dot-com boom and bust, where he raised millions of dollars and successfully brought the startup to profitability. He became an expert in SEO and led many SEO efforts for companies ranging from startups to international companies like Welada. Joseph recently had a large team helping Marriott International generate worldwide search engine traffic.
- Joseph’s experience with Marriott, Hilton, and Wyndham helped him purchase his childhood home, a 1950s roadside motel in the Smoky Mountains called the Meadowlark Motel that has a Restaurant and Bar. Now critically acclaimed he is busy building a hospitality brand based upon Memorable Tourism and Food experiences.
- Joseph is a museum-recognized artist and cultural supporter. He has performed internationally in acclaimed performance artwork and has had his poetry published on the Jumbotron in Times Square.
- From the magazine "Open" - "The McElroys kick open the doors of old business models and capitalize on what they believe."
Contact Joseph!
Email: joseph@galileotechmedia.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/josephmcelroy/
Website: galileotechmedia.com
Contact Bill Zahller
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Email: Bill@ParkCapitalPartnersLLC.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/billzahller
Contact Richard Coyne
Phone: 404-245-9732
Email: Richard@ParkCapitalPartnersLLC.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/richardjcoyne
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Music by Aliaksei Yukhnevich/Jamendo.
Audio and Video Production by Kerry Webb of KLAW Machine Media.
If you would like to be a guest on our show and have a “path change” story, please reach out to Richard at Richard@ParkCapitalPartnersLLC.com. We would love to chat with you!