Jim Lipuma Tumblr Blog

With more than three decades of executive leadership experience, including as a leadership professional with Fortune 500, start-up and high-growth organizations, author and executive sales leader Jim Lipuma leads Rewards21, a program that gives consumers cash-back for various car and hotel room rentals, as well as airline ticket and dining out purchases. Prior to co-founding Rewards21, Jim Lipuma held multiple key sales leadership positions. As the Chief Sales Officer for Restaurant.com, Mr. Lipuma was instrumental in growing revenue by more than 400 percent over four years, while expanding the team from 45 to 240 and the restaurant partner count from 7,000 to 19,000+. More recently, he functioned as Senior Vice President for AOL/Patch.com, rapidly increasing revenue by 100 percent within 15 months. He then moved on to Kapow, a client event-booking marketplace, where he served as the Chief Sales Officer, leading the company to recognition as one of the fastest growing Chicago-based tech startups, boosting year-to-year revenue growth by 540 percent and opening offices in 20 cities within a 14 month span. In 2014, Jim Lipuma launched his debut book, Lead from the Front: 101 Leadership Quips, Quotes and Anecdotes That Will Impact Your Career and Your Life, detailing his lengthy professional experience to teach lessons in business and life. In 2016, Jim Lipuma authored and published his second book, Pulling Levers: Building an Inspired Culture and Driving Winning Results Through Focus on the Four Ps. Mr. Lipuma holds a BS in business management from Northern Illinois University.

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The 7shifts Mobile App

As the co-founder and chief sales officer-at-large of Rewards21 in Chicago, Jim Lipuma oversees the operations of a consumer rewards program that serves more than 550,000 hotels and over 2,000 restaurants. Jim Lipuma also works as an advisor at 7shifts, a software development company that aims to help restaurant owners and managers save time and money in scheduling staff. 7shifts restaurant employee scheduling software allows users to create schedules with one click. It can be used as a web-based platform and is also available for mobile use, downloadable from the App Store and Google Play. Employees can check their schedules, along with submitting time-off or other requests, anywhere they have access to the app. Furthermore, the app allows owners and managers to do everything they could do on a laptop or desktop computer. Managers are able to make shift changes, approve or deny requests, create group chats, and send out announcements.