Clark Parsons
Managing Director
Berlin School of Creative Leadership
USA
Profile
Clark is the Managing Director of the Berlin School, with special focus on marketing, communications and strategy.
Biography
A native of (sweet home) Alabama in the U.S., he began his career as a newspaper journalist (Daily Variety, The Tennessean, Nashville Banner, Nashville Scene) and later editor-in-chief of a city magazine (Nashville Life). He was awarded a Robert Bosch Fellowship in 1997 and moved to Germany for a year of work in the Film & TV Division of the the German state of North Rhine-Westfalia’s Ministry of Post & Telecom. He then had a Bosch Fellowship stage at the Berliner newspaper Der Tagesspiegel.
After deciding to extend his year long stay in Germany (for 13 years and counting), Clark worked as a media Project Manager for the Industrial Investment Council of the New German States, advising foreign Internet companies and broadcasters locating in Berlin such as eBay and the Einstein Channel. After further stints as a broadcast media consultant at KPMG/BearingPoint and as Country Manager for an IT business development network, he co-founded Vortel GmbH, a VoIP-telephony company that was later sold to Inter.Net Germany.
Clark holds a B.A. in English from Vanderbilt University and an M.S. in Journalism from the Columbia University School of Journalism, where he was elected graduation speaker. He lives in Berlin-Zehlendorf with his wife, two children and a vinyl record collection still waiting to be re-alphabetized.
ClarkSP: The Berlin School is featured today in a Financial Times story on MBAs for luxury/fashion execs. http://t.co/3MdCTIGs
2011-12-12 17:57:41ClarkSP: Hello rainy, slushy Oslo. Dark, rainy, slushy Oslo.
2011-12-04 18:30:33ClarkSP: The #EMC Master Class from Paul Jackson & Norman Kurland lived up to the name. Amazing insights about navigating TV dealmaking.
2011-12-01 17:53:34ClarkSP: @therewasaguy fail. "Leider ist dieses Video in Deutschland nicht verfügbar, da es Musik enthalten könnte, für die die GEMA die erforder..."
2011-11-28 21:36:42ClarkSP: Tonight while halfway through a delicious book by @billroedy I pause, surf & discover he's a new follower. Gulp. #synchronicity.
2011-11-21 14:58:59ClarkSP: Rocked! RT @billroedy: I’ll be delivering the keynote @BerlinSchool’s graduation ceremony. Looking forward to meeting @ClarkSP & graduates.
2011-11-17 10:36:02ClarkSP: @kerns danke! slow on the twitter uptake these days...
2011-11-17 10:35:10ClarkSP: @rodrigoesteves Hi Rodrigo, we have a Start in March and one in September 2012. Shall we skype about it? username: clarksp
2011-10-08 22:29:51ClarkSP: @kerns Sign me up!
2011-10-03 18:24:58ClarkSP: @ashleyjudd old nashville acquaintance seated near you in the palais. nice rendezvous apres 20 ans....
2011-09-14 14:10:37ClarkSP: @jrosenthal Want to meet up at the Euro Effies tonight?
2011-07-29 18:38:30ClarkSP: The power of great magazine reporting: Fortune's amazing tale of leadership gone wrong at Pfizer. http://ow.ly/5Qzye
2011-06-30 19:02:29ClarkSP: What a list: 16 Berlin School grads/participants won 106 Cannes Lions - 8.8% of all Lions awarded. http://ow.ly/5u4b6
2011-06-29 23:01:19ClarkSP: @dubber Agree, I was there for 1st time a month ago. Had an incredible meal there, too. A new universe of rare wines, cheeses & olive oils.
2011-06-24 12:44:18ClarkSP: Another warm sunny day in Cannes. There are worse places to spend a week working.
2011-06-21 13:14:59ClarkSP: @ivgroup Thanks. So great to share a little Nashville warmth on the Croisette. Good luck in Cannes this week!
2011-06-18 18:57:30ClarkSP: RT @aduralde: Sincerest bday greetings 2 @ebertchicago : made being a film critic look like viable career choice. Still giving it best shot.
2011-06-16 21:21:32ClarkSP: @ngeahchan Wow, have fun and say hi to RN.
2011-06-15 11:27:12ClarkSP: RT @deathstarpr: Natalie Portman had a son. In unrelated news, everyone here on Death Star is suddenly looking a little nervous.
2011-06-14 16:27:39ClarkSP: @rodrigoesteves Are you coming to Cannes? Come to our @BerlinSchool Open House Thurs at 5 p.m. in the Palais. You can see Moa too :-)
