Ms. Donna Bletzinger This is Me

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1. 1. Bristol Strategy Group: Sales Training and Trade Tools, Business Planning

   www.bristolstrategygroup.com/a - [Cached]

   Published on: 11/8/2007   Last Visited: 11/8/2007

   Donna Bletzinger, Regional Vice President, West CoastDonna manages BSG for-profit business on the West Coast from her base in California.A valued strategic advisor, Ms. Bletzinger has 25 years of marketing and sales experience in global corporations and startup ventures.Donna founded her consulting practice Dyer Stephenson, based in Berkeley, CA, in 2002.A marketing strategy consultancy, Dyer Stephenson provides strategic marketing solutions for companies that are restructuring a current strategy or targeting new revenue streams.
   
   Ms. Bletzinger started her career at AT&T, (now Lucent) where she held management positions in marketing, sales, customer support, operations, installation and maintenance and labor relations.She was on the leading edge of technology in the Silicon Valley at Octel Communications and Cisco Systems.At Octel, she was in charge of market development for carriers in North America, Asia Pacific and Latin America.She joined Cisco as the company began selling products into service provider networks.After Cisco, she worked for several broadband startups, specializing in business development and marketing.
   
   Ms. Bletzinger holds an MBA in Market Management from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California, and is a graduate of the UCLA Anderson School Executive Marketing Management Program.She earned a BA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison where she attended the Universite d'Aix-Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, France, junior year abroad program.
   
   Frequently asked to speak at industry forums, she has been a panelist at the Monterey Institute for International Studies forum on women in international business and is currently a guest lecturer in marketing at The Edward S. Ageno School of Business at Golden Gate University.

2. 2. Dyer Stephenson: About Us: Our Founder

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   Published on: 8/18/2008   Last Visited: 8/18/2008

   Donna BletzingerPresident & CEO
   
   A Silicon Valley veteran of global corporations and startup ventures, Donna is known for crafting unique and profitable marketing solutions.She is adept at identifying target markets and key customers as well as developing creative strategies for launching new products and services.
   
   Donna started her career at AT&T.She held leadership positions of increasing responsibility at AT&T and Lucent Technologies in marketing, sales, customer support, professional services and operations.She was on the leading edge of technology at Octel Communications and Cisco Systems where she launched new products and excelled at go-to-market strategies.
   
   During the start-up frenzy of the 90's, she helped build three broadband startups by securing customer field trials and speaking at national broadband conferences and trade shows.
   
   Donna believes in giving back to the community.She served on the Executive Board of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) - San Francisco for three years.In 2005 and 2006 she chaired "Women of the Year, San Francisco", a gala benefiting the American Diabetes Association.She is a valued guest lecturer in marketing at the Ageno School of Business, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California where she taught classes in Online PR ("Writing for the Web") and Setting Product Strategy.She currently is a member of the East Bay Innovation Group (ebig) and is organizing new Special Interest Groups for the East Bay technical community.
   
   Donna graduated with a BA in French and History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.She attended the Universite d'Aix Marseille, Aix-en Provence, France on the University's Junior Year Abroad Program.She has an MBA in Market Management from Golden Gate University and is a graduate of the UCLA Anderson School Executive Marketing Management Program.

3. 3. May 2004 Newsletter - The National Association of Women Business Owners - San Francisco Bay Area Chapter

   www.nawbo-sf.org/enews/may_200 - [Cached]

   Published on: 5/1/2004   Last Visited: 8/9/2007

   DONNA BLETZINGER SPEAKS AT THE MONTEREY INSTITUTE
   
   Donna BletzingerDonna Bletzinger, NAWBO-SF Board Member and President of Dyer Stephenson, participated in a panel addressing the challenges of women in international business and social responsibility at the First Annual Forum for Women in International Trade, Business and Development hosted by the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS), Monterey, California on April 17, 2004.The Institute has asked her to return to speak at next year's forum.
   
   MIIS found Donna through NAWBO.