Director of Sales & Business Development, SmartDraw.Com
Greater San Diego Area
- Current
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- Director, Worldwide Channel Sales & Business Development at SmartDraw.com
- Founder at Blue-Merle Vineyard & Winery
- Past
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- Founder & CEO at Alliance International Trade & Investment Group, Inc.
- Director, Asia Pacific Sales at Jabra
- Area Sales Manager, Asia Pacific at Proxima
- Director, International Marketing at nView Corporation
- Information Systems & Services Group at Mitsubishi Corporation
- Freelance Reporter at International Herald Tribune
- Education
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- University of Washington, Seattle - Business School
- International Institute For Studies & Training (Boeki Kenshu Center)
- Duke University
- Staples High School
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Craig Justice’s Summary
International sales, marketing & business development executive experienced setting-up and managing distribution & OEM partnerships in North America, Europe & Asia Pacific for the software, professional audio-visual and mobile telecom industries. General manager experience with full P/L responsibility. Multi-lingual: Japanese, some Chinese, French, German, some Russian.
Craig Justice’s Specialties:
Sales Management, Business Planning, International Sales, Reseller Sales, Distributor Sales, Asia-Pacific Sales, Business Development Partnerships, Closing Million $ Deals, Japan Sales, Account Management, Internet Marketing, Forecasting, Winemaking, Vineyard Management
Craig Justice’s Experience
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Director, Worldwide Channel Sales & Business Development
SmartDraw.com
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 2006 — Present (3 years 6 months)
Manage worldwide reseller & distributor sales. Manage inside sales team. Initiate and manage OEM and Business Development partners.
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Founder
Blue-Merle Vineyard & Winery
(Privately Held; Wine and Spirits industry)
July 2004 — Present (5 years 1 month)
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Founder & CEO
Alliance International Trade & Investment Group, Inc.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1998 — January 2006 (7 years 8 months)
* Wholesale distributor of professional audio visual equipment including projectors, document cameras, presentation software, interactive whiteboards, LCD writing monitors and wireless projection devices.
* International sales consultant and sales representative for U.S. companies in the IT, software, professional audio visual and Telecommunications industries. Clients: InFocus, PolyVision, SoftBoard, and JABRA Corporation managing their sales and distribution in Asia, with a focus on Japan and China. Japanese clients: Yokogawa Precision Corp, Nippon Avionics AVIO projector division. Chinese clients: Media Go Engineering. -
Director, Asia Pacific Sales
Jabra
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)
1997 — 2001 (4 years)
Managed Asia-Pacific dealer, distributor and carrier sales for JABRA, the maker of hands-free Earsets for wireless mobile phones.
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Area Sales Manager, Asia Pacific
Proxima
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1994 — 1997 (3 years)
From Beijing to Sydney, from Mumbai to Jakarta, set up and managed Asia Pacific resellers of Proxima's desktop LCD projectors.
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Director, International Marketing
nView Corporation
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; NVUE; Computer Hardware industry)
1991 — 1994 (3 years)
nVIEW was one of the first manufacturers of LCD presentation panels and LCD projectors.
Positions held include: Product Manager, Director, International Marketing, and Director, Asia Pacific. -
Information Systems & Services Group
Mitsubishi Corporation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; International Trade and Development industry)
1987 — 1991 (4 years)
2-years staff member at Tokyo Headquarters and 2-years at Palo Alto, CA USA office in Information Systems and Services Group Planning & Cordination Dept.
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Freelance Reporter
International Herald Tribune
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)
1981 — 1984 (3 years)
From 1981 - 1984 worked as a freelance reporter for the International Herald Tribune in Paris, France and The Weekly in Seattle, WA.
Craig Justice’s Education
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University of Washington, Seattle - Business School
MBA , Business , 1984 — 1987
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International Institute For Studies & Training (Boeki Kenshu Center)
Certificate , Japanese business, culture, language , 1986 — 1986
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Duke University
BA , Public Policy Studies and Political Science , 1978 — 1981
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Staples High School
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Craig Justice’s Interests:
Spoken languages: Japanese, French, German, some Mandarin Chinese, some Russian. Winemaking, Vineyard management, international relations, golf, tennis, marathons.
Craig Justice’s Honors:
* "Top Gun" Area Sales Manager of the Year Award, Proxima Corporation, 1995.
* Controller's Cost Consciousness Award, Proxima Corporation, 1995.
*Winemaking Awards: 2009 San Diego County Fair Wine Competition (5 ribbons); 2008 San Diego County Fair Wine Competition (2 ribbons): 2nd Place, 2006 Nebbiolo; 2nd Place, Blended Red, 2007 Petit Verdot Plus.
Craig Justice’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
- getting back in touch
