Chief Executive Officer, Explore Consulting, LLC
Greater Seattle Area
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- Chief Executive Officer at Explore Consulting, LLC
- President/CEO at Kickplay, Inc.
- Board Member at Agent Shield, Inc.
- Board Member at Fuzzy Games, Inc.
- Board Member at Washington Academy of Languages (non-profit)
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- Board Member at Compliance11, Inc.
- President/CEO at The Florida Land Company, LLC
- President/CEO at Full Armor Studios, Inc.
- interim CEO at PopCap Games, Inc.
- Board Member at Noetix Corporation
- President, CEO & Director at Aris Corporation
- Senior Vice President, Consulting at Aris Corporation
- Consulting/Sales at Oracle Corporation
- Education
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- Purdue University - Krannert School of Management
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Kendall Kunz’s Summary
Highly motivated, meticulous, and decisive four-time CEO has proven achievements in software, IT consulting, internet, and real estate industries. Extensive experience in creation and execution of business strategies by building the right teams, giving them the right tools and procedures to succeed and remaining laser-focused. Managed busineses from startup through initial public offering and beyond.
Noteworthy Quotes
“Whenever people ask how I learned to do this job I answer two things: First, I am still learning and always will be, and second I had an awesome mentor.” -Kelly Williams, Director of Western eBusiness.
“This was one of the most motivational, encouraging and all around best messages I have read! You are a HUGE asset to this company. You make it a privilege and a joy to work for this company!” - Jennifer Knox, Human Resources
“Kendall was primarily responsible for our strategy to go public.” - Paul Song, Founder of Aris Corporation
Kendall Kunz’s Specialties:
Professional Strengths: Ethical Leadership; Strategic Planning; Board/Investor relations; Mergers & Acquisitions; Venture & IPO Fundraising; Highly Capable Sales Skills; Legal Contracts; Team Recruitment/Development; Finance & Accounting; IP Strategy/Negotiations; Emerging Technologies; Software Development Process; Infrastructure Development; Methodology Development; Project Management
Kendall Kunz’s Experience
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Chief Executive Officer
Explore Consulting, LLC
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2008 — Present (7 months)
Recently appointed to post, Explore is a leader in SaaS based software including ERP/CRM implementations, custom software development, integration and more. See http://www.exploreconsulting.com for more details.
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President/CEO
Kickplay, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)
June 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Founded and propelled complete establishment from idea to a patent-pending method and commercially available web 2.0 personalized game experience.
Main inventor of the kickplay gamemaker system. Designed initial database, system architecture and game archetypes; hired staff; acquired certain game source-code IP; maintained project management role for initial rollout of kickplay.com.
Organized company; formulated development methodology; main author of pending patent for the kickplay.com gamemaker system; initiated and managed partner relationships with law firm and providers of certain intellectual property licenses. -
Board Member
Agent Shield, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
June 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)
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Board Member
Fuzzy Games, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)
October 2005 — Present (3 years)
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Board Member
Washington Academy of Languages (non-profit)
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
June 2004 — Present (4 years 4 months)
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Board Member
Compliance11, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
November 2006 — September 2007 (11 months)
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President/CEO
The Florida Land Company, LLC
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Real Estate industry)
October 2004 — June 2007 (2 years 9 months)
Created strategic plan, founded company, hired staff; acquired land; created company positioning including brand promise; and developed sales relationships with the largest builders in America.
Developed and implemented direct marketing land acquisition strategy that yielded 6+% response rate and the ability to buy properties at a 40% discount to market value.
Designed and developed web strategy, including land performance and tracking system.
Completed over 200 transactions producing over a 300% annualized return on equity. -
President/CEO
Full Armor Studios, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
May 2003 — October 2004 (1 year 6 months)
Developed business strategy; founded company; positioned product themes and company; hired staff; produced games; organized external vendors including web hosting, web development, and outside legal counsel
Initiated and negotiated syndication/distribution agreements with the largest game channels on the internet including Electronic Arts, Microsoft, RealArcade, AOL, Trymedia, Big Fish Games, etc.;
Grew game distribution to over 600 syndicated distribution sites; added retail distribution through Best Buy and Wal-Mart; millions of game downloads.
Five game titles produced, including The Walls of Jericho, Manna Munchers, Library of the Ages, Secret Chamber, and David vs. Goliath.
Company acquired by Zango, Inc. in October, 2004; -
interim CEO
PopCap Games, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)
2003 — 2003 (less than a year)
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Board Member
Noetix Corporation
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2000 — February 2002 (1 year 6 months)
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President, CEO & Director
Aris Corporation
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ARSC; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 3 months)
Joined company in 1992 with only 14 employees holding positions as Director of Sales & Marketing, Vice President of Sales, and Senior Vice President of Worldwide Consulting before being appointed CEO in early 2000.
Helped grow company 80X to 950 employees, $120 million in sales, and 14 offices in the U.S. and Europe.
Defined strategy for NASDAQ public offering in 1997; key road-show team member; appointed CEO in 1999; arranged merger of the company in 2001
Listed twice in Inc. Magazine’s Inc 500, the fastest growing private companies in America, listed 12th in the Washington Technology Fast 50, 53rd in Forbes 200 Best Small Companies in America and 41st on Business Week’s list of Hot Growth Companies.
Initial Public Offering: Key member of road-show team; 2,320,800 shares issued at $15/share – priced at the high end of the range; 14.5 times oversold (demand for 31,900,000 shares); 96% of investors bought stock -
Senior Vice President, Consulting
Aris Corporation
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ARSC; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 1992 — July 2000 (8 years 1 month)
Implemented award-winning major accounts (Rackham) and face-to-face (Miller/Heiman) sales methodologies; developed training program, including train-the-trainer; recruited and organized strong sales staff, including executive sales leadership team.
Recruited, trained and managed teams of executives, consultants and managers; implemented high-performance management methodology including core skills for building commitment, performance planning (designing company-wide incentive compensation plans, setting expectations, performance review methodology), coaching, helping others adapt to change, leading/facilitating change, and implementing partnership methodologies.
Led the company through the design and implementation of standardized information technology development methodologies for use with clients, including the use of Rational’s UML and custom 4D package implementation methodology for use with Oracle Applications, Peoplesoft, SAP and other packaged applications. -
Consulting/Sales
Oracle Corporation
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ORCL; Computer Software industry)
June 1988 — July 1992 (4 years 2 months)
Attended Oracle's "Class Of" intensive bootcamp for new college recruits.
As an Associate Consultant, implemented one of the first ever production implementations of Oracle Applications anywhere in the world at Tootsie Roll Industries.
As a Senior Consultant, built project plans and led Oracle Application implementations at Andersen Windows, Texaco, Unocal, Motorola, Cray Computer and other clients.
Promoted to District Consulting Manager, managing Oracle Applications consulting teams and projects in Chicago and Minneapolis.
As a Consulting Sales Representative, sold over $2 million in consulting business.
Kendall Kunz’s Education
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Purdue University - Krannert School of Management
BS, with Distinction, Management, 1986 — 1988
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