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| 1758 North 200 West · Orem, UT · 84057 · Tel: (801) 226 1906 · email: thor@tuglet.com |
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| EXPERIENCE |
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| Tuglet.com |
| President and Co-founder, June 2000 – Present |
- Founded web-based Application Service Provider for e-Marketing Tools
- Manage all day-to-day business operations, HR, payroll, maintain web site
- Manage development team, design web-based applications with SQL backend
- Responsible for all marketing, product management, business development, sales
- Establish and maintain technology licensing arrangements with third parties
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| Nivo International |
| VP of International Sales and Marketing, June 1998 – June 2000 |
- Developed and managed global channel for new IT certification program
- Worked with Development team to design and implement online distribution model
- Managed sales and marketing staff of 20 in US and Europe
- Grew annual revenues from zero to over $7 million/year
- Launched certification testing in 75 countries in 18 months
- Responsible for channel, corporate and direct database marketing
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| PowerQuest Corp. |
| Regional Director, Europe, December 1997 - June 1998 |
- Responsible for PowerQuest’s distribution channel in Northern and Central Europe
- Managed small team of European-based sales representatives
- Accounted for 60% of international revenue, $11 million
- Managed regional marketing budget of $2.5 million
- Helped develop international sales and marketing strategy
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| Caldera, Inc. |
| Senior Product Manager, April 1996 - October 1996 |
- Responsible for product marketing of startup Linux company
- Helped develop corporate and product strategy, marketing plans
- Managed strategic relationships with third party developers
- Negotiated technology licensing and redistribution agreements
- Responsible for new product ideas, requirements, pricing, packaging, and fulfillment
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| Novell, Inc. |
| International Product Manager, December 1994 - March 1996 |
- Product manager for international versions of Novell Business Applications
- Responsible for business cases, requirement docs, feature prioritization, project mgmt
- Central contact point for international distributors, development, localization, operations
- Negotiated contracts for localization services and third party technologies
- Managed packaging, SKU and pricing issues for international products
- Managed business unit localization budget of $16 million
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| Regional Product Marketing Manager, Emerging Markets, January 1989 - December 1994 |
- Responsible for market development in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia
- Project managed international development and localization teams
- Managed co-op marketing funds with regional distributors
- Evangelist for WP products at trade shows, seminars, etc.
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| SKILLS AND RELATED EXPERIENCE |
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- Speak German and Icelandic. Basic skills in Dutch, Danish, Norwegian.
- Have lived and worked internationally for more than 8 years in 5 countries.
- Have significant experience in software development and project management
- Experience with most types of Windows software, also Linux, Internet, HTML.
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| EDUCATION |
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University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Masters of Business Administration, 1997 |
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Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Bachelor of Arts, Economics, 1989 |