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: Hello Vienna! Looking forward to a cool Berlin School cocktail mixer tonight.
2012-05-21 14:52:49ClarkSP: @ndorra Hi Nick, no word from Anne; Still happy to visit if it helps.
2012-05-21 10:06:15ClarkSP: RT @arminwolf: @BerlinSchool-Cocktail: Di, 22.5., 18h00 Brandauers Biergbögen, Heiligenstädterstr. 31, Wien. Nähere Infos bei @ClarkSP 2/2
2012-05-16 13:12:38ClarkSP: Hello London, what's with that bright star in the sky?
2012-05-14 10:49:09ClarkSP: In Shanghai tonight is our President's Lecture from Harry Hui, who has led MTV, Universal Music & Pepsico in China http://t.co/7YrljZSb
2012-05-06 20:27:17ClarkSP: Off to Sao Paulo for a full week. Excited, but not in the mood to relive Winter...
2012-04-23 22:11:55ClarkSP: @ndorra Thanks for the follow. Really enjoyed your MIPTV talk & can't wait to see the series.
2012-04-15 21:26:14ClarkSP: @kerns Awesome. Skype at 10? You need to follow me so I can DM you...
2012-04-15 21:19:38ClarkSP: @kerns Dude, need to talk. You awake tonight later?
2012-04-04 13:54:17ClarkSP: What a great #MIPTV it's been. Big thank yous to Karma, Patience, Serendipity, Old Friends & Kim (for the used Gucci shoes).
2012-04-01 14:55:20ClarkSP: Off to Cannes for #MIPTV and lots of meetings. Maybe sunshine too?
2012-03-27 23:26:00ClarkSP: @vnsavitri Going to be worth the effort! Can't wait to see what you come up with. Love how passionate you guys are.
2012-03-22 18:56:32ClarkSP: @dubber Did you play Galaxians and then hit I Can't Believe It's Yoghurt?
2012-03-20 14:11:10ClarkSP: You can still RSVP for our President's Lecture tonight in Berlin: Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck Lemathe. http://t.co/IheHCQLG
2012-03-07 10:26:29ClarkSP: Wrapping up 3 days in the UAE at the Dubai Lynx dinner & awards tonight. Good luck to our shortlisted "Berliners."
2012-01-30 10:41:33ClarkSP: 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.
