Ken Evans

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Ken Evans’s Summary

Start-up coach and strategy mentor for emerging businesses who are struggling to define, organize and deliver new products or services.

25+ years of proven leadership for turning innovative technology ideas and early stage start-ups into growing product-focused companies.

Current projects include:

- Cofounder of IdeaField - Coworking in Tampa Bay

- Recruiting committee & coach @ STAR Tec Business Accelerator

- StartupMonkey Workshop - brainstorming sessions on business strategy, product and marketing issues for emerging companies

- Tech community advocate in Hillsborough County's Economic Development and Job Creation Task Force

- Regional Coordinator for Kauffman Foundation's 2008 / 2009 Global Entrepreneur Week

Associations:

Florida Venture Forum, PDMA, NWEN, WSA, MIT Forum, StartupAlliance.org, Help Desk Institute, ISSA, IEEE, ARRL, ACG, ITFlorida

Past presentations:

- FastTrac Tech Venture Program for entrepreneurs
- Global Entrepreneurship Week - Kauffman Foundation
- BarCamp Tampa 2008
- Univ. of S.Florida @ St. Pete - Small Business Development Center
- BarCamp Orlando
- Software 2007
- Tivoli Technical Users Conference
- DEMO 2006
- WiFi Planet Conference
- Federal Wireless Users Forum
- Wireless Security Seminar Series (Sponsored by AirDefense)
- MIS Training Institute (MISTI) Panel on Enterprise Network Security
- Transcend Business Services IT Security & Privacy Symposium
- IT Forum
- ISSA
- Angelbeat
- Network World Seminar Series
- IMN Wireless on Wall Street Conference

Ken Evans’s Specialties:

Corporate and Product Strategy,
Technical Product Marketing,
Corporate Marketing & Communications,
Messaging and Branding Strategy,
Extensive P&L Responsibility,
Product Readiness Assessment,
Technology & IP Assessment,
Reengineering & Optimization of Development,
Revenue & Demand Generation,
Multi-Channel Marketing & Sales Support,
New Business Development,
Partner Contract Negotiations