Christina Casten Email & Phone Number

Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts

Natick, Massachusetts

• In this current, I direct marketing teams in innovative techniques to assess new business opportunities. One of my key tasks is to facilitate senior management teams in developing strategic plans. I Gain knowledge of.
• Exceptional leader in defining Content Addressed Storage resulting in wide market adoption and product development.
• Change agent - developed best use case based on data and analysis from industry trend reports on shifting consumer expectations focusing on five key capabilities: innovation, human resources management, data.
• Raised awareness, that aided CIOs deliver on opportunities to streamline back-office processes and develop new lines of revenue.
• Developed innovative market segmentation model - Casten Consulting Interstice Strategy (CCIS) to define rich "cells" for application acquisition and development.
• Acted as chairperson of Strategic Business Planning Processes involving external consultants and internal cross-functional stakeholders coaching disparate teams through the definition, development, and implementation.

• Senior Technologist, Chief Technology Office 2006 – 2009 Drove industry standards.
• Coordinated cross-company efforts for participation in Industry Standards activities to ensure the protection of company intellectual property.
• Drove the planning, market awareness, acceptance and adoption of a standard interface between software applications and storage systems.
• Promoted the early adoption of this standard with Independent Software Vendors.Director, Strategic Programs, Technology Planning Office 2003 – 2006 Responsible the new storage platform Thought Leadership Program.
• Created a consortium of competing high technology companies to develop a proposal for a standard interface between software applications and storage systems.
• Evangelized innovative storage methodology market acceptance and adoption via the development of a vendor neutral virtual community website and a University Outreach program.

Hopkinton, Ma.

• Sr. Technologist, Centera Division, Thought Leadership
• Designed, developed and executed a Thought Leadership Program to develop Object Storage market.o Result - 90% market share.
• Drove standard for interface between applications and object storage devices securing a consortium of EMC, HP and SUN Microsystems.Result – consortium’s work contributed to the Storage Networking Industry Association.
• Evangelized innovative storage methodology market acceptance and adoption. Result - a vendor neutral virtual community website Result - University Outreach program.
• Moderated Technology Forums designed to validate product roadmap and identify product requirements.Result – next generation product roadmap.

• Responsible for socializing and promoting technology concepts and products to increase market awareness and “mind share” among analysts and customers; eliciting and validating customer requirements for new and next.
• Created a best of breed Customer Input Program recognized as a key differentiator by customers, analysts and industry pundits.
• Grew Industry Analyst program to global sphere of influence in support of corporate messaging, product positioning, and revenue opportunities.
• Created a climate of collaborative innovation.

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Certifications: Recovery Coach Academy Ethical Considerations Mental Wellness and Recovery Cultural Competency Motivational Interviewing.

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