Richard Marrs

Current

President at Altamont Consulting Group LLC

Past

Principal Consultant & Project Manager at The Warren Company LLC
Vice President, Founder & Director at Coemergence, Inc
President at knOwhere, Inc.

Vice President New Busines Development at BHP
Director Corporate Development at Magma Copper Company

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Education

University of Phoenix
University of South Alabama

Connections

79 connections

Industry

Management Consulting

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Richard Marrs’s Summary

Prior to forming Altamont Consulting Group in 2009, Richard was affiliated with The Warren Company, where he worked with a diverse group of clients including Adobe, Intuit, Flextronics, Envision Financial and ministries and agencies of the Government of Alberta.

From 2000- 2006 Richard was one of three founders of Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Coemergence. The company develops advanced software applications for professionals who find, analyze and act on new business opportunities.

His breadth and depth of experience and background includes work within Fortune 100 companies in the worldwide mining industry in collaborative innovation, strategy, alliances, knowledge management, competitive intelligence, mergers & acquisitions, materials management and collaborative work practices.

Other experience incldues academia, teaching, and managing small and medium size businesses.

While Director of Corporate Development at Magma Copper and later at BHP Copper as Vice President of New Business Development, he traveled extensively worldwide, developing extensive knowledge and experience in international business. Magma and BHP were considered two of the most successful acquirers during the 1990s, and Magma was recognized and written about as one of the most innovative and well managed companies during that time.

After leaving BHP he served as president of knOwhere Inc., a Silicon Valley-based consultancy specializing in collaborative work processes and creative problem solving.

Richard has authored a number of papers and articles, and has led workshops at a number of knowledge management and competitive intelligence conferences.

Richard holds a BA in Psychology from the University of South Alabama in Mobile and an MBA from the University of Phoenix in Tucson, Arizona. From 1986 to 1990, Richard served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Phoenix.

Richard is a member of the Institute of Management Consultants.

Richard Marrs’s Specialties:

Collaborative processes for creating and executing: Strategy, Alliances, Corporate Development and Innovation. Additional work in Organizational Change, Knowledge Management, Competitive Intelligence, and Mergers & Acquisitions. Broad experience in software design (user functionality) and supply chain/materials management.

Richard Marrs’s Experience

President

Altamont Consulting Group LLC

(Management Consulting industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

ALTAMONT CONSULTING GROUP works with organizations, senior executives and their teams creating and executing:
Strategy
Alliances
Corporate Development
Innovation

A simple goal: We are dedicated to improving our client's productivity, innovation and performance by helping them Collaborate. Innovate. Transform.

Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area - The center of one of the world's greatest creative, innovative, and dynamic regions of industry, science, new ventures, and academia. We are made up of seasoned professionals with depth of experience, learning and applied expertise in their fields.

Using proven collaborative processes, we help our clients achieve breakthroughs producing extraordinary results. Client services include:
Consulting
Workshops and seminars
Assessmentts and diagnostics
Coaching and mentoring

Members also speak frequently at conferences and other events in diverse venues.
Principal Consultant & Project Manager

The Warren Company LLC

(Management Consulting industry)

January 2007 — December 2008 (2 years )

Since 1983 the acknowledged world leader in the field, The Warren Company's alliance architecture, best practices, and processes were developed and systemized under its founder Robert Porter Lynch.

The architecture includes an applied system of Solutions, Strategies, Structures, Processes and Metrics for creating, launching, and managing high performance strategic alliances while embedding best practices within the alliance: The most effective, proven, and complete alliance system available.
Vice President, Founder & Director

Coemergence, Inc

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

November 2000 — September 2006 (5 years 11 months)

Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Coemergence develops advanced software applications for professionals who find, analyze and act on new business opportunities. While at Coemergence, Richard served as the company’s Vice President Business Development, Vice President Customer Solutions and as a member of the board of directors from 2000 – 2006. He was involved in all aspects of the company’s start up and evolution to a successful company with commercial sales to a number of Fortune 500 companies.
President

knOwhere, Inc.

(Management Consulting industry)

November 1999 — November 2000 (1 year 1 month)

knOwhere, Inc. was a Silicon Valley-based consultancy specializing in collaborative work processes and creative problem solving, and was part of the MGTaylor Group.
Vice President New Busines Development

BHP

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BHP; Mining & Metals industry)

January 1996 — November 1999 (3 years 11 months)

I worked in mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and partnerships, knowledge management, competitive intelligence, and strategic planning.
Now BHP Billiton
Director Corporate Development

Magma Copper Company

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Mining & Metals industry)

July 1979 — January 1996 (16 years 7 months)

Magma was purchased by BHP in December 1995, where I continued my career through November 1999.