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Hans Bukow

Hans Bukow

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CEO, Founder, Consultant-Advisor, and Investor in innovative Venture Backed SaaS, Marketplaces, Platform/Software, & Future-of-Work Tech Companies
San Francisco, California, United States

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  • eTeki
    CEO/Investor-Advisor
    eTeki
    Jan 2021 - Current (4 years 5 months)
    Spun out and positioned eTeki for expansion investment to solidify its market position as a leader in the emerging innovative category of Expert Tech Interviewing-as-a-Service. Grew interviews delivered 507% to its peak performance in Q2'22. Completed MIT's Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy program with recognition in 2021
  • P
    Chief Executive Officer / VP SaaS and Cloud Strategy
    PROVADE
    Jan 2014 - Jan 2020 (6 years 1 month)
    An Oracle-centric innovative enterprise-class Vendor Management Systems (VMS) company servicing industry leading global accounts like Deustche Bank, Manpower, BMW, Mercedes, Motorola, AT&T, Capital One, AOL, Oracle. Under my leadership in 2015-2017 Provade posted its best financial performance since founding. I did a buyout of Provade in 2016, positioned the company for M&A in 2017 which resulted in a sale to SmartERP in 2018. At SmartERP I developed business strategy to grow with B2B platform partner alignment at Oracle, NetSuite, ServiceNow. Closed major agreement ($3M+) with Oracle for BCBS MI sale. Product became fully aligned with Oracle-Cloud roadmap to further drive platinum channel partner success.
  • A
    C-Level Business Growth Consultant/Investor
    Americas-Europe Consulting
    Jan 2009 - Current (16 years 5 months)
    - Advise over a dozen early and growth stage tech companies in Enterprise-SaaS, IoT, Talent/HR Management, eProcurement, Social Web Services, Ad-tech with matters related to improving their business, products and ventured backed growth opportunities. Helped over a dozen early and growth stage tech companies in Enterprise-SaaS, IoT, Talent/HR Management, eProcurement, Social Web Services, Ad-tech with matters related to improved product positioning, development, operations, business development, corporate growth strategy, fund raising, international expansion, sales and channel partnering, M&A. Notably: Kompyte – Advised and bridge invested to advance business towards a sale transaction to Semrush in 2022 Lexi – Advisor-Investor in a leadi
  • e
    Founder, CEO, ex-EU Board Chairman
    eWork Group
    Jan 1999 - Jan 2008 (9 years 1 month)
    eWork Group is now a SEK2.5B+ and still growing public EU company. eWork pioneered a marketplace for knowledge workers and consultants targeted at IT centric companies. eWork's SaaS offering facilitates operations between companies and their workforce supply-chain suppliers. eWork's dot-com downturn pivot: SaaS services procurement–management– payment (aka VMS) for temporary labor & project work services. Also pioneered and grew leading travel nurses temp work vertical product called ProSource with GPO Broadlane. ProSource processed +$1B/yr spend. Key Customers: Tenet, Broadlane, CapGemini, Novartis, VMware, Tibco, Roche, Odwalla, GE, Intuit, Ochsner, Canon, AMN Significant Strategic Growth Achievements: • Acquired and integrated three co
  • W
    Vice President of Strategic Business and Corporate Development
    WorldPlay Entertainment
    Jan 1995 - Jan 1998 (3 years 1 month)
    Worldplay was the online division of Sierra Online (aka INN) that grew to be a $15M+ operating unit and was bought by AT&T. I was then recruited to help restructure the company to operate as a Web entertainment company and to expand its vision and operations. I helped with the strategy, sale, and transition from AT&T to AOL eventually becoming its Games Channel Vice President of Strategic Business and Corporate Development • Developed and executed Web strategy. Secured agreements with major ISPs: AT&T WorldNet, EarthLink and AOL • Delivered International distribution agreements - covered Germany, UK, France, Canada, Japan, Australia • Architected top on-line gaming industry technology (DirectX) and distribution deal between Microsoft an
  • F
    Founder, Chief Technology Officer and General Manager
    FASTech Integration
    Jan 1990 - Jan 1995 (5 years 1 month)
    - Founded, built market leading product organization for manufacturing execution software, raised significant Venture capital, achieving #22 on Inc. 500 which lead to a successful exit to Applied Materials Corporation FASTech defined Manufacturing Execution Software (MES). Clients were advanced global manufacturers looking to inject operational processes that saved on product manufacturing – their core business. Companies like: Samsung, Intel, Motorola, IBM, DEC, Ford, GM-EDS, VLSI, DuPont Merck, NCR, HPl, SGS-Thomson, GEC-Plessey, LG, Fiat, Siemens, Tadiran, etc. FASTech was backed by 3i, Matrix, Advent, Atlas Ventures and sold to Brooks Automation which turned into Applied Materials' Global Services Division. FASTech was #22 on the INC. 5