William French

Current

Strategic Consultant at Safyre Solutions
Founder at ultraVilot

Past

Management Consultant at Open Country
Advisory Board Member - VP Strategy at Introplus
EIDX Board President at CompTIA

Vice President Product Management and Industry Relations at Contivo, Inc
(Senior Management) eBusiness Strategy at Sun Microsystems
Finance at Tandem

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Education

University of San Francisco

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

William French’s Summary

Executive management, marketing, graphics, audio, immersive 3d.

Technology background: Enterprise 2.0, Web 2.0, the 3d Web, e-Commerce, Pro audio and video, XML, EAI, BPM, networks, and enterprise applications.

Industry sectors: Tech, defense, finance, retail, health care, and automotive.

Recent activities:

* Presently working a startup who is focused on immersive web technologies based on Second Life and OpenGrid, which is in stealth mode at this time.

* Delivered an Enterprise 2.0 Technology Architecture for SanDisk.

* Served as VP Marketing and on the advisory board of Introplus, a social applications company.

* Performed management consulting for Open Country, a data center automation startup.

Previous experience:

* VP of Industry Relations and Product Management at Contivo, Inc.

* Board Member and President for the CompTIA Electronics Industry Data Exchange consortium 1998-2003.

* Sun Microsystems senior manager, e-Business

William French’s Specialties:

Executive Management, Enterprise 2.0, Web 2.0, Immersive Web, 3d Web, Product Management, Final Cut Studio, Logic Studio, Adobe CS4 suite, Digital Performer, Business Development, EAI, B2B, SOA, Web Services, XML, UBL, OAG, SAML, WSBPEL

William French’s Experience

Strategic Consultant

Safyre Solutions

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2007 — Present (2 years )

Engaged as strategic consultant for Fortune 500 client Office of the CIO. Created enterprise wide Technical Architecture assessment, gap analysis, and future state vision for Enterprise 2.0 information architecture.
Founder

ultraVilot

(Internet industry)

August 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)

Startup focused on Enterprise 2.0: social apps, virtual worlds, 3d collaboration, RIA's, and communities. Specializes in graphics design, audio, and machinima.
Management Consultant

Open Country

(Computer Networking industry)

2006 — 2007 (1 year )

Strategic Marketing Consultant
Advisory Board Member - VP Strategy

Introplus

(Computer Software industry)

2004 — 2006 (2 years )

Assist with the development of the business and market strategy.
EIDX Board President

CompTIA

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1998 — December 2003 (6 years )

Board member and President of EIDX CompTIA, an industry trade organization and standards organization for the computer hardware and software industry.
Vice President Product Management and Industry Relations

Contivo, Inc

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)

November 2000 — June 2003 (2 years 8 months)

Highlights:

* Contivo earned #2 spot on The Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal Top 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in 2002.
* Contivo named "Rising Star" in The Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 Program in 2002 due to 1,313% Percent Revenue Growth
(Senior Management) eBusiness Strategy

Sun Microsystems

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

October 1987 — October 2000 (13 years 1 month)

Advanced through key leadership positions in finance, operations, and sales with a premier computer hardware and software manufacturer to lead a global, cross-functional effort to define and deploy a company-wide product strategy and reseller strategy for e-Business products.
Finance

Tandem

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; TDM; Computer Software industry)

October 1982 — October 1987 (5 years 1 month)

Finance at Tandem Computer.