Phil Inje Chang
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Eva Konigsberg, EA, MBA
Phil Chang is the embodiment of a creative entrepreneur. He is fantastic at discovering new market opportunities. I’ve witnessed Phil’s ability to take products and services from one venue and re-purpose them to entirely different, expanded markets. Phil also has a way to turn business 'adversaries' into 'allies.' It’s dynamic to watch how Phil can unite both sides of the table into a strong strategic alliance searching for a common solution in real time. Phil can convince anyone to embrace a different perspective, and he does it in a way where that the person doesn't feel like she or he has been talked into anything. Phil’s mannerism is low key but his doggedness is extremely effective, in the most smooth way you can imagine. Phil Chang is going places. Will you be one of those places?
Shankar Bhaduri
Phil Chang is a guy who can think very big and see the big picture.He has an uncanny ability to spot the trends in the market ahead of its time and much before other come to understand it. Visionary leader who would need a great entrepreneur to understand him and bet on his ideas which are often 'Goldmines'. A rare gem in this era of 'me too' thinker.
Eva Konigsberg, EA, MBA
Phil Chang is the embodiment of a creative entrepreneur. He is fantastic at discovering new market opportunities. I’ve witnessed Phil’s ability to take products and services from one venue and re-purpose them to entirely different, expanded markets. Phil also has a way to turn business 'adversaries' into 'allies.' It’s dynamic to watch how Phil can unite both sides of the table into a strong strategic alliance searching for a common solution in real time. Phil can convince anyone to embrace a different perspective, and he does it in a way where that the person doesn't feel like she or he has been talked into anything. Phil’s mannerism is low key but his doggedness is extremely effective, in the most smooth way you can imagine. Phil Chang is going places. Will you be one of those places?
Shankar Bhaduri
Phil Chang is a guy who can think very big and see the big picture.He has an uncanny ability to spot the trends in the market ahead of its time and much before other come to understand it. Visionary leader who would need a great entrepreneur to understand him and bet on his ideas which are often 'Goldmines'. A rare gem in this era of 'me too' thinker.
Eva Konigsberg, EA, MBA
Phil Chang is the embodiment of a creative entrepreneur. He is fantastic at discovering new market opportunities. I’ve witnessed Phil’s ability to take products and services from one venue and re-purpose them to entirely different, expanded markets. Phil also has a way to turn business 'adversaries' into 'allies.' It’s dynamic to watch how Phil can unite both sides of the table into a strong strategic alliance searching for a common solution in real time. Phil can convince anyone to embrace a different perspective, and he does it in a way where that the person doesn't feel like she or he has been talked into anything. Phil’s mannerism is low key but his doggedness is extremely effective, in the most smooth way you can imagine. Phil Chang is going places. Will you be one of those places?
Shankar Bhaduri
Phil Chang is a guy who can think very big and see the big picture.He has an uncanny ability to spot the trends in the market ahead of its time and much before other come to understand it. Visionary leader who would need a great entrepreneur to understand him and bet on his ideas which are often 'Goldmines'. A rare gem in this era of 'me too' thinker.
Eva Konigsberg, EA, MBA
Phil Chang is the embodiment of a creative entrepreneur. He is fantastic at discovering new market opportunities. I’ve witnessed Phil’s ability to take products and services from one venue and re-purpose them to entirely different, expanded markets. Phil also has a way to turn business 'adversaries' into 'allies.' It’s dynamic to watch how Phil can unite both sides of the table into a strong strategic alliance searching for a common solution in real time. Phil can convince anyone to embrace a different perspective, and he does it in a way where that the person doesn't feel like she or he has been talked into anything. Phil’s mannerism is low key but his doggedness is extremely effective, in the most smooth way you can imagine. Phil Chang is going places. Will you be one of those places?
Shankar Bhaduri
Phil Chang is a guy who can think very big and see the big picture.He has an uncanny ability to spot the trends in the market ahead of its time and much before other come to understand it. Visionary leader who would need a great entrepreneur to understand him and bet on his ideas which are often 'Goldmines'. A rare gem in this era of 'me too' thinker.
Credentials
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Inspired - How to Create Tech Products Customers Love (book and workshop)
Silicon Valley Product GroupJan, 2020- Sep, 2024 -
Regents Scholar
UC Berkeley
Experience
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Input Output (IOHK)
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Singapore
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Software Development
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300 - 400 Employee
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Product Manager, Voltaire
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Sep 2021 - Present
As part of the development arm of Cardano, my focus is on the governance platform, Voltaire. As part of the development arm of Cardano, my focus is on the governance platform, Voltaire.
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MakerDAO
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Denmark
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Strategic Advisor
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Oct 2020 - Present
Member of Real World Finance Core Unit bringing Real World Assets to DeFi by creating collateral mechanisms for DAI generation. Member of Real World Finance Core Unit bringing Real World Assets to DeFi by creating collateral mechanisms for DAI generation.
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Omnia DeFi
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United Kingdom
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Advisor
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Sep 2019 - Present
Real World Assets merged with blockchain, enabling social participation and access to DeFi. Real World Assets merged with blockchain, enabling social participation and access to DeFi.
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Product Director, Advisor
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Feb 2017 - Present
The crypto market suffers from numerous usability hurdles that need to be overcome in order to enable widespread adoption. Turing Digital is at the leading edge of the adoption curve, making handling and ownership of crypto assets more secure and less problematic. The crypto market suffers from numerous usability hurdles that need to be overcome in order to enable widespread adoption. Turing Digital is at the leading edge of the adoption curve, making handling and ownership of crypto assets more secure and less problematic.
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Verasity
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Virgin Islands, British
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Product Advisor
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Jul 2021 - Jul 2021
Video, ad tech and blockchain innovator with a broad suite of products: Proof of View for fraud detection and verified tracking of video views and NFTs; VeraWallet and VRA for ecosystem growth; OVEX Rewards for video monetization; and Esports Fight Club for joining esports with crypto using Verasity technology. In brief: crypto and blockchain applied to real-world usage of video ad tech and gaming. Video, ad tech and blockchain innovator with a broad suite of products: Proof of View for fraud detection and verified tracking of video views and NFTs; VeraWallet and VRA for ecosystem growth; OVEX Rewards for video monetization; and Esports Fight Club for joining esports with crypto using Verasity technology. In brief: crypto and blockchain applied to real-world usage of video ad tech and gaming.
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Springer Nature
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India
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Ad Tech Product Manager
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Mar 2020 - Jul 2021
Springer Nature is the largest scientific publisher in the world with a highly diverse portfolio of properties and lines of business. The preeminent global imprint in the world of scientific research, Nature includes approximately 150 journals and numerous digital properties. Springer includes over 2800 journals and Scientific American has been continuously published for 175 years. BMC and other Open Access journals are forging ground in the new paradigm of scientific publishing, while other properties in the group evolve into hybrid models. The company employs 13,000 and has a unique presence in nearly all regions of the developed and developing world.
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Factmata
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United Kingdom
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Public Relations and Communications Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Product Strategist
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Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
AI involving human-assisted NLP for understanding language use to detect and rate a number of vectors, such as deceptive content, political bias, hate speech, degree of controversy, and so on. This is fundamental in the fight against fake news and misinformation on the web, but also has other useful applications. Helped guide the company through a major pivot and a new MVP focused on market intelligence and packaging of data feeds and data extraction, using Kubeflow/AWS infrastructure and specialised ML models.
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Naoris
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United States
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Computer and Network Security
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Advisor
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Oct 2019 - Feb 2020
Revolutionary paradigm shift in cybersecurity using blockchain and AI Revolutionary paradigm shift in cybersecurity using blockchain and AI
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Imagine Communications
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United States
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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400 - 500 Employee
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Ad Tech Business Development and Product Management
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Jul 2017 - Nov 2019
Imagine is one of the largest companies supplying video technology to the broadcast industry, including pay TV and OTT (premium content services delivered over the Internet). In the Ad Tech division, my focus is on OTT Dynamic Ad Insertion and Unified Distribution, as well as ad sales management systems. I developed the market strategy, solution definition, product direction and reseller network for APAC. Initial engagements included Dentsu and TV Tokyo in Japan, SETTV in Taiwan and MNC Group in Indonesia.
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Telestream
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United States
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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300 - 400 Employee
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Regional Sales Manager North Asia and India
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Nov 2015 - Feb 2017
Managing sales, channels and operations in Japan, S. Korea, Taiwan, China and India. Advanced technology for digital video production, streaming and broadcast. Managing sales, channels and operations in Japan, S. Korea, Taiwan, China and India. Advanced technology for digital video production, streaming and broadcast.
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Japan Country Manager and Regional Product Management
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Aug 2011 - Oct 2015
Elemental develops disruptive video technology for powering video delivery to multiple screens - mobile, computer and TV, which is exploding in usage and complexity. Elemental also developed an innovative cloud platform with a hybrid on-premise-to-cloud architecture. While managing Japan overall, I performed regional product management that accelerated Elemental in 4K streaming and linear broadcast encoding. Elemental is based in Portland, OR and I interfaced heavily with the HQ on a daily and nightly basis. I eventually had two direct reports (field engineering and marketing) and seven indirect reports (at the main channel partner, a small group within CTC). My actual engagement with Elemental started as CEO of Sairis Group, when I became the first reseller in Japan and closed the first two deals with J:COM and J-stream.
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Wikipedia/Wikimedia Foundation
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United States
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Software Development
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500 - 600 Employee
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Product Manager, Mobile
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Oct 2011 - Sep 2012
Mobile page views grew from 1 billion to 2.5 billion monthly during my tenure, and I defined the product direction of several mobile versions of Wikipedia, the fifth largest website in the world. I also guided development of mobile analytics and led the effort to develop a specific Android app for Wiki Loves Monuments 2012, a global photo contest that enabled anyone to contribute photographs of national heritage monuments. The current mobile web UI was one of my projects as well as a strategy for driving user contributions. This role overlapped with my time at Elemental. After leaving Japan, Elemental offered a contract which later turned to full-time employment, and for one year I worked full-time at Wikipedia while handling Elemental's business in Japan at night. Here is my user page on Wikipedia EN that has a list of some documents I authored in this role, and also a capsule version of my life story (please note the reports of analytics have been frozen at June 2015 because of a general move to Hadoop): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Philinje
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Acting CEO
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Apr 2008 - Jul 2011
Original product was LiveAct Application Streaming Platform, a new way to deliver rich interactive media across a live videocall connection to mobile phones. Core to the company's growth plan was VideoCloud, a Japanese take on cloud encoding that improves on the standard approach used in the US and Europe. During this time I developed a partnership with Elemental Technologies and became the first reseller in Japan, evangelizing Elemental to a wide range of broadcasters, pay TV operators and content companies. This resulted in the first two sales for Elemental: J:COM and J-stream. In 2011 after the Great Tohoku earthquake, I moved my family to San Francisco, and began working for Elemental directly.
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doubleTwist
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Asia Business Development and Regional Product Management
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2008 - 2011
Managed market growth in Japan, working closely with HQ in SF to create a Japanese version of the consumer software, which syncs digital media between computers and phones, to support a majority of Japanese phones. In addition, I worked with a Japanese associate to use online and social marketing to drive consumer adoption of the doubleTwist software for PC and Mac. This resulted in Japan becoming the second highest country in terms of user base. I also suggested and ran a pilot project with CCC, the corporate entity behind Tsutaya, for a retail promotion with the software on inexpensive USB memory. My business development efforts focused on relationships with device makers, mobile operators and web companies in Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
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Keio University
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Japan
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Higher Education
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400 - 500 Employee
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Lecturer in Entrepreneurship
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2008 - 2011
As part of the inaugural team of the Graduate School of Media Design, I taught a course on starting businesses that is full of practical wisdom and Silicon Valley methodologies adapted for the UK and Japan. As part of the inaugural team of the Graduate School of Media Design, I taught a course on starting businesses that is full of practical wisdom and Silicon Valley methodologies adapted for the UK and Japan.
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Picsel Technologies
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India
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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Product Manager
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2005 - 2008
Developed product strategy for European mobile content solution, eventually deployed on Vodafone Live!. Launched an embedded mobile web browser with NEC on NTT DoCoMo network in Japan. Managed UI development of various mobile apps in Japan. Developed strategy for Mobile Value-Added Services, mobile search and display advertising, based on an innovative user experience engine, first commercialized in the Picsel mobile web browser. Developed product strategy for European mobile content solution, eventually deployed on Vodafone Live!. Launched an embedded mobile web browser with NEC on NTT DoCoMo network in Japan. Managed UI development of various mobile apps in Japan. Developed strategy for Mobile Value-Added Services, mobile search and display advertising, based on an innovative user experience engine, first commercialized in the Picsel mobile web browser.
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Interim Product Executive, Startup Mentor
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2002 - 2005
Consulting to technology businesses large and small, especially regarding digital media and mobile software. Also mentored tech start-ups in the UK, including start-ups from Oxford, and arts organizations on behalf of NESTA, the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts. For a startup called Staellium UK I helped launch StealthText, a elf-destruct secure mobile messaging service. Consulting to technology businesses large and small, especially regarding digital media and mobile software. Also mentored tech start-ups in the UK, including start-ups from Oxford, and arts organizations on behalf of NESTA, the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts. For a startup called Staellium UK I helped launch StealthText, a elf-destruct secure mobile messaging service.
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e-Acumen
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United Kingdom
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Business Consulting and Services
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Co-founder, CEO, Head of Product
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1996 - 2002
- Defined a product roadmap of high-value solutions for the rapidly changing energy industry - Working with co-founders, secured initial customers, including Shell Trading, and investors, including venture capital funds and GE Power Systems, amounting to $10 million in investment - Recruited top talent in sales, finance, development, product management, consulting and CEO/board level, including individuals with unusual skills and knowledge - Acquired a division of a consulting company with complementary technology and skills - Grew the company to 50 employees, 30 blue-chip customers and $6 million in revenue - Steered the board through numerous changes as the company grew - Implemented all marketing programmes and established a high-end market position - Directly managed sales, product development, product management, and support, and later had 10 direct reports - Directed the development of one of the world's first Software as a Service web applications, which we sold for thousands of dollars per user per month, before Salesforce.com appeared
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AT&T
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United States
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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New Media Services Director
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1993 - 1996
- Online Transactions Architect and Co-founder, bringing entrepreneurial principles to a rapid roll-out of the company’s first e-commerce service, called SecureBuy - New Media Services Director, leading a transformation of Downtown Digital, a 50-person R&D and production lab focused on interactive TV that spent $200 million on market trials, into commercial high-end web hosting for clients like 800-Flowers, Goodyear and Toys R Us, re-vamping its bloated cost structure and aligning the division with market trends and corporate direction - Technology Industry Specialist, acting as one of two Silicon Valley marketing experts within an internal special projects agency, assisting various business units with joint venture partnering and commercialising R&D from Bell Labs
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Macromedia
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Germany
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Marketing
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1991 - 1993
- Managed marketing communication, product documentation and PR - Assisted in product managing ModelShop, a 3D design tool for architects and interior designers - Developed user case studies and created the first Macromedia product catalogue - Managed investor relations and learned about packaged software distribution from the VP of Sales and Marketing, a former VP of Sales from Symantec - Assisted the CEO of Paracomp in the merger with MacroMind - Managed marketing communication, product documentation and PR - Assisted in product managing ModelShop, a 3D design tool for architects and interior designers - Developed user case studies and created the first Macromedia product catalogue - Managed investor relations and learned about packaged software distribution from the VP of Sales and Marketing, a former VP of Sales from Symantec - Assisted the CEO of Paracomp in the merger with MacroMind
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Graphisoft
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Hungary
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Software Development
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500 - 600 Employee
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Marketing
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1989 - 1991
- Educated the company in the mores of American marketing - Launched their U.S. presence and helped to establish the company as a market leader in the Architecture Engineering and Construction vertical - Helped to ramp annual revenue to $2 million - Mentored by a retired sales veteran at Hewlett Packard (one of our customers) - Educated the company in the mores of American marketing - Launched their U.S. presence and helped to establish the company as a market leader in the Architecture Engineering and Construction vertical - Helped to ramp annual revenue to $2 million - Mentored by a retired sales veteran at Hewlett Packard (one of our customers)
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Education
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University of California, Berkeley
BA in Semiotics (combining Humanities and Neurobiology inter-disciplinary majors), Humanities, Semiotics, Cognitive Science, Physiological Psychology
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