| Startup |
Serving as interim CEO/COO/CFO |
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Developed e-commerce strategies |
| Wrote business plans and presentations |
| Raised funding |
| Set up all aspects of company structure, grew staff from 3 to 30+ |
| Obtained initial order for > $100M ( Largest in history of industry) |
| Hired Permanent CEO, CFO, VP Sales and support staff |
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| Web |
Wrote Business Plan |
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Obtained additional seed funding |
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| Emerging |
Served as acting Co-Chief Operating Officer |
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Raised the pre-money value of the company by a factor of at least two over a nine month
period
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| Developed four products which passed testing for sale in Europe |
| Developed a product which passed German certification for the company |
| Participated in the selection and hiring of a new CEO to replace the acting CEO |
| Sourced and participated in the hiring of a new Vice President of Engineering |
| Selected and trained an internal individual for the role of Chief Operating Officer |
| Introduced formal engineering specification and documentation to the company |
| Paired down the company based on laying off long time non-performers |
| Increased the engineering resources in the company by a factor of two in quality and quantity through the use of highly skilled outside consultants |
| Introduced the first weekly corporate staff level reporting system encompassing all aspects of the companies operations |
| Held weekly staff meetings to review the reports and action items |
| Began negotiations for a trade journal article |
| Made key contributions in organizing due diligence material for a fund raising of $8M, which was described by an investor as the best due diligence presentation they had ever seen |
| Through formal and informal training raised the level of performance of numerous individuals in the company including the acting CEO |
| Went wherever there was or was going to be trouble in the company and handled it |
| Shifted the culture in the company to be more results oriented |
| Resolved founder/management difficulties which made it impossible to grow the company |
| Streamlined operations to generate about $1M in cash from receivables |
| Reoriented market strategy |
| Directed sales and marketing meetings to create focus for growth |
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