Stefen Gold

Extensive background in software development and high tech manufacturing with senior positions in general management, sales, marketing, and procurement for successful start-ups as well as notable publicly traded companies. Led three organizations through merger and acquisition activity resulting in 2 IPO's, a successful sale, and one turnaround. Twenty-year winning track record of leading successful enterprises and building businesses across industries (technology, software and services) and geographies (domestic and international) for both high growth private and multi-billion dollar publicly traded corporations. B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and graduated with distinction from Carnegie Mellon University with an MBA. Voted Pennsylvania Small Business Association and Carnegie Mellon “Entrepreneur of the Year”. Featured speaker events include CNN, various conferences including Institute for International Research, BusinessWeek, Dataquest, Gartner Research, Electronics Industry Association, Internet Commerce Expo, Electronic Industry Data Exchange Forum, Electronics Distribution Show, WESCON, National Association of Purchasing Managers and various Universities. Specialties: Turnarounds, Start-Ups, Sales Ramp, New Product Launches, Mergers & Acqusitions, Venture Funding, IPO