ºÝºÝߣshows by User: jamessivis / http://www.slideshare.net/images/logo.gif ºÝºÝߣshows by User: jamessivis / ºÝºÝߣShare feed for ºÝºÝߣshows by User: jamessivis https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/profile-photo-jamessivis-48x48.jpg?cb=1599337625 I started off my career working in the tech sector for Bellcore in 1995 - tremendous opportunity to work with office-loads of PhDs, each with decades of experience in their areas of specialty. I learned a great deal… and did my small part by getting the company into major new geographic and vertical markets ($100K to $10MM deals). From there I moved on to Alcatel, working out of Paris (yes France, not Texas) on Biz Dev, including international JVs and sitting on $7B group-level Marketing and M&A boards. By then, I’d honed my skills, becoming one of those who could bring seriously large opportunities to the table. One example is at Alcatel, where I was able to get the CEO ...