Consulting Capabilities Overview
Contact: James Moeller, jim.moeller-at-removetext-moellerventures.com
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Business Strategy and New Venture Initiatives
· Business Strategy Conceptualization and Planning: Thorough and realistic formulation and documentation of business and new venture strategies complete with detailed road map, practical financial projections and a value-creation oriented approach.
· Product and New Venture Positioning: Specific analysis of a product or new venture initiative in its addressable market framed in the context of its direct and indirect competition.
· Strategic Partnering: Identification and examination of the competitive and complimentary businesses and technologies across an industry or sub-sector with a focus on the synergistic dynamics to maximize value creation for all parties.
· New Venture Financing Strategy: Formulation of realistic strategies in crafting the communication and approaching investors to maximize the probability of attracting funding.
· Market Penetration Strategy: Devise detailed product launch and market penetration strategies including the identification and implementation of strategic partner relationships and direct sales channels.
· Utilizing
Ø Unique experience breadth encompassing technology, business and finance spanning 17 years in industry and investment banking with established technology companies such as IBM and ADC Telecommunications, startup ventures Uniplex Corporation and consulting initiatives, and investment banking experience with RBC Capital Markets (formerly Dain Rauscher Wessels and Wessels, Arnold & Henderson).
Ø Detailed analysis and consulting work with a wide variety of technology companies over 8+ years in investment banking and consulting.
Ø Recent engagements including customized market and technology assessment projects, strategic financing and corporate spin-out advisory work, private company investor relations and public company/sector performance profile reports, utilizing relationships across industry and private equity firms such as Platinum Equity, Sun Capital Partners, Crescendo Ventures, Kodiak Venture Partners, and Avalon Ventures.
Ø Private equity investment experience with numerous private companies and personal investments in private companies such as NextNet Wireless (purchased by Craig McCaw’s Clearwire Corporation) and Airprime Incorporated (purchased by Sierra Wireless – NASDAQ: SWIR) and others.
Ø Extensive relationships across technology suppliers, OEMs/system integrators and end customers, as well as venture capitalists and institutional investors, materializing in a rolodex including 1000+ private company contacts, 500+ public company contact, 600+ venture capital contacts, and 300+ institutional investor contacts.
Ø MBA (University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN) with a focus on new venture management.