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EXECUTION - How To Get the Job Done and Deliver Results

Organizations face many challenges in today’s shaky economy: competitive battles, increased costs, decreased margins and a host of other internal and external factors. Too many companies struggle to bridge the gap between goals and results - especially in sales. They create solid, logical even bold plans, but are unable to execute properly.

Dan Lykken is an experienced executive that understands the importance of execution and linking the three core processes needed to execute in any business: the people process, the strategy process and the operations process.

Over twenty years, in good times as well as bad, I have helped companies create sustainable and lasting value. You may be asking how?

A proven leader and hands-on venture entrepreneur executive with experience in general management, sales and marketing, operations including P&L responsibility, strategic planning, reorganization, resource realignment, turn-around, repositioning, profitable product innovation and new product development.

Broad experience with large multinational companies, start-up, early-stage and growth-stage companies.

Led/managed both domestic and international sales operations including channel/OEM organizations successfully closing multimillion dollar sales to Fortune 500 clients. Proven track record in C-level software and hardware sales; marketing and business operations in high growth and highly competitive environments.

Other experience includes M&A, IPO and start-up pro forma, budgeting and fund raising, including venture capital and angel investors.