Steve Chazin

Steve Chazin

Chief Marketing Officer

Greater Boston Area

Current
  • Chief Marketing Officer at Dimdim
  • Owner at MarketingApple.com
Past
  • VP of Marketing at Adesso Systems
  • Director, Worldwide Sales and Marketing Strategy at Avid
  • Senior Manager, Product Marketing at Avid
Education
  • Princeton University
  • Franklin and Marshall
Connections
303 connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Steve Chazin’s Summary

Steve has more than 20 years experience in the marketing, sales, engineering and design of creative technology for consumers and professionals.

- At Adesso, he converted a failing enterprise software startup into a new consumer brand, Tubes, earning accolades from Walter Mossberg at the Wall Street Journal, being selected for DEMO, and gaining the first organic search spot when you Google the word "tubes".

-At Avid, he served as director of worldwide strategic and next generation markets where he dramatically grew Avid’s user community, optimized new and viral approaches to strategic markets, and drove product and corporate marketing.

-Steve has rich experience helping startups, including Bowstreet, to achieve their broader business objectives, which, in Bowstreet’s case, was a successful acquisition by IBM

-At Apple, Mr. Chazin held key marketing, sales and engineering roles, managed the strategic partnership with the Harvard Business School, and rebuilt Apple’s Education marketing efforts, which helped return the company to profitability in the late 90’s.

-Prior to Apple, Mr. Chazin was a section manager and principle engineer at Raytheon, responsible for the design and fabrication of supersonic missile radar domes. He earned his BA in Physics from Franklin and Marshall College and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University.

Steve Chazin’s Specialties:

Web 2.0, Startups, viral marketing, Word of Mouth marketing, branding and identity, sales development, corporate management, positioning, e-commerce, education, creative


Steve Chazin’s Experience

  • Chief Marketing Officer

    Dimdim

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

    January 2008Present (1 year 11 months)

    Responsible for worldwide adoption of Dimdim. Focused on Awareness, Engagement then monetization of this market-disruptive free, open source web meeting solution.

  • Owner

    MarketingApple.com

    (Privately Held; Myself Only; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    2007Present (2 years )

    I started MarketingApple.com to help everyone learn how to market as successfully as Apple does. Come get my free eBook and learn all about it

  • VP of Marketing

    Adesso Systems

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    October 2006December 2007 (1 year 3 months)

    Executive leader of breakout startup that changed the way people share media desktop to desktop

  • Director, Worldwide Sales and Marketing Strategy

    Avid

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; AVID; Computer Software industry)

    April 2002October 2006 (4 years 7 months)

    Built new team to ensure Avid is planning and implementing its go-to-market strategies with the greatest precision and global focus.

    Responsible for coordinating the worldwide strategy and rollout of all new Avid products and services, developing new sales channels, verticals, and sources of revenue, and expanding and leveraging a vibrant community of customers, users, and partners.

    Enhance and optimize Avid's worldwide sales and marketing efforts across its entire product portfolio.

  • Senior Manager, Product Marketing

    Avid

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; AVID; Computer Software industry)

    April 2001November 2003 (2 years 8 months)

    Drove the Product Marketing team responsible for the success of Avid Xpress line, generating over 350% growth for this family of products

    Responsible for the product marketing of Avid's postproduction solutions – including the new DNA and Avid Unity product lines.

  • Director of Product Marketing

    Bowstreet

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

    February 2000April 2002 (2 years 3 months)

    Built and ran the company's first product marketing team.

    Successfully introduce a range of first and best of breed software automation products for a range of large F500 companies and new economy companies.

    Key press contact person for communicating and evangelism the Bowstreet portfolio of products.

  • Education

    Apple

    (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

    19911999 (8 years )

  • Engineer

    Raytheon

    (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

    19861991 (5 years )


Steve Chazin’s Education

  • Princeton University

    MSEE , Electrical Engineering , 19871988

  • Franklin and Marshall

    BA , Physics , 19821986


Additional Information

Steve Chazin’s Websites:

Steve Chazin’s Interests:

technology, computers, web 2.0, Apple Marketing

Steve Chazin’s Groups:

Phi Beta Kappa

  •    Inbound Marketers - For Marketing Professionals
  •    Avid Technology Alumni
  •    Learn From My Life
  •    Wikinomics
  •    Bowstreet Alumni

Steve Chazin’s Honors:

Frank D. Enck Memorial Prize in Physics
Charles A. Dana Scholarship
Aldo Miccioli Scholar


Steve Chazin’s Contact Settings

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  • career opportunities
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  • expertise requests
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