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Jim LaPalermo

Operating Partner
Jim LaPalermo, Operating Partner, Orchid Blacklinkedin

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#TechnologyDemandCategoryCreation
#StrategyCapabilitiesExecution
#InnovationDesignThinking
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#RoutestoMarketPartnerships
#StartuptoScale
#P&LDelivery
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#BoardMember

Background:
Jim has spent over 30 years with iconic global technology and strategy consulting firms (xIntel, xPWC, xAccenture) and startups solving business problems and helping clients innovate to bring enterprise product and services solutions to the market at scale. The last 20+ delivering what success looks like co-developing plays for ideal client profiles, repeatable predicable pipeline growth, consumption models with strategic revenue programs. Executed GTM offering roadmap outcomes with the world’s leading semiconductor, spatial computing VR/XR (wearables), multi-cloud-infrastructure, telco 5G/ORAN stack, CRM and iOT-Edge, AI/ML foundation providers. This includes aligning people, processes, capabilities and programs for new routes to market, partnerships, offer co-development investments to differentiate, build preference and generating IP with value creation at scale. Jim sits on two not for profit Boards.
Highlights

Intel – Participated in incubating and delivering new category solution designs for semiconductors, chipsets and platform architectures for enterprise software and communications space. Built ecosystems and channels for new architectures that lead to business unit growth from $0 to $B> via OEM’s, channel and integrator expansion. Recognized numerous years for executing business breakthroughs and team achievements.

PwC – Participated in cloud and CRM new business that enabled GTM scale. Structured industry specific plays, routes to market and co-innovation with partnerships. Delivered growth at scale with $MM> client engagements. Presented client stories, solution point of view and industry use cases at annual sales conference.

Accenture – Orchestrated, built global teams, lead strategy and consulting for technology “build, operate, transfer” engagements. Delivered new product “offers” and GTM client growth at scale $B>. Client credentials span semiconductors, multicloud - infrastructure, telco full stack 5G/ORAN, AI/ML and spatial computing VR/VX (wearable) growth initiatives. This included co-innovation, co-development capabilities alignment and prototyping strategic industry specific solution offers with use cases with global high tech clients.

VC and PE startups – Founder, investor and member of leadership teams instituting GTM maturity models, predictable pipeline, global scale up and exit events.

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# Communications

# Media

# Distribution

# Strategy Consulting & Advisory

# CRM

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