Deb Besemer

Current

• CEO at Paragon Lake
• Board Director at Brightcove
• Board Director at Bullhorn

• Board Director at Double-Take Software
• Board Director at My Perfect Gig
• Board Director at My Perfect Gig

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Past

• CEO at BrassRing
• Board of Directors at divine, inc / Eprise, Inc.
• EVP, Worldwide Field Operations at Lotus Development

• Regional Manager at Interactive Data

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Education

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Newark
• Cedar Crest College

Connections

166 connections

Industry

Internet

Deb Besemer’s Summary

I joined on full-time at Paragon Lake as CEO. A great founder and team are revolutionizing the way people personalize jewelry and I'm hoping to help them.

Deb Besemer’s Specialties:

global expansion, software, sales strategy, channels of distribution, building effective executive teams, branding, board management, customer satisfaction, building culture, and selling your company.

Deb Besemer’s Experience

• CEO

  Paragon Lake

  (Internet industry)

  May 2009 — Present (3 months)

• Board Director

  Brightcove

  (Privately Held; Online Media industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year)

• Board Director

  Bullhorn

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

  September 2008 — Present (11 months)

• Board Director

  Double-Take Software

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; DBTK; Computer Software industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year)

• Board Director

  My Perfect Gig

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  2007 — Present (2 years)

• Board Director

  My Perfect Gig

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)

• CEO

  BrassRing

  (Computer Software industry)

  1999 — 2006 (7 years)

• Board of Directors

  divine, inc / Eprise, Inc.

  (Computer Software industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years)

• EVP, Worldwide Field Operations

  Lotus Development

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; IBM; Computer Software industry)

  June 1986 — December 1997 (11 years 7 months)

  Responsible for all operations organized by geography and including sales, local marketing, business partners, consulting, and support. This included 4000 people and over a billion dollars in revenue.

• Regional Manager

  Interactive Data

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)

  January 1979 — June 1986 (7 years 6 months)

  Regional Sales Manager for the eastern U.S.

Deb Besemer’s Education

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Newark

  MBA , Concentration in Finance , 1976 — 1978

• Cedar Crest College

  BA , Liberal Arts

  Attended University of Grenoble, France for a semester abroad.

Deb Besemer’s Contact Settings

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