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SENIOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LEADERInnovative and entrepreneurial senior business development and operations leader with over 30 years of global experience that includes establishing, launching and driving consistent growth of telecommunications and technology companies. Skilled at building innovative business models, opening new markets and implementing best in class innovative technology services and solutions. Ability to collaborate and negotiate with senior level industry and government leaders.. Leverage strong interpersonal and multi-cultural communication skills to build cohesive and effective teams. Subject matter expertise in Cloud, Video/Unified Communications, Wireless/Cellular, Satellite and Data Center. Hands-on approach to team leadership and direction; excellent communicator and relationship builder. Demonstrated ability to partner with customers to achieve their goals, while advancing business opportunities.CORE KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS  C-Level consultative experience  Complex Product Sales Planning/Execution Technology Project Management Team Training, Mentoring & Evaluation

Listed skills include Start Ups, Telecommunications, Business Development, Strategic Partnerships, and 34 others.

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  President, Founder

  Davinci Cloud Advisors

  Dec 1998 - Present - New York City Area

  DaVinci Cloud Advisors mission is to help companies understand, explore and employ the many technology solutions the Cloud has to offer. Flexibility, scalability and security of Cloud solutions provides world class services that are affordable and easy to use by any size business or department. The workforce and customer experience offered by the Cloud far exceeds traditional in-house solutions. With over 200 service provider relationships, DaVinci allows you to evaluate a variety of solutions with Experts, not sales, resulting in lower pressure and better outcomes. DaVinci was founded as a business accelerator working with companies (clients) to develop and execute strategies for global expansion of sales, distribution channels and strategic partnerships. Select Engagements:Global Distributor, Avistar: Unified Communications solutions company. Clients included Campbell Soup, Intelsat, Samsung.President / Co-Founder ECHOBURST INC / ECHOPLEXX LLC: Innovative company focused on Platform Development and Service Provision of Logistics, M2M (IoT) and Fleet Tracking solutions for the mobile asset and vehicle fleet market. Acquired new business from market leaders including UPS, ServiceMaster, MotorolaUS GM, PreSyst Inc.: Directed operations for a company providing Business Process and Predictive Analytics (AI) for subscriber based servicesPresident, Plexsys, Intl. Cellular & Wireless Infrastructure: Develop and sold complete Cellular Systems worldwide. Placed many of the early cell systems into Caribbean, Latin America, US and Russia. DC Area finalist for E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year.VP International Ventures, Comsat Corp. Wash., DC: Established and operated 8 joint ventures for broadband satellite services in Latin America & E. EuropeDirector, Bus Dev - International, Sprint Corp, Burlingame, CA: Led the program to develop Sprint's international network, acquired switching, cable and satellite facilities. Negotiated interconnects with Foreign Telco's