Current
  • President at Brockmann & Company
Past
  • Senior Vice President, Marketing & Business Development at FirstHand Technologies
  • Vice President, Enterprise Voice Marketing at 3Com
  • Vice President, Marketing at bTrade
  • President and co-founder at A4 Networks
  • Vice President, Marketing at Nortel Networks
  • marketing at nortel
Education
  • McMaster University
  • Western Ontario Conservatory of Music
  • University of Western Ontario
Connections
465 connections
Industry
Telecommunications
Websites

Peter Brockmann’s Summary

I am now building a business with a unique and differentiated offering leveraging my passions and experiences in the communications equipment and applications industry. We research the actions and views of hundreds of IT decision makers; we present to clients recommendations and insights that provide data for decisions; we deliver reports, briefs, white papers and webinars to educate users.

Outside-in perspectives and strong communications ethic and skill are my hallmark.

Peter Brockmann’s Specialties:

Customer insights gained from research. Strong positioning, business development, communications, product marketing, competitive differentiation, market evangelism, mergers and acquisition.


Peter Brockmann’s Experience

  • President

    Brockmann & Company

    (Privately Held; Myself Only; Market Research industry)

    October 2006Present (1 year 8 months)

    I work with selected clients on a retainer basis to provide customer intimacy. Knowledge about your customers and your competitors' customers are what Brockmann & Company provide to our clients. Our recommendations form the basis for marketing messages, new products, features and channels.

  • Senior Vice President, Marketing & Business Development

    FirstHand Technologies

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

    August 2005October 2006 (1 year 3 months)

    FirstHand Technologies (formerly SIPquest) is the leading Converged Multimedia Client software vendor. We sell through the world's largest network equipment manufacturers and to service providers. The company creates advanced technology for mobile VoIP and enterprise users.

  • Vice President, Enterprise Voice Marketing

    3Com

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; COMS; Computer Networking industry)

    June 2004August 2005 (1 year 3 months)

    Product positioning, channel development, branding, website content. Effective strategies for lead creation and development. Thought leadership.

  • Vice President, Marketing

    bTrade

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    20022004 (2 years)

    Responsible for all marketing functions: public relations, web, product marketing, google advertising, sales force automation, online seminar series, telemarketing department.

  • President and co-founder

    A4 Networks

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    20012002 (1 year)

  • Vice President, Marketing

    Nortel Networks

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NT; Information Technology and Services industry)

    19902001 (11 years)

    Starting in product marketing of data products, participating in anti-trust review of Bay Networks acquisition in 1998, responsible for enterprise marketing ($5B division, 230 people, $128M marketing budget), eBusiness marketing (Clarify CRM product acquisition and call center technologies). Left to form startup.

  • marketing

    nortel

    (Public Company; Computer Networking industry)

    19952001 (6 years)


Peter Brockmann’s Education

  • McMaster University

    MBA, Marketing, Business Policy & Strategy, September 1987December 1989

    Activities and Societies:
    Dean's Honors List, MBA Association Co-op Vice President
  • Western Ontario Conservatory of Music

    AMus, Pianoforte performance, 19771987

    Activities and Societies:
    performed piano recitals (2), courses in music theory, history of music, musical structures and forms. Studies began privately in 1977 culminating in a piano performance diploma in 1987.
  • University of Western Ontario

    BESc, Materials Engineering: fracture, wear, corrosion, steel, semiconductors, September 1979June 1983


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Peter Brockmann’s Interests:

Internet, blogging, piano, camping.


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