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Don Carson, age 37, is a seasoned executive bringing operational expertise and vision specific to the software services infrastructure arena. He has extensive experience and achievements in executive leadership with a broad base of expertise and successes in strategic, corporate and business development, sales, services, and marketing for Fortune 500 companies and start-up organizations.
Don served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of K|16 Solutions. Don's vision and direction improved the company image, increased sales, and led to two rounds of venture funding. Don implemented the product & market strategy and engaged partnership alliances.
Don has worked as a Venture Consultant with a leading venture capital firm, Pacesetter Capital Group, conducting due-diligence on start-up companies investment opportunities. Don's domain expertise in wireless transactional management, enterprise systems management, and professional services market was instrumental in this process.
Don co-founded and served as the Vice President of Corporate Development for Blom Wireless, Inc. As co-founder of Blom Wireless Inc., Don developed the business plan, validated the wireless market opportunity, and sought venture funding.
Prior to Blom Wireless, Inc., Don served as Director of Business Development for 724 Solutions, formerly Tantau Software, where he implemented, developed, and marketed a worldwide professional services program designed to build the Tantau wireless presence in the financial services industry. He successfully increased the company's revenues by 30% through the creation of a profitable enterprise partnership program. Don designed and marketed enterprise solution sets worldwide to the Big Five consulting firms, Sun Microsystems, Razorfish, and Techspan. His efforts were instrumental to the success of a $400M acquisition by 724 Solutions.
Prior to 724 Tantau Software, Don held executive positions with industry leaders like Tivoli Systems/IBM, Compuware, and 3Com. In addition, Mr. Carson has extensive experience in educating and training sales organizations to close major account sales in Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa, and South America. | 