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Vonzos Partners provides bridge funding, and hands-on executive business services through V-Scale, to revenue-generating companies in health and wellness markets developing core technology solutions that are highly technically differentiated and IP defensible. The V-Scale team, ~40 diverse executives from the investment, executive management, and technology sectors, transform under-performing companies into high-growth overachievers thereby producing higher rates of return for investors and founders. Our ambitious mission – ZERO FAILURES! Additionally, Vivify Angels, a non-profit angel group, invests and supports diverse founding teams and socially beneficial companies. Vivify hosts Pitch Days the first Monday of each month (check back here regularly for details). We are impact investors and remain agnostic to stage or technology.

Global Corporate Strategy & Planning | Leadership & Management

Designed, built, and operated Seagate’s first centralized global marketing organization. Created vision and strategy that united the Americas, EMEA, and APAC/Japan and encompassed areas of Product, OEM and Distribution programming, Communications (e.g., branding and advertising), Events, and Operations. Revitalized all global and regional marketing strategies, team roles, and processes. Produced benchmarks, budgets, and decreased expenditures by >35% and corporate headcount by 20%. Boosted team productivity by 300%. Led first profitable branded retail product launch and extended market reach into a new regional market (Latin America).Drove best practices into an integrated Go-to-Market system. Delivered CRM tool for closed-loop ROI performance.

Grew sales from $83M to $631M. Negotiated 5-10% price advantage over competitors.Built an international direct sales and marketing team and managed joint venture partnerships responsible for all sales, forecasting, pricing, and global customer relationships. Developed Komag's international presence.Developed and cemented key market partnerships and company presence in 12 countries and 3 continents.

Special Assignment from Chairman: As Program Manager, customized specifications and coordinated delivery for new sputtering technology designed by key partner.Key Commodity Procurement Manager: Optimized, led, and negotiated sourcing and pricing strategies.Engineering Management Positions: R&D, Product, Quality, and Manufacturing.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi Pi Tau SigmaResearch project: "Testing of Flow Patterns of Prosthetic Heart Valves"

Master Of Arts (Ma), Interdisciplinary Studies, (Systems Science, Business, And Anthropology)

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa PhiMultiple Award-Winning Thesis: "Planet Building: A Case Study of Corporate Sustainability.