Technology and Web-Based Services

Peter Rubenacker

Current City: Chapel Hill, NC

Peter has almost 30 years professional experience in business operations, finance and accounting, contract negations, procurement, globalization, process design and analysis, and IT.  He joined Qualcomm in 1991 and held a variety of leadership positions in various functional aspects of the company while it grew from a small privately held, defense contracting firm to the 20,000 employee global presence it is today.  His experiences include strategic business planning, financial modeling, pricing strategy, cost accounting, budgeting,  procurement, logistics, supply chain operations, customer care operations, software asset management, intellectual property portfolio management, litigation discovery, contract negotiations and management.

 

Peter joined Qualcomm’s IT leadership team in 2000.  As Vice President of IT, he was responsible for cultivating a staff of 400 global professionals responsible for business and customer facing application needs of emerging profit centers and corporate functions.  Peter has actively managed teams responsible for web design and development, analytics, Saas/PaaS based solutions, middleware integrations, payment gateways, recurring and subscription billing and tax solutions, sales force automation tools, customer relationship management tools, and ERP solutions.

 

Peter is a well respected talent cultivator, peer mentor, and team builder.  He enjoys building disparate skill sets into strong, capable, focused teams.  A leader of both technical and functional talent, Peter easily builds rapport across talent pools through mutual respect and collaboration.

 

Peter is heavily engaged in board advisory and charitable advisory causes.  Peter is a board member of the Triangle Technology Executives Council (www.ncttec.net), a non-profit organization dedicated to collaboration among executive leaders of technology companies in the Research Triangle. He is a Mentor for CED’s Venture Mentoring Service.  He lectures at NC State University and Wake Tech Community College. Peter is passionate in the education and health care of children; he has spent the last decade in philanthropic support of Rady Children’s Hospital, donated time and resources to both public and NGO-private school systems nationally and internationally.  He is a frequent guest lecturer and career advisor to those who may need it most.

 

Peter holds a B.S. in Accounting from the State University of New York at Albany and an MBA from San Diego State University.

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Michael Siegel

Current City: Savannah, GA

Michael Siegel comes to SCORE with over 35 years’ experience in healthcare and healthcare IT.  Michael grew up on Long Island, NY and after earning a BS in Biology from Moravian College and an MA in Developmental Biology from Temple University, Michael started his healthcare career at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. Michael’s early work with the National Cancer Institute at NIH led to his selection as Executive Director of the new Comprehensive Cancer Center for the State of Florida under the auspices of the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center. Following the successful launch of the statewide Cancer Center, Michael joined IBM as a Medical Industry Account Executive, selling and implementing computer systems in healthcare organizations throughout South Florida. Michael then became minority owner of a Medical Personnel Pool homecare franchise (now Interim Services) where, combining his sales, systems and operations knowledge, he tripled the company’s sales and achieved profitability in only thirteen months. Michael then joined Interim’s Corporate Management Team to establish the company’s first professional IT Department where he served as CIO for the next 8 years. During Michael’s tenure at Interim, the company expanded rapidly and increased annual revenues from $250 million to $650 million. Over the next twenty years, Michael served as CIO for several other large, successful homecare organizations, including Maxim Healthcare Services, Addus Healthcare Services, and Memorial Health’s home health division, CareOne.  After a thirteen year absence to pursue his work at Maxim Healthcare Services in Maryland, Michael and his wife, Gail, returned to Savannah in 2010. Happy to be “back home” in Savannah, Michael now works part time as a successful homecare IT consultant, is honing his skills as a nature photographer, enjoys using his marine biology background as a volunteer at the UGA Marine Extension Service on Skidaway Island, and is looking forward to working with the SCORE team helping aspiring Savannah-area entrepreneurs to achieve their dreams.

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B.S., Moravian College; M.A., Temple University

Andrew Thomas Gaiennie

Current City: Shreveport, LA

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Jack K.N. Tsai

Current City: Walnut, CA

1988-1992: Top window blinds mfg, serve Kmart, Home Base, Standard Brand, Levelor, 3 Days blind, and Lewis Hyman,...etc,  manage over 200+ employees warehouse operation management. (4 yrs)
1992-1996: Computer hardware wholesale company, as Sales/Sales manager, Product Manager, Business Operation, and Business Strategy. (5 yrs)
1996-2005: Founder of P8I in 1996, as import/export, wholesale/distribution, computer parts.
2009-present: Private/Public market investor.
 

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UC Berkeley HAAS School of Business (eMBA) 1997. Marketing.

 

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About the Author

 

This column is brought to you by the Merrimack Valley Chapter of SCORE, with nearly 
70 current and former business executives available to provide free, confidential, one-on-one 
business mentoring and training workshops for area businesses. Call 603-666-7561 or visit 
merrimackvalley.score.org for information on mentoring, upcoming workshops and volunteer 

Antoine Loup

Current City: Endicott, NY

 

International, Government, & Regional Business Development
Insulating Coatings Corporation
March 2001 – Present; Binghamton, New York
Develop business relationships with contractors, distributors, facility managers and owners in select regions in the US and around the world, working with all levels of government and businesses.
 
Independent Manufacturer Sales Representative - Middle East Region
Firefree Coatings Inc.
June 2010 – November 2011; Kuwait City, Kuwait / Endicott, NY
Facilitating sales and contractor development throughout the Middle East in order to promote proven fire mitigation systems and products.
Managing Director, Owner
 
International Coatings & Construction Cooperative
March 2010 – November 2011; Endicott, New York
Handle day-to-day operations and oversight of the company programs.
 
Marketing Director
Burgan One General Trade and Contracting
March 2010 – October 2011; Kuwait City, Kuwait
Develop marketing programs and advertising for promotion of construction products.

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State University of New York Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome
MBA, Marketing (not complete)
2009 – 2011 
 
Binghamton University - School of Management
Bachelors of Science, Business Administration / Management of Information Systems
2006 – 2008; 
Graduated Summa Cum Laude
 
Broome Community College
Associate in Science, International Business; 
2004 – 2006
Activities and Societies: Member of Phi Theta Kappa & Alpha Beta Gamma
 
Continuing Education:
 
GSA Federal Acquisition Service / FAI : GSA MAS Contractor Team Arrangements, March 2013
 
FEMA / EMI : US Dept. Homeland Security - IS-923 Performance Management, Feb. 2013
 
FEMA / EMI : US Dept. Homeland Security - IS-100.b Incident Command System, An Introduction (ICS 100), Feb. 2013
 
FEMA / EMI : US Dept. Homeland Security - IS-42 Social Media in Emergency Management, Feb. 2013
 
FEMA / EMI : US Dept. Homeland Security - IS-454 Fundamentals of Risk Management, Feb. 2013
 
USIP - Negotiation and Conflict Management, Certificate Course, Aug. 2012
 
USIP - Interfaith Conflict Resolution, Certificate Course, April 2011
 
USIP - Conflict Analysis, Certificate Course, March 2011
 
Direct Marketing Association - Successful Direct Marketing, Aug. 2010
 
U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) - Pathway to Success, Feb. 2010
 
Texas Tech University - Creating and Increasing International Sales and Profits, July 2008 - Jan. 2009 
 
Empire State Development / Alliance for Manufacturing & Technology – Export NY, 2007 - 2008
 
Direct Marketing Association - Strategies to Successfully Expand Abroad, 2007

 

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About the Author

This column is brought to you by the Merrimack Valley Chapter of SCORE, with nearly 70 current and former business executives available to provide free, confidential, one-on-one business mentoring and training workshops for area businesses. Call 603-666-7561 or visit merrimackvalley.score.org for information on mentoring, upcoming workshops and volunteer opportunities. SCORE is a national, non-profit organization and a resource partner of the U. S. Small Business Administration.

Regina Carroll

Current City: Versailles , KY

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BS Communication : University of Kentucky

Russell Gieselman

Current City: Hamden, CT

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