VP of Sales & Business Development - GM Cortical.io US at Cortical.io USA
San Francisco Bay Area
SQLstream
Vice President of Sales & Business Development
January 2014 to November 2014
IQ Engines (acquired by Yahoo! on 8/23/13)
Vice President of Sales (Business Development)
November 2012 to August 2013
Berkeley Communications
Vice President of Sales
June 2008 to April 2012
Ligos Corporation
Vice President of Sales
February 2000 to June 2008
Logitech
Senior OEM Product Marketing Manager
April 1996 to February 2000
SynOptics / FaxQuest
Operations Manager / President / Vice President
December 1988 to September 1995
What company does Hans-Peter Riecken work for?
Hans-Peter Riecken works for SQLstream
What is Hans-Peter Riecken's role at SQLstream?
Hans-Peter Riecken is Vice President of Sales & Business Development
What industry does Hans-Peter Riecken work in?
Hans-Peter Riecken works in the Computer Software industry.
π Summary
β Successful in helping companies define strategic direction and products β Skilled in recognizing and developing new markets β Expert at finding and building strategic relationships β Ability to motivate people to look at and see value in new or unproven concepts β Thrive in environments where there is not yet a product, data sheet, roadmap, or a defined market β History of successfully shifting company focus to increase revenue β Experienced negotiator and proven deal closer β Outstanding technical background from UC Berkeley EECS degree and initial career as an engineer Specialties: - Strategy - Recognition and development of new markets - Strategic relationships - Business Development leading to M&A - Sales & Product Marketing - Software - Licensing - Deep Learning, computer vision, digital video, stream processing, and IoTVice President of Sales & Business Development @ Venture-funded software company that offers real-time streaming Big Data analytics via SQL. From January 2014 to November 2014 (11 months) Vice President of Sales (Business Development) @ Neural network-based image recognition software for mobile with $3.8M in venture funding. Moved sales focus from mobile product recognition with a small and fragmented market to photo content search with enormous potential. Developed a business and pricing model for this new product. Focused on several strong verticals: smartphones, photo sites, file hosting, and social networking. Shifted to finding an acquirer for the company with photo content search as the cornerstone. Convinced three very large technology companies to commit significant resources to look at photo content search. Ultimately, this lead to two offers and a successful acquisition by Yahoo. From November 2012 to August 2013 (10 months) Vice President of Sales @ A leading provider of innovative data storage solutions. From June 2008 to April 2012 (3 years 11 months) Vice President of Sales @ Venture-funded software company that pioneered real-time video compression and processing for enterprise applications. Ligos software is installed in data centers worldwide. From February 2000 to June 2008 (8 years 5 months) Senior OEM Product Marketing Manager @ A global provider of personal computer accessories such as mice, keyboards, webcams, speakers, game controllers, as well as wireless audio devices for mobile phones. Responsible for driving OEM sales of webcams worldwide. From April 1996 to February 2000 (3 years 11 months) Operations Manager / President / Vice President @ Initially an industrial imaging company named SynOptics. In 1990 it became a Fax-On-Demand software company, and changed its name to FaxQuest. The company was acquired by Ibex Technologies in 1995. From December 1988 to September 1995 (6 years 10 months) Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science @ University of California, Berkeley Hans-Peter Riecken is skilled in: Sales Management, Business Development, Direct Sales, OEM Sales, Channel Sales, Market Development, Strategic Planning, Business Strategy, Product Marketing, Software, Product Development, Product Management, Strategy, Cloud Computing, Start-ups
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