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Walter Rogers is President and CEO of Baker Communications. He has created and led businesses in 13 countries on 3 continents. He was a finalist for the 2000 and 2001 Texas eCommerce Awards, is Vice-Chairman for the Houston Institute for Management Studies, is a guest instructor on the topics of entrepreneurship, sales and marketing at the University of Texas and has been interviewed on ABC News on the topic of Negotiating Skills. During his time with Baker Communications he has increased sales by over 800% in just four years and pushed the organization into new products, services and markets. Under his leadership he has increased Baker Communications market share to 1000 active clients who are now receiving over 200 training workshops per month growing 25% to 50% per year. |
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Prior to Baker
Communications, he self-funded and lead
two companies, Asset Optimization Group
and CertiSource, both of which achieved
positive cash flow within the first
quarter of operations and were later
acquired. Asset Optimization group was
acquired by EMC (NASDAQ: EMC) in 2005
and CertiSource was acquired by
VerticalNet (NASDAQ:VERT) in 1999. Prior
to founding his first company, he was
Vice President of Asia Pacific Marketing
for Marcam, a leading process ERP
Software Company. In his role at Marcam
he was responsible for all marketing and
channel development initiatives in 11
countries ranging from Korea to
Australia. Prior to his role at Marcam
he founded and led Market Solutions
Group, a consultancy specializing in the
development of integrated marketing
strategies. Market Solutions Group
developed and rolled out sales
performance improvement strategies in
the US and Asia for IBM, Marcam, Praxair
and other Fortune 1000 enterprises.
Mr. Rogers is a graduate
of the University of Texas in Austin.
