Bruce Brien

Current

CEO and Founder at Stratascope Inc.

Past

Director, Global Strategic Sales at J.D. Edwards Inc.
Director, Sales Support Services at JGI Inc.
Director, Business Consulting at Pivotpoint Inc.

Senior Consultant at Andersen Consulting
Accounting and Finance Systems Officer at United States Air Force

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Education

LaSalle University
Woonsocket High School

Recommended

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Connections

306 connections

Industry

Computer Software

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Bruce Brien’s Summary

Experience in starting a bootstrapped business and bringing it to profitability. Seasoned Sales Professional with a proven track record in selling and delivering enterprise software. Developed theories and delivered presentations in the areas of Collaborative Commerce and Total Value Management to the MBA programs at MIT, Georgia Tech, and The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. Software Development and project management expertise for both custom and commercial software projects

Bruce Brien’s Specialties:

Software product development, design, marketing, sales, and implementation, startup operations and procedures, budget and cash management

Bruce Brien’s Experience

CEO and Founder

Stratascope Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

May 2001 — Present (8 years 8 months)

Responsible for the day to day operations as well as the strategic direction and vision of the organization
Director, Global Strategic Sales

J.D. Edwards Inc.

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; JDEC; Computer Software industry)

May 1999 — April 2001 (2 years )

Senior Sales Executive dually responsible for delivering on sales quota against deals over $1 million in size as well as rolling out new sales methodologies and processes to 2,400 field personnel.
Director, Sales Support Services

JGI Inc.

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1997 — March 1999 (1 year 10 months)

Responsible for all pre-sales and sales support activities for the Baan, Intentia, Peoplesoft, and SSA products.
Director, Business Consulting

Pivotpoint Inc.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

December 1990 — June 1997 (6 years 7 months)

Responsible for all pre- and post- sales activities for the Minxware, Growthpower, and Pointman product lines in the Northeast US.
Senior Consultant

Andersen Consulting

(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1989 — November 1990 (1 year 6 months)

Senior Programmer and Project leader
Accounting and Finance Systems Officer

United States Air Force

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

June 1987 — March 1989 (1 year 10 months)

Honorable Discharge. Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service.

Bruce Brien’s Education

LaSalle University

BSBA , Finance, Information Systems , September 1985 — May 1987

Activities and Societies:

Maxima Cum Laude graduate, Alpha Epsilon Honor Society, Yearbook Business Manager,
Woonsocket High School

1980 — 1983