Kai Eggert
MBA in Marketing and Finance from the Munster Business School, Germany. 5 years of professional international experience in start-ups, medium and large companies. Currently working as Sr Product Specialist at FactSet Research Systems Inc.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Industries: | Biotech, Cleantech, Computing, Entertainment, Financial, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle, Media, Nanotech, Sports, Travel |
| Skills: | Business, English, French, German, Management, Marketing, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Visas: | USA, Europe |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Growing my group, Helping members of my groups, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Sharing my projects, Starting a company |
| Tags: | iphone, mobile, silicon valley, wireless |
| Schools: | Stanford University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | FactSet Research Systems Inc. |
| Position: | Senior Product Specialist North America (West Coast) |
| Time period: | September 2004 - Present |
| Description: | Cross-functional position, interfacing with Product Development & Engineering and Sales & Consulting teams to define, create and support a highly visible Real-Time News & Quotes platform in an ultra-competitive financial services market.
Responsibilities: • MARKET ANALYSIS: Identify market and industry needs through direct client feedback and market research/technology assessment. • QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS: Sizing of markets/opportunities, assessment of product performance, delivery of operational metrics and Win/Loss Analysis to Management & Support teams. • PRODUCT STRATEGY: Product launch strategy and execution as well as product positioning and messaging. Deal pricing strategy in collaboration with Executive Management & Sales team. • PRODUCT PLANNING: Convert market requirements into meaningful, actionable PRD’s/MRD’s and assist Product Development in building roadmaps and defining top priorities. • SALES READINESS: Train sales channel on product enhancements and competitive information. White paper technology write-ups and marketing one-pager creations to assist in deal closures. • CONSULTING SUPPORT: Assist with presentations and demos (on-site/web). Answer support questions, solve/react to critical issues and bugs. Conduct “Specialist” calls. • BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: Interact with and present to C-level executives to identify current and future key market needs. Assist in the overall sales process through relationship building with product expertise. • PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Lead large-scale (100+) client rollouts with internal and external technical infrastructure teams, internal training & support teams and client/trial audience. |
| Employer: | FlyingScreen – Palo Alto CA & Munich |
| Position: | Business Development North America |
| Time period: | January 2004 - September 2004 |
| Description: | FlyingScreen (www.flyingscreen.com) was a potential portfolio company while being at the State Trade Office (see prior position). I decided to present them in North America, since they have a very unique event marketing product to sell.
• PRODUCT MANAGEMENT: Developed a Business Plan including going-to-market, revenue model and marketing. • BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: Presented the concept to local Venture Capitalists to raise additional funds for product build and launch. • PRODUCT MARKETING: Cold calls to potential partner agencies and major event organizers. |
| Employer: | United States Office for Economic Development State of Bavaria – Palo Alto CA |
| Position: | Associate Business Development |
| Time period: | June 2003 - January 2004 |
| Description: | 8 months associate program in Silicon Valley to promote the State of Bavaria as a high-tech location for domestic companies.
• BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: Attended and organized many Silicon Valley events on technology and innovation. Assisted in generating foreign investment interest. • PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Organized trade show appearances. Led re-organization effort to streamline outbound marketing campaigns. Single-handedly managed IT-infrastructure change. |
| Employer: | Skipper Service GmbH – San Lucia, Caribbean |
| Position: | Sailor / Skipper |
| Time period: | August 2002 - April 2003 |
| Description: | I decided to do something different after finishing 20 years of education with a Diploma in Business/MBA (see below). I sailed first for pleasure, than as a skipper for this German charter agency.
• Raced trans-Atlantic from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean as a co-Skipper with a crew of 5 in 19 days. Ocean racing, being responsible for navigation, weather and sail-changes for a 46” yacht. • Cruising the Caribbean as a skipper being mainly responsible for managing expectations from charter guests and building a team out of individuals with very different cultural backgrounds and interests. |
| Employer: | PcSpecial - Germany |
| Position: | Owner |
| Time period: | January 1999 - December 2000 |
| Description: | I started my own computer company and built customized PCs for gamers and high-end users as well as small businesses. I later also started to build network infrastructure and web-pages once Internet came around. This exposed me to the internet, hard- and software industries from the very beginning. I started in DOS 1.0 and never stopped searching for the next exciting technology. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 2003 - 2004 |
| Degree: | Certificate, Financial Modeling & Asset Allocation |
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Renewenex
We plan to create an online public exchange (www.renewenex.com) for Solar Renewable Energy Credit (SREC), which will offer the cheapest and easiest method for trading RECs.
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hightech
We are currently seeking 1 programmer from germany. You sould love coding and be familiar with xml, xhtml/html standarts, java/c++, ajax, javascript, shellscripting
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Livingry.us LLC
Disruptive, emergency, climate change technology that removes CO2 from the earth's atmosphere. Solar driven technology utilizes specially design photonic crystals producing unique frequencies suitable for dissociating CO2 molecules in an air stream.