Mark Willner Email & Phone Number

Denver, CO, US

Top rated business coach to startups within the EU and affiliated countries for EASME under the SME Instrument / Horizon 2020 (now EIC) Program. Currently coaching six startups. Successfully completed 16 coaching projects to date. Industry / coaching expertise includes: photonics / PICs, electronic displays, semiconductor, consumer & automotive.

Boulder, CO

Established a specialty management consulting firm providing interim CEO, business development, and due diligence services to technology startups, venture capital firms and large corporations.Clients include: Intel, Dow Corning, Sarnoff, Triton Systems, 3DTL, Infinite Power Systems, Collinear, Alsys Technology, 3DIcon, Visitret Displays, Battery Ventures.

Cork, Ireland

Principal business development executive for this micro transfer printing technology development and licensing company. Identified best fit / most advantaged applications for microLEDs within the electronic display industry and authored microLED display product company business plan. Identified significant volume opportunity for overt security features in.

Tartu, Estonia

Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

Served as interim CEO for this pre-revenue publicly traded developer of glasses-free 3D displays for professional applications.Within first six months, personally surveyed most glasses-free 3D display companies worldwide and developed comprehensive knowledge of and key contacts within the digital signage industry.Developed fundamentally new content driven.

Built first successful privately funded microdisplay company.Raised over $63M in seed, corporate, venture, and mezzanine financing. Authored all business plans / private placement memorandum (similar to IPO S1) and road show materials.Recruited all key personnel including best-of-class management team from the semiconductor and display industries.Secured.

In a conscious effort to develop / prove my sales abilities, left marketing and joined the sales force to lead business development for the Advanced Systems Division (which I founded). Identified and closed top specialty distributors and major OEMs for these Unix & Windows NT-based multiprocessor computer systems.Transitioned to a geographic role and sold.

Co-founded this venture financed computer systems company which was acquired by Wyse Technology and became the Advanced Systems Division. Developed comprehensive business and operating plans, conducted primary market research, identified market requirements and defined initial product offerings. Hired top marketing team from leading competitors..

Designed and implemented a primary market research program to identify high potential markets and requirements within the Fortune 500 used to develop initial products and company business plan. Developed multi-million dollar operating plan for marketing department. Managed and hired key personnel for product management, sales support, industry marketing.

Developed first functional marketing team for this computer systems company. Recruited all key personnel, implemented “business team” process for product planning and release, developed sophisticated pricing and cost models, implemented key third party programs and successfully launched two new major system products.

Built initial marketing team; developed sales collateral, advertising campaigns, and product documentation; managed press tours and trade shows; developed comprehensive product strategy for new market and successfully introduced new products into that market.Designed the majority of the hardware for the world’s first relational database machine. Managed.

Post Graduate Work, Mba Program

Attended MBA Program classes to satisfy breadth requirements for Master of Engineering degree.

Master Of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software & Business

Master of Engineering degree with major in Electrical Engineering and minors in Business and Computer Science. Worked half-time as a.

Bsee, Electrical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Engineering

Transfered to Univ. of California after freshman year.