Jonathan Friedman Email & Phone Number

Del Mar, CA, US

San Diego, California, United States

I’m leading the creation of a global supply chain for a company with truly amazing technology that will disrupt a multitude of industries.

San Diego, California, United States

Advising Product Businesses on Product Development, Business Plan Creation, Sales, Supply Chain, Intellectual Property Management, and more. Embracing a "Fail Fast" approach, we optimistically uncover obstacles early and relentlessly drive towards establishing Product Market Fit. Once PMF is gained, we help to build and execute a plan to grow the business.

Greater San Diego Area

• Invented a Cordless Hair Dryer and created the VOLO Hero Hair Towel
• Led all aspects of the business including Product Management, Sourcing, Quality, Engineering, Sales, Finance and eCommerce (Shopify, Amazon, Klaviyo, Yotpo, BazaarVoice).
• Invented a unique fabric called Nanoweave™. Built a line of success products and garments around this fabric, including a 2x Allure Best of Beauty Award Winning Hair Towel.
• Oversaw the creation of multiple Tech Packs for garments made of our fabric.
• Visited China and managed an overseas team. Qualified many manufacturing sources for the product, packaging, and components. Helped 2 suppliers get Costco Certified.
• Raised $4,500,000 in funding, $3M Series A at $12 million post-money valuation.

Greater San Diego Area

• Customer Success Management
• Responsible for cloud subscription renewals and Ariba Network growth.
• Single point-of-contact responsible for managing key customer relationships.
• Managed a portfolio with over $11M in annual revenue.
• Awarded for #1 Renewal Volume for Western Division, 2014.

Greater San Diego Area

• Location Awareness for Salesforce.com Users
• Raised $1,000,000 in angel funding, final round valued the business over $4 million.
• Led all aspects of the business including Sales, Product Management, Engineering and Finance
• Grew the user base to 200+ different companies in various stages of trial and paying subscriptions.
• Marketing: managed marketing efforts using tools including Facebook Ads, Twitter, Hubspot, Google Adwords, Mailchimp, webinars, and tradeshows such as Salesforce's Dreamforce conference
• Engineering: led international development team for 4 Apple mobile client applications, a Salesforce.com Managed Package and API, web applications, and a backend Rails/MySql stack on AWS.

Greater San Diego Area

• 75 employee precision ‘contract manufacturing’ business focused on medical and military.
• Co-owner, led due diligence, secured equity and debt finance for leveraged acquisition.
• Managed all aspects of $7.5M revenue P&L: Finance, Operations, Human Resources, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, and Engineering.
• Opened a 2nd manufacturing facility, dedicated to the Medical Device Industry (ISO 13485 Certified) in Minnesota, Arc Precision (www.arc-precision.com).
• Increased Output per Employee by 40%, increased On-Time Delivery by 30%.
• Gained ISO AS9100 Certification, improving quality and on-time delivery.

San Francisco Bay Area

• A world-class sales organization, formerly Guidant Corporation, Cardiac Rhythm Management - CRMSold and assisted in the clinical implantation of pacemakers and defibrillators to Electrophysiologists, Cardiologists, and.
• Exceeded plan in Q1, Q2, Q3 2006, awarded for Top 5 New Product Sales, 2005.
• Ranked #1 in corporation in Short-dated Inventory Incentive program, Q1 2005
• Paid MBA summer Intern in the Finance Department, St. Paul, Minnesota

Greater Chicago Area

MMM - Master of Management and ManufacturingDual Masters degree program:Masters of Engineering ManagementMasters of Business Administration

San Francisco Bay Area

• Managed direct reports and client employees on 10 separate projects.
• Managed 25 people on large project at high-tech firm. Staffed the project, hired contractors and new employees. Managed budget and sold phase of work for $800K.
• Functioned as product manager at a start-up internet company. Collaborated closely with CEO, CTO, marketing, engineering, customers, and sales to write cloud software requirements.
• Developed and promoted a new reverse-auction materials-sourcing service aimed at manufacturers. Achieved $22M in savings (11% of total expenditures) for a client.
• Led due diligence analysis for Accenture Ventures Capital group. Examined marketplace viability of start-up technology solutions, resulting in the allocation of $15M.
• Performed due diligence and competitive analysis on over 25 software companies.

Mba, Finance, Marketing, Entreprenaurship

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Engineering

Activities and Societies: Resident Advisor, Teaching Assistant, Phi Delta Theta

Mem, Master Of Engineering Management