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. |
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Bunchball
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Energy Crossroads (Management Team)
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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.
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Pratik Dalal
Graduate Student in Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University.
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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).
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Sruthy Parvathy Kumar
Singaporean, 3rd Year - Industrial & Systems' Engineering student at NUS, prolific reader, occasional writer, aspiring entrepreneur , treehugger