Blogger, Futurist and Experienced Technology Evangelist with Start-Up and Venture Capital Experience
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Executive Editor, GTDtimes.com at David Allen Company
- Global Editor; Mobile at OWStarr.com
- Founder/CTO at Quantum Mechanic's Group, Inc
- Past
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- Senior Analyst: Mobile at Guidewire Group
- SVP Biz Dev/Chief Mobility Officer/ Blogger at Foldera Corporation
- Professional Blogger at TechCrunch Network "MobileCrunch.com"
- Chief Technology Officer at Hello, Inc
- Executive in Residence at Angel Strategies and The Venture Alliance
- Founder at Supplement Facts, Inc
- Founder/President and Chief Science Officer at Avastar, Inc
- Founder/CEO at Olerix, Incorporated
- Director of Sales at Backbone Communications
- Education
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- University of Colorado at Boulder
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Oliver Starr’s Summary
Experienced Entrepreneur with business and technical skills in numerous areas including wireless and wired telecommunications, mobile media, mobile applications, mobile gaming, mobile video, mobile blogging, mobile advertising, mobility solutions, mobile GPS, mobile location based services, 3G and 4G Networks, IMS/Triple/Quadruple Play, networking, fiber network sales engineering, mobile handsets, WLAN, network administration, biology, biochemistry and genomic database sales experience. I also have significant Blogging and New Media experience and additionally worked for nine months at a venture fund in Orange County, CA.
Succesful founder of several start-ups (both acquired) as well as more than 15 years high level corporate consulting with exceptional results and references.
Interested in meeting Entrepreneurs-Especially Mobile Application Developers, Carriers, Cable Companies, WiMax Deployments, all other data transit entities intersting in new technologies and networking. Wireless spaces. SVP of Biz Dev and Chief Mobility Officer for Foldera Corporation and Blogger of MobileCrunch - have a mobile application you want profiled? Email Me!
Oliver Starr’s Specialties:
Mobile Technology, Due Diligence, Venture Capital,Location Based Services, Wireless Broadband, WiFi, WiMAX, UMTS, WCDMA, EVDO, OFDM, WAP, XML, RSS, OPML, Marketing to Mobile Mobile Phone Applications, Mobility Services, Users, Presence Management, Project Management, Business Development, Consultative Sales, Telecommunications, Tactical Marketing, Business Consulting, Network Anistration, Brand Management, Research and Analysis, Software Development, Web Marketing/SEO, Regulatory Compliance
Oliver Starr’s Experience
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Executive Editor, GTDtimes.com
David Allen Company
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
March 2008 — Present (5 months)
GTDtimes.com is a website dedicated to providing an exhaustive resource for the GTD community. Our mission is to identify and curate the best possible content related to David Allen's "Getting Things Done" productivity strategy and to make it as broadly available as possible in a concise, easily navigated format that provides information, inspiration, tool, tips, tricks, answers to questions from the most basic to the most sublime, and also lays out best practices as well as a comprehensive list of software vendors and other GTD products.
GTDtimes is always looking for new content related to GTD. If you're an author of GTD content please consider submitting your work and your links to the GTDtimes. We provide generous coverage, will gladly link to your site, and can help you get discovered by the huge number of people interested in applying GTD to their own work and life strategy. -
Global Editor; Mobile
OWStarr.com
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)
December 2007 — Present (8 months)
Currently authoring my personal blog and providing blog consulting and corporate blogging services to the technology community.
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Founder/CTO
Quantum Mechanic's Group, Inc
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2004 — Present (4 years 2 months)
Quantum Mechanic's Group is a technology consulting firm providing a comprehensive array of technology consulting services including; telephony equipment selection deployment and maintenance, network engineering, deployment, maintenance and security, software deployment services including MS Windows Server, Exchange, LDAP Services, Linux Deployment and Security, AV and Anti-Spam Software deployment and maintenance as well as more sophisticated development project management, web site architecture and support, database design and maintenance and encryption and data security integration for enterprisee. As Founder and CTO I manage virtual teams for all projects and direct all operations of the firm.
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Senior Analyst: Mobile
Guidewire Group
(Wireless industry)
2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
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SVP Biz Dev/Chief Mobility Officer/ Blogger
Foldera Corporation
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; FDRA; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 6 months)
Responsible for Strategic Partnership Initiatives, Mobile Strategy, Corporate Blog Strategy. Oversee all mobile development of Foldera Application. Direct Key Merger and Acquisition Activity for Corporation, Develop and Maintain Partnerships with Strategically Aligned Companies.
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Professional Blogger
TechCrunch Network "MobileCrunch.com"
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2005 — March 2007 (1 year 9 months)
Author of MobileCrunch. MobileCrunch: Exploging Mobile 2.0
http://mobilecrunch.com Mobile
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Contributor to MobHappy
http://mobhappy.com
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Chief Technology Officer
Hello, Inc
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
April 2003 — August 2006 (3 years 5 months)
Direct all daily operations of the business while identifying and pursuing new opportunities. Develop, deploy, and maintain all information technology and telecommunication systems, including installing security systems and upgrading hardware and software. Manage all system administration initiatives, and provide ongoing management to payphone systems for customers such as the United States Postal Service, McDonald’s, Walgreens, and Carl’s Junior.
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Executive in Residence
Angel Strategies and The Venture Alliance
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
July 2005 — January 2006 (7 months)
As an Executive in Residence at Angel Strategies, my role is to assist Angel Principals in sourcing opportunities, performing diligence, trend analysis, research and vetting of potentially investible technologies. I also work directly with Angel Strategies Portfolio Companies in Technology, Human Health and Personal Care, and Fringe Finance Verticals.
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Founder
Supplement Facts, Inc
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Alternative Medicine industry)
1995 — 2005 (10 years)
(www.supplementfacts-inc.com) 1995 - 2005
A Industry renowned consulting firm providing developmental , regulatory and marketing consulting services to top tier pharmaceutical and nutriceutical clients including Royal Numico, B.V., Weider, Intl, Rexall Sundown, GNC, EAS and e-Nutrition and the Stanford University Swim Program..
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Founder/President and Chief Science Officer
Avastar, Inc
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Consumer Goods industry)
January 2002 — June 2005 (3 years 6 months)
Avastar Was Acquired June 2005
(www.avastarinc.com) A firm specializing in the development, marketing, and distribution of dietary supplements and personal care products.
FOUNDER / PRESIDENT / CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER
Manage the daily operations, including all new product development, marketing and sales, and information technology management initiatives. Primary customers were Sav-on, GNC, Whole Foods, ProNatur B.V., Korean American Grocers Association, Kuwait Trading, Eagle Distribution and over 25,000 independently owned grocery and convenience stores.
• Grew the business from $0 sales in 2002 to more than $125,000 in monthly sales.
• Developed scalable distribution and e-commerce systems; the newest database security algorithms are used to secure and store customer credit card information for recurring orders. -
Founder/CEO
Olerix, Incorporated
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1999 — August 2001 (2 years 8 months)
An off-shoot of Supplement Facts Consulting Services, the company developed and served robust, cross referenced and medically authenticated content to pharmaceutical, genomic, nutriceutical, and health e-tailer clients. Prior to acquisition by Intramedicine, Inc. in 2000, Olerix had contracts in place with numerous drug and supplement companies.
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Director of Sales
Backbone Communications
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year)
Oliver Starr’s Education
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University of Colorado at Boulder
Biochemistry, Kinesiology, Exercise Science, Ethology, Computer Science 1988 — 1992
Additional Information
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Oliver Starr’s Interests:
Mobile Phones and Applications that Run on Them, Wireless, Wi-Fi, WiMax, VoIP, Wi-VoIP, RFID, Marketing, SEO, e-ANYTHING, genomics, proteomics, steroid biochemistry, music, surfing, snowboarding, jiu-jitsu, cooking, chess
Oliver Starr’s Groups:
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARDS
SCIENTIFIC ADVISTORY BOARD MEMBER: LIFEBOAT FOUNDATION
CHANGEWAVE ALLIANCE
ALLIANCE MEMBER
CHANGES INTERNATIONAL (A Division of TwinLab, Co)
MEMBER OF THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
ENVIROTECH INTERNATIONAL
CHAIRMAN OF THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
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Lifeboat Foundation Scientific Advisory Boards member -
Getting Things Done - David Allen Network member
Oliver Starr’s Honors:
SPEAKERS INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
CERTIFIED SPEAKING PROFESSIONAL
UNITED STATES OLYMPIC TRAINING CENTER PERMANENT RESIDENT
Permanently resided at the Olympic training center, participating in research and development training, product testing, and athlete performance analysis
• Won 348 events, including numerous national titles and the silver medal at the 1984 World Championships.
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