Alex Bauer

About Alex Bauer

As an accomplished executive and business strategist, I have built a successful career combining operations, technology, professional services, and people leadership for diverse companies, including Fortune 500 organizations in both internal and consulting capacities. My leadership career encompasses a track record of surpassing ambitious growth targets by seizing opportunities to widen and deepen market performance, as well as instituting results-driven, high-impact strategies for achieving hypergrowth, efficiency improvements, and unparalleled profitability. My Core Qualifications & Highlights Include: Business Performance: I blend an entrepreneurial mindset and superior business acumen to optimize P&L, negotiate favorable contract terms with added incentives, improve efficiencies, and create new business opportunities. With a strong focus on financial performance and business expansion, I have also designed and executed strategies that deliver sustainable and profitable returns. People Leadership: Building and leading top-performing organizations has been one of the key foundations of my success to date. I have formed efficient and hard-working teams by creating cultures built on performance and accountability, providing mentoring and guidance, and introducing growth opportunities. Professional Services: Shifting from a primarily operations standpoint, I have built and optimized Consulting, as well as Pre/Post Sales Engineering teams, talent, and market penetration strategies in order to increase win rates, shorten sales cycles, tighten customer relationships, and impact higher growth deals. Transformational Leadership: Restructuring teams, processes, and programs to deliver operational improvements is my expertise. Whether the goal was to support the integration of a new multimillion-dollar set of technical products, drive a large-scale reorganization effort, or overhaul existing go-to-market, growth, and services strategies, I have overcome all challenges to achieve positive results both operationally and financially. Additionally, I have served as a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) where I implemented robust cybersecurity and governance programs that aligned with industry best practices and NIST CSF standards.I am open to making new connections and exploring new opportunities. Please reach out to me at a••••••••@bauermarks.com.

Experience

1. COO Business Development

   Bauermarks Llc

   May 2008 — Present · US

   Launched and grew boutique consulting firm to international repute by tackling long-standing business challenges for Fortune-ranked companies and unblocking bottlenecks to realize radical revenue growth. Steered clients through complex business and operational transitions, critical large-scale global program/project implementations, as well as business development opportunities. Senior Consulting expertise to the CFO/COO of a large Cyber Security Provider (Cyber Security for federal, public and private). Driving the alignment and execution of Product go-to-market needs. Includes resource, process as well as tool alignment assessment and execution efforts. Introduced a scalable Customer Success Framework, Channel Management high growth build, and a Partner Program 2.0 vehicle. Advisory Consultant to the Provost for two large University systems. Designed, directed high profile CRM/ERP transformation initiatives. Also assessed Academic and Operational departments for efficiency. Advisory COO to the President of a global university system. Restructured a strategic department through resource, financial and offering alignment objectives. Department revenues increased dramatically. Contracted as Senior Consultant for Pace Harmon (acquired by West Monroe). Assigned to direct strategic initiatives for one of the largest private Global university systems at the time (Fortune 500 client to address strategic, global SaaS and other initiatives). All initiatives completed on time and under budget. Contracted as Senior Consultant with The Customer Group, directing an innovative, high profile initiative with a Fortune 100 client in the healthcare space.

Education

• University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

  Bachelor's Degree, Pre-law/Business

Skills

• Leadership
• Program Management
• Consulting
• Project Management
• Sdlc
• Strategy
• Management
• Business Intelligence
• Process Improvement
• Change Management
• Crm
• Pmp
• Budgets
• Pmo
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Integration
• Business Transformation
• IT Transformation
• IT Enabled Business Transformation
• Software Project Management
• Vendor Management
• Enterprise Software
• Cloud Computing
• Professional Services
• Business Development