Michael Crane Email & Phone Number

Denver, CO, US

Dublin 2, IE

Advise and consult with CEOs and founders - providing leadership coaching, facilitating strategic planning & customer experience design sessions, and conducting operational needs assessments to guide companies through early concept to growth phase. Clients include mobile app companies, design & development firms and start-up accelerators.

Consultant, coach, leader with a human-centered management consulting firm focused on transformation within mergers, evolving cultures, disruptive technologies, and plain ole competitive pressure.Acquired by Accenture in 2021.

Boulder, Colorado, US

Advise and mentor CEOs, founders and entrepreneurs of the San Francisco Galvanize community in the areas of business strategy, experience design and product development.

Next generation thinking and national strategy leadership for AAA’s internal venture program.Worked with senior leaders and board members developing, communicating and executing strategy for AAA's first internal venture program. Activities comprise of opportunity exploration, building an innovation pipeline, creating product strategy and managing change..

Worked as an independent consultant providing product and marketing expertise, including product definition, go-to-market and pricing strategy and search and retain recruiting services for product related roles.NOTABLE PRESENTATION:The Design Thinking Process – How to Re-think Sustainable Business and Policy Problems, San Francisco, Feb 2010

Dublin, CA, US

Managed marketing, communication and sales support efforts, including sales team training and implementation of Salesforce CRM, for trade promotion software targeting food and beverage industry C-level executives. Hired by Instill which was acquired by iTradeNetwork in 2007.

Las Vegas, NV, US

Program strategy, product development, testing and launch of private student education program for the nation’s seventh largest federal student loan provider.

Greenwood Village, CO, US

Led the product effort of ConcourseZ, an online travel concierge service. Managed the product, marketing, design and development teams through the pilot phase of the project. Worked closely with business development to secure partnerships with travel and dining companies, including airlines and hotels.

Denver, CO, US

Development of B2B travel and logistics product, breaking MapQuest into low-cost, custom-branded subscription model, enabling small business segment to compete with multi-location conglomerates as companies moved online. MapQuest acquired by AOL in 2000.

New Hartford, NY, US

Development of first integrated Point-of-Sale (POS) and Back Office Systems (BOS) technology for hospitality industry, including restaurants, hotels & spas. Managed P&L targets and product management, including short- and long-term strategy, competitive analysis and development of new partnership relations department. Included pioneering new ERM, CRM and.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Sustainable Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business Administration

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology (Pre-Med)