Lars Helgeson (GreenRope)
Hosted by Startup Grind San Diego
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Lars Helgeson (GreenRope)
Lars Helgeson has been in the Internet marketing space since 2000, when he co-founded one of the world's first email service providers, CoolerEmail. As a pioneer in responsible email marketing, he grew CoolerEmail to a global software company specializing in marketing communication with over 1,500 clients. In 2010, after spending several years designing and implementing a more comprehensive way to meet the needs of small and mid-sized businesses, he launched GreenRope. GreenRope is the world's first and only Business Operating System, a cloud-based platform that simplifies and consolidates a company's sales, marketing, and operations. GreenRope currently provides technology solutions to over 3,000 companies worldwide.
Lars earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. He also has an MBA from the Robert Anderson School at the University of New Mexico. He served in the United States Air Force for 4 years, working in the Air Force's space test program, Air Force Research Laboratory, and Ballistic Missile Defense Organization. He enjoys travel, stand-up paddleboarding, mountain biking, and ice hockey, and practices yoga whenever the forces of the universe are not aligned to keep him at his computer.
In the past several years, Lars has been a finalist in the San Diego Business Journal's Most Admired CEO and Information Technology Executive of the Year, and a finalist for San Diego Magazine's Top Tech Exec Award.
"You provided great material and showed our members how their clients must strive to have an integrated customer relationship management system if they are to compete in today’s changed landscape. I received many unsolicited comments on how good your presentation was and how important the topic is." - B. Pope, SCORE
Agenda
06:00 PM Networking and Food
07:00 PM Fireside Chat
08:00 PM Networking
Hosted By Jeremy Sanders, San Diego Director
Jeremy is Co-Founder of Ideator, a global business incubation platform. He also serves as the Board Vice President of the San Diego Mesa College Foundation and volunteers at CONNECT in San Diego as a Springboard CFO & Financial Domain Expert. Prior to Ideator, Jeremy was CFO and Strategy Advisor for companies ranging from startups to multinationals. A New York native, Jeremy has lived primarily in San Diego since 2001.
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