Tim Hillison
Industrial Psychology and Spanish graduate from UC Santa Barbara, with MBA from IESE University of Navarra. Founder/Principal at Entrypoint1.
| Headline: | Service Provider |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Industries: | Cleantech, Entertainment, Gaming, Internet, Media |
| Skills: | Business, English, Languages, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Negotiation, Sales, Spanish |
| Groups: | IESE Center for Entrepreneurship (CEFIE ) |
| Visas: | US and EU |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Creating a group, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Providing services to startups, Raising money, Starting a company |
| Schools: | Universidad de Navarra, University of California System - Santa Barbara |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Entrypoint1 — San Francisco, CA, & Barcelona, Spain |
| Position: | Founder/Principal |
| Time period: | August 2001 - Present |
| Description: | Consultancy focused on building tangible bottom line results through marketing/sales integration and process innovation targeting start-ups and multinationals expanding product and service operations. Engagements focus on helping European companies enter the US and helping US companies enter Europe, Asia and South America.
Industries include: Consumer electronics, Internet/new media, Financial Services and Renewable Energies. ! 3Scale (www.3scale.com) – Corporate advisor for start-up building marketplace for web mash-ups. ! Local Billing (www.localbilling.com) – Spearheaded corporate infrastructure and capabilities build-out for epayments provider centering on Product Management, Localization and Marketing Delivery functions, growing team from 6 to 30. Led team to acquire and service new clients in Software as a Service industry. Instrumental in taking company through PCI-DSS certification. ! Ken Blanchard (www.kenblanchard.com) – Led pitch development and execution for three year agreement with industrial company in Venezuela resulting in winning largest project in Latin America region valued at $1.5 million annually. ! Emerging Energy Research (www.emerging-energy.com) – Led project management and market research efforts for Renewable Energy leaders focused on market entry and portfolio investment strategies. Projects include: - Siemens Wind Power – Spearheaded market analysis and recommendations for 5-year business plan to expand offshore wind energy capabilities and services. - Allianz Renewable Energies -- Architect of multi-market strategic investment roadmap totaling 500M/euros annually in solar photovoltaics and concentrated solar power. - Mitsubishi Power Systems – Lead customer insight market research effort for small and mediumsized onshore wind developers in the US. ! Okapi Creative (www.okapicreative.com) – Market maker for relationship management and proposal development for Barcelona-based creative agency resulting in 200% increase in billings. ! Odeco Group (www.odecogroup.com) – Defined and developed digital asset strategy across five business units (retail, trade, outdoor, sports and traffic) for LED media platform. ! Fractus, SA (www.fractus.com) – Served as Business Line & Corporate Marketing Directors growing wireless business line to 13 employees and 142 field sales engineers, fueling revenues 100%+ year-over-year. - Directed 16 product launches and 9 patent launches. Grew channel distribution footprint from Spain to 73 countries and shipped volume to 6 million units - Pioneered establishment of global B2B marketing and PR strategy increasing client lead generation by 600% in the US, UK, China, Taiwan and Japan. |
| Employer: | Viant Corporation — SF, CA |
| Position: | Lead Marketing Strategist |
| Time period: | May 2000 - May 2001 |
| Description: | eCommerce consulting firm pioneering multidisciplinary client delivery approach. Elected to San Francisco Executive Leadership Team.
! Led teams of 5 to 45 consultants on online/offline branding, behavioral segmentation, user experience, marketing automation services and performance analytics for B2B and B2C Fortune 1000 clients. ! Orchestrated marketing best practices program throughout Viant’s global network streamlining corporate budget and approval process. Slashed 26% in budget waste while increasing 33% in marketing effectiveness. |
| Employer: | Wells Fargo & Co. — SF, CA |
| Position: | Sr. Program Manager, Small Business Marketing |
| Time period: | May 1999 - May 2000 |
| Description: | ! Pioneered CRM and web strategy development projects focusing on business growth lifecycle for small businesses resulting in 39% increase of loan originations; driving product cross-selling ratio up by 200%.
! Spearheaded national marketing research program that led to customer-driven marketing strategy and fundamentally changed interactions with customers across all customer touch-points. P&L $2.5 million. |
| Employer: | Visa International — SF, CA |
| Position: | Global Brand Marketing Manager |
| Time period: | October 1997 - May 1999 |
| Description: | ! Instrumental in managing global marketing agencies and campaign launches for interactive and traditional media. Led matrixed team of 23 in global product launch of Visa’s largest consumer web service in history (www.visainfinite.com).
! Negotiated global strategic alliances for Visa Business program increasing transaction volume by 32%. ! Slashed department administrative costs by $3 million and increased project management efficiency by 43%. |
| Employer: | Accenture — Madrid, Spain |
| Position: | Strategy Consultant |
| Time period: | May 1996 - July 1997 |
| Description: | ! Recommended sales and marketing improvements in pan-European telecommunications business process reengineering effort that generated organizational savings of $1.6 million annually. Conducted all work in Spanish, French, Italian and English. |
| Employer: | CIC — Redwood Shores, CA |
| Position: | Product Marketing Manager |
| Time period: | March 1991 - June 1994 |
| Description: | Captured superior levels of client satisfaction in partner management during product launch in 7 markets.
Promoted 4 times in 3 years. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Universidad de Navarra |
| Time period: | 1993 - 1996 |
| Degree: | Bilingual MBA |
| University: | University of California System - Santa Barbara |
| Time period: | 1985 - 1991 |
| Degree: | Industrial Psychology and Spanish, BA |
Tim's Contacts (4)
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José Luis Agell
Mechanical engineering and Business. Passionate and enthusiastic.
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Marcos Carmena León
startupsBUSINESSambassador , creativityFANATIC, focusonROI, IDEASsupporter, seedINVESTOR, PROBONOadvisor
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Martin Tantow
Co-founder and business lead of 3scale. Before Oliver Wyman, T-Mobile, Viant. MBA from Munich School of Management (LMU), Germany
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Geoff Krieg
BA in Economics from University of Colorado, Owner at PayMundi since 2009, Vice President of Payments at Local Billing Solutions from 08-09, Group Manager at Merchant Link from 06-08.