Board Member at LIveNeutral.org
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Board Member at LIveNeutral.org
- Board/Operations/Systems/Applications Advisor at US Emergency Operations Center, Inc - Emicus.com
- Principal at TrueCarbon.org
- Past
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- Founder/CEO of GoodStorm / SVP Bus Dev Zazzle & Brand President - GoodStorm at GoodStorm / Zazzle.com
- Managing Director & Partner, Business & Technology Risk Mgmt at Computer Sciences Corporation
- Partner (Chief of Global Strategy/Distinguished Fellow/CTO) at Ernst and Young LLP
- Director, Enterprise Security Services at Cambridge Technology Partners
- Chief Knowledge Officer, Management Labs at Cambridge Technology Partners
- Education
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- University of the Philippines
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Yobie Benjamin’s Summary
Emicus.com board advisor, business plan development, operations design, software architecture (UI/UX) for a social network-powered disaster response firm. Focused on weather related (hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and wild fires) disasters providing pre, during and post disaster support.
Board Member - LiveNeutral.org.
Principal at TrueCarbon.org, an innovative software and technology consulting firm. TrueCarbon technologies has built a citizen-powered platform to harness mass consumer action in the fight against global warming.
Founder & CEO of a progressive ecommerce company GoodStorm.com. GoodStorm Brand President and SVP, Business Development at Zazzle.com.
Partner and Managing Director at Computer Sciences Corporation.
Partner at Ernst and Young LLP.
Chief Knowledge Officer and Director of Enterprise Security services at Cambridge Technology Partners' Management Labs. Coder.
Other highlights: successful venture investor, innovator in the retail and consumer products space, restauranteur, consumer product design, software architect and engineer, writer, social activist and perpetual geek. Interests include: all things food, wine, progressive politics, technology and music related, social justice
Languages: English, Filipino, Thai, Lao, Spanish. Multi-cultural and global business and technology perspectives, non-governmental diplomatic experience.
Yobie Benjamin’s Specialties:
Business strategy, M&A process/due diligence, marketing/sales, innovation in Web 2.0, software, telecom, energy & healthcare.
Entrepreneurial leadership, startup development and venture financing. Organizational & thought leadership, professional services practice building, product marketing.
Areas of expertise:
Sales and marketing (including sales operations), finance, innovation, strategy, internet technologies and architecture, product design, software development, software UI/UX
Yobie Benjamin’s Experience
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Board Member
LIveNeutral.org
(Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2009 — Present (4 months)
Board governance functions and strategy for the leading retail carbon credit non-profit.
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Board/Operations/Systems/Applications Advisor
US Emergency Operations Center, Inc - Emicus.com
(Information Services industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 months)
Board level advice, business plan development, operations and application design, software architecture (UI/UX) for business continuity planning and social network/citizen-powered disaster response firm.
Focused on pandemic, terrorism and weather-related (hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and wild fires) disasters providing pre, during and post disaster support.
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Principal
TrueCarbon.org
(Renewables & Environment industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year)
Principal at an innovative technology consulting company focused on carbon and environmental measures and metrics.
We also provide data driven and analytic services that spans beyond carbon.
TrueCarbon believes that ethical/green/environmental efforts lead to corporate profits and operational efficiencies. -
Founder/CEO of GoodStorm / SVP Bus Dev Zazzle & Brand President - GoodStorm
GoodStorm / Zazzle.com
(Internet industry)
October 2005 — August 2008 (2 years 11 months)
Founder and CEO of progressive eCommerce site. A social service site dedicated to helping non-profits and the economically disadvantaged to help themselves.
Principal developer and inventor of an innovative way to distribute and sell digital music.
One of GoodStorm's major music campaigns was partnership with Amnesty International and several major artists. For a look at the campaign, please visit: http://instantkarma.org.
In November 2007, GoodStorm.com was acquired by Zazzle.com.
In 1999 Robert Beaver and his two sons Bobby and Jeff founded Zazzle.com, a service which enables users to create their own products. Zazzle users can create customized t-shirts, posters, mugs to stamps.
Users receive a commission on products that they sell and design themselves. In addition to working with companies such as Disney, Lucas, Fox, non-profits, and many political organizations, we also work with artists such as Maroon 5, the Black Eyed Peas, Fergie, The Who, Kiss and many others.
Zazzle is funded by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers (the same VC firm that funded Google, Amazon.com, Genentech, Sun Microsystems, and EA) and Sherpalo Ventures (who co-invested with KPCB on Google). -
Managing Director & Partner, Business & Technology Risk Mgmt
Computer Sciences Corporation
(Public Company; CSC; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2003 — February 2005 (1 year 9 months)
Providing day-to-day sales and sales operations leadership, operational and management governance to the practice and was the executive responsible for sales, delivery and contract compliance for all my client companies.
Delivered business systems for various CSC clients including: Providian, Shell Oil, Motorola, First Caribbean Bank, JPMC, Bank of America, Time Warner, Student Loan Finance Corp, United States Energy Commission, Department of Homeland Security, Cingular, AT&T, DirectTV and intelligence organizations -
Partner (Chief of Global Strategy/Distinguished Fellow/CTO)
Ernst and Young LLP
(Partnership; Accounting industry)
November 1998 — June 2002 (3 years 8 months)
Held 3 positions in the firm:
Partner & Chief of Global Strategy E&Y Management Consulting Group
Partner & Distinguished E&Y Fellow, Management Consulting
Partner & Chief Technology Officer, Security and Technology Services
Responsible for sales/sales operations and CxO level relationships for E&Y’s largest clients.
Service offerings development based on input from clients and firm partners. Responsible for firm thought leadership and point-of view: http://goodstorm.typepad.com/goodstorm/files/yobie_company_man.mov
Concept, business case to creation and execution of the world’s largest electronic marketplace: Covisint (co-owned by GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler). Engagement Partner for General Motors and eOne Global / First Data Corp, Engagement Partner for Ford Motors, HP, GM, Barnes and Noble, Unisys, Renal Care Group, Hospital Corporation of America, La Salle Bank, AIG, Time-Warner, Total Renal Care, CIGNA, General Electric, Merrill Lynch, Premier Healthcare, General Motors, Catholic Healthcare West (largest SAP implementation in healthcare) and HealthNet.
Internet and technology consulting, M&A (targeting, due diligence, post merger integration), contractual compliance, systems usability testing, regulatory compliance, quality assurance, billing and collections, architectural oversight, end-user training systems, ERP systems (Siebel, Oracle SAP, mySAP) and business continuity and disaster recovery. -
Director, Enterprise Security Services
Cambridge Technology Partners
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 1997 — November 1998 (1 year 8 months)
Sales and sales operations for security services. Developed overall marketing strategy and led implementation including gathering customer requirements, writing marketing requirements and developing functional specifications documents. Forecast demand and revenue impact of new products, services and releases Clients included ADT, Federal Reserve Bank, Nagano Winter Olympics and CBS.
Featured in 20/20 and Discovery Channel as one of the top security professionals in the world: http://goodstorm.typepad.com/goodstorm/2007/03/vid_test.html -
Chief Knowledge Officer, Management Labs
Cambridge Technology Partners
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1996 — April 1997 (11 months)
Thought leadership in the areas of enterprise / internet architectures
Developed and maintained key CIO relationships (Schwab, Global Marine, Levi Strauss, Allied Signal, NASDAQ, HP, AT&T, etc…) resulting in significant revenue growth
Led engagements in NASDAQ, McKesson and Pacific Bell.
Yobie Benjamin’s Education
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University of the Philippines
BA , Broadcast Communications
- Activities and Societies:
- UP Institute of Mass Communications Broadcasting Association
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Yobie Benjamin’s Websites:
Yobie Benjamin’s Interests:
Software engineering, social networking, distributed computing, innovation in consumer products, urban farming, toy making, new business models and ventures, social justice issues, archery, biking
Yobie Benjamin’s Honors:
Patents Pending:
• Universal method and apparatus for disparate systems to communicate: http://www.google.com/patents?id=V1mFAAAAEBAJ&dq=yobie
• Charisma monetization through an integrated and reusable commerce engine: http://www.google.com/patents?id=6HGjAAAAEBAJ&dq=yobie
• Fully-embedded commercial transaction using an unobtrusive presentation: http://www.google.com/patents?id=hPuoAAAAEBAJ&dq=yobie
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