Allen Eskelin

Current

Board Advisor at Page Ahead
CEO at Peak Portfolio, Inc.
consulting at Microsoft*

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Past

vice-chairman, Board of Directors at Page Ahead
manager, Retail Technology at Starbucks Coffee Company
project manager, Strategic Operations at Gateway

systems manager at MacroCom

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Education

Project Management Institute

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Connections

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Industry

Management Consulting

Allen Eskelin’s Experience

Board Advisor

Page Ahead

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)
CEO

Peak Portfolio, Inc.

(Management Consulting industry)

December 2006 — Present (3 years )

Consulting on portfolio management, decision-making, and negotiating.
consulting

Microsoft*

(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

April 2005 — Present (4 years 8 months)

Provided portfolio management and technology delivery services to Microsoft through 12 consulting engagements.
vice-chairman, Board of Directors

Page Ahead

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

April 2003 — August 2006 (3 years 5 months)

Provided leadership to a children's literacy non-profit that has placed 1.7M new books into the hands of 550K at-risk children -- www.pageahead.org
manager, Retail Technology

Starbucks Coffee Company

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SBUX; Retail industry)

May 1998 — April 2005 (7 years )

Led a team of project managers and provided leadership to several global retail technology initiatives, including the Starbucks Card, broadband retail networking, and networked store security. Saved over $10M annually by negotiating several strategic IT vendor relationships.
project manager, Strategic Operations

Gateway

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; GTW; Computer Hardware industry)

May 1992 — May 1998 (6 years 1 month)

Project manager in the Call Center Strategic Operations group, selecting call center outsourcing vendors, negotiating technology relationships, re-engineering business processes, and delivering technology solutions.
systems manager

MacroCom

(Telecommunications industry)

May 1991 — May 1992 (1 year 1 month)

Managed IT systems for a 200-person telecommunications consulting firm.

Allen Eskelin’s Education

Project Management Institute

Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) 2006

Additional Information

Allen Eskelin’s Interests:

Publications: Technology Acquisition (Addison-Wesley Professional, 2001) and several magazine articles. Enjoyed a 17-year hockey career, achieving the semi-pro level (Jr A tier II).