Contact Personal Profile ariebraun@austin.rr.com Address: 3406 Manchaca #16 Austin, Texas 78704-6074 Day Time Phone 512-944-7520 Evening Phone 512-291-2851 Home Fax 512-291-2851 Web Site www.linkedin.com/in/ariebraun

Arie Braun, MBA Positioning Statement Highly motivated, results-oriented marketing and business operations professional with successful track record in high-tech organizations. Excellent business relationship and partnership skills achieving superior results in fast-paced, growth environments. A collaborative team player on business focus that can positively impact revenue and goal attainment to optimize business performance in the following areas: account management, business and market development, launch & promotions product marketing strategies, business processes, market research, monitoring business trends and performances to meet plan, forecasting, managing demand and in-depth strategic business operations planning. Professional Objective Seeking a strategic business and marketing strategy management role to: a. Grow and leverage my broad experience in market intelligence, marketing excellence, client & business development and business planning analysis b. Make a difference by contributing to the team c. Identifying improvements to P&L that can positively impact revenue and goal attainment to optimize business performance Preferred Job Functions Marketing Communications Marketing Strategy Product Marketing Management Client Relationship Management Online Marketing Product Development Strategic Business Planning & Forecasting Management Strategic Alliances Financial Management Public Relations Strategy Operational Management & Processes Price Modeling Business Development Competencies Worldwide Business Sales Management Operations Marketing Excellence Business Development Product Marketing & Management Branding Awareness Solutions Development Strategic Alliances & Partnership Management Revenue Budgeting and Forecasting Product Launch & Promotions eMarketing Marketing Communications P&L Management Business Planning and Forecasting Contract Negotiations Competitive Advantage Analysis Define Strategic Initiatives Global Corporate Liaison Market Research Global Pricing Vendor Management Price Modeling Measurement and analysis of customer profitability Sales Planning Business Processes Summary Results-driven professional with successful experience in providing client and business development, product marketing strategies, analytical support, monitoring business trends and performances to meet plan, managing demand and business operations planning, market research support, negotiating cost reductions and also creating new supply processes as well as enhancing existing cost savings processes. Understands emerging technologies and their commercial implications. Skillful in articulating appropriate messages, building rapport with vendors, associates, and team co-workers. Culturally sensitive and internationally traveled. Additional Comments I am an extremely motivated individual of strong inter-personal, highly developed communications, analytical talents, entrepreneurial spirit, business, teamwork, organizational and eye for market strategy. My project management experience includes product marketing, client business development, in-depth strategic business planning, financial aptitude, pricing, forecasting, revenue and profit objectives, cost negotiations, competitive advantage analysis, NPI, business processes, and total quality management. I am bilingual in both English and Spanish. and have successfully conducted business in various countries, languages and cultures, as well as the United States.

Target Market Preferred Geographic Location TX-Austin Preferred Types of Industries Electronics/Communication Chips Semiconductor Health Care Products/Medical Devices Supply Chain Management/Logistics Software Business and Market Research Services Systems, Security and Storage Management Software Computer Hardware and Peripherals Aerospace and Defense Airline Transportation Services International Petroleum Services Consulting Preferred Size of Organization 7 to 15,000 employees and $10M to $900M in sales Preferred Organizational Culture Global scale organization Sales and employee growth Flexible career path Matrix Management Value diversity Leader/Driver of Industry

Target List Target Organizations ELECTRONICS/COMMUNICATION CHIPS: SEMATECH, AMD, Intel Corp, Lucent, Microsoft, Motorola, Philips Electronics/Semiconductors, Pixelworks, Genesis Microchip Inc., Qualcomm Inc., Solectron Corp, Texas Instruments, Siemens Information & Communication Mobile LLC, Nokia, Ericsson, SONY Electronics, Kyocera, National Instruments SEMICONDUCTOR: Freescale, SMSC (Standard Microsystems Corp) HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS/MEDICAL DEVICES: AMGEN, 3M Co, Cyberonics, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, Philips Electronics, Pharmaceuticals Co, Abbott Laboratories, Vistakon, LifeScan, Inc., Ortho Biotech Products, L.P., Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, ResMed Corp., BANTA, ALK-Abelló, Inc SYSTEMS, SECURITY & STORAGE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE: BMC Software, NetIQ, BindView Corp, Computer Associates, SAP, Sun Microsystems, Network Associates, Compuware, Microsoft Corp., Absolute Software MARKET/BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SERVICES: Display Search LLC, The NPD Group, Inc., Hoovers, Inc., a D&B Company, IMS Research, Thomson Business Intelligence Services, Market Research (Profound®), MarketResearch.com, Gartner Research, Mintel Group, ABI Research, Informa Research Services COMPUTER HARDWARE & PERIPHERALS: HP, Dell Inc. , Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp, Sony Corp, Mars, Inc, Siemens AG, Apple Computer, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc. , Eastman Kodak Co, Xerox Corp., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. , Canon Inc., Texas Instruments Inc, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. , Symbol Technologies, Inc. , palmOne, Inc. , NEC Corp., Research In Motion Ltd., Acer Inc. , Panasonic, Casio, Computer Ltd., Motion Computing, Inc., Sanyo Co., Ltd., ViewSonic Corp, VTech Holdings Limited AEROSPACE & DEFENSE: Honeywell, Boeing, Raytheon, Baker-Hughes, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Airbus, Textron, Computer Sciences Corp. SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGMENT/LOGISTICS & SOFTWARE: BMC Software, Honeywell, Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, Aspen Technology, Inc. EDS, i2 Technologies, B2eMarkets, Invensys, BANTA Global Turnkey Group AIRLINE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES: Continental, Southwest, American, Delta, Northwest, America West, Air France, British Airways, Aeromexico, Mexicana, Quantas, United, Continental Express, SkyWest, Jet Blue

Experience

Accomplishments At DisplaySearch •Exceeded the NA and EU sales target in FY’07 by 28% and in 2005/2006 Y/Y by 14% in North America and 36% worldwide •Successfully reached a worldwide Y/Y growth in FY06/07 of 38% from 19% on product revenues •Achieved budgeted targeted growth by 25% for client development on market intelligence in 2006 •Exceeded and achieved the FY07 consulting goal by 32.2% for custom research and consulting services •Successfully achieved a renewal rate of 86% in FY’07 of market intelligence subscriptions At Hewlett Packard Co: •Achieved total cost savings over $97M along with annual spend under $200M in fiscal year 2001. •Managed a joint project with Ryder LOGISTICS to implement a transition of suppliers HUB inventory from Flextronics in North America and minimize obsolesence exposure from Nov ’03 - Jan ’04 •Created new supply process as well as enhanced existing cost savings processes and summarize with savings and spend by supplier. •Improved forecast accuracy through support of implementation of modular forecasting. Recognition at DisplaySearch Top 1st half Sales Performer-Fiscal 2006 For support during the NPD/DisplaySearch network IT integration •NPD Hats Off Award-July 2006 Recognition at Compaq Computer Corporation For support in resolving shortages and dedication to support of the Team •Compaq Treasures Award Recognition Program-Dec 2000 and Dec 2001

Additional Qualifications Education The University of Texas at El Paso MBA - Master of Business Administration-1999 BBA – Bachelor of Business Administration -Finance-1988 Professional Development SALESFORCE.COM Training-Spring 2006 Selling at NPD with Rich Isaacs, by The NPD Group Co-Spring 2006 Valuing Cross Cultural Diversity, by TMA-Transnational Management Associates LTD- Oct 2003 iCOST Training, Supply Chain management workforce development, by Hewlett Packard/Compaq Computer Corp -Jan 2000 TOPS Super User Forum, Corporate Supply Chain Planning Systems, by Hewlett Packard/Compaq Computer Corp -Sept 2000 SAP 100/SAPBW, User Training, by Hewlett Packard/Compaq Computer Corp-Nov 1999 Project Milestones 1-10 Tools Training, by Lee Hecht Harrison LLC Career Resource Center-Jan 2004 Advanced Career Resource Network Training, by Lee Hecht Harrison LLC Career Resource Center-Feb 2004 License: Texas Real Estate Salesman License-by Texas Real Estate Commission-1984 to present Computer Skills MS OFFICE2003, (POWERPOINT/WORD/ EXCEL/), SALESFORCE.COM, ELOQUA, WEBEX, DREAMWEAVER, SAP, SDF BW, EXPLORER, CCS, LITE-WEB, SPIES, EDB, RAS, SRP, GPG, iCOST, LCM TRANSITION PLANNER, WWCIW, Below is a brief summary on my profitability and analysis skills pertaining to the different functions, instances and modules of SAP: PM-Plant Maintenance SAP-(GPG) - extension of product part number to specific GEO’s and plant sites worldwide (supply and logistics). PPM-Project Product Management - SAP - pertaining to NPI (new product introduction), creation, extension and maintenance of part number in conjunction with engineering. Support and implementation through outline of project once it is POR’d (plan of record). PM via launch/inception of new project pricing, creation and extension within certain timelines and guidelines, within group functions, ensuring that all of these functions are completed successfully in SAP. MM-Materials Management SAP (PPG) - extended the part numbers to the appropriate plant sites, copied the bom (bill of materials) Providing the suppliers with the demand forecast and receiving the commit signals back via EDI (Electronic Data Interchange). FI - Finance - SAP (iCOST) CPCN - module - invoice resolution, support and maintenance of pricing tables from the suppliers to the company Memberships Society for Information Displays (SID) National Society of Hispanic MBA’s Blue Knot Austin Austin High-Tech Digital Signage Industry Connection Ex-Compaq Employees HP CONNECTIONS HP Alumni

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