Greg Bartlett resumé>
Principal
B.S./M.S., Elec. Eng. & Comp. Sci., Mass. Inst. of Tech. (M.I.T.)

Greg is a creative technologist with more than 18 years of experience in business and product development, fundraising, and marketing. He is a founding member of the M.I.T. Media Lab, Hughes Scholar, published writer, and founder of FireWire start-up Digital Harmony. During his diverse career, Greg has:

• Written business plans that raised US$11+ million
• Created innovative licensing/royalty business models
• Established global brands
• Implemented strategic industry partnerships
• Recruited key executives
• Designed multiple consumer products
• Written all forms of marketing & technical documents
• Spoken at multiple conferences and trade shows
• Formulated and implemented developer conferences
• Acted as company spokesperson in the media
• Been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Wirtschafts Woche, EE Times, Nikkei, and others.

A summary of Greg's successful transactions includes:

• Raised more than US$11 million in private, corporate (Cirrus Logic, Austin; Walsin Lihwa, Taiwan; two others), institutional (Anderson Information Technology, Hong Kong), and venture capital (MW Capital, Vancouver) investments.
• Negotiated licensing and per-unit royalty agreements with Boston Acoustics, Denon (Japan), Harman Kardon, Infinity, JBL, Lexicon, Linn (Scotland), M-Audio, Meridian Audio (England), Onkyo (Japan), Peavey, Polk Audio, QSC Audio, SonicBlue, TC Electronic (Denmark), and others. Negotiated up-front fees to improve cash flow.
• Negotiated development contracts with Altec Lansing, Analog Devices, Columbia Records (Japan), Harman Kardon, and Microsoft.
• Negotiated a technology licensing agreement with JBL Professional, including guaranteed minimum royalty payments paid out over 3 years.
• Acquired two startup companies to expand a patent and trademark portfolio.
• Negotiated innovative semiconductor design contracts (including license fees and per-chip royalties) with Cirrus Logic, ARM, and InSilicon, resulting in an operational Rev A RISC.
• Sold state-of-the-art audio reference designs to Sony, Yamaha, Intel, and Microsoft.
• Traveled extensively to support international business development. Negotiated agreements in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Denmark, England, Scotland, and the Netherlands.
• Negotiated high-profile joint marketing efforts with Sony, Microsoft, Philips, Cirrus Logic, and the 1394 Trade Association.