Ken Brickley

Current

CEO at **************** (in stealth)

Past

Member at Vistage International
Co-Founder / VP Marketing at YouMail.com
Vice President, Marketing at Zeacom

Marketing Manager at Blue Silicon
IMLP at General Electric

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Ken Brickley’s Summary

Highly-entrepreneurial, innovative and energetic executive with proven track record of execution and increasing market share against competitive incumbents and local market entrants. Specialize in building winning teams and executing upon new initiatives to identify/develop new sustainable revenue opportunities.

Ken Brickley’s Experience

CEO

**************** (in stealth)

(Telecommunications industry)

September 2008 — Present (11 months)

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Member

Vistage International

(Telecommunications industry)

2005 — 2009 (4 years)
Co-Founder / VP Marketing

YouMail.com

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

January 2006 — August 2008 (2 years 8 months)

Ken spearheaded and led the conception, incubation, name & branding, initial R&D and initial rounds of fund raising for YouMail.com, starting with seed financing of $96,500 in government grants & $500K commitment from parent company Zeacom. Ken was later integral to raising a $1.9MM convertible note of angel financing which subsequently converted up into a $4.75MM Series A of tier-1 venture capital investment. While at YouMail, Ken was responsible for marketing - driving user conversion through radio, television and online PR/advertising, including significant online customer acquisition from the GenY segment; press coverage included Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes.com, CNBC Power Lunch, MSNBC and 50+ radio interviews.
Vice President, Marketing

Zeacom

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

September 2002 — January 2007 (4 years 5 months)

Multi-national (3000 corporate customers in 80 countries) provider of contact center software solutions adding intelligence to phone systems with integrated routing and reporting of all customer communication, including phone calls, web chats, email and faxes.

Ken Brickley joined Zeacom in 2002 and ran the company's marketing and business development efforts. He was responsible for product management, corporate communications, pricing, demand generation, customer & channel programs. In his role as vice president of marketing, Ken initiated and led the Zeacom management team through a Blue Ocean Strategy process that resulted in the productization (and later a full corporate spin out) of what is now YouMail.com. Ken left Zeacom as Co-Founder and VP of Marketing of the Zeacom spin out, YouMail, Inc.
Marketing Manager

Blue Silicon

(Telecommunications industry)

2000 — 2002 (2 years)

Set and managed corporate communications strategy, managed staff, vendors, budget, analyst relations and PR firm, winning Product of the Year from three publications and personal air-time on CNBC and CNET. Key contributor to successful Series C fundraising pitch, giving demonstrations to top-tier investment banks and venture capital firms including a one-on-one presentation to Bill Gates.
IMLP

General Electric

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Renewables & Environment industry)

1998 — 2000 (2 years)

IMLP: Information Management Leadership Program
Two-year leadership development program in Information Technology consisting of: six-month assignments at domestic & international GE & GE Capital businesses.

Assignments included:
- Commercial Equipment Finance, Danbury, CT
- Auto Financial Services, Barrington, IL
- Corporate Audit Staff rotation at GE Power Systems (Nuevo Pignone), Florence, Italy
- GE Investments, Seattle, WA

Additional Information

Ken Brickley’s Websites:

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Ken Brickley’s Interests:

Watching my daughter learn, fly fishing, starting and growing businesses, hunting, music (all sorts, but especially jazz and rock), Lagavulin single malt scotch, cooking, travel, learning about new cultures and enjoying an oversized glass of Tignanello.

Ken Brickley’s Groups:

Active member of Vistage, the world's leading chief executive organization, specializing in executive and business coaching for medium and small businesses by providing access to a worldwide network of expert resource speakers, CEO peers, and executive learning workshops.