Jeff Wallace

Current

• Senior Vice President, Marketing at Vivido Labs

Past

• President / Founder at Global Kinetics Inc.
• Global Director, Interactive Media at Creata
• Managing Member / CEO at Pelican Partners LLC

• Interim Executive at Internet Communication Technologies, Inc. & visitalk.com
• Senior Consultant at CSC Index

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Education

• University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business
• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick

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Connections

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Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

• Follow me on Twitter
• My Company

Jeff Wallace’s Summary

Jeff has 20+ years of global experience as a successful founder and hands-on senior executive, business development and marketing professional with broad-based business skills including leadership, strategy, technology, financial and operational management.

He has served as a consultant and executive for several organizations. His experiences stem from technology and entrepreneurship with specific expertise in bridging technology and business needs. He serves both small and large [global] companies in these capacities and he is widely published and recognized as an expert on emerging technologies.

Most recently, he served as executive in charge of creating a new media group within a large, well-established global marketing and promotions agency serving global clientèle. He worked both internally to structure and grow this group as well as with the company's global clients to develop and implement innovative new media solutions in conjunction with the agency's traditional marketing activities. Though formerly non-existent, in short order and with much competition, he got this new group off the ground and generated millions of dollars in revenue, not to mention having created new paths for consumers to engage with the clients' brands, producing significant brand exposure.

Prior to this role, Jeff served as interim CEO for a real estate development company designing, developing and operating luxury oceanfront properties in northern Mexico generating $100+ million in revenues. Prior to this, he served as an executive, functioning in strategic, business development and operational leadership positions for two software development companies. During this period, he was awarded the prestigious BridgeGate 20 Award and recognized as one of S. California's top 20 business leaders and "difference makers" in the IT and new media community. He started private consulting after several years as a management consultant for CSC Index, a top-tier consultancy.

Jeff Wallace’s Specialties:

[General Business]: Leadership/Management; Entrepreneurship; Profit/Loss Management; Interpersonal Communications

[Business Development]: Partnership Formation & Management; Negotiations; Opportunity Assessment

[Marketing]: Strategic Thinking; Promotions; Integrated Marketing Communications; Web 2.0 technologies/New Media

Jeff Wallace’s Experience

• Senior Vice President, Marketing

  Vivido Labs

  (Computer Software industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

  Founded in 2009 by former SAP CEO, Greg Tomb, Vivido Labs, Inc. aids clients in maximizing the value received from an investment in SAP by helping the organization after the implementation goes live. Vivido specializes in reducing the time it takes to get SAP systems stabilized as well as to ensuring a company’s SAP team is self-sufficient in supporting, extending and remotely resolving outstanding problems quickly. The result: companies that work with Vivido increase their productivity and enjoy their SAP experience.
  Vivido Labs focuses on three core offerings: Vivido Knowledge Exchange, Vivido Remote Platinum Experts, Vivido Usability Products. Combined, these offer the best information available, access to the top consultants in the field and a portfolio of tools to manage it all efficiently.
  
  More information can be found at www.VividoLabs.com.

• President / Founder

  Global Kinetics Inc.

  (Management Consulting industry)

  1996 — June 2009 (13 years )

  Founded a Management Consultancy and Executive Coaching organization focused on business development, marketing related services and general management for clients ranging from early-stage to industry leaders. Clients span such industries as automobile manufacturing, automotive and insurance services, environmental, marketing / advertising, video game publishing, fast food / quick service, mobile marketing, and business enterprise software.

• Global Director, Interactive Media

  Creata

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  February 2004 — July 2007 (3 years 6 months)

  Jeff was executive in charge of creating a new media consulting division within a global marketing & promotions agency that has been in business for over 30 years serving global clients including McDonald's, Kellogg's and Hummer. He worked internally to structure and grow this group as well as with the agency's global clients to develop and implement innovative new media solutions in conjunction with the company's traditional marketing/promotional activities. By leveraging his first-rate network of contacts within various new media fields, he has successfully established numerous strategic partnerships for this agency, enabling them to offer a significantly broader set of services and capabilities to its clientele. He was the lead architect of a critically important and highly visible consumer-facing website as well as the day-to-day project manager working with all relevant stakeholders including legal, marketing and IT groups within both the client and their partners.

• Managing Member / CEO

  Pelican Partners LLC

  (Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  2001 — 2004 (3 years )

  Co-Founding Member and Chief Executive Officer for Pelican Partners LLC, a company established for the purpose of designing, developing and operating high-end real estate development projects in Mexico. The company’s foremost project, Bella Sirena, is a 220-property, luxury beach resort development located in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora on the northernmost point of the Sea of Cortez.
   Managed all business, legal, financial, investor relations and sales functions within the company
   The project generated revenues of in excess of $100 million in a four and one-half year time frame, far surpassing expectations, employed more than 250 people in development and construction both in the US and Mexico, and recorded the highest sales ever achieved for single-family homes in the city

• Interim Executive

  Internet Communication Technologies, Inc. & visitalk.com

  (Computer Software industry)

  1998 — 2001 (3 years )

  Served as the Chief Executive Officer for Internet Communication Technologies Inc. (ICT), a 15-person company that developed educational technology solutions using proprietary real-time video, audio and data communication and collaboration technologies over the Internet. Recruited to the position following a position as the Vice President of Strategic Planning for visitalk.com, the company that pioneered the Internet’s first true comprehensive communications portal for voice, video and data communications.

• Senior Consultant

  CSC Index

  (Public Company; CSC; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 1992 — October 1996 (4 years 5 months)

  Served as a Senior Consultant in the Business Reengineering practice for CSC Index. While there, he founded and served as practice leader for CSC Interactive, a CSC-wide practice assisting Fortune 500 clients in assessing the strategic business impact of and opportunities for emerging technologies. He has extensive consulting experience in effectively bridging technology and business needs through the use of emerging technologies, information technology and business reengineering. He worked with clients in the utility, entertainment, foodservice/QSR, financial services industries consulting on strategic, operational, marketing and technology matters.

Jeff Wallace’s Education

• University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business

  MBA , Entrepreneurship & Technology , 1990 — 1992

  Selected as one of only two recipients for The Price Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies fellowship

  Activities and Societies:

  Vice President, Consulting Club
  Avid Ultimate Frisbee player

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick

  BA , Economics/Finance , 1984 — 1987

  Graduated with High Honors

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Beta Kappa
  Avid Ultimate Frisbee player

Additional Information

Jeff Wallace’s Websites:

• Follow me on Twitter
• My Company

Jeff Wallace’s Interests:

Bridging business needs via technology and marketing applications, Entrepreneurship, Interactive media Publishing insightful articles

Jeff Wallace’s Groups:

•    Haas/Berkeley Alumni
•    Executive Suite
•    LinketInterims
•    True Wealth Business Network
•    SAP People Forum
•    Expertise for Hire
•    SAP Community
•    Rutgers Alumni
•    Runners
•    SAP Network GLOBAL
•    CXO (CEO, COO, CKO, CFO, CMO, CAO, CVO, CDO, CRO, CLO, CSO & CTO) Community
•    Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
•    United Premier Executive Flyers
•    SAP Professionals (Globally).
•    Startup Specialists
•    Club CEO
•    New Media, Social Media, and Social Networking Participants
•    Social Media Today
•    PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY Official
•    ex-CSC Alumni
•    The Age of Conversation Authors and Fans
•    Green Marketing Executive Exchange
•    CEO/ CIO/COE/COO/CFO/Head/VP/ Director/President Level - Senior Leadership Group
•    twitter innovators Innovation & Creativity Network of Tweeters
•    Executive Womens Network
•    Outdex - ex CSC Index Alumni
•    Elite SAP Practitioners
•    Open Run

Jeff Wallace’s Honors:

Phi Beta Kappa Society member - the oldest honor society in the United States fostering and recognizing academic excellence

Selected as one of only two recipients for The Price Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies fellowship

Awarded the prestigious BridgeGate 20 Award, recognizing Jeff as one of the top 20 business leaders and "difference makers" in Southern California's information technology and new media community

Co-author of "The Age of Conversation 2: Why Don't They Get It?"

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