Thomas W. Straub Email & Phone Number

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

At CytoVive™ we believe that all patients deserve access to next generation treatments, and our mission is to bring healthcare professionals that next generation of FDA compliant regenerative treatment options. We seek out and deal with only top tier vendors that specialize in the research and development of advanced regenerative medical treatments and medical devices. CytoVive™ maintains direct vertical integration with all of our vendors in order to save you money and ensure that you receive an unparalleled client service experience. All CytoVive™ products and devices go through an extensive vetting process for the following criteria: 1. Must have zero adverse events reported with use.2. Must possess proprietary qualities that revolutionize their respective application(s).3. Must be FDA cleared and compliant - A) Registered and regulated under 21 CFR Part 1271 & PHS Act Section 361. B) Registered and regulated as a 510(k) device under 21 CFR Part 807.92 (a) (3).4. Allograft products must be certified by an independent laboratory for sterility and viability.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Advisory Board Member for GoTonight.com. Consulting projects include business strategy and planning for Hospice & Home Health system provider, consultant for a software firm transitioning from server to cloud based electronic medical record (EMR/EHR) systems, Silicon Valley law firm engagement for intellectual property defense of CATV set top box manufacturing clients, and subject matter input for an asset management and investment group targeting health care, alternative energy, infrastructure, and media.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Responsible for strategic customer engagement in the Internet of Things “IoT”, market. Consult with C-level executives to improve client business outcomes by connecting devices and providing intelligent analytic applications. Applications include Telehealth, Energy, HVAC & Building Management.Responsible for developing strategic and operating plans for the Smart Energy market. Developed partnerships with multi-national metering and meter data management providers to the Electric, Gas & Water utilities, tying “Big Data” to SaaS based analytic applications. This segment grew to $14M for Digi over a two year period from launch of the new Cloud based applications.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Responsible for executive management, profitability and growth for this privately held, value added IT distributor. Grew the business from $15M to $30M over seven year timeframe. Transitioned the company to a new ERP system with full integration between customers & suppliers using Internet B2B systems.Launched GovStreetUSA as an Internet Marketing web site targeting state & local governments, education & public health customers. Architected E-Commerce systems linked to all the major IT Distributor systems. GovStreetUSA grew Interlink’s government business from a ground start to $10M of business within three years. GovStreetUSA provided targeted Internet Marketing campaigns for Microsoft, HP, IBM, APC, SonicWall, Adobe, Nikon, Enterasys and others. as a funded service. Each partner had a custom landing page tied to their specials and offers. Our systems were developed to track 175,000 product inventory changes across the three largest distributors, then re-price the 6,000 most active products on a daily basis. Pricing was based on an algorithm that compared competitor pricing with the ability to adjust for market share vs. margin. We were awarded Microsoft/Great Plains “Pinnacle Award” for Best Integrated ERP/E-Commerce design.

Built a new sales team with experience and contacts in the Network Service Provider (NSP) market. Met all sales revenue, customer acquisition, and profit goals for the new organization. Provided oversight and management of strategic planning to introduce new DSL product line to NSP market. Met with executives from the Tier I and Tier II telecom providers in the US and abroad to define requirements for next generation products. Worked with VP of development and his team to bring products to market.

Successfully managed the highest revenue and most profitable product line ever built by Paradyne. This product line was used by AT&T Wireless and other NSPs as well as enterprise customers and was the #1 market share leader in its segment.Responsible for full P&L of all High Speed Network Access Products, including T1/E1 CSU and DSU/CSU products, T1/E1 Access Controller products and Statistical Multiplexer products. Direct functional organizations included Product Marketing, Product Management, and Development. Executed OEM relationship with Premisys Communications. AT&T sold the Premisys IMACS product under the brand name Acculink Access Controller. Negotiated stock option with Premisys that allowed AT&T to acquire 8.5% of Premisys prior to their IPO. Gain on sale of the Premisys shares was $152M.

Created new lease programs, base retention programs, and marketing plans. Trained direct and indirect AT&T sales channels. Worked with AT&T Capital and other 3rd Party leasing companies to sell off portions of our lease portfolio.Worked directly with sales teams in all channels to win new leasing business and to manage end of lease options. Grew lease base to $500M annual revenue with 80% GPM. This business unit provided the largest profit contribution of any BU at AT&T Paradyne.

Grew core technology sales from $3.2M annual revenues in 1986 to $8.6M in 1988 with 1H89 revenues of $5.2M. Responsible for worldwide sales of core technology products. Primary products were Universal Digital Signal Processor chip sets and associated software. All DSP and micro-code designs were done by Paradyne as a fabless semiconductor supplier.Set strategy to fund the company’s core technologies using outside investment for development while maintaining technology rights for Paradyne. Customers included AT&T, Ericsson, IBM, NEC, NTT, TRT, and Unisys.

Worked with Sales teams as executive liaison and managed Joint Development and OEM programs for key Paradyne technology customers including Burroughs, National Semiconductor, and National Advanced Systems.

Full P&L responsibility for US Customer Service organization. During this time frame, the organization grew from 60 to 350 service engineers and we converted from a cost center to profit center, contributing to corporate earnings. Instituted centralized automated call center for dispatch, escalation and problem resolution.

B. A., Business Administration

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