Kendall Kunz

Current

Founder/CEO at Bellevue Technology Partners, Inc.
Founder/Chairman 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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Past

Chief Executive Officer at Explore Consulting, LLC
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

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Education

Purdue University - Krannert School of Management

Recommended

5 people have recommended Kendall

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

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

Founder/CEO

Bellevue Technology Partners, Inc.

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)

To experience us is to combine everything that's unique about Bellevue Technology Partners such as our culture, our core values, our simple business methods, our value-based pricing, but most importantly it's our people. Everything that makes us different from your average IT staffing company was born out of many years in the business and asking "what if". If we had the chance to do it all over again, what will we do differently? What will attract top talent? What will keep clients coming back year after year? What will we dare to build if we include our dreams in reality? This is the genesis for Bellevue Technology Partners.

Culture
Our culture reflects our core values. We will always retain a small-company feel, regardless of size. We take an open and honest apprach to all facets of business, trusting in each other and giving everyone an opportunity to contribute, to make decisions and to make a difference in our customer's business. This starts at the top and makes for a fun day at work.

Nimble
We avoid top-down decision making, corporate politics, bureaucracy and boredom. We will never operate with unnecessary organizational structure and hierarchy or with cutthroat, shark-like business tactics.

The Future
We understand our clients will be cutting costs and looking for creative ways to accomplish their information objectives with a thoughtful and flexible workforce. We will do absolutely whatever it takes to help you turn your vision for the future into reality during these trying times.

How to engage
The degree to which we participate is completely up to you. We can bring our full range of services to bear on your behalf. Or, at your request, we can provide point solutions and handle specific areas of a project. Either way, give us a try because we will do everything in our power to make you glad you called us!
Founder/Chairman

Kickplay, Inc.

(Computer Games industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

Founded and propelled complete establishment from idea to a patent-pending method and commercially available web 2.0 personalized game experience.

Primary 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.

(Internet industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

Agent Shield™ is a Patent Pending product created to better connect real estate professionals and developers. Having produced many award winning custom real estate web solutions, high end new construction sites, and talking to many real estate professionals, Agent Shield found that there was a definite problem that needed to be addressed. New development websites are some of the most cutting edge and effective sites in use on the web, but real estate agents would not consider linking to a new development website for fear of losing leads. As a result, the greatest tool for selling new construction properties was rendered useless by most of the people who actually sell them.

After seeing both sides of the industry, Agent Shield created a win win situation for Agents as well as Developers. Now Agent Shield™ is the first and only product on the market that is able to bring both together.

Giving Back

It is better to give than to receive... that is what our moms taught us and boy were they right! Agent Shield is proud to support The Guatemala Clean Water project through Rotary International.
http://guatemalawaterproject.wordpress.com/
Board Member

Fuzzy Games, Inc.

(Computer Games industry)

October 2005 — Present (4 years 2 months)

The mission of Fuzzy Games is simple: Produce games that are fun for the whole family and on any platform from PC and Mac to iPhone. We have ambitious goals for 2009 and beyond. Follow the Fuzzy Games blog at http://www.fuzzygames.com/fuzzy-blog.html so you know where they're going. Best of all, you get to contribute to that direction. Just make a comment on any blog post!
Board Member

Washington Academy of Languages (non-profit)

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

June 2004 — Present (5 years 6 months)

Celebrating 30 years of excellence in teaching English, world languages and teacher education programs!
Chief Executive Officer

Explore Consulting, LLC

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2008 — December 2008 (10 months)

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.
Board Member

Compliance11, Inc.

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

November 2006 — September 2007 (11 months)

Compliance11 provides on-demand Compliance Software Automation Tools for the financial services industry. Compliance11 enables organizations to reduce their regulatory compliance spend by automating labor intensive tasks and at the same time increase the quality of their supervision. Compliance11's solutions automate Personal Trading, Affirmations & Disclosures, Gifts & Entertainment and Case Management.
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; Computer Games industry)

January 2003 — April 2003 (4 months)

PopCap Games is the leading multi-platform provider of "casual games" - fun, easy-to-learn, irresistible computer games that appeal to everyone from age 6 to 106. Based in Seattle, Washington, PopCap was founded in 2000. Its timeless games have been downloaded more than 1 billion times by consumers worldwide, and its flagship title, Bejeweled®, has sold more than 25 million units across all platforms. Constantly acclaimed by consumers and critics, PopCap's games are played on the Web, desktop computers, myriad mobile devices (cell phones, smartphones, PDAs, Pocket PCs, iPod, iPhone and more), popular game consoles (such as Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS), and in-flight entertainment systems.
Board Member

Noetix Corporation

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

September 2000 — February 2002 (1 year 6 months)

More than 1,400 customers worldwide use Noetix to quickly and cost-effectively access the enterprise application data they need to make important business decisions every day. By providing instant, configuration-specific operational reporting and ad hoc query for Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, and Siebel CRM, Noetix delivers the fastest time to business answers. Noetix's patented metadata-driven software and lean architecture significantly reduces the cost to implement and maintain an enterprise application reporting environment. Noetix's proven technology is being used by industry-leading customers worldwide, including: Cummins, Motorola, Starbucks, Toshiba, Welch's, and Visa. The company is headquartered in Redmond, Wash., with international operations in London and Hyderabad, India.
President, CEO & Director

Aris Corporation

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

July 1992 — September 2001 (9 years 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

Purdue University - Krannert School of Management

BS, with Distinction , Management , 1986 — 1988

Additional Information

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Kendall Kunz’s Interests:

Technology; Entrepreneurship; Transactions

Kendall Kunz’s Groups:

Club ex-Oracle.org
Purdue University Network
Networked Recruiter (34,197+ total network) 3rd Largest Recruiting and HR & 2nd Largest Agency Group
Gaming People - The Gaming People Expert Network (+9.500)
Indianapolis Colts Fan Club
! Sales Best Practices
Agile Alliance
Linked:Seattle
Purdue Alumni
TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
Financial Executives International (FEI)
Casual Games
Game Developers
Games QA
Incentive Compensation
Software + Services (SAAS)
SaaS University
Android Developer Group (2,000+ and growing!)
Oracle ERP ...
NetSuite Solution Providers
IT Toronto
Video Gaming Industry Executives
Application packaging and virtualization
High-Tech / IT Professionals GTA
CIBER
Friends of Gist
Healthcare Recruiter Network
Web Content Management Systems
Toronto Job Networking - Canada Jobs & Technology
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