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Doug Finke
Chief Content Officer | Global Quantum Intelligence
MIT Management / UI Computer Eng
Computer | Semiconductor | Storage
30+ Years Executive
Doug Finke has been involved in the computer, semiconductor, and storage industry for over 30 years and has witnessed and helped drive the birth and growth of many new technologies during this period. He has most recently become fascinated with quantum computing and believes that many of the new technology growth patterns he has seen within the computer industry will reoccur as the quantum computing field evolves. He started the Quantum Computing Report so he could apply his wide breadth of experience to help accelerate the proliferation of quantum computing to the general marketplace.
Operational Experience
Strategic
Highlights
Complete market analysis for market sizing, dynamics, and competitive environments.
Created product line strategy including positioning and advertising plans.
Provided VCs with target lists of potential investment candidates.
Performed technical and market due diligence for venture capital.
Presented to VCs to obtain capital for startup ventures.
Executed multiple acquisitions (both buy-side and sell-side).
Authored and won multiple competitive government grants.
Developed go-to-market strategies for new technology offerings.
Developed complete web, social media, and PR communication strategies.
Closed multi-million dollar contracts with global enterprise corporations.
Implemented Partners Programs for software and reseller ecosystems.
Managed marketing, sales, and operations over a 30-year career.
Extended Background
Professional History
Previously, Doug was with HGST/Western Digital and involved with business management of large petabyte scale storage systems. Before that Doug was in a key marketing role with sTec Corporation which pioneered the concept of solid state drives (SSDs) for use in enterprise computing applications.
He also served as the Chief Operating Officer of startup company Intellisense Corporation where he helped sell the company for a valuation of $750 million. As Vice-President of Marketing and Business Development at Boston-based semiconductor startup ChipWrights, Doug helped raise $25 million in venture capital funding.
Before that he was the Vice-President of Marketing at Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC), a key supplier to major computer OEMs of IO and networking ASICs for use on PC motherboards. He also worked at Intel Corporation in memory and ASIC marketing and started his career at IBM as a design engineer working on processor design of mainframe computers. Doug holds degrees in computer engineering and management from the University of Illinois and MIT respectively.
Doug Finke has been involved with quantum computing since 2015 when the Quantum Computing Report was founded. Since then he has witnessed the substantial growth of the industry, attended many conferences and reported on and established relationships with many of the key individuals and organizations within the industry. He has perhaps the broadest knowledge of anyone around on what is happening worldwide in the quantum industry.
Coupled with his 30 years of executive experience within the classical computing industry, he has an unparalleled capability of providing insights and operational advice to those seeking consulting to achieve their success. He has been through many of the trials and tribulations of working in both corporate as well as startup environments and won’t just spout off MBA talk telling you what to do.
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