Phil Wolff

Current

President at Reef9 Media
Managing Editor at Skype Journal
Blogger at Blogosphere

Principal Investigator - Enterprise Blogging and Project Communications at evanwolf group

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Past

Program Advisor, Emerging Communications Conference at eComm Media, Inc.
Social Architect at DataPortability.org
VP and CTO at Candidate Voice

Vice President, Strategy and Technology at Adecco SA
Director, eBusiness Development. Senior Project Manager for eCommerce and Extrapreneurial Technology at Adecco North America
Strategist, Architect, Consulting Project Manager. "Strategic Conversationalist & Project Manager" at LSI Logic
Architect and Web Program Manager at LSI Logic
Proposal Specialist, Bechtel National at Bechtel
Channel Marketing Specialist at Wang Laboratories
Sales Trainer at Compaq Computer Corp

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Education

California State University, Long Beach

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Phil Wolff’s Experience

President

Reef9 Media

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

The company owns and operates Skype Journal and other online businesses.
Managing Editor

Skype Journal

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)

February 2005 — Present (4 years 10 months)

Creating a media, technology and professional services startup around the disruptions tipped by Skype. As editor, building a cadre of worldwide contributors with deep insight and the ability to express them.
Blogger

Blogosphere

(Online Media industry)

1998 — Present (11 years )
Principal Investigator - Enterprise Blogging and Project Communications

evanwolf group

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

July 1992 — Present (17 years 5 months)
Program Advisor, Emerging Communications Conference

eComm Media, Inc.

(Computer Networking industry)

September 2007 — April 2009 (1 year 8 months)

Identifying themes and trends to explore at the 2008 Emerging Communications Conference in Mountain View, California, the 2009 eCommConf in San Francisco.
Social Architect

DataPortability.org

(Management Consulting industry)

2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
VP and CTO

Candidate Voice

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

February 2003 — July 2003 (6 months)

I managed Candidate Voice's employer site certification product. This service measured how well you treat job seekers on your company job site, from the job seeker's point of view. We checked best employer site practices, usability, accessibility, technical and policy issues, all to provide you with diagnostics and a practical plan for improvement. If your site passed our rigorous exam, you may display the "Candidate Voice Certified" badge for a year.

All for a flat fee. Results in one month, including pre- and post-interviews.
Vice President, Strategy and Technology

Adecco SA

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ADO; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

June 1999 — April 2001 (1 year 11 months)

Extrapreneurial Technology (new models). Developed strategies and scenarios for competing in the network economy for the US and International executive team. Introduced more than 20 tactical projects and several new strategic ventures.

Corporate Venturing. Set up Adecco's first technology venture deal-flow for firms entering the HR/staffing industry with an emphasis on Internet or virtual staffing.
Director, eBusiness Development. Senior Project Manager for eCommerce and Extrapreneurial Technology

Adecco North America

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ADO; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

December 1998 — June 1999 (7 months)

eCommerce (existing business models). Assembled Internet application engineering team. Developed standards for system performance, usability, and software quality. Improved speed (user's primary concern) by an order of magnitude. Designed XML/LDAP User Account Bridge to populate extranet with user data from national accounts. Wrote US roadmap for webbification of the end customer experience. Aligned roadmap with backoffice systems and backoffice retooling initiatives.
Strategist, Architect, Consulting Project Manager. "Strategic Conversationalist & Project Manager"

LSI Logic

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; LSIL; Semiconductors industry)

February 1998 — December 1998 (11 months)

LSI was the largest manufacturer of custom semiconductors.
Developed and lead the global IT strategic planning process, reconfigured IT's business model and channels of service delivery, defined technology life cycle management processes, and promoted a cohesive vision of LSI IT direction.
Architect and Web Program Manager

LSI Logic

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; LSIL; Semiconductors industry)

December 1996 — January 1998 (1 year 2 months)

Lead intranet (Planet LSI) and extranet strategy, managed projects and operations, developed LSI infrastructure, managed customer projects, and evangelised netcentric solutions.
Proposal Specialist, Bechtel National

Bechtel

(Privately Held; Construction industry)

November 1993 — October 1994 (1 year )

Bechtel National, Inc. 11/93 - 10/94 top
Proposal Specialist, San Francisco, CA

Developed winning proposals and presentations for more than $1 Billion of U.S. Government contracts for architecture, engineering and construction services in the United States and the Former Soviet Union. Facilitated rapid application development, automation planning, and presentation planning sessions. Prototyped an image database application. Evaluated new business development technologies.
Channel Marketing Specialist

Wang Laboratories

(Public Company; Management Consulting industry)

1983 — 1984 (1 year )
Sales Trainer

Compaq Computer Corp

(Public Company; Management Consulting industry)

1982 — 1983 (1 year )