Trina Weller
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Phil Beccue
Baxter hired Trina to help uncover and manage key timing risks for a top project in our R&D pipeline. She employed innovative, best-in-class decision-making tools to efficiently identify areas of value improvement.
Cynthia King-Guffey
Trina Weller has a keen ability to focus on the right things at the right time. Her gift of seeing both the big picture and the important details that need attention creates momentum, confidence, and efficient, positive outcomes. Working with Trina made me feel that I was participating in an exercise of wisdom.
Phil Beccue
Baxter hired Trina to help uncover and manage key timing risks for a top project in our R&D pipeline. She employed innovative, best-in-class decision-making tools to efficiently identify areas of value improvement.
Cynthia King-Guffey
Trina Weller has a keen ability to focus on the right things at the right time. Her gift of seeing both the big picture and the important details that need attention creates momentum, confidence, and efficient, positive outcomes. Working with Trina made me feel that I was participating in an exercise of wisdom.
Phil Beccue
Baxter hired Trina to help uncover and manage key timing risks for a top project in our R&D pipeline. She employed innovative, best-in-class decision-making tools to efficiently identify areas of value improvement.
Cynthia King-Guffey
Trina Weller has a keen ability to focus on the right things at the right time. Her gift of seeing both the big picture and the important details that need attention creates momentum, confidence, and efficient, positive outcomes. Working with Trina made me feel that I was participating in an exercise of wisdom.
Phil Beccue
Baxter hired Trina to help uncover and manage key timing risks for a top project in our R&D pipeline. She employed innovative, best-in-class decision-making tools to efficiently identify areas of value improvement.
Cynthia King-Guffey
Trina Weller has a keen ability to focus on the right things at the right time. Her gift of seeing both the big picture and the important details that need attention creates momentum, confidence, and efficient, positive outcomes. Working with Trina made me feel that I was participating in an exercise of wisdom.
Experience
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Ulu Ventures
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United States
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Vice President, Analytics and Operations
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Jun 2019 - Present
Ulu is a seed stage venture firm focused primarily on enterprise IT. At Ulu, we focus on the market opportunity created by the Stanford and Silicon Valley communities and seek to generate great financial results using a disciplined, repeatable decision-making process that analyzes risk-reward trade-offs. We also follow logical principles of portfolio construction. This approach makes us conventional in the world of institutional investors but contrarian as compared to other VCs. We believe entrepreneurship is the best tool set for solving the world’s toughest problems. As a result, we strive to learn about our entrepreneurs on a human level, to celebrate who they are and support them in being authentic to their visions. Diversity is not an altruistic goal for Ulu, it’s our investment thesis. We fund diverse entrepreneurs with outstanding ideas. Founders with diverse professional backgrounds and life experiences are better at problem solving and create better business opportunities. Show less
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Strategic Decisions Group (SDG)
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Executive Educator and Principal Consultant
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Sep 2011 - Present
SDG is a consulting firm renowned for its expertise in strategic decision-making, risk management, and shareholder value creation. Our Executive Education group is the world's leader in helping corporations develop internal capabilities in applying Decision Analysis and the Decision Quality methodology. SDG is a consulting firm renowned for its expertise in strategic decision-making, risk management, and shareholder value creation. Our Executive Education group is the world's leader in helping corporations develop internal capabilities in applying Decision Analysis and the Decision Quality methodology.
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Decision Consultant, President
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Nov 2005 - Jun 2019
KW Consulting helps venture firms and finance organizations develop decision analytic capabilities and achieve superior investment judgment in highly uncertainty and dynamic markets. KW Consulting helps venture firms and finance organizations develop decision analytic capabilities and achieve superior investment judgment in highly uncertainty and dynamic markets.
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Thrive Foundation for Youth
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United States
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Philanthropic Fundraising Services
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Product Director
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Jan 2006 - Jan 2008
Led strategy development & product management for an innovative web application for youth. Led strategy development & product management for an innovative web application for youth.
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VP Services then CFO, Co-Founder
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Aug 1998 - Jan 2003
Outcome was a pioneer in decision-focused profit optimization software. Outcome used decision analytics to enable companies to measure and improve the profitability of products and business initiatives in rapidly changing, complex, and uncertain environments where data provides only a partial picture. Outcome was a pioneer in decision-focused profit optimization software. Outcome used decision analytics to enable companies to measure and improve the profitability of products and business initiatives in rapidly changing, complex, and uncertain environments where data provides only a partial picture.
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Decision Analysis, Inc.
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United States
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Legal Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Manager
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May 1991 - Dec 1998
Worked with clients in life sciences, technology, energy, consumer products, telecommunications and government organizations to develop business strategies in high-risk, high-stakes environments. Led client education practice and taught courses in quantitative techniques for decision making and risk management to executives, managers, and analysts around the globe. ADA was a boutique consulting firm acquired by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Worked with clients in life sciences, technology, energy, consumer products, telecommunications and government organizations to develop business strategies in high-risk, high-stakes environments. Led client education practice and taught courses in quantitative techniques for decision making and risk management to executives, managers, and analysts around the globe. ADA was a boutique consulting firm acquired by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Education
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1989 - 1991
Stanford University
MS, Engineering Economic Systems with Decision Analysis focus -
1986 - 1989
Michigan State University
BS, Mechanical Engineering
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