So who is Steve Tennant?

For the last 20 years, I have worked directly with over 40 companies to create software solutions to solve their customers' most pressing business problems. My client experience encompasses the full spectrum from a "Fortune 2" company with hundreds of thousands of employees, to several one-person founders of software startups, and every point in between.

At PeopleSoft from 1994 to 2000, as VP of Business Development, I grew the alliance portfolio to 300 companies and $4B in revenues, and launched products that grew from $7M to over $100M in revenues in 3 years.

Before that, in 11 years at Andersen Consulting, I built large manufacturing systems, government financial systems, utility billing systems, banking, mortgage and mutual fund systems at more than 15 clients, managing hundreds of programmers and business analysts.

Since 2001, I have focused on software and high-tech startups. In the most difficult venture environment in decades, my clients obtained $8M in early stage venture funding. I've worked with over 20 software and high-tech startups, helping to drive my clients' business strategy, marketing and alliances operations, delivering top-line results.

I, too, am an entrepreneur. I've run my own consulting firm since 2001. Unlike someone from a large consulting firm, I experience first-hand the challenges of growing revenues, delivering to clients, innovating, and developing great relationships - balanced with being a husband, father, son, friend and active member of my local community.

Today, my consulting focus is on providing services for software companies that need to:

• Build an innovative product sure to win early customers.
• Revitalize static revenue growth in a mature market.
• Execute a road map to get venture funding.
• Refresh alliance strategies and expand relationships.
• Expand product vision.
• Develop a new market strategy.

My past roles and clients include:

• VP of Marketing and Business Development, Planitax
    (Seed & Series A, Hosted Application Software)
• VP of Business Development, Rolling Thunder
    (Seed Stage, Audit Enterprise Software)
• VP of Business Development, Ninth House Network
    (Series B, Hosted Video & E-Learning Software)
• VP of Business Development, PeopleSoft
• VP of Product Research, Knowledge Management, PeopleSoft
• Director of Financial Services Industry Strategy, PeopleSoft
• Director of Product Strategy, PeopleSoft
• Programmer, Analyst, & Senior Manager, Andersen Consulting (now Accenture)

My passion is working with a team to bring a new solution to market -- regardless of your company's stage of development.