Entrepreneur
Austin, Texas Area
- Current
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- Principal at Cortex Field Services L.L.C.
- Principal at Valentus Group L.L.C.
- Realtor at Homes ATX
- Managing Partner at Order Experts L.L.C.
- Past
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- Managing Partner at Quarum Consulting Inc
- Managing Partner at Lonestar Field Services
- IT Director at Consumer Select Insurance of America
- Managing Partner at Castle Photography
- IT Director at Field Asset Services Inc
- Producer at Lettered Union - Land of Shadowed Sand
- Performance Engineer at Dell Computer
- Systems Administrator at 281 Communications
- Education
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- St. Edward's University
- St. Edward's University
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Christopher Ragland’s Summary
I'm a young and experienced serial entrepreneur. I have helped start several companies in the past 12 years in different sectors including but not limited to real estate, photojournalism, web application and database management, insurance, and wireless.
I enjoy all aspects of business, especially when helping business owners overcome challenges.
Christopher Ragland’s Specialties:
-Small Business Strategy and Management
-Database and Web Application Dev Management
-Business Process Management
-Start-up (conception to operations management)
Christopher Ragland’s Experience
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Principal
Cortex Field Services L.L.C.
(Construction industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year)
Cortex Field Services is a Concierge Maintenance Company specializing in elite customer service and attention. We work closely with Real Estate Brokers, Property Maintenance Companies, and National Distributors to ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction.
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Principal
Valentus Group L.L.C.
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
Valentus Group, LLC is a consulting firm whose mission is to provide enhanced profitability, long-term sustainability, and stakeholder value for its client companies. As a boutique consulting firm with a global reach, the Valentus Group is positioned to match its consulting teams to the distinctive management and technology needs of its clients, ensuring that the complementary talents and multi-disciplinary expertise of each team meet or exceed client goals and expectations.
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Realtor
Homes ATX
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Real Estate industry)
July 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)
Property Maintenance, REO and Rehab Management, Investor Buying, and Property Management.
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Managing Partner
Order Experts L.L.C.
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)
Order Experts L.L.C., is a sales focused solutions based company with a focus in the wireless industry. Founded in late 2000, the business model was developed primarily to leverage existing components, backend systems, and support resources of Sprint to provide a turnkey fulfillment solution for Sprint partners and dealers.
Fast forward a few years and Order Experts has become a carrier neutral, full scale telephony, web based solutions company. Order Experts is the perfect outsourcing solution for any company. We work with telecommunication professionals, independent contractors, small businesses, medium market, and even Fortune 100 enterprise companies. We service hundreds of solution partners and sales teams nationwide. Perhaps the most important advantages to the partners of Order Experts, we allow the freedom to sell. -
Managing Partner
Quarum Consulting Inc
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2001 — December 2008 (7 years 7 months)
Directs each line of business (web development, wireless, business analysis, and technology procurement) through strategic managers. Interfaces directly with clients on all levels providing strategic oversight ensuring customer needs are satisfied.
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Managing Partner
Lonestar Field Services
(Construction industry)
January 2005 — August 2008 (3 years 8 months)
Directs all strategic relationships between vendors and clients. Responsible for strategic vision of the firm.
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IT Director
Consumer Select Insurance of America
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
February 2004 — March 2007 (3 years 2 months)
Directs and coordinates information systems planning and functions, including all phases of systems design, programming, installation and operations. Reviews and evaluates project feasibility studies based on management's requirements and priorities, and implements the installation and operation of information systems and equipment.
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Managing Partner
Castle Photography
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
January 2005 — January 2006 (1 year 1 month)
Responsible for executive direction of firm, including day to day operations, and financial stewardship.
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IT Director
Field Asset Services Inc
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2003 — November 2005 (2 years 10 months)
Directs and coordinates information systems planning and functions, including all phases of systems design, programming, installation and operations. Reviews and evaluates project feasibility studies based on management's requirements and priorities, and implements the installation and operation of information systems and equipment.
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Producer
Lettered Union - Land of Shadowed Sand
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)
March 2005 — June 2005 (4 months)
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Performance Engineer
Dell Computer
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DELL; Computer Hardware industry)
May 1999 — June 2001 (2 years 2 months)
Responsible for Performance testing across entire Server, Storage, ISP product line. Experience in general Benchmarking using Ziff-Davis’s NetBench, WebBench, ServerBench, and Benchmark Factory. General comparison performance testing for Engineering and Product Analysis. Media Review Engineer/Specialist for Dell Server/Storage Products. Strategic relationships with Media Outlets such as eWeek, Internet Week, ZD Labs, Network Computing, Network World, Windows 2000 Magazine, and PC Magazine.
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Systems Administrator
281 Communications
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
October 1997 — May 1999 (1 year 8 months)
Administered LAN/WAN composed of several windows NT/98 systems. Built/Repaired/Upgraded several PC NT/9x/3.x systems and servers. Tech support via phone/email/in person on windows 3.x/9x/NT. TCP/IP configuration and realignment on several platforms. ISDN router and modem configurations.
Christopher Ragland’s Education
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St. Edward's University
MBA , Global Entrepreneurship , 2008 — 2010 (expected)
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St. Edward's University
BBA , Entrepreneurship , 2001 — 2005
- Activities and Societies:
- Ram Rugby, Tour Guides, Cheer, Rowdy Hilltoppers, Environmental Club, Orientation Leaders, Resident Assistant
Additional Information
Christopher Ragland’s Interests:
Start-ups, the outdoors, movies
Christopher Ragland’s Groups:
St. Edward's University Alumni Board of Directors, AF&AM, Marble Falls High School
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Dell Alumni -
St. Edward's University Alumni Association
