I'm President of Stephdokin.com, a "Strategic B2B Technology Commercialization" executive consulting firm based in Calgary, AB offering CMO4HIRE services to technology companies.
I've got a great deal of passion to help make my clients and our local tech scene hyper-successful on a global basis. I am a co-founder of the A100, on the Board of Advisors for Startup Calgary, blog for Techvibes.com & MRWeb.com, and also advise and consult with numerous technology firms and municipal / provincial / national government initiatives and associations.
A serial intra/entrepreneur, I've enjoyed a great career in the global technology industry, from back in the days of Atari 800 6502 assembler programming to being a Marketing Director for Intuit U.S. to the latest cloud and mobile offerings. Here's the highlights:
• Excelled at a variety of CEO, C-Suite and VP critical roles in both large international technology firms and software startups in Consumer, SMB, and Enterprise markets.
• Led all aspects of marketing, corporate and internal communications, including branding, product messaging, public relations, gov’t relations, partner management, influencer programs, and developer networks.
• Led market research, customer needs, competitive analysis and strategic positioning initiatives; presented to investors, public, internal teams and executive leadership.
• Led product management and development teams
• Participated in creating and launching 20+ software products and services.
For my clients, I have provided business plans and pro-forma statements, go-to-market strategies, branding, product launches, newsletter & mailing list mgmt, investor and thought-leadership .PPTs, customer research, competitive analysis, trade show booths, websites, sales pipeline mgmt, in-product & viral, message maps, media releases, online communities, ads & brochures, CRM setup + sales automation, pricing models, SEO optimization, mobile + QR codes, process excellence leadership.
