President and CEO at Safe Driving Systems
Provo, Utah Area
- Current
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- President and CEO at Safe Driving Systems
- Managing Partner at Arche Partners, LLC
- Past
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- Regional Director at Exodus Communications
- VP Sales at KeyLabs
- Program Director at KeyLabs
- Product Line Manager at Novell
- Education
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- University Of Phoenix
- Weber State University
- Weber State University
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Mike Fahnert’s Summary
Accomplished Senior Manager / Executive with a proven track record for; providing high returns, building and managing business units/companies, implementing strategies that support business and financial objectives, successful mergers and acquisitions, attracting and retaining top talent locally, nationally and internationally.
Respected leader that has successfully built loyal and highly motivated management, sales and operations teams focused on achieving operational and financial objectives.
Mike Fahnert’s Specialties:
Areas of Expertise
• Professional Services Management
• Early Stage Growth / Management
• Program Management
• Strategic/Tactical Planning
• Analytical and Financial Planning including P&L
• Direct Sales Management
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• High-Dollar Negotiations
• Software Development Life-Cycle
• Software Quality Assurance
Mike Fahnert’s Experience
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President and CEO
Safe Driving Systems
(Computer Software industry)
April 2009 — Present (9 months)
Safe Driving Systems, LLC develops software and hardware solutions designed to minimize driving distractions and save lives.
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Managing Partner
Arche Partners, LLC
(Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2006 — Present (3 years 6 months)
Arche Partners is an Information Technology consulting group that focuses on bring technology to market.
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Dir, Channel Development
Symantec
(Computer Software industry)
2008 — 2009 (1 year )
Responsible for Reseller Channel and HP Alliance for the Symantec Endpoint Virtualization Business Unit.
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EVP Client Services
AppLabs
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2005 — July 2006 (1 year 4 months)
Client relationship management including US Test Delivery, Consulting and Project Management for Global On-Site Testing Service delivery. Additional US responsibilities: Branding, Sales Engineering and executive sponsorship for strategic clients.
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President & CEO
KeyLabs
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2001 — April 2005 (3 years 8 months)
Founder of Lab Acquisition Corporation DBA "KeyLabs" Acquired the assets of KeyLabs from Exodus in September of 2001. Responsibilities as President and CEO included: Manage Cashflow, Investor ROI, Revenue, P&L, Strategic direction and Execution. Strategy to focus on Business Development. Focus on turning an engineering company into a sales focused company. Major account and vendor relationships, recruitment and maintaining key managers and sales organization.
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Regional Director
Exodus Communications
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Services industry)
February 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 8 months)
Responsible for operations at Exodus Performance Labs.
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VP Sales
KeyLabs
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1998 — February 2000 (1 year 7 months)
Responsibilities: Develop the Sales, Marketing and Operational strategies for KeyLabs. Responsible for the revenue, business development plan and budgets. Managed team of account executives, inside sales representatives, project managers and bid agents.
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Program Director
KeyLabs
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1996 — August 1998 (2 years 1 month)
Develop and build the Testing Certification business unit. This included management of the testing team and infrastructure for KeyLabs’ Certification programs. Focus on operational systems, process and resources necessary to offer an outsource solution to administering Testing Certification programs. Developed channel sales opportunities and co-marketing programs.
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Product Line Manager
Novell
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 1992 — August 1996 (3 years 11 months)
Mike Fahnert’s Education
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University Of Phoenix
MBA , Technology Management , 1994 — 1996
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Weber State University
BS , Computer Information Systems , 1983 — 1991
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Weber State University
AS , Computer Science , 1982 — 1991
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Mike Fahnert’s Interests:
technology start up, new technology, balanced scorecard, software quality assurance, business management, strategy
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Fans of Digsby
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