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C. E. "Skip" Weeks, III
C.E.O. |
BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST
Founder and President of InfoCentre, an executive mentoring
and business consulting company, specializing in Web Development and
Internet technologies and helping companies exceed their goals by
implementing creative financing, marketing, sales, and business
strategies that leverage corporate resources to empower client
companies to succeed. Specializing in Private Placements. (www.InfoCentre.biz)
Vice President of Sales for Jabbertise.com, an Internet
company delivering mobile coupons via cell phones throughout the
United States.
President & CEO – KW Nexus, LLC (Now KANZEN LLC – a semiconductor chip design
company which owns the patent to Nano Emission Technology. Raised
$1.6M to fund R&D & commercialization efforts for the firm.
President & CEO of R2 Financials, Inc. – a venture capital
firm headquartered in New York City specializing in technology,
healthcare, real estate and financial services. Raised $1M in
private placement to fund the firm.
CEO
of Noomail Management S.A. of Luxembourg – founded and
managed this worldwide web-based email and business services
company.– renamed
JOOCE.COM launched in 2007). Raised over 1 million Euros to
fund operations from one of the largest VC funds in Europe (http://www.mangrove-vc.com/).
Served as Senior Business Analyst for Squire & Company, PC, (http://www.squire.com/)
the largest locally-owned Certified Public Accounting and Management
Consulting firm in Utah. Provided management consulting services and
Microsoft Great Plains accounting software.
Served as Senior Business Analyst for International Profit
Associates of Chicago (http://www.ipa-iba.com/).
Traveled throughout the United States meeting with clients and
conducting intensive business analysis. Sold $5.4 million in
consulting work within five months.
President, CEO and co-founder of
MoneyPark.com, an Internet company specializing in
the financial industry. Oversaw the company during its formative
early stage, developed the business and marketing plan. Implemented
all marketing and sales initiatives for the company. Raised over
$600,000.00 through private placement. Designed and oversaw the
development of proprietary software applications to service the
financial industry.
As
President, C.E.O. and founder of Action Plus Software, a
world leader in contact management and personal productivity
software, bootstrapped the start-up of the company, managed all day
to day operations, interviewed, hired and trained management and
staff positions. Personally designed and managed the development of
all software products and upgrades for all products over a six year
period.
Served as Vice President of Technology for Franklin-Quest
Company (Now called Franklin-Covey (http://www.franklincovey.com/fc/index.jsp?),
the world's leading provider of time management seminars and day
planner products. Managed staff of 65+ employees in the company's
technology division and served on the corporate Executive Management
Committee. Responsible for development of the Ascend product
Served as Vice President of Marketing & Sales for Engineering
Geometry Systems – acquired by Delcam in 2005 (http://www.featurecam.com/general/about/fc_history.asp).
Developed the business and marketing plan to productize 3D computer
aided visualization and manufacturing technology from the University
of Utah and negotiated a $1 million strategic alliance with
Bridgeport Machines and launched worldwide distribution and
promotion for innovative CAD/CAM software developed by the company.
Formed and successfully managed companies in various industries
including Software, Computers, Restaurants, Interior Design, Mining,
Real Estate, Sales & Marketing Consulting Internet, Mortgage Lending
& Food Distribution and responsible for budgets of over $15 million
annually, including staffs of over 500 employees. Licensed mortgage
loan officer. After acquiring a company losing in excess of
$500,000.00 per year, was responsible for eliminating the loss and
increasing annual profits to over $360,000.00. Responsible for the
targeting of potential corporate acquisitions and acted as a
principal negotiator in the purchase of businesses valued at over $5
million.
Extensive successful experience in fund raising, venture capital
negotiations, investor presentations and deal structuring. Extensive
active relationships in the venture capital and investment
communities.
MARKETING &
SALES SPECIALIST
Responsible for the launch of numerous products, including
development of all strategic marketing plans, collateral materials,
national and regional advertising, public relations, road shows,
product packaging, and trade shows. Hired and trained scores of
successful sales professionals.
Author of "Business Really Does Grow Like Trees". A book
about re-engineering business around the law of the harvest. The
book is a step-by-step guide to help owners and managers of
businesses to find greater satisfaction and profitability in their
professions while making their companies more responsive to the
needs of their customers.
Developed the popular Critical Path Selling System. A system
that imposes structure in the sales cycle and enables sales
professionals to sell more in less time. Expert in automating the
selling process including direct mail, telemarketing, and managing
prospect databases.
Managed the fastest growing Entre' Computer Center in the
history of the company. Generated over $6 million in revenues within
the first seven months of operations.
Formed and managed Pacific Dynasty Foods, a Food Distribution
Company that grossed over $8 million in its first year of operation.
Conducted a successful worldwide marketing campaign to sell a $10.5
million Mansion in La Jolla, California.
Expert in the development of strategic business plans and marketing
plans.
Produced marketing and training and marketing video tapes
distributed worldwide for various companies.
Traveled extensively throughout the United States, Europe and the
Far East conducting technical and sales training courses for
salespeople and distributors.
Developed successful public relations campaigns resulting in
thousands of customer interest inquiries at little or no cost.
Engineered numerous successful direct mail campaigns that brought
returns as high as 28% response/purchase rates.
TECHNOLOGY
SPECIALIST
Developed numerous successful Internet sites and developed numerous
successful business plans and marketing plans for Internet
companies.
Responsible for the installation of hundreds of computer systems
throughout the world.
Designed and implemented scores of commercial business software
programs developed to automate and streamline the business
activities of several companies in the Health Care, Distribution,
Banking, Insurance, Food Services, and Real Estate, Venture Capital
and residential mortgage industries.
These software systems were developed using various languages
including Assembler, C++, Java, C, various Databases, PHP, SQL &
HTML.
Developed statistical multivariate analysis system used by Zions
Bank (a major regional bank headquartered in Utah) to determine
whether to honor NSF checks for over 125 bank branches every night.
Has been online for over seven years.
Worked with hundreds of companies to design and develop custom
software programs to automate sales and marketing functions,
statistical analysis, Executive Information Systems, and accounting
programs.
Managed teams of high-level programmers and successfully produced
numerous commercial software titles for domestic and international
distribution. Worked within budgets and deadlines to deliver
products and upgrades on a regular basis. Balanced resources to meet
aggressive delivery schedules. Motivated members of programming
teams to product beyond expectations. Developed complete technical
specifications to direct the efforts of the programming staff while
also making it understandable to customers and clients.
Personally produced numerous software user manuals from start to
finish. Experienced technical writer, proficient with all word
processing, desktop publishing, and graphics programs.
Personally designed and supervised development of a complete
Windows-based Accounting system, as well as a Windows-based Contact
Management/Sales Force Automation system and numerous Internet-based
applications.
Extensive experience in FrontPage and Microsoft Expression Web
development as well as graphic design tools, including Photoshop,
PageMaker, InDesign, Quark and Microsoft Office tools.
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