Bruce Schechter

Current

• Associate Member at Band of Angels
• Founder and Head Cheerleader at Intel Alumni Network
• Business Mentor at California Clean Tech Open

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Past

• Masters Degree, Computer Science at Stanford University
• Personal Sabbatical at Home
• Director of Alliances at Pandesic, LLC

• Director of Operations Managment at Pandesic, LLC
• Director of Online Marketing at Intel Corporation
• Technical Assistant to the Executive VP of Corporate Strategy (David House) at Intel Corporation
• Product Line Manager - i386™SL Mobile Microprocessor at Intel Corporation
• Product Manager for the i386™SX Microprocessor at Intel Corporation
• Applications Engineer for the 80C88 Microprocessor at Intel Corporation
• Process Development Engineer at Intel Corporation

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Education

• Stanford University
• Purdue University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Bruce Schechter’s Summary

My primary focus is coaching and helping new ventures with business strategy, in the internet, software, and clean tech areas. With over twenty years of high tech engineering and business experience, and the invigoration of a recent Stanford MS CS degree, I am actively helping companies in these categories.

Bruce Schechter’s Specialties:

• Coaching Startups on Business Strategy and Go-to-Market Strategy
• Translation of Nascent Technology into Product Strategy
• Development of Funding Presentations; Introductions to Prospective Investors
• Software and Internet Technology

Bruce Schechter’s Experience

• Associate Member

  Band of Angels

  (Privately Held; Capital Markets industry)

  November 2007 — Present (11 months)

  In conjunction with the Band of Angels, I coach prospective investee companies on their funding presentation and underlying business strategy. In addition, I enjoy scouting for new prospects for deal flow.

• Founder and Head Cheerleader

  Intel Alumni Network

  (Public Company; Think Tanks industry)

  August 2007 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  Several fellow Intel Alumni and I realized that our fondest memories of Intel Corporation stem from the outstanding people with whom we worked. So we are hard at work, forming a volunteer group of Intel Alumni for both professional and social networking. In our first month, membership grew quckly to over 500 members. If you are interested, take a look at www.intelalumni.org,

• Business Mentor

  California Clean Tech Open

  (Non-Profit; Renewables & Environment industry)

  July 2007 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Among other activities, in the 2007 round of the yearly competition, I had the honor of mentoring Syncromatics (www.syncromatics.com), who subsequently won the competition in the transportation category.

• Masters Degree, Computer Science

  Stanford University

  (Higher Education industry)

  September 2004 — June 2007 (2 years 10 months)

  As a student in the MS Computer Science program, I was by far the oldest student in all of my classes, and enjoyed the role of the outsider, constantly questioning “what is the significance of this topic in the real world?” I believe that I worked harder for this degree than any other goal of my life, and thus it was quite a proud accomplishment, not to mention a chance to join a network of incredibly bright people.

• Personal Sabbatical

  Home

  (Think Tanks industry)

  2001 — 2004 (3 years)

  After twenty years of intense work, I enjoyed a time in which my priorities were:
  * Personal time with my wife and children
  * Hobbies including digital photography and digital media production
  * Volunteering in schools
  * Organizing a Habitat for Humanity home-building project
  * Learning web and software technologies
  * A variety of coursework at local Community Colleges.
  Suggestion: don't wait till you are 65 to enjoy life!

• Director of Alliances

  Pandesic, LLC

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

  1997 — 2000 (3 years)

  Fostered a Microsoft alliance giving Pandesic’s software developers direct access to Microsoft dev teams as well as engaged joint marketing/sales activities. Established Pandesic as one of ten technology partners highlighted at Microsoft’s Windows 2000 launch event. Managed a team which cultivated a variety of web development partners to cooperatively sell the Pandesic solution with our sales team and provide web design services for our customers.

• Director of Operations Managment

  Pandesic, LLC

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1997 — 1998 (1 year)

  As a member of Pandesic’s founding team, developed a strategy and recruited a team to deploy the Pandesic product at customer sites, deliver customer training and provide product documentation.

• Director of Online Marketing

  Intel Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; intc; Computer Hardware industry)

  1994 — 1997 (3 years)

  Ran marketing operations for the first-ever “www.intel.com” website during the nascent (Wild Wild West!?) days of the Internet. Recruited and led a team to manage messaging/content strategy, creative design and site organization. Defined requirements and engaged IT to run technical operations for the rapidly expanding server farm. Exceptionally fun job !!

• Technical Assistant to the Executive VP of Corporate Strategy (David House)

  Intel Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; intc; Semiconductors industry)

  1991 — 1994 (3 years)

  Orchestrated a yearly, corporate-wide product strategy review for Andy Grove and his executive team. Managed strategy and operations for the yearly “Intel Tech Forum” (the precursor to Intel’s current-day “Intel Developer Forum”) for three years running. Managed an ongoing series of “emerging technology” seminars for the Intel executive team to keep them up to date on new business opportunities and technologies.

• Product Line Manager - i386™SL Mobile Microprocessor

  Intel Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; intc; Semiconductors industry)

  1988 — 1991 (3 years)

  Led the Product Management team: Collected customer requirements for Intel’s first-ever processor targeted specifically at mobile computing. Engaged several key notebook market leaders to work closely with our engineering team on product definition and beta process. Spearheaded collaboration with other Intel divisions to offer an organized “kit” of products around the i386SL.

• Product Manager for the i386™SX Microprocessor

  Intel Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; intc; Semiconductors industry)

  1985 — 1988 (3 years)

  Drove product definition process and an innovative market segmentation strategy whereby Intel protected the original 386 as the high-end workstation solution while offering the 386SX as the high-volume, midmarket solution. Personally engaged Compaq computer (then the strongest challenger to IBM’s leadership) to be the first customer to release a 386SX-based PC.

• Applications Engineer for the 80C88 Microprocessor

  Intel Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; intc; Semiconductors industry)

  1984 — 1985 (1 year)

  Provided technical support to Intel Sales and to customers. Developed technical documentation. Lead the development of sales collateral to enable the Intel field organization to advocate Intel’s new CHMOS process technology.

• Process Development Engineer

  Intel Corporation

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; intc; Semiconductors industry)

  1980 — 1984 (4 years)

  In Intel’s Magnetic Bubble Memory Operation ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_memory ), performed CAD design, mask development, fabrication process improvement, and developed automation software for manufacturing/test equipment.

Bruce Schechter’s Education

• Stanford University

  MS, Computer Science, 2004 — 2007

  * Specialization: “Internet-Connected Distributed Systems”
  
  * Organized a team which built a consumer media-sharing service, comprised of multiple access points: Windows client application (for media organizing, viewing, and sharing), Server application (for authentication, orchestration, and back-up), Web accessibility via browsers, Email-based submission (for camera phones)
  
  * Quite an adventure going back to school with students typically half your age! On that note, take a look at this article from our local newspaper, The Los Gatos News: http://www.thelgnews.com/article/2007-6-17-lg-stan-grad

• Purdue University

  BS, Physics and Mathematics, 1976 — 1980

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Phi Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi
  Graduated "With Highest Honors"

Additional Information

Bruce Schechter’s Groups:

Bay.NET, CCTO (California Clean Tech Open), SVASE

•    SDForum
•    SVASE
•    FountainBlue
•    Intel Alumni Network
•    Clean Tech Open
•    Stanford University Alumni

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