Seth Schalet

About Seth Schalet

Helping organizations and boards achieve their goals through team leadership, financial stewardship, technology optimization, program impact, fundraising, media outreach and governance. For-profit & nonprofit CEO leadership, VC & private equity capital raising, multiple M&A experience. Board member for various nonprofits & foundations.Highlights include: Leading for-profit technology companies in data center, CRM, software development and consulting services and serving as CEO of nonprofits and as a board member and advisor. Cultivating high performing, culturally competent teams, revenue growth, operational mgmt. Board governance, scientific advisory committee oversight, full-cycle P&L (budgets, cash flow, banking, investment management, audits/IRS 990 reporting). Leading turnarounds, restructurings and scaling. For profit and nonprofit sector experience including national and international (EMEA) operations, opening/managing multiple facilities and dispersed teams. Leading strategic and cross-sector alliances and partnerships. IT leadership including cloud migrations (Office 365 and others), financial systems, databases, CRM,(Salesforce.com, and others), project management (Asana), marketing and investment ROI, fundraising (capital campaigns, major donor stewardship and moves management, grants management, planned giving, foundation relations). Fundraising software including Salesforce, eTapestry, Giftworks, DonorPerfect, WealthEngine and iWave donor analytics systems. Community engagement, advocacy and management of civic, congressional and corporate outreach initiatives. Travel to Washington D.C. and Sacramento managing congressional advocacy relations. Program oversight, impact and evaluation management, Logic Model and Theory of Change processes, new program development and unwinding unaligned programs. PR strategy, print/broadcast, keynoting and conferences.Venture Capital, private equity, foundation funding and major donor cultivation. Startups, Fortune 500 organizational management. Mergers & Acquisition experience including due diligence, term sheets, pre & post merger integration.

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   Santa Clara County Firesafe Council

   Nov 2020 — Present · Saratoga, CA, US

   Leading a 501(c)3 nonprofit working with a consortium of collaborative partners including university researchers, technology platforms and systems, county and state agencies, city governments, etc, SCCFSC\'s core mission is to save lives, property and our environment from wildfires. We focus on wildland-urban interface (WUI) areas, wildfire risk mitigation through Hazardous Fuel Reduction (HFR) programs including; Defensible Space Chipping, Special Needs Assistance Program (SNAP) incoming-qualifying program, roadside escape routes, and landscape-scale fuel breaks. SCCFSC supports The National Fire Protection Association’s Firewise USA® program that teaches communities how to adapt to living with wildfire and encourages neighbors to work together and take action to prevent losses. SCCFSC offers workshops and guidance for neighborhoods and communities that want to become Firewise-recognized. Responsibilities include:•Secured over $25Million in funding to date, including a grant.•Designed, launched and lead SCCFSC’s technology consulting and reseller (VAR) practice for AI solutions and wildfire safety products. Implementation of IoT, AI, software and hardware solutions.•Lead a team of project-based staff, grant writing, fundraising, HR and outsourced vendors, programs, IT (web/social media) across programs, finance, HR, administration, grant writing/fundraising•Strategic Planning, business model restructuring, operational workflows, execution & implementation•Financial leadership—management of banking, budgets, audit/tax, investments, benefits, P&L•Lead public relations, community engagement, government relations and outreach activities•Partner with the Board in organizational governance, financial health, compliance, and identify current and future leadership needs•Advocacy and political engagement-outreach and policy engagement with local/national congressional leaders, state, federal, county board of supervisors, & local leaders.

Education

• Stanford University-Nonprofit Management Institute

  2011 & 2012 Attendee, Nonprofit Leadership

  2011 — 2013

• Stanford University Continuing Education-Giving 2.0: The MOOC

  Nonprofit Fundraising

  2014 — 2014

• Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  B.S., Communications

• Harvard Kennedy School

  Certificate, Nonprofit Financial Stewardship

  2011 — 2011

• Suffolk University

  MBA, Business Finance

• Stanford University Venture Lab

  Certifcate, A Crash Course in Creativity

  2012 — 2012

• Stanford University

  Certificate, Operations

  2010 — 2010

Skills

• Sales
• Sales Management
• Salesforce.com
• Sas
• Customer Service
• Cost
• Data Center
• Disaster Recovery
• Microsoft Excel
• Financial Risk
• Government
• Governance
• Grant Writing
• Hardware
• Iso
• Key Account Management
• Key Performance Indicators
• Kanban
• Modeling
• Marketing Research
• Negotiation
• New Business Development
• Non-Profits
• Contract Negotiation
• Outsourcing
• IT Operations
• Community Outreach
• Strategic Planning
• Problem Solving
• Pricing
• Quickbooks
• Recruiting
• Restructuring
• Sustainability
• Unix
• User Acceptance Testing
• Virtualization
• Windows Server
• Crm
• Board Development