Stratus Team

Murray’s experience comprises 20+ years of web and technology sales, deployments, project management and business development. His current expertise is in WordPress development services and website search marketing audits/implementations. Recently, he served as VP Marketing for Metamend (contract), a search engine marketing firm. In this role (05 – 08), Owen had responsibility for SEO business development, SEO/SEM professional services projects, and client engagements. Key customers included Encyclopedia Britannica, Winchester, SafeAuto, MIT, and Regent Hotels. Owen has participated in the growth of the web from the early 1990s to its current iteration.

Past responsibilities include P&L management from $5 to $95 million as Director, General Manager, VP Sales, and Account Executive. Owen has delivered over $300 million in technology platforms and services to business and government. His company tenures include Wang Laboratories, SHL System House (EDS), AST Research, and Micron Electronics (MPC).

Dr. John C. Shovic is currently Chief Technology Strategist at Stratus Global Partners with a focus on supplying expertise in semiconductors, computer security, water technologies and regulatory areas to Stratus clients. He has worked in industry for over twenty years and has founded six companies: Advance Hardware Architectures, TriGeo Network Security, Blue Water Technologies, MiloCreek, LLC, InstiComm, LLC, and bankCDA, a community bank located in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. He worked in the semiconductor industry for 15 years, including 7 years as Vice-President of Marketing and Sales for Advanced Hardware Architectures.

For the past four years, he also served as a Professor of Cyber-Security at Eastern Washington University and spent three years on the faculty of Washington State University in Computer Engineering. Dr. Shovic has given over 50 invited talks and has published 30 papers on a variety of topics on marketing, computer security, computer forensics, embedded systems and others.

Bill has 25 years of experience with an accomplished record in sales management, strategic planning and business innovation in consumer electronics and technology products through sales channels. Bill’s involvement in countless cycles of companies and products entering the marketplace positions him well to build successful sales and marketing programs and consult an a variety of business development and go-to-market strategies. Bill ran several sales channels for HP in the US and Canada including the warehouse club channel, specialty electronics and the $1B+ US retail supplies business. Bill led the US sales organization to use consumer insight and facts based methodologies to drive better business strategies and account relationships. He developed and ran Category Management for HP, and pioneered the use of category management for technology products. He also sponsored and co-delivered a comprehensive business development training program for sales and marketing around the use of category managemnet and the latest in consumer marketing trends. In addition, Bill oversaw the development of many successful channel programs including the sales strategy for HP supplies through all major US retailers.

Prior to HP, Bill was a partner in the leading consumer and professional audio manufacturer’s rep firm in New England, representing many prestigious brands, including Kenwood, TEAC/TASCAM, Shure, TDK, and JBL. The firm repeatedly won “Rep of the Year” awards from manufacturers for sales and marketing excellence. Bill was a member of several rep councils and chaired the Shure Brothers microphones rep council.Bill has broad experience in computer technology, consumables, consumer electronics, pro audio and music electronics products through a variety of channels including computer reseller, distributor, warehouse club, office products superstores, CEDIA, music retailers and consumer electronics retailers.