Doug Foster

Current

Consultant at Fuentek
Chief Idea Mechanic at Idea Mechanics

Past

US Theater IPC Solution Marketing Manager, Field Marketing at Cisco
Enterprise Solution Marketing Manager, Voice Technology Group at Cisco
Consulting Systems Engineer; Mid-Atlantic Area at Cisco

Manager of Engineering Computer Services at Cisco
Manager of Data Network Design at Progress Energy (Carolina Power & Light)
Corporate Manager of End User Computing at Alcatel-Lucent
Manager of Engineering Computer Network Services at Alcatel-Lucent
Vice President & Director of Products Division at Team Connecting Point
Senior Staff Engineer for Corporate Deere Tech Services at John Deere
Senior Engineer for Manufacturing Systems at John Deere
Senior Engineer for Tool Engineering at John Deere

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Education

Wake Technical Community College
University of Iowa
Iowa State University

Saydel High School

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Doug Foster’s Summary

I am a builder and a communicator.

I have a strong sense of business priorities and client needs. I'm technically innovative and learn quickly. I'm creative - when a solution doesn't exist, I can find one. I may dream a little, but I can articulate a realistic vision and set ambitious goals. I enjoy asking questions, keeping a broad perspective, and focusing to deliver results. I can sell new ideas, motivate people, control large budgets, and meet project deadlines. I'm persistent, patient, optimistic, open, and persuasive. I value a business culture where personal integrity, respect, and open communications are fundamental values.

Doug Foster’s Specialties:

Visit my personal website (http://dougfoster.info) to learn more, but here's a few things I'm good with:

Computers, networking, technology, sales, engineering, marketing, web technologies, podcasting, new media creation, VoIP, customer education, audio/video recording/editing, manufacturing, machining, management.

Doug Foster’s Experience

Consultant

Fuentek

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

2008 — Present (1 year )
Chief Idea Mechanic

Idea Mechanics

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

April 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)

Idea Mechanics ... Tools that Sell. We help sellers use a "Tell, Show, Try" approach to convince buyers using:
• Short stories - subscriptions to digital media conversations
• Experiences - virtual, fixed or mobile demonstrations & experiences
• "Convince Me!" - a "do-it-yourself" guide to customer education

See http://dougfoster.info/Experience.html for more details.
US Theater IPC Solution Marketing Manager, Field Marketing

Cisco

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)

February 2005 — March 2006 (1 year 2 months)

New position reporting to the Senior Director of Field Marketing under NA Sales. Primary contact between US Area Field Marketing, US Advanced Technology Sales, and Product Technology Marketing for national/global level IP Communications (IPC) marketing programs. Active leadership in the cross functional IPC Virtual Team responsible for building IPC campaigns and programs - contributed customer requirements; provided subject matter expertise (market, Cisco/competitive products, solution architectures, and applications). Provided analysis (sales pipeline, sales adoption, and business) for marketing offer programs, strategy planning, and tactical execution.

See http://dougfoster.info/Experience.html for more details.
Enterprise Solution Marketing Manager, Voice Technology Group

Cisco

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)

February 2003 — February 2005 (2 years 1 month)

Applied Sales experience, technical knowledge of VoIP, and customer/industry knowledge to create cross functional tactical and strategic plans. Developed and delivered marketing projects for IP Communications based systems and solutions.

See http://dougfoster.info/Experience.html for more details.
Consulting Systems Engineer; Mid-Atlantic Area

Cisco

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)

July 1997 — February 2003 (5 years 8 months)

Provided pre-sales and post-sales technical support to Account Managers, Channel Partners, and customers over a 2-4 state geography. Served as an area representative on the global Virtual Team for Convergence Technology. Technology Specialist and Business Specialist for Voice Over IP.

See http://dougfoster.info/Experience.html for more details.
Manager of Engineering Computer Services

Cisco

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)

July 1996 — July 1997 (1 year 1 month)

Managed the distributed computing group supporting engineers in the RTP InterWorks and Access business units. Coordinated (8) contract and full time employees.

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Manager of Data Network Design

Progress Energy (Carolina Power & Light)

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Utilities industry)

March 1994 — July 1996 (2 years 5 months)

Managed the design, installation, and support for all company data communications. Coordinated (15+) contract and full time employees, manage a $2.1 million expense and $4.4 million capital budget.

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Corporate Manager of End User Computing

Alcatel-Lucent

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ALU; Telecommunications industry)

March 1993 — March 1994 (1 year 1 month)

Responsible for ANS customer support and desktop computing. Reported to the Senior Director of Information Systems (IS). Coordinated (45+) contract and full time employees in Raleigh, NC and Richardson, TX. Extended coordination of IS activities and support to all ANS sites from Canada to Mexico.

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Manager of Engineering Computer Network Services

Alcatel-Lucent

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ALU; Telecommunications industry)

October 1991 — March 1993 (1 year 6 months)

Managed distributed computing support. Reported to the Director of IST. Coordinated (17) contract and full time employees, managed a $1.9 million expense and $1.5 million capital budget.

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Vice President & Director of Products Division

Team Connecting Point

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

November 1990 — September 1991 (11 months)

Managed purchasing, ordering, warehousing, distribution, systems engineering, internal systems, and existing/new product development, with (6) direct reports in (2) locations.

See http://dougfoster.info/Experience.html for more details.
Senior Staff Engineer for Corporate Deere Tech Services

John Deere

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DE; Machinery industry)

November 1988 — October 1990 (2 years )

Coordinated networking and computer systems integration projects in the US and Europe. Actively involved in project management and hands-on application of computer hardware, software, and communications. Interfaced with people ranging from corporate officers to manufacturing hourly wage employees.

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Senior Engineer for Manufacturing Systems

John Deere

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DE; Machinery industry)

March 1984 — November 1988 (4 years 9 months)

Directed Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) networking projects for the Dubuque and Davenport facilities. Coordinated a (6) person group and a $250,000 communications budget.

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Senior Engineer for Tool Engineering

John Deere

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DE; Machinery industry)

May 1978 — March 1984 (5 years 11 months)

Responsible for trouble-shooting production tooling problems in a UAW manufacturing environment. Demonstrated new tooling technologies. Responsible for applying computer solutions to manufacturing processes.

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Doug Foster’s Education

Wake Technical Community College

Graphic arts, Web technologies 2006 — 2008

Evening classes: Dreamweaver, Flash, Actionscript, Photoshop, MySQL, PHP. Curriculum class: GRD 152 (Illustrator)
University of Iowa

MSME 1985 — 1985

Numerical Analysis class & labs
Iowa State University

BSME , Engineering , 1975 — 1979
Saydel High School

HS , 1970 — 1974

Additional Information

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Doug Foster’s Interests:

Sales, Customer Education, Technology, Engineering, Digital media, Audio, Video, Documentary storytelling, Sea kayaking, Travel, Caribbean travel, European travel, Punkin chunkin, Building things,