Olivier Taupin | Founder & Chairman, Linked:Group | Enumclaw

Olivier Taupin

Founder & Chairman, Linked:Group

Enumclaw - Etats-Unis

I am an International business development executive with 20+ years of executive experience in the high-tech area and a successful entrepreneur with involvement in multiple startups in the USA.

I have a passion for social networking with a recognized expertise on LinkedIn: I have been named "the most connected on LinkedIn" by SuperGroup Founder ...

Since 2007: Founder & Chairman

With hundreds of thousands of LinkedIn Group Members managed, Linked:Group has become the #1 consulting firm when it comes to building and managing LinkedIn Groups.

Linked:Group has developed an unequaled expertise in quickly developing large Groups ...

2008 - 2009 : VP, Global Business Development

Currently leading the worldwide sales of Themis Vision, the spin-off of a NASA lab, based in Stennis Space center. We develop and manufacture award-winning hyperspectral cameras (inducted in NASA Technology Hall of Fame).

Our customers include the ...

2002 - 2008 : EVP, Business Development

Area of Expertise:
- Strategic Planning
- Market Research & Analysis
- Strategic Account & Business Development
- Sales & Marketing Management
- Organizational Development & Training
- Top-tier technology companies
- Start-ups & real world ...

2000 - 2001 : Director, OEM Sales

- Established an OEM sales strategy for embedded security software that led to several major OEM agreements including Conexant, Compaq, NEC, and SMC Networks.
- Established and implemented the marketing program which allows OEM customers to purchase ...

1999 - 2000 : VP Sales & Marketing

***Acquired by WatchGuard***

- Instrumental in the $10M acquisition of 11-month-old BeadleNet by WatchGuard
- Established the marketing and channel sales strategy for BeadleNet, a start-up that launched the first fully-upgradeable consumer and SOHO ...

1994 - 1999 : Vice President, Global Sales

- Responsible for Global Sales division, including planning & budgeting, product management, marketing campaigns, sales operations, and human resources.
- Managed 3 directors of sales and a team of field engineers and sales assistants
- US sales increased ...

1992 - 1993 : Sales Coordination Manager

Coordinate sales between multiple divisions.

1990 - 1992 : OEM Sales Manager


1988 - 1990 : OEM Sales Executive

- Seagate acquired Imprimis, division, then Spin-off of Control data.
- In Charge of major OEMs in Southern Europe, Including Bull, Investronica, D2 Electronics (now LaCie)

1985 - 1988 : Product Manager

- Product Management: Development and launch of a new industrial imager
- OEM Sales: Matra, Honeywell, Tektronix

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