Principal: Mark Crandon

Background:

• 30 years of Executive and Operational Experience

  • Experience across a breadth of organizations including large companies with processes & standard-operating-procedures and startups requiring problem solving, fire-fighting and determination.

  • Broad array of individual contributor and executive level operational roles: sales, channels, product, marketing, finance.

  • Extensive international business experience working with vendors, partners, customers and sales development.

  • Managed $MM sales deals and $500M customer revenue operations.

  • Industry experience includes: software, hardware, consulting, manufacturing and more.

• Education

  • BSE in Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science (Duke University)

  • MBA in Business Management (Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management)

  • MSE in Operations & Engineering Management (Northwestern University School of Engineering)

• Ownership goals: Long-term own/operate mindset.  Target aggressive opportunities to drive substantive revenue and earnings growth through new products, partnership initiatives, marketing/sales/channel programs, operational improvements, & new geographic, vertical or horizontal markets.  Bring my years of experience in technology businesses to a more traditional business.

• Extensive experience and knowledge of technology, science, mechanical design (drafting/CAD), materials, software, internet and more. 

• LinkedIn Profile

Random/Interesting facts:

• Raised in rural Kansas. 

• Lived in Kansas, North Carolina, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Kuwait, Washington DC, Florida, Missouri, Illinois, and Netherlands, New York, California.

• Summited Mt. Rainier, Mt. Shasta and Mt. Hood.

• Spent 14 days in Wrangell St. Elias dropped off by bush plane.

• Have a patent pending on a High Temperature Sear Grill.