VP Services, VP Operations Executive Resume

COO, VP, GM, Director, Services, Operations, Sales Operations & Strategic Alliances Resume for Alex Hammer (Silicon Valley, Bay Area, San Jose, CA). Operations, Professional Services, Services and Support.

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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