Business Development Consulting
William I. Dollar - CEO
Bill has been in the high technology industry for over 35 years. He has an extensive background in Executive Management, Business Development, Sales and Marketing, Fund Raising, Market Research, and successful product launches for both hardware and software companies.
billdollar.com was founded in 1994, with a focus on business development activities for startup companies in the wireless data communications software market. Their services offered to clients have expanded and now include fund raising and merger/acquisition.
In 1998 he founded Remonix, Inc. a Business Development Consulting Company. In 2003 the company focused on the emerging opportunities in the RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) market. Clients included Omron Corporation, Domino Printing Sciences, epcSolutions, Inc., and Xterprise, Inc.
Principal with Palo Alto Management Group (PAMG), a strategic market research company based in Silicon Valley, in Northern California. Bill ran the Business Intelligence Practice for PAMG, and clients included IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, NCR, and Sun Microsystems. In 2001, PAMG was sold to Survey.com, a very successful Internet based market research company.
In 1983 he co-founded Ampro Computers, Inc and was President & CEO. Ampro Computers is the industry leader in embedded computers, and developers of the industry standard PC-104 Embedded Computer Architecture. In 1996 Ampro Computers, Inc. was sold to Preco Electronics, a Boise, Idaho based Technology Company.
Written several business articles for Wisconsin Technology Network, a technology newsletter based in Madison, Wisconsin.
International Business Development and Marketing Experience: Responsible for VDC’s syndicated research programs in RFID & NFC technologies. Developed major consulting projects : NXP, Siemens, AssaAbloy ITG, Tagsys, EM Marin. Recruited and managed new research partners in China and Europe. Director RFID Business Development, Venture Research Inc, Plano, TX Developed major new accounts: Johnson & Johnson, Abbot Labs, Pfizer, McKesson. Negotiated and sold RFID systems into new market: 3rd Party Logistics companies. Product Marketing Manager, Hewlett Packard, Littleton, MA Developed, executed and coordinated product marketing plans, on a worldwide basis, for several Microsoft Products, Wide Area Networks & Public Wireless LANs, and SAP/R3 ERP. Business Development, Banking, Compaq Computer, Switzerland Negotiated and closed several multimillion dollar projects with private banks and Reuters. Implemented Compaq customer services revenue protection plan. Education: Master of Science, Electronic Commerce, Boston University MBA, California Coast University, Santa Ana, CA Bachelor of Science, Commerce, University of Montreal, Canada
Education:
BA in Business Administration from San Francisco State University.
Louis M. Bianchin – Vice President
Senior Research Analyst, Venture Development Corp, Natick, MA