Roger Nolan

Current

Founder at Roger Nolan Consulting

Past

Sr Director Product Marketing & Business Development at Sun Microsystems
Consultant at Roger Nolan Consulting
Vice President of Strategic Alliances at Metricom

Group Marketing Manager at Sun Microsystems
Corporate Development Manager at Sun Microsystems
Product Marketing Manager at Sun Microsystems
Product Management at Wang Laboratories
Product Planning at Digital Equipment Corporation

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Education

Boston College - Wallace E. Carroll Graduate School of Management
Northeastern University

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Computer Software

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Roger Nolan’s Summary

Founder of Roger Nolan Consulting, providing product marketing and strategic alliance consulting services to technology companies. I excel at identifying the business opportunities in chaotic business and technology environments and finding creative ways to drive business success.

Roger Nolan’s Specialties:

Business Planning / Driving Revenue
Business Strategy
New Product Introduction
Product Positioning and Messaging
Technology Partnerships and Alliances
Team Building
Driving Business Change
Driving From Strategy to Execution

- Cross-functional Execution

Industries:
- Enterprise Software
- Internet Telephony, VoIP, Unified Communications
- Open Source Software
- Wireless & Mobile
- General High Tech

Roger Nolan’s Experience

Founder

Roger Nolan Consulting

(Computer Software industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

Started a consulting business providing strategy, marketing, and strategic alliances services. I have worked with SOA, Web 2.0, and open source (OSS) startups. Currently, I am currently working with Avaya, an industry-leading VoIP and Unified Communications company

http://www.rogernolanconsulting.com
Sr Director Product Marketing & Business Development

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2000 — August 2006 (6 years 4 months)

Successful product line turn-around for Sun's business integration and SOA business.
Successful new product line introduction.
Consultant

Roger Nolan Consulting

(Telecommunications industry)

September 1999 — May 2000 (9 months)

Consulting for technology startups in Internet services.
Vice President of Strategic Alliances

Metricom

(Public Company; MCOM; Wireless industry)

August 1998 — May 2000 (1 year 10 months)

Successful public company turn-around in the wireless data services business.
Group Marketing Manager

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1995 — August 1998 (3 years 8 months)

Successful new product line introduction.
Corporate Development Manager

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JAVA; Computer Hardware industry)

June 1994 — January 1995 (8 months)
Product Marketing Manager

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 1989 — June 1994 (5 years 5 months)

Successful new product introduction
Product Management

Wang Laboratories

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WANG; Computer Software industry)

1983 — 1989 (6 years )
Product Planning

Digital Equipment Corporation

(Public Company; DEC; Computer Hardware industry)

1980 — 1983 (3 years )

Roger Nolan’s Education

Boston College - Wallace E. Carroll Graduate School of Management

MBA , Computer Science , 1977 — 1979

Dual concentration: Computer Science and Accounting.

Activities and Societies:

Full scholarship. Graduate assistant in Financial Accounting. Taught Operations Research full time.
Northeastern University

BS , Finance , 1972 — 1977

Major in Finance.

Activities and Societies:

President of Outdoors Club.