Oren Friedman

Current

• Sales Director (TELUS) at Recombo Inc.
• Business Development Manager / TELUS Secure Contracts at TELUS Communications

Past

• VP Marketing and Business Development at Contec Innovations
• Director of Product Management at Contec Innovations
• Account Executive at Electric Mail (a j2 Global company)

• Director of Sales at PureSight
• Director, Strategic Accounts / Sr. Product Manager at Commtouch Inc
• Technical Account Manager at TTI Telecom
• Attorney at law at IDF

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Education

• INSEAD
• New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business
• Tel Aviv University

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Oren Friedman’s Summary

I am an experienced business development, marketing and product strategy executive with significant international experience.
Focus on market penetration, partnerships and new product strategies.

Oren Friedman’s Specialties:

Strategic marketing: planning, positioning, product management, product marketing.
Tactical marketing: lead generation, marcom, branding, launch management.

Strategic Business Development: Channel planning and management, partnerships, OEM, alliances.

Sales: sales management, consultative and solution selling (medium to long sales cycles), team building, mentoring.

Oren Friedman’s Experience

• Sales Director (TELUS)

  Recombo Inc.

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2009 — Present (6 months)

  Working with Recombo's exclusive Canadian partner - TELUS Communications. Selling TELUS Secure contracts to the enterprise market across Canada.

• Business Development Manager / TELUS Secure Contracts

  TELUS Communications

  (Public Company; T; Telecommunications industry)

  July 2009 — Present (6 months)

  Leading the Paperless Revolution!
  
  Promoting and selling TELUS Secure Contracts - a paperless documents management, completion and storage SaaS for enterprise customers.
  A fully managed service, TELUS Secure Contracts dramatically lowers contracting costs (completion, delivery and storage) while increasing completion rate and eliminating errors.
  
  Do MORE with LESS - go 100% digital:
  
  * Shorten the sales cycle from Quote to Close
  * Dramatically lower abandonment rate prior to signing contract
  * Get rid of fax/mail/courier delays and costs
  * Eliminate document errors and missing information
  * Eliminate data re-entry from paper to CRM
  * Enforce and maintain compliance and workflow
  * Eliminate costly document storage and retrieval
  * Automate and monitor the contracting process. Track approval processes, completion stage, identify delays.

• VP Marketing and Business Development

  Contec Innovations

  (Public Company; buz.v; Wireless industry)

  June 2006 — February 2009 (2 years 9 months)

  Managed all marketing and business development activities and personnel for a publicly traded software company in the mobile content space.

• Director of Product Management

  Contec Innovations

  (Public Company; buz.v; Wireless industry)

  June 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 1 month)

• Account Executive

  Electric Mail (a j2 Global company)

  (Public Company; Computer & Network Security industry)

  2004 — 2006 (2 years )

• Director of Sales

  PureSight

  (Computer & Network Security industry)

  2003 — 2004 (1 year )

• Director, Strategic Accounts / Sr. Product Manager

  Commtouch Inc

  (Public Company; CTCH; Computer & Network Security industry)

  2000 — 2002 (2 years )

• Technical Account Manager

  TTI Telecom

  (Public Company; TTIL; Telecommunications industry)

  1997 — 2000 (3 years )

• Attorney at law

  IDF

  (Law Practice industry)

  1994 — 1997 (3 years )

Oren Friedman’s Education

• INSEAD

  Ph.D. , Organizational Behavior , 2002 — 2003

  Incomplete

• New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business

  MBA , Information Systems , 1999 — 2002

  - Graduated with distinction
  - Designated "Stern Scholar"
  - Certificate in Digital Economy Studies

  Activities and Societies:

  Beta Gamma Sigma - The International Business Honor Society

• Tel Aviv University

  LL.B. , Law , 1990 — 1994

Additional Information

Oren Friedman’s Groups:

Academy of Management,
Israeli Bar Association,
Beta Gamma Sigma,
WINBC,
VPMA

•    Blue: The DallasBlue Business Network (25,000+ members)
•    eOffice
•    TELUS Alumni
•    Executive Suite
•    BCTIA Product Management Group (VPMA)
•    Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
•    HAPPEN
•    OpenNetworker.com
•    Canadians
•    Toronto
•    NYU Stern School of Business
•    Global Worker
•    Enterprise Architecture Forum
•    The Enterprise Architecture Network
•    Internet Technology Hub
•    Enterprise Software Community
•    Tel Aviv University Alumni
•    Open Vancouver
•    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
•    RecruitingBlogs
•    Success Networking
•    Open Networkers
•    Leading International Open Networkers (LION)
•    Friends of / Amis du Canada
•    CIOs.com: Chief Information Officer Network
•    Green & Sustainability Innovators & Innovation Network
•    Prius Pride
•    GoBigNetwork Startup Community
•    The Job Board (Find A Job, Post a Job)
•    Green
•    Toyota Prius Owners
•    Sales/Marketing VP's & Directors - Software & Technology
•    Israel High Tech (10,000+ members)
•    HR & Talent Management Executive
•    Enterprise 2.0 Group
•    DiscussHR
•    Enterprise On-Demand Software Sales (SaaS)
•    Net Work (ing)
•    Vancouver Technology Network
•    Beta Gamma Sigma - The International Honor Society Recognizing Business Excellence
•    The Paperless Project Imaging Group
•    Enterprise Application Solutions
•    Linked:Vancouver
•    HRIS & Payroll Professional Network
•    Vancouver Enterprise Forum
•    HR/Recruiting Vendors
•    Linked:HR Marketplace
•    Linked:HR - HRIS & Technology

Oren Friedman’s Honors:

Winner of Citigroup's "Best Paper on Digital Economy" award in 2002.