Mike Schmidt

7+ Year old Business Development Venture Ventilator based in Colorado Springs assisting seed stage and development oriented companies with strategic business development and product/market positioning tactics, and services. Develop capital formation plans, solicit funding and partnership alliances for clients and company-owned ventures.

Tessare InfoSystems was a Broadband Wireless Service Provider based in Colorado Springs, CO. The company tested and developed a unique “Tiered” broadband wireless access provisioning platform called TesraNET. TesraNET is an acronym for “Tiered Ethernet Scaleable Radio Access Network” and is an innovative tiered wireless network that combines multiple licensed and unlicensed wireless technologies into an integrated Wireless Metropolitan Area Network.

Company now called, Tessare InfoSystems. Pursued business opportunities in Data Broadcasting and wireless services through efforts start-up companies in US , UK, (89-93) and in (94) in Hong Kong and South Africa (95). After securing experimental license from British Gov. in 1989 to test multiplexed FM sub-carrier technology, accomplished first multiplexed FM sub-carrier data broadcasts in the UK (1990) and successfully achieved field tests in high speed transmissions for credit card fraud systems.

Independent Management Consulting Company. (Now Ensemble Ventures). Provided Strategic Business Development (SBD), Marketing and Sales (M&S), & Management Information Systems (MIS) consulting services to clients in US and Overseas.

Was a startup company in 1995/97 developing an integrated internet business strategy called The CommercePoint Concept or (TCC). This integrated Internet business model created a broadband collaborative communications hardware and software platform using ATM Fiber and High Speed Internet Circuits in Southern California for small and large workgroups, associations, network marketing companies, agency sales agents and the growing SOHO (Small Office Home Office) marketplace.

Small ($15-$20 Million Sales) Industrial Data Acquisition and Control sensor and computer supplier based in San Diego, Calif. Originally started as Eastern Regional Sales Mgr. Was promoted in 6 months to National Sales Manager, and asked to head up a industrial computer division. With a team of 7 people (4 sales managers, 2 systems engineers), achieved sales of just under $5.0 million in 12 months.

Start-up company involved in the development of integrated voice processing and voice response systems for telephone answering bureaus, paging and mobile radio companies at beginning of telecom deregulation in 1984. As Marketing Manager, developed new product and marketing plan for a line of automated telephone answering, voice response and paging sub-systems. Set-up distribution channels in the United States. Defined software for system, oversaw hardware and software product development, etc.

Start-up company developing state-of-the-art teleconferencing systems for the Fortune 500 marketplace. Was an early pioneering company in the area of corporate video teleconferencing creating advanced board-room level imaging and audio control systems in both portable and fixed configurations. Responsible for both MISAR-I and MISAR-II video teleconferencing product lines. Set-up trade shows around the US to demonstrate product.

Employed at the new fab engineering division within Intel. Group was responsible for the design and specification of new semiconductor fabrication plants. Work entailed liaison between systems engineers, process engineers, and architectural engineers to create detailed construction drawings and elevations for custom process equipment installations. Heavy design and drafting work as well as field work at construction sites.

International Marketing