Chuck Swenberg has over 25+ years of experience in entrepreneurial Sales Management, Business Development and Venture Capital Financing in Start-Up Companies. Chuck began his career at Apple in Field Sales, and eventually was charged with managing Planning & Business Strategy for Apple’s Education Group and Power Macintosh team. He then joined Apax Partners as a Kauffman Venture Capital Fellow where he conducted due diligence on investment opportunities, and built deal-flow channels and relationships with company founders and other venture capitalists. Since then, he has been an executive and leader of teams in a number of start-ups, including Habeas, which was acquired by ReturnPath and Autonomy, Inc., which went public and was eventually acquired by Hewlett Packard.Chuck has an intimate understanding of the start-up lifecycle and what it takes to execute impactful deals and scale an organization. He is a highly creative self-starter and team player, with excellent leadership, business operations and process management skills. Chuck has a proven track record in the development of strategies and marketing programs to increase deal-flow and customer acquisition in order to achieve revenue targets and value-creating results. Strong negotiation and relationship management skills with effective partnering to reach desired outcomes are key qualities of his approach and style.Other specialties include: sales and business operations management, email marketing, internet security, Software-as-a-Service applications, business planning, investment negotiation and documentation, and licensing and distribution agreements.His background spans technologies covering: Internet Security, Content Management, Consumer Marketing Services, Machine Learning and AI systems.Chuck holds a BS in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University, and an MS in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. His research in the Application of Mathematical Programing in Corporate-Level Planning is still in use today in advanced semiconductor manufacturing systems.
Listed skills include Strategic Partnerships, Start Ups, Saas, Lead Generation, and 46 others.
