I'm a technology CEO and product positioning and marketing strategy expert. I am a startup consultant and business coach that helps entrepreneurs implement processes in their companies to more quickly and more efficiently grow their businesses. I provide guidance to entrepreneurs & startups to build their brand, refine their business plan, and get funded.
I'm a seasoned executive and board of directors’ member, with over 25 years experience in managing high technology companies. I have over 13 years experience as a CEO at three different startup technology companies. As CEO of Entropic, I took the company from a pre-revenue and pre-product phase, to a successful NASDAQ listed public company.
I've had experience negotiating complex M&A transactions, large multi-year contracts with Fortune 100 companies, employment contracts, and major strategic partnerships.
I work with startups in the areas of raising capital, business plans, investor pitches, branding, social media, website development, customer acquisition, marketing product planning, promotion, and risk management. I've worked with dozens of startups and entrepreneurs to help them refine their business plans & implement execution-oriented processes. I work one-on-one with CEOs of startups and emerging growth companies to help them build the right team.
I'm a seasoned CEO with 25 years of experience in tech companies. I was the CEO of three different startup technology companies, where I raised over $200 million dollars in equity capital. I bring a practical, disciplined, collaborative, and focused problem solving approach to the executive table. In my most recent product company, Entropic Communications, I led the company from a pre-product, pre-revenue start-up, through a rapid phase of growth, and a successful IPO in late 2007, which was a very difficult economic environment. My team and I successfully navigated through the great recession, continued to grow the company, and executed on multiple M&A transactions as an industry consolidator. The company was eventually sold to MaxLinear in early 2014 as an additional industry consolidating play, where the effective stock price of Entropic has more than doubled.
As a CEO and executive, I've been on the buying or selling side of over $2 billion in M&A transactions. I was the Winner of 2008 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Technology, San Diego Daily Transcript 2008 Top Influentials in the Technology Industry, and 2011 San Diego Business Journal Most Admired CEO.
