Ken Crittendon Email & Phone Number

Davis, Ca, Us

Davis, California, Us

CxORE provides a unique blend of Executive Leadership and Support Services.Leaders command depth in a particular executive role that is complimented by their breadth of experience. Support Services, in partnership with our leaders, helps organizations run their administration, accounting, human resources, finance, and technology functions.I typically hold an Interim CFO role with a focus on technology. I enjoy learning about client challenges and working as a team to implement solutions that result in meaningful transformations. In many cases, the first order of business is bringing stability and continuity ahead of transformation.About CxOREWe specialize in providing flexible, scalable access to executive leadership and a full spectrum of support services. Our mission is to help organizations effectively navigate critical challenges, initiatives, transitions, and transformations. Our approach goes beyond traditional customization; we tailor solutions intricately aligned with specific needs and circumstances, ensuring innovative, single-source solutions that deliver unparalleled value.Our diverse, CxO-led teams combine a wealth of skills, expertise, and resources, operating in parallel to produce measurable impacts. CxORE houses a talented team across multiple departments, equipped to address any organizational need. By integrating seamlessly with client partner organizations, we ensure strategic execution that transforms your vision into tangible outcomes. We align operations, effectively deploy resources, and efficiently manage tasks while continuously monitoring progress to guarantee success. At CxORE, forging trusted partnerships is at the heart of what we do. Our foundation of confidence, reliance, and transparency ensures that we consistently deliver superior value and performance, building trust and achieving mutual success with our partners.

Labège, Occitanie, Fr

Smart Connect's technology is like a "Smartwatch for Industry." Industrial equipment wears a gateway that collects sensor data and the company partners with Dell, IBM, Intel and SAP to provide cloud and analytics platforms.I took on this project with the goal of commercializing an existing product developed in Australia into the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) market. We formed a new company and built it into an IoT player capable of scaling worldwide through IBM’s Application Specific Licensing. IBM recognized Smart Connect as a Business Partner of the Future and the company was one of two finalists for IBM's Beacon Award in the Outstanding Analytics Cloud Solution Category.

Gold River, Ca, Us

Synergex is a fifty-year-old application development company with a venture capital arm that holds a majority stake in CleanWorld, a bioenergy manufacturer that converts organic waste into transportation fuel and electricity.My first project was leading a six month catch up effort for the finance organization. The team fell behind as complexity ramped up with the creation of Synergex Ventures and several other entities that make up CleanWorld. My main focus became supporting CleanWorld's growth which required engaging California public agency and private lending partners to ensure grant, debt and tax exclusion funding.

CEO advisory and consulting. Advised venture funded CEO through a business pivot, developed a device sales with online fulfillment and subscription revenue demand forecast that monetized the Chinese, Japanese and US markets and was instrumental in securing a $1M investment from Ricoh. Optimized an LED lighting company's Shenzhen China to US supply chain and intelligently scaled operations by leveraging Epicor's SCM capabilities.

Los Altos, Ca, Us

Partnered with CEO and ran events in her absence. Led quarterly executive committee meetings, interfaced with venture capitalists and helped spearhead business development. Contributed to event organization, content distribution strategy, pricing and sponsorship program structure.

Commendo marketed software applications for Mobile Internet Devices that allowed Facebook and YouTube users to capture, store and share content on and offline. The company envisioned rich media and video experiences prior to Apple's release of the iPhone. We partnered with Intel when the company was focused on penetrating the mobile market with the Atom processor, an effort that was underpinned by a relationship I established with Atom's Chief Evangelist.My big focus with this project was ensuring the company could endure the post internet bubble period with a $2M capital raise, while landing on a solid business model after Salesforce introduced Software as a Service. I negotiated our reference customer contract with Cemex, the third largest building materials company in the world, after leading beta projects and conducting business across Mexico and at their headquarters in Monterrey.We hit our stride, highlighted by international showcases at the Shanghai Intel Developer Forum and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as winning the Best of Show Award from Intel at the Consumer Electronics Show, but ran into the Great Recession and were unable to complete the commercialization process.

Co-ran this company building firm and was the driving force behind its business development. Our flagship client Voyence, located in Richardson Texas, was acquired by EMC. I rationalized their product roadmap and developed a revenue forecast that helped close $18M in Series B funding. The CFO said, "we raised our capital on Ken's numbers."

Once Wall Street's eBusiness consulting darling and through a series of acquisitions was folded into Razorfish. I joined with the "first 100" as employee 82 and fueled the development of a global technology organization with anchor offices in San Francisco and New York and international offices in London, Munich and Singapore. The firm was backed by Benchmark and Sequoia and reached a $6B valuation after its IPO. Day traders got a hold of the stock and despite diversifying its client base Scient got caught in the internet bubble.My focus was eBay, another Benchmark funded company. Meg Whitman was the CEO and the company was experiencing explosive growth with plans to go international. I was brought in to turn around an infrastructure project and was invited back to lead a second project that resulted in the development of eBay's worldwide network strategy. Our success led to Meg Whitman's endorsement for Scient's IPO.

To this day joining Pacific Bell's Internet Service Provider subsidiary, now AT&T, is one of the most rewarding experiences of my career. I joined as employee 20 and over the course of three years played several key roles in the company's market entry.This is where I found my love for company building. My primary focus became doing whatever it took to get high quality products and services to the market. The VP of Service Delivery, my first mentor, used to say, "we give Ken our problems and he gets them fixed." I rolled out internet access for Mac users, turned around a Personal Web Pages product, delivered Flat Rate Pricing and was recruited by the CFO to close the internet subsidiary merger.

Pacific Bell was the most aggressive RBOC and spun off its Information Services division into a separate subsidiary. Business and residential voicemail were the company's main products and within a year it branched into commercializing the internet as an "Information Superhighway."I started in a contract position that converted into employment and before I knew it I was managing a $30M capital investment program and a $100M asset base. I put on my financial analyst hat and owned reporting for the division GM when Pacific Bell entered the TELE-TV joint venture with Bell Atlantic and Creative Artists to acquire TV programming and content.

Mba, Finance & Marketing Concentrations

Bs, Finance Major, Economics Minor

Alumnus, Marketing And Sales Teacher

Mentor At The Institute For Innovation And Entrepreneurship