As a high impact player and founding or early member of three start-ups, the best known being Compaq Computer, I am technically competent, astute in business and an enthusiastic and passionate entrepreneur. Throughout a 20+ year career as a hands-on senior executive and servant leader; I have championed new business development efforts, played a key role in decision-making and implementing new strategies and processes that contributed to performance optimization, improved efficiency and profitability. I am very pragmatic about results and the creation of value for all share-holders. I have an extensive background in R&D, creating solutions and taking a concept to mass production. Skilled at consensus building & teaming, developing internal talent and bringing out the best in people. Consistently deliver "Best-in-Class" technology, products, and business solutions.
I have:
* worked in rapid growth start-ups as well as Fortune 500 Companies
* created and lead Engineering Hardware design and development teams; as well as pure R&D
* created and lead software and firmware design and development teams
* understanding of Agile development and wiki Web 2.0 movement
* lead M&A teams in due-diligence and integration
* raised funding from VC firms and corporate investors
* architected a customer facing telecommunications services operations center
* defined, designed and installed infrastructure with 99.995 demonstrated up-time
* successfully taken products and technologies from inception to mass production
* setup manufacturing operations in the USA and Asia
* worked closely with technology partners and vendors to develop enabling technologies for the next and future generations of products
* received numerous Industry Awards and accolades in several technical areas
* been consistently recognized as a key employee
I am confident my skills, experience and personality characteristics will enable me to be a valued contributor.
Guy L. Fielder