Douglas J Korte

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Chief Revenue Officer | Vice President Sales | Driving Profitable Growth | Team Leadership | Business Strategist | General Manager @ EchoLeaf Systems Inc.
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Santa Clarita, California, United States, United States
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About Douglas J Korte

Thriving in times of heightened uncertainty, rapid change, and an ongoing fresh set of challenges demands an adaptable and innovative leader with a great depth of experience, extensive skills, a proven track record, and a steady hand.As an award-winning, trusted, and proven global technology business executive, I possess well-developed leadership and business strategy skills demonstrated by a record of recruiting and inspiring high-performance sales teams to increase revenue and profits, delivering clear, consistent standards and expectations, achieving impactful results, and exceeding goals while delivering results for a broad range of companies and clients sized from industry-transforming startups to the largest and most well-known Fortune 50 Enterprises around the world. Roles at a Glance,• SIGNIANT, INC. - Vice President, Strategic Sales• HEWLETT PACKARD - Vice President & Global General Manager, Communications Media & Entertainment• IBM CORP - Americas Solution Leader, Media Networks and Entertainment• HARRIS CORPORATION - Vice President Sales and Systems Engineering• CUNEIFORM TECHNOLOGIES - Chief Executive Officer• GROUP 47, Inc. – EVP Marketing & Business Development I approach each assignment with a sense of urgency, focusing on execution and results, with a commitment to the following core values in everything I do:• Respect for the Individual• Dedication to Every Client’s Success• Innovation That Matters• Trust and Personal ResponsibilitySKILLS INCLUDE: Profitable Growth in Global Markets, Business Strategy Driving Strategic Initiatives, Executive Relationship Building, Critical Thinking, Sales Leadership, Direct Sales, Collaboration, Channel / Partner Alliance Management, Executive Management, Financial Acumen, Ability to Brainstorm Strategize and Design Innovative High-Level Solutions to Complex Client Problems, Managing Complex Business Environments, SaaS Sales, Analytical Skills, Leveraging Data-Driven Insights, Problem-Solving, Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Operations, New Business Development, Negotiation, Scaling, Process Improvement, Team Building, Mentoring, Change Management, Risk Management, Pricing Strategy, M&A Integration, Strategic Development and Growth, Skilled Communicator, Enterprise Sales Engineering, Cloud Computing, Technology, Media & Entertainment, Digital Media, Telecommunications, Emerging Technologies, News / Publishing, Production, Software, Hardware, AI/ML, Data Management, Professional Services, Delivering results in companies sized from startups to Fortune 50.

Douglas J Korte's Current Company Details
EchoLeaf Systems Inc.

Echoleaf Systems Inc.

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Chief Revenue Officer | Vice President Sales | Driving Profitable Growth | Team Leadership | Business Strategist | General Manager
Los Angeles, California, United States
Employees:
7
Douglas J Korte Work Experience Details
  • Echoleaf Systems Inc.
    Echoleaf Systems Inc.
    Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Signiant
    Vice President Of Strategic Sales
    Signiant 2020 - Present
    Lexington, Massachusetts, Us
    Responsible for management, driving business development and sales, C-level engagement/Influence, and growth for our most important and strategic broadcast networks, cable networks, sports leagues, and broadcasters, streaming B2C, motion picture studios, post-production, VFX, and distribution SaaS customers in the US and Worldwide. These include many of the most well-known and recognizable names in the Media & Entertainment Industry.The Signiant Platform is an integrated set of SaaS products (Managed File Transfer, MAM, Workflows) that make media content flow easier and more efficient. The platform is built on a fast file transfer foundation that provides seamless and secure access to essential data assets on any storage, anywhere, with comprehensive control and visibility at any scale, and is already used to connect more than 50,000 companies of all sizes and over 1 million users.
  • Glg (Gerson Lehrman Group)
    Executive Advisor, Business Strategy Consultant | Council Member
    Glg (Gerson Lehrman Group) 2012 - Present
    New York, Ny, Us
    In this role, I provide confidential, independent, unbiased, objective & timely sales/business development, operations, M&A, and financial strategy advice to corporations, private equity & venture capital firms, investment banking/management firms, hedge funds, professional services firms, and large Institutional Investors regarding high technology companies and industry trends.
  • Tonic Document Management (Tonicdm)
    Non Executive Board Member
    Tonic Document Management (Tonicdm) Apr 2015 - Present
    Los Angeles, California, Us
    TonicDM is a B2B SaaS offering for professionals engaged in design of the built environment, helping them leverage information processes to maximize design value and lower risk. Easy-to-use Email, RFI, Collaboration, and Submittal Management System specific to design teams in the AEC/Architecture/building industry.
  • Pterodynamics Inc.
    Executive Advisor
    Pterodynamics Inc. Jan 2019 - Present
    Colorado Springs, Colorado, Us
    PteroDynamics is an aircraft design and manufacturing company that has developed a patented VTOL aircraft design that folds its wings during flight to transition between rotorcraft and fixed-wing configurations. Transwing® aircraft have improved controllability in takeoff and landing and typically require 1/3 of the ground footprint as compared to other aircraft with the same wingspan. Transwing®’s unique variable geometry design also allows it to fly faster and further than competitive designs
  • Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences
    Voting Member
    Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences 2005 - Present
    North Hollywood, Ca, Us
  • Society Of Television Engineers
    Board Of Directors, Executive Member
    Society Of Television Engineers 2017 - Present
    Burbank, California, Us
    Established in 1940, STE is an organization unique to Los Angeles and the surrounding areas. It's members include key individuals involved in television broadcast engineering, post production, production and the manufacture of television broadcast equipment.
  • -Independent Consultant-
    Executive Partner, Investor, And Business Consultant - Strategy, Sales & Operations
    -Independent Consultant- 2017 - Present
    Bujumbura, Bujumbura Mairie, Bi
    Serving as an Executive Partner, Leadership Advisor, Interim Management Practice, and Mentor to CEOs, Senior Executives, and Board Members, providing timely, actionable, outcome-based advice and best practices/execution across a range of business issues to accelerate the achievement of client goals, reduce risk, increase sales success, create innovative solutions, improve operations & efficiency, and achieve optimal business results. Building world-class sales and marketing organizations from the ground up into multi-million dollar revenue-generating organizations.
  • Cuneiform Technologies, Inc.
    Ceo & Share Holder
    Cuneiform Technologies, Inc. 2014 - 2017
    Private equity funded start-up developing patented, advanced, secure & disruptive long-term digital preservation technology (hardware, software & services) to enterprise, government, healthcare/life sciences, media & entertainment, small & medium business.• Appointed to create, communicate, and implement the organization's strategic vision, operational best practices, negotiations with investors, development partners, OEM/ Licensee's, & strategic alliance partners, and overall direction for this private equity funded start-up. • Secured 2 US Patent awards for core IP in 2015/2016 developing, advanced, secure & disruptive long-term digital storage technology. Exit in 2017.
  • Group 47 Inc
    Executive Vice President, Marketing & Business Development
    Group 47 Inc 2013 - 2014
    Private equity funded storage technology start-up addressing the need for stable long-term digital archival. Reporting to the CEO and working closely with the CFO, CTO and Board of Directors , I created higher valuation developing the business plan, refined product/corporate brand positioning, managing communications, arranging & delivering talks at various industry events, built/enhanced executive relationships, set strategy and negotiated with investors, development partners, OEM/Licensee's, strategic alliance channel partners, and customers.
  • Hewlett-Packard (Hp)
    Vice President And Global General Manager - Communications, Media And Entertainment
    Hewlett-Packard (Hp) 2009 - 2013
    Houston, Texas, Us
    Aggressively recruited to craft the vision, hire, lead, coach, mentor, and transform a large global cross-functional team spanning the company's portfolio of enterprise software, hardware, networking, support, cloud, and consulting/managed services with dotted line reporting to the CEO. • Turned around, reinvigorated, and scaled a $250M global product and services sales organization that was in crisis, increasing revenues over 5X, and improving margins 27.5% in the first 24 months, growing share of wallet, and maintaining a 3.5x pipeline. • Recruited, trained, coached, and led a WW team of 150+ (Direct sales, Directors, and VPs) spanning the portfolio of enterprise solutions.• Exceeded market multiples, competition, and targets for both top-line and gross margin while staying under budget and improving customer satisfaction, by defining and implementing operational best practices, financial and performance management metrics, talent management/training, accurate forecasting, performance measurement, and data-centric reporting. • Developed and optimized direct and indirect channels, negotiating multi-million dollar deals and strengthening relationships.• Set business strategy, coordinated and influenced multiple worldwide business unit delivery organizations, and strategic partner /channel alliances, balancing between competing priorities, strengthening client engagement, and adding value while scaling the talent mix.• Chosen as "Best Practices” featured speaker/mentor and content contributor for the HP License to Practice (LTP) program. LTP is HP's flagship sales leadership development program • Recruited into the Executive Leadership/Management Development program, earning a License to Practice & License to Manage certifications.• Brought a B2B cloud-based Predictive Analytics, Social Media / BI SaaS offering from the R&D lab to market; outperforming both client-developed and industry tools.
  • International Business Machines Corporation (Ibm)
    Americas Solutions Leader (Vp), Media & Entertainment Industry
    International Business Machines Corporation (Ibm) Oct 2006 - Nov 2009
    Armonk, New York, Ny, Us
    • Directed sales, strategy, and business development teams, including directors and vice presidents from 5 to 100+ individuals for the $900M+ Media Networks & Entertainment Sales Practice in the Americas. • Drove revenue growth through defined solution development, innovation and technology, and business transformation consulting that created added value while managing risks and rationalizing costs. • Served Enterprise & SMB Entertainment, Broadcast, Cable, Satellite, Online Gaming, Advertising, Publishing, & Sports markets, defined go-to-market, trade shows/conferences, and solution development. • Executed sales leadership, developed business strategies, and identified solution opportunities for top-tier clients within the IBM portfolio of software/SaaS, business intelligence, analytics, hardware, cloud, professional services, consulting services, BPO, process re-engineering, change management, finance, and strategic third party partner offerings. • Global responsibility and management of product teams comprised of Enterprise Architects, Product Managers, UX/UI, Hardware, and Software Engineers, for custom software and hardware product development. • Led global teams through creation, demand generation, campaign development, communications, launch, delivery, and support of the IBM enterprise metadata management/analytics offering, MXFserver cross-platform collaboration and project sharing platform, and Digital Cinema solutions. • Industry leader in the market introduction, promotion, and implementation of LTFS LTO storage.• High Impact Award recognizing Exceptional Business Impact.• General Managers Award for “Sales Leadership and for Living IBM's Values Daily” (Respect for the Individual, Dedication to every client's success, Innovation that matters, for our company and the world, Trust and personal responsibility in all relationships).• IBM Software Top Gun Certification.• Recruited into IBM’s Prestigious Speaker's Bureau.
  • Harris Corporation
    Vice President, Solutions Sales & Systems Engineering, Americas
    Harris Corporation 1999 - 2005
    Melbourne, Florida, Us
    Creation, Leadership, and General Management of a Systems Engineering Solutions team, focused on creation & sales of engineered systems solutions, design, consulting, risk management, integration and project management of systems encompassing the enterprise software & hardware product lines, driving hardware & software development and integration of third party products, OEM partnerships, identifying new market opportunities, partnering/overlay with sales and creating a new multi-million dollar revenue stream of chargeable professional services.Management of Global Hardware and Software development teams, Conceptualizing, Communications and Delivery for the corporate-wide Integrated Content Environment (ICE) initiative, increasing integrated system solutions based revenue, broadly shaping product development, and corporate direction.Directly responsible for two of the five reasons cited by Leitch’s CEO for the successful turnaround and subsequent high-value sale of Leitch Technology to Harris Corporation - 6/2005
  • Leitch Technology (Sold To Harris Corp)
    Vice President, Server System Sales, Americas Group
    Leitch Technology (Sold To Harris Corp) 1999 - 2003
    • Promoted and responsibilities further expanded to manage Leitch Emmy Award Winning server sales efforts for $50M division resulting in an increase of Television News Systems market share by >400% '01-'03 and increased margins. • Reduced costs and increased sales of server systems by +25% (USA) in 2001-2002 and by +20% in `02-03. Exceeded targets and market multiples by establishing best practices and directing 12-15 regional sales managers in the Americas.• Member of the CEO's (M&A) Valuation, Acquisition / Post-Merger Integration Team, the CTO's corporate Strategic Development &Technology Planning team, and the "Sales Leadership Team" including the deployment of Solution SellingTM consultative sales training as an instructor and best practice mentor.
  • Leitch Technology (Sold To Harris Corp)
    Director Of Sales, Western Usa
    Leitch Technology (Sold To Harris Corp) 2000 - 2001
    Promoted to motivate, manage & lead a dynamic staff of regional sales managers, inside sales, sales engineers, order management and indirect distribution channels throughout the Western USA resulting in 27.8% increase in revenue.
  • Leitch Technology (Sold To Harris Corp)
    Senior Sales Manager, National Accounts
    Leitch Technology (Sold To Harris Corp) 1999 - 2000
  • Ampex Data Systems Corporation
    Senior Sales Manager Americas
    Ampex Data Systems Corporation 1991 - 1999
    Hayward, Ca, Us
  • Ampex Data Systems Corporation
    Marketing Management - Redwood City Ca
    Ampex Data Systems Corporation 1992 - 1993
    Hayward, Ca, Us
  • Ampex Data Systems Corporation
    Product Marketing Manager – Automated Library Systems
    Ampex Data Systems Corporation 1991 - 1992
    Hayward, Ca, Us

Douglas J Korte Skills

Strategic Partnerships Strategy Cloud Computing Solution Selling Digital Media Start Ups Management Business Development Enterprise Software Product Marketing Crm Sales Management Strategic Planning Leadership Saas Business Strategy Business Planning Change Management Integration Cross Functional Team Leadership Professional Services Global Business Development Analytics Product Management Executive Management Emerging Technologies Competitive Analysis Telecommunications Go To Market Strategy Sales Software Development P&l Management Thought Leadership Solution Development Mergers And Acquisitions Channel Partners Marketing Management Business Alliances Big Data Mobile Technology Contract Negotiation Organization Selling Storage Solutions New Business Development Creative Problem Solving Talent Management Media And Entertainment Client Relationship Building Turn Around Management

Douglas J Korte Education Details

  • University Of Illinois Chicago
    University Of Illinois Chicago
    Pre-Med
  • University Of Phoenix
    University Of Phoenix
    Business Administration And Management
  • Hewlett Packard Company - Executive Leadership / Management Development Program
    Hewlett Packard Company - Executive Leadership / Management Development Program
    Executive Leadership / Management Development
  • Ibm Corporation
    Ibm Corporation
    Business Partner Integrity Training
  • Hewlett Packard Company - License To Practice Certification
    Hewlett Packard Company - License To Practice Certification
    License To Practice Certification
  • Hewlett Packard Company - License To Manage Certification
    Hewlett Packard Company - License To Manage Certification
    License To Manage Certification
  • Ibm Software Top Gun
    Ibm Software Top Gun
    Ibm Software Top Gun
  • Solutions Selling™ Management Training
    Solutions Selling™ Management Training
  • Management Action Programs (Map) Leadership & Management Skills Development
    Management Action Programs (Map) Leadership & Management Skills Development
  • Decker Communications
    Decker Communications
  • Waterloo Management Education Center (Watmac)  - Project Management Certification
    Waterloo Management Education Center (Watmac) - Project Management Certification
  • Western Learning Systems - Communications
    Western Learning Systems - Communications

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Douglas J Korte attended University Of Illinois Chicago, University Of Phoenix, Hewlett Packard Company - Executive Leadership / Management Development Program, Ibm Corporation, Hewlett Packard Company - License To Practice Certification, Hewlett Packard Company - License To Manage Certification, Ibm Software Top Gun, Solutions Selling™ Management Training, Management Action Programs (Map) Leadership & Management Skills Development, Decker Communications, Waterloo Management Education Center (Watmac) - Project Management Certification, Western Learning Systems - Communications.

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