Beau Brewer
Entrepreneur with experience launching and growing a couple of startups--both as a founder and hired help. Interested in talking to early stage companies with a product they are ready to bring to market.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Website: | http://www.zadby.com |
| Industries: | Cleantech, Information Technology, Internet, Travel |
| Skills: | Business, Databases, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, French, HTML / CSS, Javascript, Languages, Management, Marketing, PHP, Software Engineering, Spanish, System Administration, Unix, Web Development, Windows |
| Location: | Washington, DC |
| Visas: | US, UK |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Giving back, Helping friends, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities |
| Schools: | Georgetown University, INSEAD Business School |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Freelance |
| Position: | Startup Troubleshooter |
| Time period: | November 2007 - January 2008 |
| Description: | Project: Re-launch startup wireless telecommunications carrier after initial launch failure
• Grew active customer base from 20k to 200k and increased daily sales from 400k to 4M minutes through acquisition promotions, pricing adjustments, commission changes, and improved regional focus • Developed 2008 product roadmaps and marketing targets; obtained signoff from CTO, CMO, and CHRO • Implemented executive dashboard and reduced C-level executive status meetings by 9 hours per week |
| Employer: | Turing Travel LLC |
| Position: | Founder |
| Time period: | January 2007 - November 2007 |
| Description: | Innovative startup renting digital travel guides to visitors of Washington, DC
• Developed product for launch and recognized revenue within 3 months of incorporation • Negotiated 60% reduction in price from software supplier and 20% discount from hardware supplier • Obtained distribution commitments from hotels, hostels, bed and breakfasts, extended-stay properties, bus companies, train station vendors, walking tour organizations, and the world’s largest tour operator • Conducted market research with hundreds of potential and actual customers using pre-launch online panels, post-purchase-decision interviews, and customer satisfaction surveys • Promoted website with search engine optimization (SEO) techniques and pay-per-click (PPC) campaigns • Achieved 80% product awareness at partner hotel using channel incentives and point-of-sale collateral |
| Employer: | Accenture |
| Position: | Project Manager and Technical Architect |
| Time period: | February 2001 - December 2005 |
| Description: | Project: ERP implementation for global market leader in contact lens manufacturing and sales
• Acted as project manager of 7-person team responsible for all technology of $50M ERP implementation • Coordinated 7 separate successful go-live events for English distribution facility, Irish and US manufacturing plants, and 11 European country sales forces • Served as onshore application architect and primary liaison for four offshore Indian developers responsible for 80 interfaces with over 25 legacy systems and 200 customers • Awarded recognition as Accenture's top global contributor to internal technology knowledge exchange and nominated for North American people development award Project: Data warehouse release for large US government agency • Directed 10-person team responsible for successfully repairing 47 critical reports in the production system—the $500M project's highest priority effort at the time • Served as technology project manager for 12TB data warehouse release delivered on-time and on-budget Project: Order entry redesign for international medical device corporation • Worked as lead developer for web-based order entry solution written in kanji for Japanese business unit • Designed online workflow applications for similar European and North American solutions |
EDUCATION
| University: | INSEAD Business School |
| Time period: | 2006 - 2006 |
| Degree: | MBA |
| University: | Georgetown University |
| Time period: | 1996 - 2000 |
| Degree: | Psychology and English Literature, BA |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Competitive Tennis, Classical and Electric Guitar, Writing, Cooking, Cycling, Chess, Poker |
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Skander Ben Mansour
Extensive experience in telecoms and strategy consulting. Passionate about innovation and internet. MBA from INSEAD.
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