Steve Duncan

Current

Director of Market Intelligence at Association of Equipment Manufacturers
Owner at SWDuncan LLC

Past

Market Strategist at QuadTech
Price & Competitive Analyst at QuadTech
Product Manager at QuadTech, a subsidiary of QuadGraphics

Project Engineer at Quad Tech
Project Engineer/System Admin at Industrial Heat Enterprises International
System Administrator at Sterling, Inc.

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Education

Keller Graduate School
University of Wisconsin-Stout

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Connections

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Industry

Management Consulting

Steve Duncan’s Summary

Do you find yourself making decisions without enough information? Are you working in an industry filled with small, privately held companies, with no industry data available?

I've worked in that environment most of my career, and I'm good at either finding the right data, or finding ways to support decisions when the right data doesn't exist.

Do you feel like you have a lot of data, but it's all in a scary mix of disconnected spreadsheets and databases, and while you need to gain insight from it you're not interested in buying a whole new computer system for it?

I can show you lots of very cost effective ways you can tie this data together, or even automate it.

Are you starting something really new, something so new you're having trouble figuring out how to model the financials or make forecasts? I can help you use analagous data to make a reasonable basis for financials and forecasts.

There's always a way.

I’m a mechanical engineer-turned marketing guy (PE, MBA) leading a small group developing new market intelligence services for our members. The Association Of Equipment Manufacturers serves companies making equipment for the construction, agriculture, mining, forestry and utility industries.

I have a variety of personal interests, including woodworking, photography, and writing. I don’t consider reading a hobby - It’s a necessity and an obsession. I have several websites, and am very interested in web publishing and social media.

My greatest joy is my family - my wife Susan and our beautiful daughters - who light up my every day.

Steve Duncan’s Specialties:

business strategy, strategic planning, pricing, competitive intelligence, product development, product management, web analytics, Drupal development, public speaking, bloomberg, innovation.

Steve Duncan’s Experience

Director of Market Intelligence

Association of Equipment Manufacturers

(Machinery industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Owner

SWDuncan LLC

(Management Consulting industry)

June 2006 — Present (3 years 6 months)

I help you build your Business Telescope. Just as a regular telescope helps travelers find their way, see obstacles and understand the world around them, a Business Telescope(sm) does the same for companies working to succeed in today's challenging markets.
Market Strategist

QuadTech

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Printing industry)

September 2006 — May 2008 (1 year 9 months)
Price & Competitive Analyst

QuadTech

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Printing industry)

September 2003 — September 2006 (3 years 1 month)
Product Manager

QuadTech, a subsidiary of QuadGraphics

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Industrial Automation industry)

January 1999 — September 2003 (4 years 9 months)
Project Engineer

Quad Tech

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Industrial Automation industry)

November 1995 — December 1998 (3 years 2 months)
Project Engineer/System Admin

Industrial Heat Enterprises International

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Machinery industry)

January 1990 — November 1995 (5 years 11 months)
System Administrator

Sterling, Inc.

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Machinery industry)

October 1993 — February 1994 (5 months)

Steve Duncan’s Education

Keller Graduate School

MBA , Finance , 1997 — 2001
University of Wisconsin-Stout

BS , Industrial Technology , 1983 — 1989

UW Stout is an excellent school with a strong emphasis on practical, usable education. While many engineering students would have been taking their nth semester of differential calculus, a Stout student is learning management, accounting, marketing, etc. Practical stuff for real-world jobs.

Additional Information

Steve Duncan’s Interests:

Cycling, Woodworking, personal technology, photography, blogging, music, audio, watches, writing instruments, flashlights, pocket knives, gadgets, palm computing, The LinkedIn Lions Forum