Michele Rempel, Community Voice, Managing Partner Westvyne

Michele Rempel

Michele Rempel is a Linked Local Network Community Voice and the founder and Managing Partner of Westvyne , LLC. Westvyne creatively bridges the gap between marketing and technology for successful businesses and professionals through training, consulting and management.

Michele has a BA in English and Communications as well as a Master’s degree in Education Administration. As administrator for the Career & Technical Education department at one of the largest Adult Education facilities in California, she implemented their first online registration system in 2006.

In 2007, she made the transition from education into Information Technology and joined Mandatek as a Project Manager for Website and Software Development. Michele formed Westvyne formerly Mediavine Marketing in 2010 with partners in IT and marketing to help businesses develop social media plans, train sales teams and build online presences to increase visibility and sales. Drawing upon her educational background, Michele developed and implemented a Social Media semester of courses designed for small business owners and leaders. Westvyne’s client list includes consulting firms, universities, entertainers, retail stores and non-profit organizations.

In 2018 Michele launched Windows to Waves art where she and her family create resin based art and exhibits in art festivals such as Art in the Park at Dinosaur Caves.

She is also a frequent blogger and speaker on marketing, social media, art and work-life balance topics.

She is a past Bizz Buzz Blog Talk radio show with Catherine Johns and Michele Rempel as they generate buzz about bizz. Michele and Catherine get a behind-the-scenes look at business people with an intriguing story to tell. Email: simplify@westvyne.com Twitter: @MicheleRempel

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