Fractional Director of Digital Marketing & Technology
Fireside RV RentalRemoteNovember 2025 – Present
National RV rental franchise network with 70+ locations across the United States
- Delivered $150K–$350K in avoided development costs through build-versus-buy analysis, redirecting resources toward proven fleet management solutions
- Saved 15–25 hours weekly across franchise operations and completed 16 major projects in the first 90 days spanning architecture, automation, and franchise support
- Run local SEO across all 70+ markets targeting top-3 map pack and organic rankings, lifting bookings ~20% on average and earning Google AI Overview citations
Custom Platforms Built
- Lead Platform: Built the RVIntake lead-generation and franchise management platform, including an RV Income Calculator that converts cold Facebook traffic into qualified RV-owner leads and a Claude-powered chatbot (FAITH) that handles network-wide lead routing, franchise identification, and location-specific bots, replacing per-location GHL AI Employee costs. Stack: Next.js 14, TypeScript, Vercel Postgres, NextAuth, Claude API, GoHighLevel API
- Learning Platform: Built the Fireside Learning Hub LMS for franchisee training and operations, with a Claude-powered AI assistant, lesson-context chat, training-deadline and coaching-call calendars, and SMS delivery. Stack: Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, Claude API, GoHighLevel SMS
- Custom Content Engine: Built an AI content system and RV Listing System v2.0 plugin with multi-model generation, Holistic SEO and schema markup, bulk CSV import, and automatic deployment to the correct franchise subdomain, cutting content creation costs 86%. Stack: PHP, WordPress REST API, Claude, GPT-4, Gemini, and Grok APIs
- 70+ Location WordPress Management Platform: Architected and operate a Multisite network with centralized plugin and theme control, API-driven template rollouts, a Python GBP/NAP/schema audit against the Google Places API, and a Next.js automation app for market research reports and franchise screening. Stack: WordPress Multisite, Kadence, PHP, Python, Google Places API, Next.js, Make.com
- GHL Automation Workflows: Designed a tiered GoHighLevel snapshot for network-wide deployment covering speed-to-lead, missed-call text-back, pre- and post-trip sequences, review requests, nurture and win-back, negative-review alerts, lead assignment routing, and daily owner summaries, plus Wheelbase-to-GHL contact sync. Stack: GoHighLevel, Zapier, Google Sheets, Twilio
- FireBot Operations Platform: Architecting an AI operations layer for corporate staff with a function registry, access matrix, background workflows, and a daily briefing agent. Stack: Next.js, Clerk, PostgreSQL, Inngest, Vercel, Notion
- Corporate Visibility Dashboard: Unified Wheelbase, GoHighLevel, and RV share platform data for leadership. Stack: Retool, Supabase, n8n