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Long Beach, California, US

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Providing C-level strategic business advisory, marketing development, and organizational development to build trust and increase revenue, while looking for the next company to help succeed.Nearly 30 years experience of business, marketing, product, and organization expertise spanning all areas of high-tech including mobile, wireless, storage, networking.

Milpitas, CA, US

(Acquired by Extreme Networks)Rebuilt an innovative B2B SaaS strategy, brand, and team of top-notch marketers and technical evangelists who worked in concert with Engineering to rapidly turn Aerohive into the recognized pioneer of Cloud-managed networking (as a service) and leader in networking intelligence powered by Artificial Intelligence and Machine.

Seoul, KR

(Acquired by Glassbridge)Rapidly increased awareness, thought leadership, and revenue by leading high-performance global teams of marketing professionals managing all aspects of corporate and in-country marketing including strategy, branding, teams, agencies, contracts, P&L, AR/PR, etc to drive awareness and revenue in B2B and B2C space via digital.

Sunnyvale, California, US

(Acquired by Imation)Quickly overhauled the marketing aspects in order to sell to a larger company, which we did in a very short time. I was retained after the acquisition to further increase the marketing team globally and enable Nexsan to become the strategic and dominate business unit (and product offering) within Imation.

San Francisco, California, US

(Acquired by Riverbed)Founding team member, directing global marketing for software and hardware based wireless products from the beginning through growth years, including all aspects of corporate marketing, analyst & public relations, marcom, digital online marketing, content creation, social media strategies & SEO/SEM, website and content marketing.

Santa Clara, California, US

Developed, marketed, and managed PRO/Wireless product lines for Intel's Centrino Mobile Technology wireless platform. Spent the majority of my time with Intel developing the rationale, convincing senior management, and implementing strategic product software and hardware plans, including roadmaps. I am most proud of pioneering/evangelizing the Wireless LAN.

US

(Acquired by Intel)Developed the first Wi-Fi handheld products in the world and managed business and development relationships with all major OEMs and ODMs internationally. I also worked with press and trade agencies to secure prestigious industry awards and endorsements for my products. Further, I established and managed strategic industry alliances with.

(Merged with Matrix Communications) Prime Matrix was the largest wireless reseller in the US, behind MCI. I managed the discovery, business development, marketing and sales implementation plans for emerging wireless technologies such as the Blackberry, Sprint, Cingular, and others. I initiated and managed several strategic alliances with leading wireless.

Masters, Business Administration And Marketing

Bs, Business Administration And Marketing

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