Laurent Ruben

Worldwide leader in Mobile and PC multimedia software for both Consumers & Enterprises Also President of the Inc. office, I am overseeing 55 people, ranging from Accounting, HR, IT and Marketing. Before leading the Global business Development, I was in charge of Retail and Volume licensing sales across Americas and brought a 116% Year-over-Year growth while NPD category was down by 25%.

Worldwide leader in page layout software & dynamic publishing solutions • Setup and manage a network of Key account managers and Partners across US and Canada • Track record of year over year performance (President’s Club winner from 2004 thru 2010) • Enterprise key account management for Dynamic Publishing solutions & XML Solutions Before joining Quark USA in January 2009, I have been also in charge of South European markets from 2003 to 2008.

Sur La Terre magazines (President and C.E.O.) Elegantis.com (Founder and President)

Worldwide top 5 consulting firm specialized in Outsourcing services. Setup Customer service intranet for the French Utility company using Lotus Domino & JavaScript technologies. Moving from traditional MS Word files to a central repository based on HTML content.

Worldwide leader in SCSI & Firewire hardware products • TAM and ROI study for 1394/Firewire technology and Apple SCSI products • OEM Key-partnerships Apple Computer, LaCie and Adobe - 30K units sold in 3 month • Tradeshows in San Francisco, New-York, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Lyon & Cannes • Go-to-market strategy of new SCSI products - project management, localization for Europe and Japan

Worldwide leader in Audio portable devices and Macintosh products • Go-to-market strategy for the first Handheld PC - $5M revenue within the 6 first months • OEM Key-partnerships with Telco (Bouygues Telecom) for GSM Data connections • Handheld PC TAM and ROI analysis for the French market to define the marketing strategy • Developed an Intranet portal for Newton employees and key-partners • Developed marketing promotion programs resulting in a 100% increase in the number of VAR's & 150% for developers

Positive Intelligence Design Thinking - Transforming Teams Proactive Decision Making Exporting Innovation Pivot Thinking Build Winning Stakeholder Commitments Challenges with Complex, Cross-Functional & Geographical Teams