Currently considering VP, GM or Sr. Director level positions with staff only. Location: San Jose, CA or inviting relocation.
Hammer is a multifunctional operations and services executive with a unique combination of global experience and broad background in operations, services, alliances, business development, product marketing, sales, systems and processes in diverse vertical markets. Active in both application software and semiconductor markets, he delivered significant business results in challenging
start-up and high growth enterprise environments over the past 18 years. He
built services organizations from inception to self propelled, global teams.
At Network Appliance he is currently in a senior management position as Director Field Operations Process, responsible for leading cross-functional organization processes that include planning, development and implementation for the Offering to Order business process cycle.
At semiconductor test equipment maker KLA Tencor Hammer held a position of Director Sales Operations & Business Processes for a $400 million services business.
He was responsible for the development and implementation of the division's business processes, sales methodology, sales training, reporting strategy, forecasting, opportunity management, Sarbenes-Oxley compliance as well as procedures and systems on a global
basis. As an entrepreneur he founded his own company AlpenStyle in 2003 and built it into a profitable internet retailer servicing the US consumer market. Prior to KLA Tencor, Hammer led a startup software company as VP of Marketing and Business
Development. He built alliances, generated 75% of revenues and re-launched the company in emerging
technology markets with ecommerce solutions. At
CRM vendor Clarify as Director of Professional Services, Hammer built a professional services practice from launch
to $44 million in direct and indirect revenues, actively engaged alliances, pioneered product marketing
as a revenue-producing service, drove development of several software products
and created first-ever industry methodologies. Earlier, he held key positions
within German electronics giant Siemens. Among his achievements are global
purchasing strategies that saved more than $10 million annually. Hammer holds
a BS in business and computer sciences from Berufsakademie Mannheim, a
prestigious private university in Germany.
Email: AlexAHammer@hotmail.com   |    Phone: 408-504-3962   |   
Resume   |    Location: San Jose, CA
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A step by step guide to keyword Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
How to keyword optimize ecommerce web sites
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