Rand Knight
Senior Director - Business Development - Opentower Iq - Asset Analytics Group @Bentley Systems
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Director - Business Development - Opentower Iq - Asset Analytics Group @Bentley Systems
Atlanta, GA, US
Launched SaaS offering for Digital Twins and AI for Tower Lifecycle Management for Telecom assets. Secured several of the Tier 1 turf vendors and carriers within the first year of enterprise production software availability.OpenTower iQ creates a digital twin of your communication tower to provide real-time intelligence for planning, visualization, and inspection. Increase your asset performance and reduce costs by quickly accessing accurate and easy-to-understand information required for everyday tower operations. Build your digital twins by combining engineering information from 3D models and your database. Choose OpenTower iQ so you can:Create, maintain, and augment your digital twin and compare as-built towers with your asset management systemMonitor tower health and share data through an easy-to-understand portalMake informed decisions to support your business modelQuickly turn around designs and design modifications for clients using predictive analysisSave time, eliminate frustration, and improve visibility, all at an affordable cost
EDUCATION
The Westminster Schools
Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates
Chewonki Foundation
Maine Coast Semester #1, Sustainability Studies
Middlebury College
B.A., ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
University of Washington
M.S., ECOSYSTEMS ANALYSIS (Sensors & Systems Process)
University of Washington
Ph.D., ECOSYSTEMS ANALYSIS (Geospatial/Spatiotemporal)
SKILLS
ABOUT RAND KNIGHT
Rand brings more than 30 years of experience developing partnerships in technology, working from startups to large cap companies – with more than a half dozen successful exits over 20 years. Specializing in Partnership development with HW/SW, SI/SP/Consulting firms and Manufacturing and Infrastructure companies. Rand has substantial capital raising and deal structuring experience working with single- and multi-family offices, VC and PE firms. Examples of his work span across fintech, engineering, and geospatial AI startups include Radiance Solar (acquired by Bravo Infrastructure Group), Roadie (acquired by UPS), Securrency (acquired by Depository Trust Clearing Corporation), CH2M Hill (acquired by Jacobs Engineering), Insightful (acquired by TIBCO), SpaceCurve (acquired by HERE), QL2 (acquired by the Hale Group), Esri (largest privately-held software company in North America), Bentley Systems (ticker: BSY) and as an Operating Partner at Golden Gate Capital.As a line-of-business GM, Rand has scaled businesses from zero to beyond $100M P&L\'s and has managed organizations with 650 people with 45 offices in 15 countries. In the early 1990s, Rand started his career at Apple Computer where he spent five years before moving on to sustainable development projects in the Bay Islands of Honduras.
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