Kenneth W. Schmitz

Chief Strategy Officer

When it comes to drive, Ken has one speed. Fast forward.

If you have a conversation with him, he might slow down long enough to tell you that he's moved organizations from Point A to Point ROI faster than you can say "business development." Many of his portfolio companies have seen a minimum of 20% growth - and a maximum of 1000%.

As Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of Strata-Media, Inc. (www.strata-media.com) and now SalesFish, Inc., Ken Schmitz has been the brainpower behind the most successful, results-driven strategies and marketing plans in the company's history. His creativity and strategic ability, combined with more than 20 years experience in sales and marketing, have earned him the underground title of WBDM - Weapon of Business Development Marketing.

Ken began his career in the MIS department of Baxter Healthcare and cross-trained with companies like Pacific Telesis, HTI Manufacturing and DRB Partners, working at the executive and VP level. Since then, he has executed successful business development marketing practices for Oracle, SAP, Cisco, Applied Material, Alcatel, Sony, Panasonic, Cardio Genesis, Farmers & Merchants Bank, No Red Tape Mortgage, New Century, Orange County's Credit Union, Quality Systems, Triconex, Printronix, J.A.M.S., SYCR, SRSLabs, WOWthing, McKechnie Aerospace, Pacific Care, Artes Medical and Sybron Dental just to name a few.

Ken was recently recognized for his efforts in strategic planning from Michigan State University's Eli Broad Graduate School, and for his participation in the Master's in Organizational Leadership program at Biola University. His current client base generates billions of dollars in yearly sales.

If we sound biased, keep in mind that when it comes to Ken - well, there's just no such thing as neutral.