Eric Westreich

Experience

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  US Navy

  Jan 1982 - Jan 2003

  Commander

  Plans, Programs & Training; IT Manager; Acquisition Program Manager; Battlegroup Watch Officer; Meteorologist/Oceanographer; Technical Services Officer; Navigator; Engineering Auxiliaries Officer; CMS Custodian

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  ESRI

  Oct 2003 - Apr 2015

  Defense Business Development

  Understand customer pain points, understand geospatial solutions, and close the gap.

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  AFCEA International

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2016

  PlugFest Consortium Lead (Government, Industry, Academia)

  For people and organizations who need to Deliver Good Government IT Systems Fast. Go to www.plugfestplus.org.==================================================================Over 300 volunteers help you get your operationally focused, fully tested, IT systems delivered quickly. We help you solve problems that other are unable to solve by using Agile IT Systems Acquisition: Agile problem Definition, Agile Verification and Validation, Agile Development, and Agile Contracting. These principles are demonstrated in the DI2E PlugFest, http://di2eplugfest.org, which I co-created and is now run entirely by the government, with help from industry and academia. -Get your problem defined right -Measure the right operational outcome -Connect the right subject matter experts, the right development team, and the right technology providers -Bring the winning solutions into contract and pay quicklyWe help you bring government, industry, and academia together at the same time, to work on the same problem to ensure that your solution is solving the right problem. Using Agile Development, you bring the right Subject Matter Experts, Technology Providers, and Developers together solve your difficult problems that others were unable to solve.You are also able to use the best practices of government, industry, and academia to measure what you get using operational outcomes as your success criteria using Agile Verification and Validation.Your contracts are issues quickly by the government, and received quickly by vendors using Agile Contracting.Look at www.PlugFestPlus.org to see many examples on getting your results, using government compliant process and leveraging your existing funding, teams, and people. Show less

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  Locbit

  May 2012 - Aug 2017

  VP Operations and Business Development

  Locbit helps people with large buildings subtract 10% - 30% of every energy check they write by integrating all smart devices, analyzing data, and creating automations.

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  Epic Footprints

  May 2015 - now

  Decision Architect

  For high tech company owners who want more people to quickly take more action on their products and services.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We solve this! By clarifying your vision, developing your brand, and perfecting your offer we help you get more people to quickly understand what you do and take action on your products and services. Developing a Digital Marketing Blueprint for your business will reduce your efforts to get longtime growth on search engines by 80 - 90%. Show less

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  Startup Show San Diego

  Feb 2016 - now

  Host & Executive Producer

  For organizations that want to connect to the startup community, establish themselves as an innovative organization and find people who share their values EVERYWHERE in their market----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I solve this. Startup Show San Diego is a startup TV show about startup companies. Startup Show San Diego is the best way for your organization to give back to the community and to identify yourself as an innovative company. As a Startup Show San Diego sponsor, you are a critical part of growing our Startup Ecosystem.You, Everywhere, Now!Reaching your customers is challenging because they are everywhere: on *TV, online, and on their mobile devices. Your standard TV, radio, print ads, and social media campaigns cost a lot of money to cover only limited distribution channels.As a critical part of your complete content and media strategy, Startup Show San Diego sponsorship is the most cost effective way to get you, everywhere, now! Your name stays with every show that you sponsor, no matter where the show goes.Startup Show San Diego “StartupCasts” your name on TV and Cable, on video/YouTube, on Podcast, on Social Networks, on email, and on News Releases…your name is everywhere online, for a long time, for a lasting impact.See more at www.startupshowsd.com/sponsorsFor individuals and organizations who want to create a startup, grow startups, or help startups----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We celebrate startup heroes, and leaders, and together we grow the startup ecosystem to create even more. We connect you to the fun and culture of the startup community, to inspiring stories, and to the tools and resources that startup companies need to succeed. Watch more at www.startupshowsd.com/videos. Show less

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  Made By Awesome

  Nov 2017 - Jul 2019

  Chief Strategy Officer

  Performance Marketing Agency delivers customized marketing results through branding strategy, lead generation, content creation, and full spectrum marketing funnel design and creation.

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  California Miramar University

  Feb 2018 - now

  Adjunct Professor

  Nothing is more fun that teaching marketing, media and business...and the chance to do what CalMU does best: bridge the gap between theory and practice.

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  BIG Story Formula

  Jan 2019 - now

  Creator

  After watching entrepreneurs stop, stutter, and ramble on in person, on-stage, and on video, I created the BIG Story Formula...because I entrepreneurs who are making a difference should be able to quickly and easily answer the question "what do you do?" with such clarity that it gets immediate attention, and create the emotional connections that grow their contact list, and builds their brand. Our FREE BIG Story Formula meetup gets entrepreneurs clear on their brand and their story.With our NEW BIG Story Formula Intensive Hands-on Workshop, entrepreneurs get clear on their brand by lunch, confident to tell their story to anyone, anywhere by dinner, and walk away with compelling custom videos the next day for less than the cost of a single video.Find out more at www.bigstoryformula.com. Show less

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  Pacific Rim Business Council

  Sept 2020 - now

  CEO

  Growing Your Global Sustainable Business

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  IValue Global

  Jan 2021 - now

  Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)

  With Offices in San Diego, Dubai, and across the world, iValue Global is a sustainable, global strategy consulting firm. The world's top companies have new ways of building culture, use new strategies, have different business structures, and leverage state of the art operations. Our passion is helping small businesses find the right sustainable mix of culture, strategy, structure, and operations to gain global competitive advantage. We help create innovative and sustainable partnerships where small businesses collaboratively deliver big company performance, while still being themselves. Show less

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  Aquillius

  Jun 2024 - now

  Community Growth and Events

  Aquillius is building a collaborative ecosystem to support and accelerate early stage life science companies by ensuring that they are fully funded, fully resourced, and fully connected to the knowledge and people that they need to excel.