Kevin Dobbs

Kevin Dobbs

Owner and Managing Partner at Montclair Advisors

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • Managing Partner at Montclair Advisors, LLC
Past
  • Senior Vice President at Workstream
  • SVP Marketing and Business Development at Kadiri
  • VP Products and Solutions at Workscape
  • General Manager - HR Division at Edify Corporation
  • Director, Marketing and Business Development at Walker Interactive
  • Director at Oracle
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Kevin Dobbs’s Summary

Experienced technology executive. Nearly 20 years of success managing sales, marketing, business development, mergers and acquisitions, product marketing and operational functions for both public and start-up companies.

Highly knowledgeable regarding SaaS [Software as a Service], on-demand business models as well as enterprise-class software applications for talent management, HCM, CRM, Financials and ERP.

Adept at establishing new market categories as well as raising capital and working with venture capitalists and private equity firms.


Kevin Dobbs’s Experience

  • Managing Partner

    Montclair Advisors, LLC

    (Computer Software industry)

    April 2008Present (1 year 8 months)

    Montclair Advisors helps software companies to realize the value that can be created by effectively deploying the Software as a Service business model.

    The company provides strategy and expertise that is actionable for executive management teams looking to use SaaS as a way to build a long term, winning business. Our service covers all areas of SaaS including strategic analysis, business planning, revenue and market development, and technology evaluation.

  • Senior Vice President

    Workstream

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; WSTM; Computer Software industry)

    June 2004February 2008 (3 years 9 months)

    Workstream provides an on-demand suite of talent management applications including recruitment, performance management, compensation, succession planning and benefits.

  • SVP Marketing and Business Development

    Kadiri

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

    August 2002June 2004 (1 year 11 months)

    Kadiri was the leader in developing enterprise compensation management software solutions. Company was acquired by Workstream in June 2004.

  • VP Products and Solutions

    Workscape

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

    July 1999May 2002 (2 years 11 months)

    Workscape provides a complete set of hosted benefits and workforce management solutions, designed for Global 2000 organizations.

  • General Manager - HR Division

    Edify Corporation

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; EDFY; Computer Software industry)

    September 1996June 1999 (2 years 10 months)

    Edify was a leader in call center, internet banking and HR self service solutions. The company was ultimately split and the call center and banking business was sold to S1 corporation and the HR business was sold to Workscape.

  • Director, Marketing and Business Development

    Walker Interactive

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; WALK; Computer Software industry)

    June 1992May 1995 (3 years )

    Walker Interactive provided a suite of enterprise financial applications targeted for Fortune 100 organizations.

  • Director

    Oracle

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ORCL; Computer Software industry)

    February 1989May 1992 (3 years 4 months)

    Held a variety of marketing positions including account management, management of the lead generation team and an assignment in public relations.


Additional Information

Kevin Dobbs’s Websites:

Kevin Dobbs’s Groups:

  •    Club ex-Oracle.org
  •    Human Capital Institute
  •    Executive Suite
  •    Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)
  •    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
  •    Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
  •    Worldwide Management Consultants (23,000+ members)
  •    Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
  •    SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) UV SHRM Networking Tool
  •    Consultants Network
  •    eMarketing Association Network
  •    RecruitingBlogs
  •    Hedge Fund Group (HFG)
  •    CXO (CEO, COO, CKO, CFO, CMO, CAO, CVO, CDO, CRO, CLO, CSO & CTO) Community
  •    Cloud Computing
  •    Edify Alumni Group
  •    Software + Services (SAAS)
  •    Sales/Marketing VP's & Directors - Software & Technology
  •    SaaS University
  •    SaaSBlogs - Software as a Service Group
  •    Oracle Alumni Group
  •    Enterprise SaaS
  •    Software as a Service (SaaS) Group
  •    Enterprise On-Demand Software Sales (SaaS)
  •    Future Trends
  •    SmartRecruiters
  •    HCM Investors Forum
  •    JobAngels
  •    SaaScon
  •    Corporate Planning & Global Industry Segmentation
  •    Quant Linked Group (QLG: Wall Street Quants)
  •    Northern California PDMA
  •    Cloudbook
  •    Customer Bill of Rights

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  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
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  • business deals
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