About Chris O'Leary

6/27/2007

I am an author, speaker, and consultant in the areas of innovation, marketing, and new product development. Over the past few years, I have also become something of an expert in the area of baseball pitching and am now working with a major league baseball team. I have put together a document that describes my experience with baseball, if you are interested.
     My consulting clients have included the Boeing Chairman's Innovation Initiative and the Boeing Leadership Center. I frequently speak about the relationship between pain, change, and innovation to students in entrepreneurship, new product development, and marketing classes in the MBA programs of Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis University, and the University of Missouri.
     I have also served as a judge for Washington University's Olin Cup competition and have held seminars on elevator pitches and other subjects.
     My writings have been featured on Garage.com and MarketingProfs.com.
     I was a key member of the team that designed and built SalesLogix, the leading middle-market CRM system. SalesLogix grew from $0 to $100 million in annual sales in just 5 years and was sold to The Sage Group in 2001 for $263 million.
     I have also worked for a number of other startups including Heuris and Tsunami Research.
     Earlier in my career, I was a consultant for Cambridge Technology Partners, Ernst & Young, and Andersen Consulting.
     If you are looking to hire someone with my skill set -- which includes troubleshooting, problem-solving, and communication -- then I can send you my resume.