Owner, Platform Agnostic Consulting
Albuquerque, New Mexico Area
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- Principal at Platform Agnostic Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)
- Past
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- Chief Evangelist at Foldera, Inc.
- VP of Marketing at Foldera, Inc.
- Storyteller at VanDyke Software
- Blogger at Weblogs, Inc
- VP & General Manager at New Mexico Software
- Market Development Manager at Agfa
- Education
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- Syracuse University
- Syracuse University
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Marc Orchant’s Summary
Over the years, I've been active in the following industries:
- Newspaper & magazine publishing
- Advertising & PR
- Corporate Communications
- Digital graphics & imaging
- Software development & publishing
- Writing & Broadcast
I was named a Microsoft MVP for Tablet PCs in January 2006 (renewed for 2007). Currently, I am an independent consultant in the areas of personal and team productivity, leveraging new media for marketing and PR, and organizational learning. I am the US Technology Editor at blognation USA, co-host a Tablet PC podcast, and recently published The Unofficial Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007 for Wiley & Sons (April 2007).
Marc Orchant’s Experience
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Principal
Platform Agnostic Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Management Consulting industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
I work with organizations to help them develop high-performance cultures using proven productivity principles, communications and creativity processes, and the liberal application of what my friend David Allen calls "advanced common sense". I also provide consulting in the areas of community development, customer evangelism, and using new media like blogs to extend and enhance conventional marketing practices.
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Chief Evangelist
Foldera, Inc.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; FDRA.OB; Computer Software industry)
February 2007 — June 2007 (5 months)
As Chief Evangelist, my areas of focus are outbound communications to industry influencers and our target markets using public appearances at industry events and the company blog and website as my primary vehicles. I attend many of the leading events in the technology business including CES, DEMO, O'Reilly ETech, Web 2.0 Expo and Summit, Enterprise 2.0 (formerly CTC), DEMOFall, and others.
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VP of Marketing
Foldera, Inc.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; FDRA.OB; Computer Software industry)
June 2006 — February 2007 (9 months)
I'm currently serving as VP of Marketing for Foldera helping to get the initial launch of the product completed. Once we have reached that milestone, I will move on to develop Classfolders - a spin off of Foldera's web-based organization and collaboration suite adapted for the education market.
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Storyteller
VanDyke Software
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2001 — June 2006 (5 years 1 month)
Primarily, I am responsible for marketing, public relations, and web communications for VanDyke. I also participate as a memeber of the seior management team.
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Blogger
Weblogs, Inc
(Management Consulting industry)
2003 — 2006 (3 years)
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VP & General Manager
New Mexico Software
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; NMXS; Computer Software industry)
August 1999 — May 2001 (1 year 10 months)
I was the primary point of contact with customers, especially motion picture and television studios in Hollywood, CA and New York City. I also ran the development group.
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Market Development Manager
Agfa
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
1999 — 2001 (2 years)
Additional Information
Marc Orchant’s Websites:
Marc Orchant’s Interests:
I write a blog titled Office Evolution for ZDnet: http://blogs.zdnet.com/orchant and co-host a weekly podcat about Tablet PCs and mobile computing with fellow MVP James Kendrick - OnTheRun with Tablet PCs: http://jkontherun.blogs.com/otrwithtpcs/
Marc Orchant’s Groups:
New Mexico Information Technology & Software Associate (NMITSA), Workforce Education Alliance (WEA)
