CEO at Talk2Us
Greater New York City Area
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- CEO at Talk2Us
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- Independent Advisor at Multiple Firms
- Director, Services Product Marketing at Palm
- VP, Business Development at ThinAirApps
- CEO at SilverPlum
- Consultant at CSFB
- Director, Software Engineering at EarthWeb
- CIO at Interactive Imaginations
- Software Engineer at JPMorgan
- Education
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- Carnegie Mellon University
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Andrew Breen’s Summary
An experienced technology entrepreneur and executive ranging from startup software product and service companies to leading product development groups within larger organizations, Andrew has driven the formation and growth of several businesses to successful launch and expansion. Currently, Andrew is CEO of startup Talk2Us. Talk2Us makes communications relevant with a next-generation voice and text solution providing control and context lacking in today's systems. Prior to that Andrew was an independent strategic advisor to investors in public and private companies in the telecom/mobile sector. Formerly, as Director of Palm’s Services Product Marketing Group, Andrew led the formation and strategic direction of Palm’s new wireless data services business. This included responsibility for product marketing and development; sales and market strategy; and infrastructure vendor evaluation and negotiation. The business grew from concept to one of the top three initiatives at Palm within one year.
Andrew leverages his experience and knowledge of business strategy and product development working to start and expand new businesses as well as advise and consult to financial and other businesses operating in the technology and consumer products industries.
Andrew Breen’s Specialties:
Mobile Technology, Product Development, Business Structuring, Strategy, Software and Service Design, Semantic and Collaborative Technology, Startups, Speech Recognition, Voice
Andrew Breen’s Experience
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CEO
Talk2Us
(Telecommunications industry)
2008 — Present (less than a year)
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Independent Advisor
Multiple Firms
(Computer Software industry)
September 2006 — 2008 (2 years)
Advised VCs and hedge funds on a strategic investments both in public and private companies in the mobile/telecom industry. Provided industry and company analysis as well as engaging the mgmt/Boards with turnaround strategies.
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Director, Services Product Marketing
Palm
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; palm; Computer Hardware industry)
December 2001 — September 2006 (4 years 10 months)
Led new product strategy, formulation and launch of several new software and service product businesses for Palm new wireless services business on smartphone platforms. Experience with both carrier integrated services as well as mobile enterprise software.
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VP, Business Development
ThinAirApps
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 2000 — December 2001 (1 year 5 months)
Led the formulation of company product strategy and partnerships as well as our core infrastructure products. Refined our enterprise wireless email product strategy to be competitive with Blackberry on Palm devices focusing on a multi-channel strategy of direct enterprise sales and channel licensing with OEMs/ISVs. Part of the executive team leading the sale of the company into Palm.
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CEO
SilverPlum
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
April 1999 — August 2000 (1 year 5 months)
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Consultant
CSFB
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)
March 1998 — March 1999 (1 year 1 month)
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Director, Software Engineering
EarthWeb
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
December 1996 — February 1998 (1 year 3 months)
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CIO
Interactive Imaginations
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
November 1995 — August 1996 (10 months)
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Software Engineer
JPMorgan
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Financial Services industry)
July 1994 — October 1995 (1 year 4 months)
Andrew Breen’s Education
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Carnegie Mellon University
BS, Information and Decision Systems, Industrial Management, Computer Science, 1990 — 1994
- Activities and Societies:
- Delta Upsilon
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Andrew Breen’s Interests:
New business and entrepreneurial opportunities, mobile computing, distributed data systems/semantic web, technology startups, New York City, music, design, architecture, art, wine
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Andrew Breen’s Honors:
Certified Sommelier: Sommelier Society of America
Andrew Breen’s Contact Settings
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