BlueVine Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on creating businesses from break-through technologies emerging from leading research centers and transitioning those businesses to global economies that align with our investor’s objectives as well as BlueVine's social and environmental goals.At Bowden Capital I specialize in intellectual property management, mergers, asset exploitation, licensing and new venture creation. Clients include businesses having research and development… Show more BlueVine Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on creating businesses from break-through technologies emerging from leading research centers and transitioning those businesses to global economies that align with our investor’s objectives as well as BlueVine's social and environmental goals.At Bowden Capital I specialize in intellectual property management, mergers, asset exploitation, licensing and new venture creation. Clients include businesses having research and development laboratories; educational institutions creating new technology and innovation; government laboratories solving global problems; hospital and pharmaceutical laboratories working on life sciences and spin- outs and startups launched using technology transfer assets.I focus on technology companies, helping them get started, prepare to scale and/or fundraise, or scale. For example, I provided 29 South Korean smart and medical device companies with contract-based consulting and services on sales, marketing, fundraising, board formation and management, and human resources for expansion into the US and international markets.To cultivate Saudi Arabia’s commitment to transitioning out of a reliance on fossil fuel revenue, I consulted on emerging entrepreneurship and venture capital to 4 Saudi universities and 3 government agencies. For example, at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals’ I reviewed and their entire patent portfolio in support of their goal to commercialize energy storage and other solutions.Additionally, I’ve taught 3-day courses on preparing for capital investment to hundreds of students and entrepreneurs in the US and overseas. Show less

I worked with IBM Researchers and leadership in NY and CA to identify, strategize, plan, and collaborate on intellectual property commercialization. This resulted in multiple patent licensing transactions, partnerships, mergers, and spinoffs. Details are under NDA.

To expand hardware and software sales into the Life Sciences market, I launched a new partner program from scratch. By year 2, I oversaw 17 offices across North America, EMEA, and Asia Pacific. My day-to-day involved hiring and managing a team of 40 full-time employees that created a solutions ecosystem for life sciences customers. We helped the solution providers adapt their products and services for these markets by consulting on hardware, development, logistics, procurement, management… Show more To expand hardware and software sales into the Life Sciences market, I launched a new partner program from scratch. By year 2, I oversaw 17 offices across North America, EMEA, and Asia Pacific. My day-to-day involved hiring and managing a team of 40 full-time employees that created a solutions ecosystem for life sciences customers. We helped the solution providers adapt their products and services for these markets by consulting on hardware, development, logistics, procurement, management, delivery, and more. I was also customer-facing, traveling throughout the globe to support sales and customer service. By year 3, the program had over 300 new external partners across the entire Life Sciences landscape including clinical trial management, big data analytics, diagnostics, HIPAA Compliance, medical imaging, and more. Show less

I led a team of up to 100 engineers and project managers plus six vendors on transitioning a Fortune 150 company from local legacy systems to the cloud. This included my negotiating the terms and drafting the contracts for hardware sales, vendor agreements, implementation, and the global rollout. The e-transformation project was so successful, I closed a very large follow-on deal with one of their divisions for an integrated Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, Content Management… Show more I led a team of up to 100 engineers and project managers plus six vendors on transitioning a Fortune 150 company from local legacy systems to the cloud. This included my negotiating the terms and drafting the contracts for hardware sales, vendor agreements, implementation, and the global rollout. The e-transformation project was so successful, I closed a very large follow-on deal with one of their divisions for an integrated Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, Content Management System (CMS), and eCommerce platform built from scratch for end-users across six operating companies and 128 business units. Show less

I spun off the Tandem Manufacturing Business Systems Division by purchasing all its assets, resulting in $12M in revenue from clients including Apple, Dell, Bausch and Lomb, AT&T, Sprint, Merrill Lynch, Chase Bank, Lockheed Missiles, Lockheed Space, Cummins Engine, First National Bank of Chicago, and Ampex. During this time, I oversaw 39 full-time employees and 20-40 domestic and overseas contractors.We also provided consulting services to clients such as IBM, Intel, Oracle, Compaq, HP,… Show more I spun off the Tandem Manufacturing Business Systems Division by purchasing all its assets, resulting in $12M in revenue from clients including Apple, Dell, Bausch and Lomb, AT&T, Sprint, Merrill Lynch, Chase Bank, Lockheed Missiles, Lockheed Space, Cummins Engine, First National Bank of Chicago, and Ampex. During this time, I oversaw 39 full-time employees and 20-40 domestic and overseas contractors.We also provided consulting services to clients such as IBM, Intel, Oracle, Compaq, HP, DLJ, and Computer Sciences Corporation. Example projects included reengineering Dell’s inventory systems, remotely managing Apple’s datacenters in Napa for 6 months, and overseeing a logistics development project for TNT Logistics (now FedEx). We also funded the research and development of a product that automated the conversion of legacy application code such as Cobol to web-enabled technology such as XML/XSL, but Moore’s Law just wasn’t quite there yet. Show less

Our flagship product was an ERP/MRP for process manufacturing, build-to-order, and defense manufacturing. We earned $40M in sales annually through hardware and software upgrades, custom application development, consulting, and maintenance services. I oversaw a team of 35 employees, including programmers, accounting, finance, data center operators, an office manager, a receptionist, and a project manager. To meet customer demand, my teams developed applications under a 24-hour cycle with… Show more Our flagship product was an ERP/MRP for process manufacturing, build-to-order, and defense manufacturing. We earned $40M in sales annually through hardware and software upgrades, custom application development, consulting, and maintenance services. I oversaw a team of 35 employees, including programmers, accounting, finance, data center operators, an office manager, a receptionist, and a project manager. To meet customer demand, my teams developed applications under a 24-hour cycle with design and specs written in the US, QA performed in Ireland, and application development in India. At times, this included an additional 10 local contractors and 10 overseas contractors. Show less

The following workflow resulted in my division regularly exceeding our $100M annual revenue goals by up to double. First, I identified prospective computer companies that could bundle their offerings with Tandem’s hardware, operating systems, and/or networking systems. After pitching to their executives, negotiating the terms, and writing the contracts, my team of 25 system engineers across 4 partner support centers in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and Los Angeles supported the partners with… Show more The following workflow resulted in my division regularly exceeding our $100M annual revenue goals by up to double. First, I identified prospective computer companies that could bundle their offerings with Tandem’s hardware, operating systems, and/or networking systems. After pitching to their executives, negotiating the terms, and writing the contracts, my team of 25 system engineers across 4 partner support centers in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and Los Angeles supported the partners with rewriting their software programs. Then, the partners sold our systems bundled with their software. This resulted in the partners’ businesses rapidly scaling up, so we also supported them by providing consulting on project management, product design and development, business development, sales, marketing, deployment services, customer support, and maintenance. Show less

As the conduit and translator between sales, marketing, and technology, I participated in pitches for both B2B and partner sales. For the latter, these small software startups often struggled to keep up with the rapid growth, so I also provided contract-based consulting services for project management, product development, business development, sales, marketing, and customer support.

I closed $20M annually in hardware, software, and consulting services revenue by pitching banking and brokerage clients, determining their business requirements, and advising on application development. I also managed a team of 30 internal programmers that provided customer support.