Portland State University

University of The Nations

Oregon State University

University of Washington

Brand, Culture, Technology energizer

Empower client companies in revenue, brand, leadership, and technology strategy.  Maximize sustainable/profitable revenue by "living and breathing" your market ecosystem.  Boundless problem solving and connection to validate resources:  digital transformation, culture transformation, P&L transformation.   

Energize leaders and decision makers in overcoming adversity, taking personal accountability, and leading by the heart.  Executive recruiting - technology, marketing, sales, revenue leadership roles. 

Clients in the start-up/enterprise software, technology, education, consumer goods, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and non-profit arenas.

GetKrueger, LLC

President, Co-Founder

Skills: Market Segmentation · Problem Solving

Society for Information Management

Board Member - SIM PDX - Marketing Chairman

Brand Consulting, Strategy and Design Agency

We’re not fortune tellers. We’re free thinkers, creatives, achievers—thought partners. We work with companies who want to make a statement. Want to effect change. Achieve growth. We work with companies who want to shine. Together we make that happen—not for the moment, but for years of momentum.

Riley Weiss is an agency that finds out what makes you special and then aligns your brand to effectively tell your story in a way that makes your products and services easy to buy. Since 1995, we have been helping companies establish a unique position in their marketplace to grow their business. 

A brand is a promise.

Riley Wiess

Chief Strategist

Advisory Board member - School of EECS

Monsoon software enables e-commerce distribution channels for B2B and B2C retailers and wholesalers.  Product Management, Strategic Marketing, Brand Positioning, Partnership Development, Team Empowerment, and enabling revenue strategies in the nascent channels of social commerce.

Monsoon Inc.

Director of Product Management & Strategy

Built Leadership Exchange Program for the TAO/SAO covering CEO's, CTO's, CFO's and CSO's.  Currently acting chairman for peer-to-peer network and activities for CTO's across Oregon Software and Technology companies.

Technology Association of Oregon

Chairman, Technology Leadership Exchange

Marketing, Product Management, and Business Development for Insight Distribution Software and Viewpoint Construction Software division.  Created, implemented and managed strategic marketing plan and all product marketing and business development tactics.  Created and managed new Strategic Partnership program and Customer Advisory Board.  Responsible for lead generation and sales enablement campaigns.  Lived and breathed the marketplace to build a leadership position within the channels, and with the media, partners, associations, agencies, etc.

Coaxis

Marketing Director/Product Mangement, Business Development

Lead the Logistics, Planning and Project Management team for Marketing, Product Development and Strategic Supply Chain initiatives.  Accountable of $20 million logistics budget.

Knowledge Learning Corporation

Director of Logisitics and Planning

Jointly founded and built energy outsourcing firm focused on high-efficiency power generation for small industrial power users and environmental stewardship – Combined Heat & Power Systems (CHP).  Developed partnerships across government, customer, and supplier equity interests.  Created brand strategy, business development tools, and communications programs. 
* Jointly created business, operations and marketing plan that was 
selected as a finalist in the 2003 Portland Business Journal business plan competition.

Oregon Energy Works

Vice President of Marketing & Business Development

Launched 501 (c)(3) that utilized outdoor adventures to inspire hope and character in at-risk youth.  In Israel, led business development support for Crossroads and partner agencies in the Middle East.  While in Singapore & Thailand helped lead humanitarian efforts for Touch Community Services in SouthEast Asia.

Kids On The Mountain

Founder

Managed all marketing and business development efforts for Intel Developer Forum.  Helped launch international IDF's in Beijing, Tokyo, and Taipei.

intel

Product Marketing Manager

Shared P&L responsibility for action sports company.  Responsible for all product development, marketing and creative functions in turn-around situation. Created new and improved partnerships with suppliers, OEM’s and key customer accounts focusing on accountability, improved ROI and long-term stability.   
• Averted $12.6 million dollar loss through product redesign and salvage of critical supplier partnership.

Sims  Sports

Vice President of Products and Marketing

Held additional positions of Director of BusDev, Product Management, and Key Accounts Director over 5 year period. 

Managed the design, development and manufacturing of year-one international product line and five year product strategy, while living in Annecy, France at corporate headquarters.  Lead successful launch of new brand and product lines on global basis – grew business from idea stage to $90 MM in revenue by year 3. 
Generated optimum product line strategies for penetration, growth and leadership in international markets.  Facilitated and sustained link between marketplace and product development teams in France and Italy.  Responsible for all new product roll outs in the global marketplace.  Built and maintained key accounts strategies.  Accountable for all product marketing and sales enablement campaigns for international sales forces, subsidiaries, and distributors.

Salomon Sports

Director of Product Development/Business Development

Business development and product design consulting to aerospace, medical equipment and computer hardware accounts for product design and manufacturing jobshop firm.  Responsible for annual sales increase of 170% ($8.7 million) over an 18 month period.  Project lead on design/build teams for Boeing, Abbott Labs, Beckman Instruments, Oracle, Freightliner...

Peco Manufacturing

Sales Engineering Manager

Product strategy, engineering, retail consultant in the Action Sports space.  Key clients included:  Bonfire, Sims, The Movement, Oakley, HO Sports, Gerry Lopez, Burton, Transworld, National Geographic, MTV, Surfer, and SIA.

KOTM Action Sports

Principle Consultant

Helped launch new action sports brand and product offering.  Responsible for all product development and manufacturing.  Helped build revenue to over $35 MM in year three of existence.

Jeff Krueger