Preston Callicott

About Preston Callicott

My early career was in sales, marketing, business development and management for Hewlett Packard, Advanced Micro Devices, and Price Waterhouse Management Consulting Services.After more than a decade spent in those large corporations, I drank the Koolaid and made the leap to Silicon Valley-based startups in executive management roles for business development, product development and information technology. I found my passion, leading innovative, nimble teams, moving at Mach-2 and pivoting like a Latin dancer. I successfully sold our company, Five Talent Software, to Effectual Inc, effective June 1st, 2020. We exceeded our pre-Covid19 2020 projections and our team, now under the Effectual banner, continues to exceed expectations. 2021 looks like another massive growth year for Effectual and our Professional Services team.I\'m fascinated with the future of tech, specifically AI and Quantum Computing, and its impact on people, business and society/governments. I\'ve recently relabeled myself as a Tech Humanist. This label is not original, read the book \"Tech Humanist: How You Can Make Technology Better for Business and Better for Humans\" by Kate O\'Neill. I\'m not a Luddite. I believe tech advances can solve many of our daunting issues, but not without a massive sea-change in the very nature of governments, societies and work.To make Search Engines happy, Here are some key phrases related to my experience:* C-level executive in venture/angel/institutionally-backed startups* Was the Go-To guy to get the hockey-stick going for several Enterprise software-based startups* Designed and led the development of enterprise-class applications for startups focused on banking and finance industries* Brought into a company to execute a turn-around and position the company for sale, with a successful exit.

Experience

1. Board Member

   Platformr

   Sep 2024 — Present · Bend, OR, US

Education

• University of Missouri-Columbia

  BSEE, Field Theory, Microwave, Comp Sci

  1979

Skills

• Entrepreneurship
• Start-Ups
• Strategic Partnerships
• Program Management
• Offshoring
• Global Operations
• Executive Management
• Business Planning
• Operations Management
• Consulting
• Strategic Planning
• Application Lifecycle Management
• Enterprise Software
• Management
• Project Management
• Technology Planning
• IT Management
• Marketing Strategy
• Strategy
• IT Outsourcing
• IT Strategy
• Saas
• Leadership
• Professional Services
• IT Transformation
• Business Development
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Outsourcing
• Business Alignment
• Integration