Jon Gaster Email & Phone Number

I am an IBM trained entrepreneurial executive. I have experience ranging from being a start-up founder (with successful exits) to working with Fortune 500 companies. I have been immersed in IoT, drones and video technologies. I also have deep understanding and hands-on experience of film and TV production and supporting processes. My skills include business strategy, product management (including formal lean start-up and agile development methodologies), finance, sales, and business development. I also advise on investment and fund-raising structures and strategies. I specialize in helping companies formulate their business strategy and embrace new technology to unlock value or to create new opportunities for revenue and growth in ways that meet their goals. I am comfortable communicating at all levels from the C suite down.I have domain expertise covering a broad variety of industries including commercial drones, IoT, Entertainment, Defense, and Sustainability. I have deployed technology ranging from IBM mainframes to custom hardware and cloud-based applications for managing real-time drone video and data over LTE networks to film and TV production management systems.This broad experience is supported by my consultative approach. Listening and understanding the needs of critical stakeholders (founders, customers, investors, executives and/or line management) is paramount and is the key to gaining acceptance of appropriate strategies and technologies. I have dual UK and US citizenship which allows me to express an experienced international perspective when appropriate. I am "culturally bi-lingual" being equally at home doing business both in the US and the UK Specialties:Strategic Business Development.Lean Start-up strategyIoT drones and remote sensorsProduct ManagementTechnology strategy and innovation.General management.Investment strategy Finance

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  London School Of Economics And Political Science, U. Of London

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