
President
Greater Boston Area

President
Greater Boston Area
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.
Customer insights gained from research. Strong positioning, business development, communications, product marketing, competitive differentiation, market evangelism, mergers and acquisition.
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Market Research industry)
October 2006 — Present (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.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
August 2005 — October 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.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; COMS; Computer Networking industry)
June 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 3 months)
Product positioning, channel development, branding, website content. Effective strategies for lead creation and development. Thought leadership.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
2002 — 2004 (2 years)
Responsible for all marketing functions: public relations, web, product marketing, google advertising, sales force automation, online seminar series, telemarketing department.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NT; Information Technology and Services industry)
1990 — 2001 (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.
(Public Company; Computer Networking industry)
1995 — 2001 (6 years)
MBA, Marketing, Business Policy & Strategy, September 1987 — December 1989
AMus, Pianoforte performance, 1977 — 1987
BESc, Materials Engineering: fracture, wear, corrosion, steel, semiconductors, September 1979 — June 1983
Internet, blogging, piano, camping.