Paul Papageorge Email & Phone Number

California, United States

San Jose, CA, US

I enjoy helping start ups get to the next level by infusing Apple quality marketing, branding, and thinking. I also enjoy helping people work better together. While I provide years of experience in building a strong brand, I also help business leaders better understand how to align their entire organization and leadership team to the purpose behind the.

Cupertino, California, US

• Developed, launched, and managed Apple’s iPhone Developer Program which raised the bar for all developer programs for its design, user experience, and depth of technical content.
• Defined the iPhone Developer Program’s brand and value proposition....The fastest path from code to customer.
• Held P&L responsibility for the Developer Programs and organized the staff into core teams including Marketing, System engineering, Product Marketing, Operations, and Support.
• Continually improved the systems of the iPhone Developer Program to scale to the skyrocketing demand of millions of developers.
• Instituted and institutionalized an improvement model by aligning teams for explicit responsibility of the revision and release cycle process.
• Led all aspects of Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference from 2004 through 2010.

Cupertino, California, US

In 2002, I was recruited to rejoin Apple to help lead a turn-around effort in the Education market. Apple’s share of computers in K-12 had plummeted to 13% and fallen behind both Dell and HP. At the time I joined, there was grave concern that Apple would continue losing share because schools were not upgrading to Mac OS X. The first area of focus was to.

• Prepared VA Linux for its IPO by leading the branding and public relations efforts. To this day, the IPO commanded the largest first day gain in NASDAQ history.
• Effectively leveraged and partnered with the “Open Source Community” which helped establish VA Linux as the leader in the Linux market.
• Everyone should experience a startup during the dot com years. This was mine!

• Spearheaded CKS Group expansion into Europe. Planned and executed the M&A strategy and served as Managing Director, based in London.
• Provided vision to inspire newly acquired companies to successfully integrate while maintaining unique local culture resulting in a win-win experience.
• Managed the Pan-European operation and P&L delivering leading edge web technologies while building brands and driving demand. Clients included Toyota Europe and Apple Europe.

Cupertino, California, US

• SR. WORLDWIDE MARKETING MANAGER, APPLE CONSUMER DIVISION (1993-1996)Managed Apple's television, radio, and print advertising. Managed PR efforts and served as spokesperson for the "home market". Managed ongoing.
• SENIOR MANAGER, DIRECT MARKETING (1990-1993)Managed Apple’s direct marketing efforts to the small business and IT markets. Led all creative campaigns and backend analytics. Delivered robust metrics, analysis, and.
• PROGRAMS MANAGER, ADVERTISING & SALES PROMOTION (1984-1989)Developed sales promotion campaigns for the Higher Education market. Delivered on-campus promotions with Honda, Sony, and Trek. Developed and delivered the.

Bs, Business Administration—Marketing

Executive Education