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Englewood, Colorado, US

o Seed2Exit is a Silicon Valley LLC comprised of experienced management consultants working to support Startups in their Growth Stage. Our team of global experts have at least 20+ years’ experience in Strategic Marketing and Alliances, Global Sales, Business Development and Operational Experience. We work with our clients to assess their current business.

Boulder, Colorado, US

Developing innovative passive millimeter wave object detection devices

Santa Clara, California, US

Focused on FTTx/PON opportunities in North America

Built a telecom & IT services marketing/strategy consultancy with annual revenues exceeding $175,000 through a series of short and long term projects from clients in the US, Africa, and Europe. · Venture Capital. Successfully, assisted clients in establishing relationships with venture.. Invited by the government of KSA to attend inaugural LEAP venture.

Washington DC, Washington DC, US

• Recruited to lead growth of telecom, IoT and medical products by developing new product strategies, launching new products, and presenting value proposition to customers and industry interest groups.* Currently part of.
• Led Integration & Growth of Acquired Business Unit. Transitioned customers and products from a product line acquired from JDSU and grew business to $3 million annual run rate.
• Led Marketing and Business Development Effort for Verizon FiOS Contract. Supported sales team and led new product road map as part of multi-million business relationship with Verizon for building the largest broadband.
• Qualified Product with USDA-RUS. Developed market positioning, collateral material and product strategy for supplying hardware products for broadband projects that were funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment.
• New Product & Channel Strategies for Data Center Product. Leading effort on launching fiber solutions for datacenters deploying wireless and cloud back haul/hosting services.
• Solar Panel Analysis. Analyzed viability of building a $30 million solar panel factory using US technology. Analysis included SWOT analysis on technology and financing options.

Sunnyvale, CA, US

• Launching New Products. Launched one of the industry’s first small footprint WDM telecom devices for metro networks. Product now generates over $3 million in annual sales.
• New Product & Channel Strategies. Developed road maps for new telecom products that will helped drive the future profitability of the company. These include products for wireless tower (CPRI) applications, and a.

Recruited, as a venture consultant in order to source and close new investment opportunities; and to create programs designed to improve portfolio company performance.· Investment Focus. Analyzing market trends in general, and debt and equity instruments in particular for:o Business Process Outsourcing, (BPO), operations in Asia. o Electronic Design.

* Received funding from Storm Ventures and others to co-found Ignis Optics to develop new generation of optical transceivers.Company was sold in 2002

Santa Clara, California, US

Recruited to be an early member of one of the top technology investment teams in the world. Given responsibility to “source” deals on a global basis. Also participated in senior level strategy and M&A efforts.· New Opportunity “Sourcing” and “Closing”. Sourced investment opportunities for evaluation. Conducted due diligence on all sourced deals..

Corning, New York, US

· Market Development. Part of a multi-disciplinary team from 1996 – 1998 charged with developing and managing Corning's local area/enterprise network optical fiber strategy and end-user relationships. Effort included the introduction of a new, product line that has generated over $60 million since inception. · Revenue & Sales Growth. Between 1994 & 1995.

Reston, Virginia, US

Education record

Ba, Physics, History

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Systems Engineering