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Tom Kosnik

Consulting Professor at Stanford Technology Ventures Program.

Headline: Educator
Website: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/MSandE/people/teaching/kosni...
Location: Stanford University and NUS are main bases
Groups: BASES, BASES E-Challenge 2012, Intel Challenge Regional Final 2010, [INACTIVE] BASES E-Challenge 2010
Interested in: Helping members of my groups, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities
Tags: china, circles of influence, clean tech, crossing the chasm, entrepreneurs and altruists network, gear up! your best idea ever, glean, global entrepreneurial marketing, global leaders, mobile computing and communication, new venture creation, palau, silicon valley, singapore, stockholm, vietnam

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Stanford Technology Ventures Program
Position: Fenwick and West Consulting Professor
Time period: December 2004 - Present
Description: Teaching:
Global Entrepreneurial Marketing; Technology Entrepreneurship; and New Venture Creation.
Research: 1) Crossing the Chasm X.0; 2) Dynamic Positioning and Brand Building; 3) Circles of Influence; 4) Clean and Green: Entrepreneurial Ventures that are Saving the Planet; 5) Negotiating the “Social Chasms” of Generation, Gender and Culture; 6) Managing Portfolios of Global Products, Projects, Partnerships; 7) Designing Systems that Summon the Spirit.

Employer: National University of Singapore
Position: International Advisor, NUS Entrepreneurship Centre (2007-Present), Adjunct Professor, National University of Singapore (2001-2005)
Time period: December 2000 - Present
Description: Teach students in the NUS Silicon Valley College program. Industry Focus: ICT; wireless; digital entertainment; clean water & energy.

Employer: Industry Experience
Position: Player/coach
Time period: December 1980 - Present
Description: Help business and government leaders to: 1) create real-time learning programs for
players across their value chains; 2) diagnose attractiveness of evolving country/markets; 3) dynamically position products, services, locations, and brands; 4) accelerate velocity of trade across a global network; 5) execute global sales and marketing campaigns; 6) Negotiate and sell across the social chasms of generation, gender and culture; 7) manage portfolios of products, projects, and partnerships; 8) attract, retain, and motivate talent; 9) Restore trust when strategic relationships have been damaged; and 10) Raise money and other resources from the circles of influence in target geographic regions.

Employer: Harvard Business School
Position: Visiting Associate Professor
Time period: December 1993 - November 1997
Description: Taught MBAs Marketing; Business Marketing; Entrepreneurial Marketing.

Employer: Stanford Technology Ventures Program
Position: Fenwick and West Consulting Professor
Time period: December 1989 - November 2008
Description: Teaching:
Global Entrepreneurial Marketing; Technology Entrepreneurship; and New Venture Creation.
Research: 1) Crossing the Chasm X.0; 2) Dynamic Positioning and Brand Building; 3) Circles of Influence; 4) Clean and Green: Entrepreneurial Ventures that are Saving the Planet; 5) Negotiating the “Social Chasms” of Generation, Gender and Culture; 6) Managing Portfolios of Global Products, Projects, Partnerships; 7) Designing Systems that Summon the Spirit.

Employer: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Position: Lecturer
Time period: December 1989 - November 1993
Description: Taught MBAs and Stanford Sloan Program Marketing Management and Japanese Marketing.

Employer: Harvard Business School
Position: Assistant Professor
Time period: December 1984 - November 1989
Description: Taught MBAs Marketing, and an elective on global marketing in Harvard's Program for Management Development (PMD).

Employer: American Management Systems
Position: Project/Account Manager
Time period: December 1977 - November 1980
Description: Designed IT systems. Sold systems integration services. Managed projects and client relationships. Helped clients develop systems strategy, design software, evaluate and purchase hardware and software, manage relationships with technology vendors, and implement enterprise systems.

Employer: IMEDE Management Development Institute, Lausanne, Switzerland
Position: Research Associate
Time period: December 1976 - November 1978
Description: Conducted field research. Wrote international business cases and articles.

Employer: U.S. Marine Corps
Position: Infantry Officer
Time period: December 1971 - November 1975
Description: Platoon Honor Graduate, The Basic School. Led a 90- Marine mortar platoon in Asia. Taught leadership, military subjects, and led several platoons at Marine Officer Candidates’ School. Prior to the USMC, was anti-war demonstrator.

Tom is Following (3)

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  • Pomega, LLC

    Pomega is an innovative skin care company that specializes in the development of clean and green skin care products formulated with the ultra-potent antioxidant, pomegranate seed oil.

  • Bunchball

    Bunchball's Nitro platform drives user behavior and increases engagement on websites. Built on mechanics from games and principles from game design, Nitro is the only platform of its kind on the market today.

  • Energy Crossroads (Management Team)

    The global movement for a clean, prosperous, and secure energy future

Tom 's Contacts (45)

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  • Bjorn Lee

    Singaporean, 27, alum from National University of Singapore (NUS) and Stanford. Spent past 5 years working in Silicon Valley, Vietnam, China in advertising, venture capital and virtual worlds.

  • Pratik Dalal

    Graduate Student in Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University.

  • Ashwin Purohit

    Pursuing BS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, Software Engineering Intern at Cisco WebEx (2008), Co-founder at Lexeem.com (2009), Operations Management Engineering Intern at Yahoo! (2009).

  • Sruthy Parvathy Kumar

    Singaporean, 3rd Year - Industrial & Systems' Engineering student at NUS, prolific reader, occasional writer, aspiring entrepreneur , treehugger