MB Deans

Current

COO at Ahoy Software

Past

Adjunct Career Advisor at Haas School of Business
Sales & Marketing Strategist at Sedaa Global Brain Trust
Managing Partner at Douglas Partners

Senior Project Manager at Kaiser Permanente
Director, Educational Services at Cygent
Director/Project Manager at Cambridge Technology Partners
Director of Education at Axiom Management Consulting

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Education

Fairleigh Dickinson University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick

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Industry

Computer Software

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MB Deans’s Summary

MB Deans’s Specialties:

New product definition, go to market strategies, software development, social media strategies, project & program management, public speaking

MB Deans’s Experience

COO

Ahoy Software

(Computer Software industry)

2009 — Present (less than a year)

- Founder and leader of software company bringing practical applications to mobile platforms
- Social media guru
- Leading team of overseas developers, onshore marketing and technology team to bring new products to market.
Adjunct Career Advisor

Haas School of Business

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

2008 — 2009 (1 year )

Workshops and career guidance for full-time, evenings and weekend students for Haas and the joint UC Berkeley/Columbia Business School programs.
Sales & Marketing Strategist

Sedaa Global Brain Trust

(Think Tanks industry)

July 2008 — September 2009 (1 year 3 months)

- Co-lead of global social community for senior Organizational Development consultants

- Establishing strategy, creating tools, building and leading Sales & Marketing team
Managing Partner

Douglas Partners

(Privately Held; Human Resources industry)

September 2005 — 2009 (4 years )

- Business strategy and planning

- Spearheaded online community for career transition, supporting job seekers, recruiters, coaches and consultants

- Workshop development, delivery and licensing

- Mock interviews for MBA students at Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Senior Project Manager

Kaiser Permanente

(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

August 2004 — November 2005 (1 year 4 months)

- Led team responsible for designing processes and procedures to support transition of regional HR functions to centralized shared services organization.

- Facilitated creation of first-ever operating level agreements for national HR, payroll, tech support, and benefits functions.

- Oversaw team of architects, contractors, IT support and internal groups for $3M call center build out; delivered on time, within budget, with five 9s reliability.
Director, Educational Services

Cygent

(Computer Software industry)

July 1999 — June 2001 (2 years )

- Created strategic plan, budget and position descriptions; hired and trained international staff of 9; managed design and build-out of training facilities; defined and priced educational offerings; created sales and marketing materials.

- Oversaw design, creation and roll out of 2+ week technical training curriculum for employees, customers and partners; designed and managed technical certification program.

- Established new employee orientation, train-the-trainer workshops, professional development programs and continuous learning programs for using classroom delivery, self-paced content, and distance learning technologies.
Director/Project Manager

Cambridge Technology Partners

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

March 1996 — May 1999 (3 years 3 months)

- Led project teams tasked with rolling out job, process & systems training in support of enterprise software implementations.

- Planned, designed, developed and rolled out strategic application training for sales and marketing; led train-the-trainer; and coached subject matter experts in platform delivery skills.

- Spearheaded business unit’s new hire orientation, professional development and train-the-trainer programs.
Director of Education

Axiom Management Consulting

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

March 1989 — February 1996 (7 years )

- One of 5 founding members of boutique management consulting firm.
- Build and ran Education Services organization responsible for generating $2M in revenue in first full year, $6M in second year.

MB Deans’s Education

Fairleigh Dickinson University

MS , Computer Science , September 1982 — August 1985
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick

BS , Biochemistry , 1972 — 1976

Additional Information

MB Deans’s Websites:

MB Deans’s Groups:

Women In Consulting (WIC), Northern California HR Association (NCHRA), SVAMA Emerging Media Group

Silicon Valley American Marketing Association
Women In Consulting (WIC)
Bootstrappers Breakfast
Fairleigh Dickinson University Alumni
HR West: A community of the Northern California HR Association (NCHRA) and those passionate about HR
The Official Toastmasters International Members Group
Organization Development Network, OD Network, ODN
Cambridge Technology Partners (CTP) - Alumni
Cygent Alumni
UpMo Professionals Network