Louise Wannier

About Louise Wannier

An experienced Creative Entrepreneur, Advisor and CEO, Ms. Wannier has chaired Boards of Directors and as CEO built technology companies in four different industries: Education Technology, Consumer Electronics, Information Management Software and Fashion/eCommerce. As Board chairman, she led capital raises, recruited board members and established advisory boards including bringing on independent non-financial board members to lend strategic industry experience. For each organization she has led the Strategic Market Development, Product innovation, Formation of key partnerships and strategic alliances and raised over $50 million in combined venture capital-equity financing. A collaborative leader, Ms. Wannier founded CEO Circle, a confidential forum for early-stage technology CEO\'s modeled after ten years in Vistage, an organization of continued professional development for CEO\'s internationally. In 2006, Ms. Wannier founded MyShape, the first Online Personal Shopping platform. Growing to over 800K members, and partnered with over 200 fashion brands, MyShape significantly improved online conversion through personalizing the fashion shopping experience. Prior, Ms. Wannier founded Enfish, Desktop and Enterprise software installed in over companies which she merged with an enterprise portal company, establishing an enterprise sales channel across diverse industry sectors.Co-founder of Gemstar (makers of VCR Plus+ which established over 100M customers worldwide within five years, an IPO at $500M valuation, subsequently rising to market capitalization of $20B), her strategic market development skills succeeded in navigating a complex \"chicken and egg\" go-to-market challenge, establishing strategic alliances with publishers, retailers, consumer electronics, distribution channels and media companies, rolling out VCR Plus+ to the US in one year, Europe in the subsequent 18 months. As a Creative Entrepreneur, Ms. Wannier pursues her passion for photography, fashion and design. Ms. Wannier has recently authored TREE SPIRITS (treespiritsbook.com), an interactive picture book series for children ages 3-9 that helps develop imagination and emotional intelligence, critical skills for our future generations. She has also created Less Clutter More Life with author Barbara Hemphill. Ms. Wannier’s original surface pattern designs are found on LouisJane.com. Specialties: Business creation and development, product design, fashion design, marketing, strategic allainces, leadership, management, finance and business planning, entrepreneurship

Experience

1. Strategic Advisor

   Red Hen Press

   Jan 2024 — Present

Education

• UCLA Anderson School of Management

  MBA with honors, Management Science and Finance

  1978 — 1980

• Caltech

  B.S. with Honors, Astronomy

  1974 — 1978

Skills

• Coaching
• Management Consulting
• Strategic Partnerships
• Management
• Team Building
• Finance
• Angel Investing
• Executive Management
• Business Planning
• Team Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Project Management
• Marketing
• Innovation
• Nonprofits
• Product Management
• Online Marketing
• Entrepreneur
• Human Resources
• Program Management
• Business Development
• Private Equity
• Product Marketing
• Social Networking
• Social Media Marketing
• Leadership Development
• Training
• New Business Development
• Venture Capital
• Public Speaking
• Funding
• Analytics
• Public Relations
• Collaborative Leadership
• Business Strategy
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Entrepreneurship
• Social Media
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Strategy