Gary Rosensteel

Current

Founder at NuCoPro (Sole Proprietorship)
Executive Director at Help Startups

Past

CEO at DigiBrix
Principal at Vevolution
Consultant at Pelleon

VP Client Services at TechRx
President at Cymbol Group
Director System Development at MCA

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Education

University of Pittsburgh - Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
Valparaiso University

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Management Consulting

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Gary Rosensteel’s Summary

Providing strategic advisory services to startup companies to help them achieve their initial funding event, secure initial customers and form strategic partnerships. I also work with emerging companies to identify opportunities for them to leverage into new areas, improve operations, form strategic partnerships, etc.

Also serving as Executive Director of HelpStartups, a non-profit group supporting entrepreneurs through it's web portal, HelpStartups.com. Have held executive management positions with start-up, mid-market and Fortune 100 companies. Over 20 years of experience in all Information Technology disciplines across a wide range of industries. Since the early 1990's I have been involved (founder/executive/adviser) with numerous start-up companies.

Over the last 10 years I have also been heavily engaged in marketing activities, with numerous startups, as a principal in Vevolution, an eMarketing firm, and as a top twenty expert in the MarketingProfs global marketing forum.

Currently heavily involved with medical device startups and am establishing a medical device accelertor in Pittsburgh.

An active Rotarian, I was recently honored by being named Rotarian of the Year by my club, and granted a Paul Harris Fellowship through Rotary International.

Gary Rosensteel’s Specialties:

Almost twenty years of entrepreneurial experience. Now providing strategic advisory services to help startup companies achieve success. I work with companies in all fields. I have clients who: are creating revolutionary data communication products, have found a better way to create railroad ties, are working in genetic testing, and, my really fun one, the top cheerleading coach in the United States!

Gary Rosensteel’s Experience

Founder
NuCoPro (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Management Consulting industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

Providing strategic advisory services to startup companies. Helping companies reach their first funding event or secure their first customers.
Executive Director

Help Startups

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

November 2004 — Present (4 years 9 months)

HelpStartups is a non-profit organization that was founded to provide support to entrepreneurs. This was initially done via local meetings, but is now being provided on a broader basis via HelpStartups.com, Your Single Point of Access for Entrepreneurial Support.
CEO

DigiBrix

(Computer Software industry)

November 2003 — December 2007 (4 years 2 months)

CEO/President of a startup company developing a comprehensive and dynamic business operations/intelligence tool for mid-market IT departments.
Principal

Vevolution

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

March 2001 — July 2007 (6 years 5 months)

Vevolution is an eMarketing company providing a broad range of creative services to a diverse array of organizations.
Consultant

Pelleon

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

October 2000 — September 2001 (1 year)

Worked with the company founder to complete the Business Plan, then architected and built the reverse auction B2B web site for construction project bidding.
VP Client Services

TechRx

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

November 1995 — October 2000 (5 years)

Responsible for creating and supporting the software product that enabled TechRx to become the market leader in comprehensive applications running all aspects of high-volume pharmacies (up to 10K Rx's per shift). Clients included CVS, Wal*Mart and Drugstore.com.
President

Cymbol Group

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1991 — October 1995 (4 years 5 months)

Startup company focused on providing Fortune 500 level IT capabilities on an outsourcing basis to the small business community.
Director System Development

MCA

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; MCA; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 1981 — December 1990 (9 years 11 months)

Responsible for building a wide variety of mission critical applications for all divisions of this global entertainment enterprise (movies, TV, records, video, theme parks, etc.). Some highlights:

1. A fully relational, touch screen application controlling all aspects of MCA Music's operations - went operational in 1982.
2. System allowing national field sales reps to take orders via hand-held devices and automatically feed them to distribution/manufacturing - went operational in 1985.
3. A complex middleware system linking together the disparate financial applications of 8 autonomous corporate divisions - went operational in 1988.

Gary Rosensteel’s Education

University of Pittsburgh - Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business

MBA , Information Systems , 1970 — 1972
Valparaiso University

B.S. , Political Science , 1964 — 1968

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Gary Rosensteel’s Interests:

Entrepreneurial activities, architecting software, marketing strategy, sports, arts, wine, music, politics, current affairs, space (the final frontier)