Bunes & Ferenczi

At Bunes & Ferenczi we believe in today’s uncertain and ever-changing environment there is a smarter and faster way for B2B Tech companies to acquire new customers than only by increasing sales capacity​.

We work with early-stage companies, companies looking to geographically expand, or someone looking to expand their solution portfolio to:
* Co-create their Ideal Customer Profiles (ICPs) in which their value creation is the highest
* Build a Serviceable Addressable Market (SAM) which is prioritized order of all the ICPs
* Audit and recommend data/analytics tools for sales and marketing to support the acquisition of customers
* Provide interim CMO/CRO support for expansion

| Co-founder |  B2B Tech Growth Strategist | 

GrowthMentor

I am grateful for the opportunity to support NEXT GEN entrepreneurs with some of my experience through specific conversations about their challenges. The best part of this? I learn so much myself every time,

Growth Mentor

GlobalGrowth Consulting (GG Consulting AB)

Experienced hands-on business executive with strong focus on teamwork and managing multi-cultural teams thrives at driving global or local growth or profitability-focused change initiatives

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
* Development and advice on Sales and Marking programmes, Business Strategy and Planning
* Design and implementation of organisational change including providing interim management  
* Deep industrial knowledge of IT and telecoms, both B2B and B2C
* Set up and management of new international businesses including creation of company structures

| Principal Consultant | Business Owner |

Bisnode

Advising Bisnode B2B Marketing Steering council with GTM plans for new offers.

B2B Sales and Marketing GTM Advisor

Vendemore

Enabling global companies to implement Account Based Marketing as a part of their marketing mix.

Developing internal sales and marketing strategies at Vendemore.

Global Account Director

GlobalGrowth Consulting & Investment LLC

Vision: 
Grow local small businesses to International medium-sized businesses

We are: 
Senior practicioners with experience from both small businesses to  Fortune 20, including experience in sales, marketing, business development, business management, and Management Consulting.  Proven track record of developing international businesses

Our approach: 
Focus on technology firms (Internet, SW, and HW) with base in Scandinavia looking for international expansion or businesses looking to expand to Scandinavia. We look for 1-4 year exclusive partnerships focusing on profitable new business. Our model can be tailored to each engagement. In some cases, we may make a significant investment in the business. However, we exclusively engage in businesses with a buy-out plan

Founder, Majority Partner, and Chairman

Libendo Education

Member of Board for holding company in Luxemburg (Avaros SA)

Member of Board

Managing the Libendo Group business across all markets

Managing Director

Member of Board Libendo Norway AS

Member of Board Libendo UK&I Ltd (Dormant)

Member of Board Libendo Sweden AB

Driving the expansion of Libendo from Sweden to UK and Norway.  In charge of all expansion work in addition to hosting the management structure, business planning, and overall sales results for the business

Global Sales Director

SPConsulting

Consultant in Change Management Practise at SPConsulting: Boutique global consulting firm based in Stockholm, Sweden

Consultant

Build HP's Direct Online sales in EMEA; employee number 1

Our team took an existing business from $35m to $105m over two years.

Consumer Online Business Development Manager EMEA

Managed a product line E2E, turning around $5m loss to $3m in profit in two years and order book grew by 30%.

Member of management board, and numerous project steering committee chairman roles as well as sponsor.

Business Line Manager EMEA

Provided country representation to EMEA based organisation for support experience and delivery models. Included business development of support services (fee based). Also included deployment of retail channel support programmes.

Consumer Support Country Manager Nordics

European Product Manager for the HP ScanJet line of products. Core focus on all 4 Ps

Product Manager EMEA

Provided final level support for WW contact centres for HP ScanJet products. Would drive current engineering for updates of current products and ensure fixes were transferred to the development of next generation products.

Escalation Manager

I help B2B Tech companies to grow by focusing on the right customers.

I am passionate about B2B tech, but more passionate about the customer value deriving from deploying the right technology. 

It’s always about the customer, and it’s always about the value they get from technology.

The rest are just means to an end.

I am your international businessman of mystery! 

I have lived and worked in Norway, US, Germany, Switzerland, and Sweden.

I am like the business equivalent of the Swiss Army knife, a utility you can use to solve many a challenge. 

I have done sales, marketing, financial management, management consulting, P&L ownership, product management, customer support/operations, escalation management, Account Based Marketing, EdTech, AdTech, MarTech, B2B, B2C, B2B2C. You name it, I have done it!

I have worked for myself, in an organization with four people, in an organization with +300,000 employees and anything in between.

Hans Bunes

Mark Stouse

ProofAnalytics.ai

Chairman and CEO

Vaulting Ventures

Vaulting Ventures is a family office that invests in companies that are disrupting current approaches to key corporate functions such as HR, Marketing, Sales and R&D.

Partner

MarTech

Regular monthly columnist writing about Marketing, GTM and Martech from a business perspective.

Columnist

Forbes Business Council

Contributor to Forbes and Forbes Business Council

Commentator

Association of National Advertisers

Member, Brand Valuation Work Group

Marketing-Accountability-Standards-Board

Co-Chair, Modern GTM Organizational Structure

Hard Skill Exchange

Consulting Member

Accelerating Value -- A Weekly Podcast

Host

Proof Mark, Inc.

Founder

BMC Software

CCO and Vice President, Solutions Marketing & Management

BMC’s CEO asked me to return to reinvigorate WW Marketing & Communications and to take over Customer Connect, BMC’s customer success and education organization. We used Customer Connect to help begin to align Marketing and Sales in a company where that had never happened. 

Unlike my first tour, I rejoined BMC at the beginning of a very tough period. BMC’s performance had slipped. A powerful activist shareholder was shaking up the company, and all the signs pointed towards privatization. My organization focused on rebuilding trust and confidence across a wide array of BMC stakeholders, including customers, partners, investors, employees and the influencer community.

During this time, innovation remained on the front burner. We deployed a vastly more mature version of the analytics platform that had been such a success at Honeywell and my first tour at BMC. This enabled us to continue to run our operations like an "investment fund,” combining predictive analytics and proven, contemporary approaches to connect with the company's audiences. We drove small gains in deal expansion and sales velocity in 2013 and into 2014, despite the corporate reputation issues that were impacting BMC’s fortunes at that time.

During this period, our analytics platform began to attract a growing amount of attention from the marketing profession and the marketplace. In 2014, it was recognized as the Innovation of the Year by a jury drawn from across the marketing and communications profession. It subsequently won additional honors, including the Holmes Report’s Diamond SABRE.

CCO & Global Vice President, Customer Success

GTM Economics | 2023 GTM 50 | CMO ➡️ CEO | Plan | Predict | Prove | Pivot | 50 Startups to Watch for 2023 | Ten Most Influential Analytics Leaders

As CEO of ProofAnalytics.ai, I lead the team with the only AI-native, MASB certified causal analytics platform that enables GTM teams to plan, predict, prove, and pivot their investments in real time. With over 26 years of experience in marketing, communications, customer success, and commercial strategy, I help transform business performance with data-driven insights and agile decision making.

I also leverage my expertise in GTM analytics and economics to co-chair the Modern GTM Organizational Structure at the Marketing-Accountability-Standards-Board, and to serve as a member of the Brand Valuation Work Group at the Association of National Advertisers. In addition, I have been recognized as an innovator and leader in the analytics field, with multiple awards, patents, and publications. I am committed to advancing the practice and standards of GTM accountability and optimization across industries and markets.

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