CRN Magazine said that James Kernan is "a rising star executive to watch.” And when you review his 20-plus year track record of creating dazzling leaps in sales, profits, and growth for IT companies, you don’t need to wonder why.
“Fast Growth” extraordinaire James Kernan is a no-nonsense, hard-hitting technology entrepreneur with an uncanny ability to build and lead teams, negotiate big contracts, and pilot IT service organizations to extraordinary new levels of success and profitability.
His expertise includes recruiting, building, and compensating “top gun” sales and marketing teams, leveraging IT partners, developing strategic go-to-market plans, managing strong financials and profitability for IT service firms, and in-depth knowledge of commercial, government, educational and medical markets. He has been recognized and written up as an extraordinary “example of success” in industry publications such as CRN, Business Solutions, VAR Business, CRM Today, and Inc. Magazine
More than 20 years experience in Executive Sales Management, Business Consulting, and Information Technology Sales. Knowledge includes Security, Storage, Disaster Recovery, Web Integration, IS Engineering, Server Based Computing, CRM, Business Development, and Marketing. Extensive P&L management experience with successful track record. Possess strong computer skills, and an in-depth knowledge of eBusiness in commercial, government, educational and medical markets. His team oriented, motivating, enthusiastic, and assertive style coupled with his results oriented business experience and technical background make him an excellent Business Coach.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- Developed management, sales and marketing plans for business that
grew over 3000% in 5years at Networks Plus Technology Group, Inc. - Grew sales 1000% over a seven-year period at TIG.
- Increased annual sales from 8 million in 1989 to 32 Million in 1993 at OCC
- #1 Fastest Growing Reseller nationally in 2003, CRN Magazine
- Fastest Growing Privately held company in 2004, SD Business Journal
- INC Top 500 in 2005, INC Magazine
- College Marketing Thesis - created marketing campaign that made a lounge in Lincoln Nebraska the largest Schlitz distributorship in the Midwest in 8 weeks.
- Member of The Best CEO Group
