Chief Enabler at Unique Minds Consulting, Founder of ReQuest, Inc.
Albany, New York Area
- Current
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- Chief Enabler at Unique Minds Consulting Group, LLC
- Founder and Board Member at ReQuest, Inc
- Past
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- Congressional Candidate at NY 21st District
- Director of Product Marketing at ReQuest, Inc.
- CEO at ReQuest, Inc.
- Co-Founder at Dataflow Technologies
- Product Development at Pitney Bowes
- Education
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- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - The Lally School of Management and Technology
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Kings Park Senior High School
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Steven Vasquez’s Summary
Business profile:
Chronic entrepreneur specializing in identifying market needs and problem solving to find the right solutions to make the customer insanely satisfied and loyal. Inventor of the first commercially available consumer digital audio server called the AudioReQuest and the first CEO of ReQuest, Inc, who helped drive the company to develop, market, sell, and grow the business into a multi-million dollar success.
Steven Vasquez’s Specialties:
Product Development, Business Development, Product Strategy, Customer Service, Brand Loyalty, Market Analysis
Steven Vasquez’s Experience
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Chief Enabler
Unique Minds Consulting Group, LLC
(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
Enabling NY Tech Valley startups and charities to focus on building mission statements, business plans, and financial goals to succeed in raising capital and growth.
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Founder and Board Member
ReQuest, Inc
(Privately Held; Consumer Electronics industry)
December 1997 — Present (12 years )
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Congressional Candidate
NY 21st District
(Political Organization industry)
March 2008 — September 2008 (7 months)
Running for office to save the economy from out-of-control deficit spending by Congress, save Senior Citizens and Veterans from Congress looting Social Security, Medicare, and Veteran Trust Funds, and bring jobs to Tech Valley by reducing taxes in overburden NY. Visit and donate at www.steven2008.com to bring real change for America.
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Director of Product Marketing
ReQuest, Inc.
(Privately Held; Consumer Electronics industry)
September 2003 — February 2008 (4 years 6 months)
Director of Product Marketing, Product Development,
Business Development, Marketing, Customer Support
• Inventor, designer, and developer of 8 award-winning
products.
• Market analysis, target marketing, competitive analysis,
business plans
• Dealer relations, support, marketing, tradeshow coordinator,
website designer
• Partner and vendor relations, business contracts, patent -
CEO
ReQuest, Inc.
(Privately Held; Consumer Electronics industry)
March 1998 — September 2003 (5 years 7 months)
Inventor of the first commercially available consumer MP3 digital audio server called the AudioReQuest and the first CEO of ReQuest, Inc, who helped drive the company to develop, market, sell, and grow the business into a multi-million dollar success.
ReQuest's success was largely attributed by providing the CEDIA channel with the right product to make the dealers profitable and successful with their clients, and more importantly, providing above and beyond customer support to create a loyal dealer base. -
Co-Founder
Dataflow Technologies
(Partnership; Consumer Electronics industry)
July 1997 — December 1997 (6 months)
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Product Development
Pitney Bowes
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Consumer Electronics industry)
May 1995 — April 1996 (1 year )
Steven Vasquez’s Education
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
M.Eng , Computer Networks , 1996 — 1998
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - The Lally School of Management and Technology
MBA , Entrepreneurship , 1996 — 1998
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
BS , Electrical Engineering , 1992 — 1996
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Kings Park Senior High School
Additional Information
Steven Vasquez’s Websites:
Steven Vasquez’s Interests:
Economy, Reduce Spending Overseas, Strengthen the US Dollar.
Steven Vasquez’s Groups:
Saratoga County NY Ron Paul Meetup, Ron Paul 2008
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Rensselaer Alumni Association (RPI) -
CEDIA (Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association) -
Republican Liberty Caucus -
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RPI Alumni -
NetStreamsPro -
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Alumni (Investment, Finance & Banking)
Steven Vasquez’s Honors:
* Winners of the First Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (www.rpi.edu) $25K Student Business Plan Competition in 1998
* Winners of the First $100K Tech Valley Business Plan Competition in 2000
* 2000 Popular Science Best of What's New Grand Award in Electronics
* 2000 Sound & Vision Reviewer's Choice Award
* 2001 CEDIA Best Audio Product of the Year
* 2003 Albany Capital Business Review 40 Under 40
* 2004 CEDIA Best Video Product of the Year
* 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Electronic House Product of the Year
* 2006 Dealerscope 40 Under 40
* 2006 EHX Best Overall Product
* 2006 EHX Best Multi-Room Audio System for $1,000 per Zone
Steven Vasquez’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
