PRESIDENT & CEO at Evergreen USA LLC, named one of 5 Companies to Follow by MHT and a 2009 MHT TechCitizen Award Honoree
Greater Boston Area
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- ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER at Prognosis UK Ltd
- MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS at Amherst Lions Charities
- MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES at GNIHN
- PRESIDENT & CEO at Evergreen USA LLC
- Past
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- DIRECTOR, PRODUCT MARKETING & PRICING at GN Netcom / Jabra
- DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT & MARKETING at GarrettCom
- MARKETING CONSULTANT at Xponent Photonics
- PRODUCT MANAGER at Xanoptix
- SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER at Spirent Communications, Net-HOPPER Division
- TECHNICAL MARKETING MANAGER at Fujitsu Nexion
- SUPERVISOR / NETWORK ANALYST at Nortel Networks
- SENIOR ENGINEER at Telesat
- SYSTEMS ENGINEER at Nortel
- Education
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- University of Waterloo
- Harvard Business School
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Robert Otto (rotto.linkedin@gmail.com)’s Summary
Highly skilled executive with extensive experience with major national and international corporations as well as several start-ups. Expertise in technology and operational P&L leadership including; marketing, business development, sales, partnerships, operations, engineering, IT and services. Extensive experience in strategy development, technology implementations, driving operational excellence and launching new products and services for growth.
Robert Otto (rotto.linkedin@gmail.com)’s Specialties:
Open Networker and Super Connector
24 Million+ Connections (12,000+ Direct)
myLink500.com, TopLinked.com, LION, http://www.robertotto.com
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Robert Otto (rotto.linkedin@gmail.com)’s Experience
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ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER
Prognosis UK Ltd
(Information Services industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
Member of the Advisory Board providing guidance on product development, sales, marketing, business development and finance for this start-up focusing on a speech-speech translation product.
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MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Amherst Lions Charities
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
Member of the Board of Director for Amherst Lions Charities, and the Amherst Lions Club assisting with treasury functions and financial reporting.
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MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
GNIHN
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
Member of the Board of Trustees for the Greater Nashua Interfaith Hospitality Network, an organization focused on “Ending Homelessness One Family at a Time”.
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PRESIDENT & CEO
Evergreen USA LLC
(Privately Held; Industrial Automation industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
Mass High Tech, The Journal of New England Technology, has recognized Evergreen USA LLC among its 2009 Tech Citizenship award recipients. The MHT Tech Citizenship award recognizes the region's top technology companies giving back to their communities. http://tinyurl.com/mhtaward
Evergreen USA LLC was also named as one of five “Companies to Follow” by the Mass High Tech Journal’s Startup Report. http://tinyurl.com/mht5f
Reseller and integrator committed to providing renewable energy products, along with communications equipment, software, and security products that support a secure, intelligent power distribution system. We supply products and services to the power utility, industrial, and residential markets.
Our mission is to provide products and solutions that enable our customers to operate more securely and more efficiently, to realize operational savings and reduce energy use. We are strong proponents of Smart Grid technologies that enhance the performance of the electric distribution system. The Smart Grid enables energy to be delivered more efficiently, resulting in substantial energy savings and permitting more precise control of the energy flow. This will save companies and consumers billions of dollars, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Through our partnerships and alliances we are able supply our customers with optimum, cost-effective solutions. Likewise, our strong customer relationships provide our supply partners with an effective sales, distribution and integration channel.
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DIRECTOR, PRODUCT MARKETING & PRICING
GN Netcom / Jabra
(Public Company; GN; Telecommunications industry)
April 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 2 months)
Recruited to oversee product marketing operations & portfolio management for GN’s $250M North American headset business, where I implemented operational changes that saved the company over $3M annually and revised GN North America's pricing structure increasing revenue by 6% ($15M) and margin by 3% ($7.5M), while also eliminating channel conflicts.
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DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT & MARKETING
GarrettCom
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Networking industry)
August 2004 — April 2007 (2 years 9 months)
Reporting directly to the CEO, recruited to maintain oversight for marketing & product management activities for the Company's networking products growing revenue from $5.7M to over $30M during my tenure.
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MARKETING CONSULTANT
Xponent Photonics
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
March 2004 — July 2004 (5 months)
(Short term consulting contract)
Conducted thorough market assessment, product definition, and positioning of Xponent’s Surface Mount Photonic optical component technology for applications in multiple industries, and established relationships with key technology partners and customers. -
PRODUCT MANAGER
Xanoptix
(Semiconductors industry)
April 2001 — February 2004 (2 years 11 months)
Defined the market strategy and drove new product development from inception through product launch, with P&L responsibility, for the world's highest density parallel optic transceiver & high-density fiber-optic connector products ($10M sales).
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SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Spirent Communications, Net-HOPPER Division
(Public Company; SPM; Telecommunications industry)
June 1999 — April 2001 (1 year 11 months)
Key contributor to Net-HOPPER’s growth from start-up to successful acquisition by Spirent Communications for $85M in 2000.
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TECHNICAL MARKETING MANAGER
Fujitsu Nexion
(Telecommunications industry)
January 1998 — June 1999 (1 year 6 months)
Provided technical marketing input and direction for the development of new ATM, frame-relay and Ethernet products.
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SUPERVISOR / NETWORK ANALYST
Nortel Networks
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NT; Telecommunications industry)
May 1993 — January 1998 (4 years 9 months)
Led the Network Operations Center providing global telecommunications network monitoring and support.
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SENIOR ENGINEER
Telesat
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Telecommunications industry)
January 1989 — March 1993 (4 years 3 months)
Designed nation-wide VSAT satellite and satellite/terrestrial communications networks.
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SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Nortel
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NT; Telecommunications industry)
May 1987 — January 1989 (1 year 9 months)
Team leader for a Department of National Defense Network implementation.
Robert Otto (rotto.linkedin@gmail.com)’s Education
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University of Waterloo
BS , Electrical Engineering , 1982 — 1987
Graduated cum laude.
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Harvard Business School
Executive Education , Finance, Accounting, Quantitative Analysis , 2009
Additional Information
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Robert Otto (rotto.linkedin@gmail.com)’s Interests:
Technology, Marketing, Management, Writing, Write a popular monthly astronomy newspaper column for the Amherst Citizen since 2001, Reading, Science Fiction, Mystery, Classical Literature, Ancient History, Painting, Sketching, Chess, Old Time Radio, Shortwave Radio, Classical Music, Jazz, Hiking, Mountain Biking, Weight Training, Golf, Scuba Diving, Astronomy.
Robert Otto (rotto.linkedin@gmail.com)’s Groups:
IEEE, IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Engineering Management Society, ConnectorsNet, LIONS International, American Association of Variable Star Observers, Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, Astronomical League.
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University of Waterloo Grads in the USA
Robert Otto (rotto.linkedin@gmail.com)’s Honors:
Patents:
"METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INSERTION OF FIBERS OF A FIBER CABLE INTO A FERRULE" (US Patent 6,913,397, International Patent WO2004011962, EP1540400, Canadian Patent 2,494,726, Australian Patent AU2003267997, Chinese Patent 1685259 and Korean Patent KR20050026086)
Patents Pending:
"THERMAL TRANSFER SYSTEM FOR SEALED COMPUTER ENCLOSURE” (filed October 2006, Serial Number 11586980)
Awards:
- Evergreen USA LLC among Mass High Tech's
2009 Tech Citizenship award recipients.
- Evergreen USA was named one of 5 "Companies
to Follow" by Mass High Tech's Startup Report
- Engineering Excellence Award.
(Net-HOPPER 2001),
- Numerous Awards. (Nortel 1993-1998)
- Customer Engineering Excellence Award.
(Telesat Canada 1993)
- Ontario Scholarship. (1982)
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