Jon Tedesco
Jon’s professional experience includes over 35 years as an advertising, design and marketing executive. His corporate roles encompass creative director, partner, founder and principle owner of advertising agencies, market research, public relations, industrial design and product design firms in Miami, Florida and the San Francisco Bay area. He relocated from California and has been a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada since 2002 and continues his marketing and business development consulting with selective companies.
Most recently, Jon Tedesco has consulted with an International Holding Company involved in residential and commercial real estate development and mining operations. He has also been actively assisting a charitable enterprise focused on “Green and renewable technologies”, a patented healthy food technology, automotive tools and aftermarket products and an emerging public company in the “Wellness” industry.
Jon pioneered a unique “Joint Venture Marketing Concept” over 20 years ago where he formed partnerships with his clients and only profited if the venture was successful. This activity enabled him to get involved with all aspects of launching and growing a business from writing business plans and raising money to acting as interim President and as a board member. He has helped launch over 100 start-ups from high tech and real estate development to consumer products, packaged goods and service companies.
Jon has a unique ability to identify new opportunities and develop creative and successful marketing strategies that generate profits for owners and shareholders alike.
Some of his joint ventures include a major design and marketing license with Pierre Cardin for the Cadillac designer car series, an educational computer software company with Art Linkletter and the development of the first computer golf program for Atari computers with Tom Weiskopf. He also was responsible for the production and marketing of an Elvis commemorative collector’s album under a licensee with RCA after discovering a lost, historical Elvis recording.
Jon developed a sophisticated lead generation and marketing program for the first Real Estate Investment Trust formed in California, produced television infomercials and created a diversified line of consumer products which include the design and publishing of a pictorial coffee table book with Bobby Unser about the Unser families four generations as world class auto racers.
Other achievements include developing the first hand-held computer game with interchangeable cartridges, inventing and patenting a unique healthy kitchen cooking appliance which produces low fat snacks and partnering with the manufacturers of the George Foreman line of house wares. He also is credited with creating, patenting and marketing custom auto accessories through Chevrolet and Cadillac dealers nationwide.