New Employee- “Marketing and Business Development”, Atikem Hailemariam. Very long history of roles, including Corning and Intel years ago, I selected the following snippets:
Start up Mentor: Seed2Exit
Feb 2023 - Present • 1 yr
• Seed2Exit is a Silicon Valley LLC comprised of experienced management consultants working to support Startups in their Growth Stage. Our team of global experts have at least 20+ years' experience in Strategic Marketing and Alliances, Global Sales, Business Development and Operational Experience. We work with our clients to assess their current business model, to refine it and then execute on GTM based sales, marketing, and business development plans.
Vice President, Business Development
Syght
Jun 2019 - Present • 4 yrs 8 mos
Developing innovative passive millimeter wave object detection devices
Vice President, Marketing
OPTERNA
Dec 2008 - Apr 2019 • 10 yrs 5 mos
Recruited to lead growth of telecom, loT and medical products by developing new product strategies, launching new products, and presenting value proposition to customers and industry interest groups.
* Currently part of 3-person team conducting feasibility analysis on supply products to Middle East and Africa
• Led Integration & Growth of Acquired Business Unit. Transitioned customers and products from a product line acquired from JDSU and grew business to $3 million annual run rate.
Senior Product Manager, Transceivers
Finisar
Jan 2003 - Dec 2008 • 6 yrs
Launching New Products. Launched one of the industry's first small footprint WDM telecom devices for metro networks. Product now generates over $3 million in annual sales.
• New Product & Channel Strategies. Developed road maps for new telecom products that will helped drive the future profitability of the company. These include products for wireless tower (CPRI) applications, and a sub-system that assists in automating the deployment of new networks.
VP Marketing/Founder
Ignis Optics
Sep 2000 - Sep 2001 • 1 yr 1 mo
* Received funding from Storm Ventures and others to co-found Ignis Optics to develop new generation of optical transceivers.
Company was sold in 2002
Sr. Investment manager
Intel Capital
Jan 1999 - Aug 2000 • 1 yr 8 mos
Recruited to be an early member of one of the top technology investment teams in the world. Given responsibility to "source" deals on a global basis.
Also participated in senior level strategy and M&A efforts.
New Opportunity "Sourcing" and "Closing".
Sourced investment opportunities for evaluation.
Conducted due diligence on all sourced deals.
Successfully concluded 6 investments worth $10+ million dollars.
Mergers & Acquisitions. Member of M&A team that conducted Intel's largest communications acquisition, (Giga A/S), including on-site due diligence and negotiations.
Board Experience. Represented Intel as a board participant on several investments.
• Strategy Planning. Analyzed communication business growth options. Participated in leadership discussions on size & scope of these efforts.
Left to co-found Ignis Optics
Sr. Marketing Manager
Corning
Jun 1992 - Jan 1998 • 5 yrs 8 mos
Market
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
DARDEN
1990 - 1992
KNOX
Knox College
BA | Physics, History
