Partner, Warecorp
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
- Current
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- co-Founder/Chairman at The UpTake
- Founder/CEO at Zanby
- Founder/Partner at Warecorp
- Past
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- Vice President – Ecommerce Systems at EPAM Systems
- Director of Interactive Alliances at Firepond
- Director of Interactive Design at Firepond
- Education
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- Augsburg College
- Augsburg College
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Chris Dykstra’s Summary
I am a Founding Partner in Warecorp, a technology strategy, software engineering and consulting company with development centers in the former Soviet Union, CEO and Founder of Zanby, an Enterprise 2.0 Community Management Platform and Chairman and co-Founder of The UpTake, an online news gathering and broadcasting organization.
My expertise is centered in strategic outsourcing, software and web development and leadership.
Chris Dykstra’s Specialties:
Web and software development services, online community building, offshore outsourcing, information architecture, content management, business model development, media
Chris Dykstra’s Experience
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co-Founder/Chairman
The UpTake
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years)
The UpTake is a media and technology services organization focused on developing a national network of citizen video journalists, integrating our community of users in our editorial workflow, marrying professional production techniques with citizen-produced video and publishing the work of our journalists with speed and integrity.
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Founder/CEO
Zanby
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
June 2005 — Present (4 years 2 months)
Zanby is a meeting and enterprise organizing platform.
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Founder/Partner
Warecorp
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2004 — Present (5 years 1 month)
Partner - Warecorp
Founding Partner of a web and software services group with development centers in the former Soviet Union. Warecorp has a rich variety of vertical project experience, including successful implementations in insurance, retail, manufacturing, automotive, entertainment and travel, consumer goods and high tech. -
Vice President – Ecommerce Systems
EPAM Systems
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 2000 — July 2004 (3 years 10 months)
Global responsibility for eCommerce, UI and Interactive Services in an 800 person, CMMI Level 4 off-shore software development firm. Negotiate and close deals for outsourced IT services delivery, then manage accounts, assign and manage resources to implement them.
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Director of Interactive Alliances
Firepond
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; fire; Computer Software industry)
September 1999 — October 2000 (1 year 2 months)
In the role of Director of Interactive Alliances, negotiated global strategic partnerships with world-class interactive agencies for a pre-IPO front office software company.
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Director of Interactive Design
Firepond
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; fire; Computer Software industry)
October 1996 — September 1999 (3 years)
Built an industry best global interactive team as part of Firepond’s IPO strategy, growing it globally from 14 to 40 in four months. Negotiated contracts with Fortune 1,000 companies. Managed resources in US and Europe to produce client websites, kiosks, interactive feature/benefit stories, UIs for dynamic proposal generation software and enterprise-wide eCRM implementations.
Chris Dykstra’s Education
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Augsburg College
1979 — 1987
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Augsburg College
BA , Communications , September 1980 — May 1985
- Activities and Societies:
- Captain of the Soccer Team
Editor in Chief of Student Newspaper
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Chris Dykstra’s Websites:
Chris Dykstra’s Groups:
American Association of Internet Professionals, Information Architecture Institute, Web of Change
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Augsburg College
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