Paul Klipp
Master of Strategy Implementation
makes CEOs visions come true, by assembling the right mix of talent, effectively communicating the vision, creating the passion, and efficiently keeping all resources on track to the end, on time and on budget.
15+ successful years experience as a seasoned and innovative business executive with a background in Management, Market/Competitive Intelligence, Project Management, Media/Public Relations, Communications, Contract Negotiations, Budget Development, Human Resources, IT Deployment, and Customer Relations.
Skills Summary
- Project Management
- Team Building
- Managing Diversity
- International Business
- IT Implementation
- Professional Presentations
- Desktop Publishing
- Graphic Design
- Public Relations
Employment History
2004-present President, Lunar Logic Polska, Krakow, Poland
- Founder of a successful offshore software development company with twenty employees.
- Effectively evolved agile development processes for both local and international development projects.
- Created a company with a recognized specialization in agile web application development with clients from Silicon Valley startups to the United Nations.
- Grew company to the third highest-grossing software outsourcing firm in Krakow (Computerworld Magazine 2007)
- Personally responsible for closing $1,000,000 in annual sales
- Founded the AgileKrakow and Krakow Ruby Users groups
2004 Senior Manager, Lunar Logic, Eugene, OR
- Created and staffed project management department at this 200-person software company
- Assisted with development and implementation of corporate growth strategy
2002-2004 Chief Operating Officer, Allante Promotions, Dallas, TX
- Created and implemented both strategic and tactical marketing plans
- Reorganized company along lines of business, creating three new entities for improved efficiency, clarity of purpose, and accountability
- Created and implemented e-commerce strategy and designed company websites
- Hired, trained, and motivated staff
2000-2002 Managing Director, War Room, Adcorp Holdings, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Created and managed a strategic project management team of five competitive intelligence professionals reporting to the chairman of the board of directors
- Project managed all of the company’s most important proposals, generating over R30,000,000 ($4.2 Mil) in revenue in one year with an operating budget of just R1,000,000.
- Consulted to constituent companies in areas ranging from customer relationship management and change management strategies to competitive intelligence and internet marketing strategy
- Designed, marketed and implemented a SQL-based intranet knowledge management system linking all thirty-six companies that comprise the Adcorp group
- Created profitable new products based upon potential synergies within the service offerings of several companies within the group such as corporate university packages utilizing multiple training and consulting companies or a rapid time-to-market PR campaign offering simultaneous primary and secondary market research feeding into advertising and PR design
- Provided actionable intelligence on all aspects of the competitive environment to the board of directors and CEO of a listed holding company with 2000 employees and owning the country’s largest and most successful public relations, training, staffing, and research companies
- Identified and negotiated three successful joint ventures
- Saved 28% off budget through careful cost control and supplier price negotiations
- Generated an conservative ROI of over 500% in the first year of operations
- Designed company website and assisted in creation of web strategies
- Advised IT purchase decisions for several companies
1998-2000 Director of European Operations, MUCIA Global, Czestochowa, Poland
- Established and managed the European sales and support office
- Lectured to classes of Economics and International Business at several universities
- Increased sales by over 200% while pacifying several previously discontented customers
- Delivered papers on the future of distance education and the internet to forums in Central Europe and South East Asia
Education
MBA University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1998
Dual B.S. in Anthropology and English Literature University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, 1994
Doctorate Coursework in management of technology and corporate strategy University of Warwick, Coventry, England, 2001
Proven ability to keep broadly diverse teams on track, on time, and on budget
